Padhuka Sahasram-181

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

181. pAhi na: pAdhukE! yasyA:

viDhAsyan aBhishechanam

ABhiShEchanikam BhANdam

chakrE rAma: pradakshiNam

 

Oh Paaduka! May You protect us! We recall that when Rama

circumambulated the religious collection of materials assembled,

on the eve of His departure to the forest, He had visualized,

presumably so, this event-namely, the coronation of Yourself now.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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

did not want to have a coronation bath for Himself , but,

He wanted You to have that auspicious bath prescribed by

the sAsthrams.Therefore , He made a prathakshiNam

(circumambulation ) on Your behalf of all the materials

assembled for the abhishEkam (Coronation bath). May You ,

held in the highest esteeem by Your Lord , protect us !

 

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

PerumAL honors the AchAryAs as equal to Himself and some times

even more than Himself .

 

(3) This seventh of the 32 paddhathis is named as

" AbhishEka Paddhathi " by Swamy Desikan . This paddhathi

has 30 slOkams celebrating the Thirumanjanam for

the Paadhukais in the context of its PattAbhishEkam ..V.S

 

(4) On the eve of the PattabhishEkam day picked by

Sage VasishtA for Sri Raamachandran, He had to leave

for the forest as a result of His vow to His

father to honor the two boons given by him to his wife,

KaikEyi. RaamA was not sad at all over this turn of events .

LakshmaNA however was very angry.During the dawn

of the selected PattabhishEkam / Coronation bath day,

RaamA did not want the rich set of materials assembled

for His coronation to be wasted. He wanted to help

some one dear to Him to benefit from those riches. RamaA

circumambulated therefore around the assembled saamagriyais

on behalf of the Paadhukais to become the beneficiary

of the pattabhishEkam intended for Him ...V.S