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: 171. mahIkshithAm rAGhavapAdharakshE BhadhrAsanasThAm BhavathIm sprushantha: pUrvam thaThAthvE niyathE api BhUya: kalyANathAmAnashirE kirItA: Oh Paaduka! As kings' crowns all assembled and crowded around You,touching the golden ones acquired, in an additional sense, 'Kalyanatwa' (=goldness and auspiciousness) Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S): ************************************ (1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan plays with the double meaning ofthe word " KalyANA " . This word can mean either " auspicious or Golden " . Swamy Says: " Oh Raaghava PpadhukE ! When the golden crowns of the prostrating kings touched You duirng their prostrations , they became auspicious once more.Before coming into contact with You , they were merely golden (kalyANA) ; after making contact with You , they became auspicious (kalyANA). They were thus doubly blessed by offering worship to You . (2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : The PaadhukA sambhandham made the golden crowns of the prostrating Kings auspicious. The inner meaning is that even the virtuous ones (puNyasAlis) attain auspiciousness (KshEmam) after AchArya Sambhandham . (3) Swamy describes the poorva (before ) and the utthara states of the Crowns as the kings prostrated before the sacred PaadhukAs of the Lord seated on the BhadhrAsanam ( throne). Prior to coming into contact with the Paadhukais , the crowns had kalyANathvam ( the nature of being Gold ); after the sparsam (touch ) of the Paadhukai , the crowns went beyond being just golden and attained the greatest state of auspiciousness ( KalyANathvam)..V.S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2000 Report Share Posted March 8, 2000 Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, Dear Sriman Sadagopan Swamin, Thank you very much for your illuminating summaries from the Anubhavams of Uttamoor Swamin and from the Anubhavams of Acharyas from Periya Andavan Ashramam. Adiyen has a couple of questions in this regard. Is there a specific reason for the use of Bhadrasanam in the context of the throne for the Padhukas? Furthermore, is this related to the Vedic tribute of Bhadram from the Sama Vedam Rk " Bhadram KarNe.. " ? Does Bhadrasanam relate to the protection afforded by together by the Divine Couple, i.e., the act of granting SharaNagati to a Prapanna? Does this point to the Margam of Prapatti established by Swami Nammazhwar which is being continued to this day by an unbroken chain of Acharyas in his line? Adiyen observed the " Bhadrasanam " usage in a couple of earlier Shlokams of the RPS as well and was thus intrigued by it. Why not Simhasanam or Rajasanam instead? Adiyen welcomes the inputs of other learned scholars of this forum. Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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