Padhuka Sahasram-192

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

192. snEhEna dhevi! BhavathIm viShayE aBhiShinchan

dvissapthasanKhyaBhuvanOdharadhIparEKhAm

jAtham raGhUdhvahadhivAkaraviprayOgAdh

anDham thamisramaharadh Bharatha: prajAnAm

 

Oh Paaduka Devi! Bharata performed a devotional coronation

ceremony for You in great sincerity. You being the lamp-flame

for the life-sustenance of all fourteen worlds, this ceremony

was equivalent to feeding the lamp with ghee, say; thereby

the grief in the hearts of the people-darkness caused by

the disappearance of the Sun, that Rama was, into the forest-

was dispelled.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan

describes and salutes the Paadhukais of the Lord as shining

light of a lamp lit by BharathA to banish the darkness in

the fourteen worlds caused by their seperation from RaamA.

Swamy plays on the double meaning of the word " SnEham " .This

word can mean either friendship or melted butter (ghee).

Swamy compares the pouring of the ceremonial water on

the PaadhukAs to the pouring of ghee in the flame of

PadhukAs. Swami states: " Oh Devi PaadhukE !

When the citizens of the fourteen worlds suffered

from the darkness caused by their seperation from

the radiant Sun , RaamA , BharathA poured with affection

the consecrated waters on You and enhanced Your

brilliance.It was like Your lustre being enhanced

in a manner similar to adding ghee (aahUthi) in

Your flame resting in the vessel of this Earth .

Swamy visualizes a lamp with ghee and a burning wick

and BharathA pouring ghee into that lamp to enhance

the brightness of the light emanating from that lamp.

The life-sustaining wick driving the darkness is

equated to the radiance of the paadhukais. The ghee

is equated to the consecrated waters and the lamp

is connected to Mother Earth in this analogy.

 

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

performed pattAbhshEkam for You , it was like a lamp lit

for the illuminationg all the fourteen worlds.The inner

meaning is that the SadAchAryAs through their sadhupadEsams

banish all the aj~nanam and sorrow and the people enjoy

parama sukham in this world.

 

(3) Swamy points out that BharathA removed

the darkness and sorrow of the world ( tamisram

aharath) with the help of the dheepa rEkhA

( the radiance )originating from the lamp of

Paadhukai ...V.S