Guest guest Posted March 8, 2000 Report Share Posted March 8, 2000 Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,> Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin: 170. yAvath thvayA raGhavapAdharakshE jigIShithA rAkshasarAjaDhAnI mAlEva thAvalluLithA madhAnDhaI: udhyAnashAKhAmrugayUThapaIsthE Oh Paaduka! It was just that moment, when You developed a desire in mind that Lanka should be won, that the monkey chiefs of Kishkinda-Your royal garden-had accomplished the squeezing of the whole Lanka as if t were a mere garland. Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S): ************************************ (1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Raaghava PaadhukE ! Just about the time that you wanted to conquer the kingdom of LankA , You came to know of the effortless destruction of the city and its occupants by Your Lord with the help of the powerful monkey king and his army .The army crushed and threw away LankA like destroying a flower garland . Hence , You desisted from Your effort to annihilate RaavaNA and his beloved city . (2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Just as You turned Your attention to destroying Ravanan and his city , You noticed that the monkey army had already torn the city of Lanka into shreds just as crushing a flower garland and casting it away. The inner meaning is that the sishyan becomes a MahAn , the moment a SadAchAryan prays for His sishyan to acquire auspicious attributes (sadhguNams).Such is the power of SadAchArya anugraham . (3) Swamy Desikan visualizes the nandhavanam (formal garden) of the Raaghava Paadhukai , which is beautiful to look at because of its flower-laden trees . There , he sees a group of monkeys ( SaakhA Mrugam:)with nonchalance led by their leaders ( yUthapai:)tearing the flowers from the branches , crushing them and throwing them away. The crushing of the flowers is described with a evocative Sanskrit word (luLithA ), which lets us visualize the pathetic state of the crushed flowers lying on ground ...V.S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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