Padhuka Sahasram-165

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

165. apAvruthadhvAramayanthrithAshvam

rangEshapAdhAvani!pUrvamAsIth

thvayA yadhrucChAsuKhasupthapAnTham

rAmE vanasThE api padham raGhUNAm

 

Oh Paaduka! Rama had gone to the forest. Formerly (when You

had not come)all was pell-mell; the fortress walls

were left open; the horses were not tied to the chariot;

travellers slept wherever they chose.

 

OR

 

When You were ruling, the condition was so good that

the fortress-gates needed no closure, the horses had

no assignment to do; people had no fear and could,

therefore sleep anywhere. This is the greatness of

Your regime.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

Oh RangEsa PadhukE ! When RaamA left for

the forest and before You returned to AyOdhyA ,

the citizens were overcome with such sorrow

that they did not pay attention to their houses

or their domestic animals . The doors of their

houses were open and the animals roamed free

without any control. After You returned to AyOdhyA

and offered your protection , the doors of the houses

of the citizens were still open , but for different

reasons. The animals moved freely again , but for

different reasons . After Your arrival in AyOdhyA ,

there was no fear of thieves or stealing ; hence

people did not lock their doors . The animals did not

need any control because they were at peace with

themselves . Travellers slept at places , where

they felt sleepy without fear of theives or any one

who could hurt them . Those were the differences

before and after Your return to AyOdhyA .

 

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

wherever SadAchAryAs are , there are no inauspiciousness

of any kind for those , who seek refuge at their holy

feet , either in this world or in the other .The palces

that SadAchAryAs rside are like the places where ,

there is ashtAkshara Samsiddhi (power of the sacred

AshtAksharam ).

 

(3) SadAchAryAs remove all anishtams by their blessed

presence .. V.S