Padhuka Sahasram-163

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

 

163. PruThvIpathInAm yugapath kirItA:

prathyArThinAm prANithumarThinAm cha

PrApusthadhA rAghavapAdharakshE!

THVADHiYAMaSThAnikapAdhapITam

 

Oh Rama-Paaduka! When You were there seated on the throne,

he crowns were submitted to You on the pedestal below.

They are either those which were originally of

kings who fought to the end and died or those

those owners surrendered them to escape

death. Both kinds reached the pedestal.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukais of

Sri RanganathA ! When You ruled over AyOdhyA and sat

on the throne of the Raghus , the foot rest (peetam)

of your throne was crowded with the bejeweled crowns

of those , who lost their battles with You ; the crowns

of Your opponents , who wanted to live also placed their

crowns at the foot of Your throne as a token of their

obedience to You . Both categories of kings

thus recognized Your soverignity .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Here ,Swami Desikan

recognizes the two kinds of kings , whose crowns adorned

the pedestal below the throne of the SriranganAtha Paadhukais .

One category of kings voluntarily placed with reverence their

crowns to acknowledge the emperorship of the Paadhukais .

The other category opposed the power of the Paadhukais

and Bharathan defeated them in the battle field as

the PaadhukA sevakan and brought their crowns and placed

them at the pedestal below the throne as a mark of their

submission . The inner meaning is that the auspicious ones

approached Swamy NammAzhwAr and placed their heads at

His sacred feet . Those who were opposed to Him were

won over by His dhivya sookthis and surrendered afterwards

at Swami NammAzhwAr's holy feet .

 

(3) Swami Desikan visualizes the crowded assembly of

bejeweled crowns at the aasthAnika paadha peeDam

( the foot rest of the throne )of Raaghava Paadharakshai.

All of them arrived almost at the same time( yugapath).

One category belonged to the enemy kings , who were

defeated ( prathyarthInAm pruthvIpathInAm KiriDA: )

by Bharathan and the other category was constituted by

the kings , who sought the protection of the Paadhukais

(arhtinAm kiriDA:) voluntarily . Swamy Desikan points out

that the arthi and Prathyarthi are both blessed by

the Veera Raaghava Paadhukais...(V.S)