Sri ranganatha PaadhukA sahasram: SlOkam 153

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

(153) varshANi thAni vrushaLO na tapAmsi thEpe

na kascchidhapi mruthyuvasam jagAma

raajyE thavAmbha ! raghupungava PaadharakshE !

naivAparam prathividhEyam abhUth prasaktham

 

Translation by U.Ve Sri VedAntha Desikan Swamy

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Oh Mother PaadhukA ! That Your reign was superior

even to RaamA's reign follows from the facts that

during all those years of Your reign , no member of

the fourth varNA even performed penance; no young boy

died prematurely; no untoward incident ever occured

warranting a ritual atonement .

 

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

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(1)Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here Swamy Desikan

points out to the special glory of the fourteen year long

rule of Kosala dEsam by the Lord's Paadhukais. He says:

" When You ruled , there were no inauspicious events

such as the penance undertaken by unauthorized persons,

untimely death of children , invasion by foes et al .

There were no ills to react against and correct .Unique

indeed is Your glorious reign ! " .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that

there may be some inauspiciousness(Sodhanais) for those

who seek out the Lord. There will however be none for

those , who seek refuge at the feet of a SadAchAryan .

 

(3)Swamy Desikan says: " Raghu Pungava PaadharakshE !

tava rAjyE --aparam prathividhEyam prasaktham naivAbhUth " .

Here Swamy addresses the PaadhukA as those of Raghupungavan.

The naamam Raghupungavan is synonomus with RaNa Pungavan

created by Swamy Desikan in his ParamArtha Sthuthi

to salute the Vijaya Raaghavan of Thirupputtkkuzhi dhivya desam.

RaNa Pungavan means one with superior valour in the battles .

The valour of the Paadhuka is even more notworthy

in that it nips off in the bud potential troubles .

Therefore , there is no need for it to take

countermeasures ( prathividhEyam ). There is not even

a " prasaktham " (connection ) to such countermeasures .

Such is the glory of the PaadhukA Raajyam , which

went beyond the glories of the Raama Raajyam !..V.S

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Sriman Sadagopan Swamin,

 

Thank you very much for the uninterrupted continuation of the Padhuka

Sahasram

Kaimkaryam. In the January 1999 tele-Upanyasam, H.H. Srimad

Poundarikapuram

Andavan Swami used this very shlokam to point out the greatness of the

Padhukas. H.H. briefly summarized this shlokam and added that after the

coronation of the Padhukas, three other Pattabishekams followed. These

were

the coronation of Sugriva, VibhishaNa, and Lord Rama himself as

Sethurama

(upon completing the construction of the bridge across the mighty

ocean).

H.H. pointed out that the last instance is not widely known and is

succinctly

stated in one shlokam of the Valmiki Ramayanam.

 

Indeed if one reflects on the glory of the Padhukas, prior to its

installation

on the throne of the Ikshvakus, a coronation (that of Lord Rama) came

to a screeching halt. It was only after the Padhukas were consecrated

on the throne of Ayodhya, the previously halted coronation of the Lord

himself took place.

The additional insights from the Anubhavams of U.Ve. Sri Uttamoor

Swami,

Periya Ashramam, and your own observations are a delight to read.

Thanks

again for stimulating these invigorating thoughts and bringing to focus

the

greatness of the Padhukas and our SadAcharyas, who continue the

glorious

tradition of the Padhukas.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan