Padhuka Sahasram-202

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

202. alaGhuBhiraBhiShEkavyApruthaIrambhuBhisthE

dinakarakuladhaInyam pAdhukE!kshALayiShyan

sa Khalu kamalayOnE: sUnurAGhattha manthrE

ShvaDhikaniyamayOgAm shakthimATharvaNEShu

 

Oh Paaduka! Vasishta, son of Brahma, infused into the waters used for

the abhisheka greater power through the Atharva mantras and his own

excessive discipline, so as to wash away the stigma that had tainted

the Solar race.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (VS):

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

The Atharva Vedha ManthrAs are very important for

the coronation ceremony .Hence , Sage VasishTA recited

many Atharva Vedha manthrams to generate the power and

strength associated with many religious observances(vrathAs).

The waters inculcating these manthrAs appeared as though

they washed away the deficiency of not having a descendent

of Soorya vamsam on the throne. Swami Desikan points out

that the very same powerful Sage VasishTA used one set of

manthrAs from one VedhA for the birth of RaamA and

His brothers and another set of ManthrAs from a different

VedhA to empower the coronation waters for the PadhukAs.

 

(2) Srimath Andava's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When RaamA

left for the forest , there was arAjakam and lot of troubles

arose due to that gap in the occupancy of the throne after

DasarathA passed away. To destroy those inauspicious events,

the grat sage, VasishTA observed many vrathams and empowered

them with powerful Vedha manthrams as a apart of Your

pattAbhishEkam .The inner meaning is the people of

the world suffer, when there are no SadAchAryAs to

perform upadEsam on Tattva -Hitha -PurushArthams.

When sadAchAryAs are worshipped with sincere devotion,

the ill sof the world will disappear. It is indeed in

this context , one has to understand the YogAbhyAsam of

AchArya Naatha Muni to have the darsanam of Swamy

NammAzhwAr at THirukkuruhUr and receive from him

the dhivya prabhndhams and sakala sAsthrams to banish

the sorrows of this world.

 

(3) Swamy Desikan saya that there was a kaLangam

/dhainyam(azhukku in Tamil) in the garment of

Soorya Vamsam due to the painful circumstances leading to

the departure of RaamA to forest .That blemish had

to be cleansed .Swamy Desikan states that the austere

Sage VasishTA washed away that blemish with the waters

made potent by the consecration with atharva Vedha

manthrams (ambhubhi: Dinakarakula DHAINYAM

kshALayishyan , AtharvaNEshu manthrEshu --sakthim

aadhatha khalu )...V.S