Padhuka Sahasram-204

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

204. thava viDhivadhupAtthE sArvaBhoUmABhiShekE

BharathasamayavidBhi: pAdhukE! manthrimuKhyaI:

thvadhavaDhinijakarmasThAyinInAm prajAnAm

praThama yugavishEShA: prAdhurAsan vichithrA:

 

Oh Paaduka! When Your coronation as supreme empress was solemnized by

the Ministers, in accordance with the rules of procedure, but as per

the specific wish of Bharata*, dedicating the rituals to Your

pleasure, this being the ultimate in spiritual status, the ordained

Dharmas pertaining to Kritayuga, in a wide variety, were performed by

people.

 

*The Paaduka was the force controlling all worlds OR The usual

hailing format was " May the Paaduka's reign last till Rama returns! "

OR Perform all rituals as Paaduka-arpanam.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (VS):

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

When the ministers of DasarathA understanding fully

BharathA's reverence for You , conducted Your coronation

ceremony , offered their worships and saluted You .

They hailed You to have an auspicous rule until Your

Lord returned home from His exile.The auspiciousness

arising from your rule kept all the VarNAs and asramAs

in tact. All the citizens observed their assigned duties

with enthusiasm. The special blessings of the first of

four yugAs (time divisions) , Kritha yugA was abundantly

present in the activites of all the citizenery . They

(the Ministers) served You as Lord RaamachandrA's

designated representative.

 

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

followed the instructions of Bharathan and made all

the arrangements for Your coronation . At that time ,

the citizenery laid at the foot of Your throne, all

their karmAs as samarpaNam.It was thrEthA yugam then.

Inspite of it , the piety of the SamarpaNams made

the ThrEthA yugam look like the Krutha Yugam, where

Sattvam is dominant.The inner meaning is that there is

no glorious time , which is more significant than

the time in which SadAchAryAs are celebrated with

VisEsha bhakthi and reverence.It is customary

to perform Saathvika ThyAgam with the expression ,

" Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu " . It would be better

to adopt the practise of saathvikaThyAgam with

the statement " Sarvam PaadhukArpaNam asthu " .

It is much more beneficial to perform kaimkaryams

for the preethi of AchAryAs than even for the preethi

of PerumAL.

 

(3) Swamy Desikan describes the pattaabhishEkam performed

by the chief Ministers at the behest of BharathA as

" SaarvabhoumAbhishEkam " . Due to that auspicious event,

the karmAs performed by the citizenery during PaadhukA

Raajyam attained a status equal to that of of karmAs

performed in Krutha Yugam ( Prathama yuga visEshA:

prAdhurAsan)...V.S