Padhuka Sahasram-183

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

183. mUrDhABhiShikthaIrniyamEna vAhyoU

vichinthya nUnam raGhunAtha pAdhoU

rathnAsanasthAm maNipAdhukE! thvAm

ramanujanmA BharathOBhyaShinchath

 

Oh Paaduka! Rama's younger brother Bharata annointed and coronated You

on the gem-studded throne, he being confident that Rama's Feet were to

be borne on head only by duly purified persons.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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

BharathA meditated first on the holy feet of his elder

brother , which are traditionally worn on the heads of

the vasal kings during the coronation (PattaabhishEkam )

ceremonies for an emperor. Bharatha placed next the Paadhukais

as RaamA's representative on the throne of Raghus and

performed the abhishEkam . BharathA performed this

ceremonial bath for the paadhukais to qualify Himself

as the servant of the Paadhukais , which were taking charge

of the kingdom as a representative of Raamachandran.

 

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

performed the abhishEkam for the paadukais driven by

the thought that only those who had pattaabhishEkam

can carry the Lord's sacred feet . The inner meaning

is that for those , who have sincere bhakthi for PerumAl,

will be blessed with all auspciousness here and

in His other world .

 

(3) Swami Desikan salutes Bharathan here as

" RaamAnujanma " , a name traditionally reserved

for LakshmaNan .That shows the equal reverence that

Swamy Desikan has for the two brothers in the context

of the matchless Kaimkarya Sri acquired by the two

younger brothers ; one acquired this kaimkarya Sri

through service in the forests and the other had

equal kaimkarya Sri by staying behind and serving

the Paadhukais as the representative of his elder

brother...V.S