Padhuka Sahasram-212

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

212. upAsya varShaNi chathurdasha thvAm

uttharikAmuttharakOsalasThA:

sanandhanAdhyaIrapi dhurvigAham

sAnthAnikam lOkamavApuragrayam

 

The people of Kosala country worshipped You for fourteen years and,

thereby, could reach, by Your uplifting quality, the superior world

of Saantaanika, impossible of reach even for Sanandana and the like.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(VS):

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

The citizens of North KosalA worshipped You

for 14 years under the tutelage of BharathA.

You blessed them to reach the world known as

SaanthAnikam , which is near Sri Vaikuntam ,

the supreme abode of RaamA. Swamy Desikan

points out that the worship of the Raama Paadhukais

helped the citizens to reach SaanthAnikam at

the conclusion of RaamA's earthly rule.

Such a blessing was not within the reach of

even great sages like Sanakar ,Sananthanar ,

SanathsujAthar and SanathkumArar even though

they had worshipped RaamA directly.

It is the worship of the PaadhukAs that must have

moved RaamA's mind to grant the citizens

their high place near Sri Vaikuntam.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: This slOkma is

a possible answer to Sri KurEsan's question

to Lord VaradarAjA in Sri VaradharAja Sthavam:

" Oh VaradharAjA ! Even the blades of grass of

Utthatra KOsala dEsam reached your world of

SaanthAnikam at the end of your 14,000 year

rule . Did they earn it by performing Prapathti

or Bhakthi to You ? Please tellme . "

 

(3) Swamy Desikan addresses the holy Paadhukais

of Sri RanganAthA as " UtthArikAm thvAm " ( Those who

give " a hand " to uplift those who are stuck in the mire

of Samsaaram in a hopeless state . Those holy paadhukais

were worshipped by the citizens of Utthara kOsalam.

What did they earn through that worship ? They

attained the not to be easily attained , superior

lOkam of SaanthAnikam ( dhurvigaahAm agryam

saanthAnikam lOkam avApu: )...VS