Padhuka Sahasram-199

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

199. vrutthE yaThAvadhaBhiShEkaviDhoU bhaBhAsE

paschAth thavAmba! BharathEna Dhrutha: kirIta:

AkasmikasvakulaviplavashAnthiharShAth

prApthasthviShAmiva pathirmaNipAdhukE! thvAm

 

Oh Mother Paaduka! When the abhisheka was duly over,

Bharata held, from behind, the crown above You,

in a formal coronation ritual, it looked as though

the sun was above in his joy in that an unexpected

stigma that had crept into his (solar) race had

been removed with proper amends now.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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

BharathA performed the first of the many coronations

baths;at the end of that ceremony ,he stood close to You

and placed next to you the crown of the kings of

Manu Vamsa.He placed the crown very close to You,

instead of placing it on You or away from You. This way,

the people who came to worship You could feast their

eyes on Yourself and the crown associated with You.

Through this crowning ceremony , BharathA banished

all the misfortunes that resulted from his mother's

intrigues.The Crown shone next to You like the rising Sun.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When Bharathan placed

the crown of Manu Vamsam next to You , people felt

that all the sorrows of Soorya Vamsam was banished

and You looked like the Soorya BhagavAn Himself

with Your crown.

 

(3) Here Swamy Desikan addresses the Paadhukai

as " Ambha MaNipaadhukE " .Swamy compares this

ambhA (Mother) to another mother (KaikEyi) , who

out of avarice and greed caused all the misfortunes

that led to the untimely death of DasarsathA

and the departure of RaamA to the forest

for 14 long years.Bharathan placed the Crown

of his family next to the PaadhukAs( BharathEna

Grutha:KirIDa:). The crown experienced the removal

of erstwhile sorrows to Soorya Kulam ( Kula

viplava shAnthi) and became radiant with joy

and shone like the Sun Himself ( harshAth

thvAm prAptha: thvishAm pathiriva BhabhAsE).

The Crown was radiant over attaining you

as its Lord...V.S