Padhuka Sahasram-219

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

219. samBhidhyamAnathamasAsarayUpanIthaI:

samvarDhithasthava shuBhaIraBhiShEkathOyaI:

manyE bhaBhUva jalaDhirmaNipAdharakshE!

rAmAsthrapAvakashiKhABhirashOShaNIya:

 

I daresay, oh Paaduka! It was because the ocean had drawn waters from

the Tamasaa and Sarayu rivers into which Your holy Abhisheka waters

had flown, that the ocean could not be dried even with the fire-emitting

arrows of Sri Rama.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan:

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1) Oh PaadukE ! the mighty oceans were sanctified by

the admixture of waters of the river Sarayu and TamasA used

in Your coronation . As a result, Raama did not want to dry up

the waters of the Ocean with His unfailing arrows at the time

when He built the dam over the ocean to reach LankA .

 

2) Oh PaadhukE ! The waters of the rivers Sarayu and TamasA

containing Your coronation waters united with GangA as tributaries

merged finally with the Ocean waters. The sanctification of the Ocean

by the association with Your coronation waters did indeed protect

the Ocean from drying up, when angry RaamA directed

the AgnEyAsthram at it.

 

The inner meaning is that the KaruNA KatAksham of

A SadAchAryan acts as a shield even against the anger

of the Lord over the trespasses of a Jeevan.

 

3)The reference here is to RaamA's anger , when the Samudra Raajan

was indifferent to RaamA's prayer to appear in front of Him

to seek his permission to build a dam over it.The insult of

Samudra Raajan led to RaamA sending His arrows

of Fire to dry up the Ocean so that He and His entourage

could walk over the dried-up floor of the Ocean. RaamA

ultimately decided not to direct His powerful arrow against

the Ocean King . Swami Desikan wonders whether that decision

not to use the fiery arrow was due to the fact that

the protective pattAbhishEka jalam was mingled with

the waters of the Ocean....V.S

 

4) Swamy Desikan states that the waters of the Ocean

were blessed by the presence of the auspicious

coronation waters of the Paadhukais brought in

by the tributaries of GangA (viz)., the rivers SarayU

and TamasA ( TamasA SarayU upaneethai: Subhai:

tava abhishEkathOyai: samvardhitha: jaladhi:).

Because of that (auspicious) protection provided by

those coronation waters, RaamA's arrows with

fiery crests ( paavaka sikhAbhi: asthra:) could not

dry up the Ocean ( Jaladhi: asOshaNiya: BhabhUva)..V.S