Sri Ranganatha PadhukA Sahasram: Slokam 157

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

(157) KaakuthsaTha paadha viraha prathipanna mounAm

nishpandhathAm upagathAm MaNi PaadharakshE !

aasvAsayanniva muhur Bharatha: tadhAnIm

seethiaravIjayatha chAmara Maaruthai: thvAm

 

Translation by U.Ve.Sri V.N.VedAntha Desikan

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Oh PaadhukA ! BharathA presented cool Chamaara kaimkaryam

( Fan wafting service ) to You as if to alleviate

Your grief on Separation from RaamA's sacred feet.

You were indeed in need of this since You sat

silently and statically .

 

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

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh MaNi PaadhukE !

You were determined to protect RaamA's lotus feet from

thorns and sharp stones , wherever He went. Thinking in

this manner, You made the whole world free of thorns,

so He could roam freely without hardship , while You

stayed without movement in AyOdhyA to help BharathA.

The thorns here refer to all kinds of inauspicious

happenings. Swamy Desikan states that the PaadhukAs made

the whole world free from all kinds of amangaLams ,

while it ruled AyOdhyA as RaamA's representative , just

as it protected RaamA's feet from the stones and

thorns of the forest .

 

(2) Srimath Andavamn's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE !

You were in a state of shock from the separation from

Your Lord's holy feet. At that time , You did not

speak or move. BharathA performed his chaamara

Kaimkaryam to help You reconcile with Your sorrow.

 

(3) Swamy recognizes the maNi Padhukais as Kaakuthstha

Paadhukais. Kaakuthstha is an epithet for the kings

of solar race ( Kakuthstha Vamsam ). The Paadhukai

of Kaakuthstha Raaman stayed at AyOdhyA and suffered

very much from the sorow of separation form the Lord's

sacred feet ( Kaakuthstha Paadha Viraha prathipanna

mounam , nishpandhathAm ) and was quiet and motionless

as if in a state of fainting. BharathA came to the rescue

and tried to reduce the intense suffering of the Paadhukai

through his frequent wet-fan service to the Paadhukai .

It appeared as though BharathA was trying to console

the Paadhukai through this noble service ( AasvAsayanniva

seethai:chAmara Maaruthai: avIjayatha)and speak to him ...V.S