Padhuka Sahasram-179

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

179. parihruthadhaNdakADhvagamanam padharakshiNi! tath

pariNathavishvasampadhudayam yuvayOrdhvithayam

raGhupathirathnapITamADhiruhya thadhA vidhaDhE

vyapagathavAiriBhUpanilayam vasuDhAvalayam

 

Oh Paaduka! By avoiding the travel through Dandaka forest, You remained

on Rama's throne and effectively ensured the welfare of all the worlds,

eliminating from the whole earth, the complete lot of enemies.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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

You did not take part in the travels through the DhaNDakA

forest. Had You accompanied Your Lord instead of sitting on

the throne of Kosala kings, the enemy kings of Vanga-Kalinga-

Anga-Maghadha desams would have succeded in their efforts

to defeat an orphaned nation. You defeated them instead

as the representative of Your Lord , while He was busy

destroying RaavaNA and his entourage. The two of You

working together freed the world from the enemies that

tormented it. It is indeed an excellent distribution of

labor between yourselves.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE !

When Your Lord was away for fulfilling His

avathAra KaaraNam , You sat on His behalf on

the throne of Kosala kings and showered the universe

with auspiciousness and freedom from fear of enemies.

The inner meaning is that the SadAchAryAs stay away

from the jungle of samsAram and shower on their

beloved sishyAs all auspiciousness through the conferral

of jn~Ana sampath and destroy their internal

and external enemies.

 

(3) Two things happened . One was the abandonment

of the travel by the PaadhukAs through DhaNDakA

forest ( parihrutha DhaNDaka adhva gamanam).The other

was the ascent on the gem-studded throne of

Raghupathy ( Raghupathy rathna-peeta adhirOhaNam).

The effect of these two acts were the whole world

being rid of enemy kings ( vasudhA valayam vyapagatha

vairi-bhUpa nilayam vidhadhE)....V.S