Sri Ranganatha paadhukA Sahasram: SlOkam 152

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

(152) raajyam tadhA DasaraThAnu Raamatha: prAk

BhibhrANayA CharaNarakshaNi ! vetha khEdham

thulyAdhikAra bhajanEna BhabhUva dhanyO

vamsasthvayAnBha ! Manuvamsa MahIpathInAm

 

Translation by U.Ve.V.N.Vedantha Desikan Swamy

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Oh Mother PaadhukA ! You bore the monarchy , ofcourse ,

after DasarathA and before RaamA ; You did so effortlessly

and removed the grief of all.; but then the Manu line

acquired a great distinction -a fortunate one ( of all

predecessors as well as successors of DasarathA )

being counted along with You ; it became a PaadhukA vamsam !

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S):

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(1) Sri UthtamUr Swamy's anubhaavm : Oh Mother!

Oh Lord's PaadhukA ! You ruled the kingdom of

the Manus between DasarathA and RaamA . By counting You

as one of their kings , the whole lineage of Manu

became famous. Both the predecessors and the successors

to You were proud to consider themselves as the rulers

of the PaadhukA raajyam and did not want to be known as

mere kings of Raghu Vamsam or Manu Kingdom .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Since the time of

Your ascent to the throne of Manu , that vamsam

acheived visEsha bhAgyam.The inner meaning is that

our Sri VaishNava paramparai achieved unique distinction

by Swamy NammAzhwAr being our PrathamAchAryan.

 

(3) There were an illustrious line of kings

who belonged to Manu Vamsam such as Raghu , Dileepan

and DasarathA . After DasarathA , there was immense

sorrow all around that RaamA could not succeed

his father immediately due to His promise to spend

the next fourteen years in the forest . Swamy Desikan

uses the powerful word " khEdham " to hint at the poignancy of

the sorrow felt by the Citizens of AyOdhyA . " KhEdham "

means depression , dejection of spirits , distress ,

torment , fatigue and exhaustion . During that soul-

searching time , Sri Raama Paadhukais accepted the throne

to remove that " KhEdham " and the Manu Vamsam

acquired distinct bhAgyam ( dhanya: BhabhUva)..V.S