Padhuka Sahasram-169

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

169. BhadhrAsanam chEth parivrutthamAsIth

devi! kshaNam dakshiNatOmuKham thE

kaTham BhavEth kAnchanapAdharakshE!

ramasya rakshOmrugayAvihAra:

 

Oh Paaduka! Had You but trned the throne in the Southern direction

for a while*, how could Rama's sportive hunting out of

the Rakshasas have been achieved?

 

*=Had You thought of Yourself annihilating the Rakshasas

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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

Oh Golden PaadhukE ! Had Your throne faced

the southern direction , You would have destroyed RaavaNA

and his entourage quickly . That would have deprived RaamA of

His favorite sport .That is why adiyEn thinks that Your

throne did not face south .

 

The other meaning is as follows: Had Your throne faced

South , it would not be auspicious for You to sit on it.

There would have been no rulership over AyOdhyA . Raamaa

would have to abandon his favorite sport of hunting

RaavaNA and his cohorts and thereafter return to AyOdhyA

to take charge of the kingdom. That (RaamA not being

able to hunt down RaavaNA ) in turn would have perpetuated

the sufferings of the devAs.Therefore , Your throne did not

face the southerly direction even for a second. Consequently ,

the dEvAs moved about freely and Raama avathAra

KaaraNam was fulfilled .

 

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

that PerumAl is angry only at those , who do not

seek a sadAchAryan .His nigraham is directed only

at those unfortunate ones.

 

(3) Swamy Desikan tellingly chose the word , " BhadhrAsanam "

to salute the simhAsanam on which the Padhukai sat .

The auspicious Vedic implications of the word " Bhadhram "

has been discussed at length by HH prakrutham

Azhagiya Singar recently . The Raama Padhukai sat

on the BhadrAsanam to hear the auspicious news

( Bahdhram KarNEpi srunuyAma:) of Lord Raamachandra

completing His hunt of RaavaNA in the southern land

of LankA and returning home to reunite with it. Meanwhile ,

the Paadhukai did not want to do anything that will interfere

with such a desire ..(V.S ).