Padhuka Sahasram-209

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

209. aTharvOpagnyam thE viDhivadhaBhiShEkam vidhaDhathAm

vasiShtAdhInAmapyupachithachamathkAraBharayA

thvadhAsThAnyA rangakshithiramaNapAdhAvani! thadhA

laGhIyasyO jAthA raGhupariShadhAhOpuruShikA:

 

Oh Paaduka! Vasishta and the other sages, on performing Your

coronation strictly according to Atharva rules, saw a wonderful

assembly, whose impressiveness arose from Your presiding over it;

on witnessing it, they found their customary self-praise of the usual

assemblies of Raghu-vamsa was meaningless in this context. Thus

'Raghu-Kula' was reduced to 'laghu kula' (laghu=trivial).

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (VS):

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(1) Sri UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh Paadhukais of

the Lord! Sage VasishTA took special efforts to have Your

coronation done with Atharva Veda manthrams. The result

was the extraordinary and the most auspicious reign of

Yours for fourteen years until RaamA returned. Sage VasishTA

and others could not however take full credit for this

benevolent phenemenon , since they had conducted

the coronations of other kings as well and did not

recognize the level of auspiciousness that they

experienced during the reign of Yours (the PaadhukAs)

compared to the previous regimes. Therefore ,

this special auspicousness experienced by

the citizens of Kosala kingdom must be due

to Your unique kalyANa guNAs .

 

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

Sage VasishTA has been the PurOhithar for IshvAku Vamsam

all the way down to DasarathA. He has performed coronation

for all of the scions of that vamsam. When that venerable

sage performed coronation for You, even Sage VasishTA was

impressed over the special reverence and Jn~Anam of

the citizens of AyOdhyA ,who attended Your coronation

festival. He had not seen such an extraordinary

phenomenon before. Normally , the coronated kings

give assuring speeches and gain the trust of their citizens.

During Your coronation , You did not say anything and

yet won the hearts and minds of the citizenery. The inner

meaning is that even PerumAL can not match our AzhwArs

and AchAryAs in the performance of auspicious deeds.

 

(3) Oh RangakshithiramaNa paadhAvani ! Sage VasishTA

performed the PattAbhishEkam for you in strict accordance

with the Atharva Veda manthrams ( AtharvOpag~yam

abhishEkam tE vidhivath vidhadhathAm) . You presided

at that sabhA ( aasthAnyA parishath). That sabhA excelled

in auspiciousness compared to the earlier ones presided

over by other Raghu vamsA kings. That made sage VasishTA ,

who had officiated over the other pattAbhishEkam functions

filled with mystery and wonderment (VasishTAdhInAmapi

upachitha chaamthkArabharayA --)...V.S