Sri Ranganatha PaadhukA Sahasram : SlOkam 158

[Guest guest]

SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

(158) yathra kvachiddh viharathOapi padhAravindham

rakshyam mayA RaghupathErithi bhAvayanthyA

nissEshamEva sahasA MaNipAdharakshE

nishkaNDakam jagathidham vidhadhE bhavathyA

 

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

 

Oh PaadhukA ! Rightly did you decide that You decide

that You should ever serve RamA's feet. For this , You made

the whole world free of thorns (enemies) by Your mere will .

 

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

 

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

You were determined to protect RaamA's lotus feet from

thorns , 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 .Thorns here

stand for all inauspicious happenings. Swamy Desikan

says here that the PaadhukAs made the whole world free

from all kinds of inauspiciousness , while it ruled

AyOdhyA as RaamA's representative , just as they

protected RaamA's feet from the stones and thorns of

the forest .

 

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

SadAchAryAs generate bhakthi to PerumAL in all people.

 

(3) KaNDakam means thorn .NishkaNDakam means free of

thorn or inauspiciousness . The first mission of

the Paadhukai is " RaghupadhE's padhAravindham

mayA rakshyam " ( The Lord's lotus feet must be

protected by me ). Thinking like that ( BhAvayanthyA ),

Paadhukai of the Lord ended up accomplishing more than

its primary duty(viz)., making the whole world

free of auspiciousness .

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs :

 

A typo has inadvertently crept into my posting in

the last sentence (please see below)of my posting

on Sri Ranganatha paadhukA Sahasram slOkam : 158.

 

A dear BhakthA and student of Sri Ranganatha

PaadhukA Sahasram has invited my attention to

this unfortunate error for which I am very

thankful .

 

 

The section that needs fixibg is:

 

>protected by me ). Thinking like that ( BhAvayanthyA ),

>Paadhukai of the Lord ended up accomplishing more

>than its primary duty(viz)., making the whole world

>free of auspiciousness .

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

Please change the word " auspiciousness " in the above

section to " inauspiciouness " .

 

Thanks very much ,

V.Sadagopan