Sri Ranganatha PaadhukA Sahasram: SlOkam 159

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

(159) Raamam thvayA virahitham Bharatham cha thEna

thrAthum PadhAvani! tadhA yadhabhUth prathItham

RaamAnjasya tava chAmbha ! Jagath samastham

jagarthi thEna khalu jAgaraNavrathEna

 

Translation by Sri U.Ve.V/N. Vedantha Desikan :

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Oh Mother PaadhukA! LakshmaNA is bent on guarding RaamA ,

who is seperated from You . You are bent on guarding

BharathA , who is away from RaamA . Now , both Lakshmana

and Yourself resorted to a discipline of ever-alert

guarding- by reason of which the whole world manages

to be alive and wakeful.

 

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

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(1)Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh Lord's PaadhukA !

My Mother! You took a vow to look after Your Lord and

BharathA , who was grief-stricken over seperation from

RamA . Therefore , You stayed awake during day and night

to look after their welfare. LakshmaNA like You watched over

RaamA without sleep , day and night . This auspicous behavior

of both LakshmaNA and Yours makes the world thrive even

today . Swamy Desikan says here that the world can not

forget this awe-inspiring loyalty demonstrated by

the PaadhukAs and LakshmaNA in observance of their

chosen duties . The world sets such conduct as

a standard for itself.

 

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

the world and the Lord thrives from the conduct of

the BhaagavathAs.

 

(3) The key words here are : " Jaagratha VrathENa khalu

samastham Jagath Jaagarthi " ( It is because of the vow to

be awake/vigilant by the PaadhukA and LakshmaNA that

the whole world is free from mishaps/troubles)...V.S