Padhuka Sahasram-220

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

220. padhAvani! thvadhaBhiShEchanamangalArTham

BhErIshatham BhrushamathAdyatha yath prathIthaI:

AkarNya thasya sahasA thumulam ninAdham

lanGAkavAtanayanAni nimIlithAni

 

Oh Paaduka! The drums that beat to proclaim the moment of coronation,

beat so loudly-hundreds at a time-for the auspicious moment-that the

doors of the houses in Lanka got shut in fear, automatically, even as

the eyes close in fear involuntarily, on hearing a high-pitch drum-beat.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (VS):

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1) Sri UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! During the occasion of

Your auspicious coronation , skilled drummers beat upon hundreds of

BhEris ( big drums) and raised a tumultous sound .When that sound reached

LankA , the front doors of the mansions in LankA closed as though in fear.

This seemed to denote the calamity is about to strike LankA , since RaamA

was defenitely on His way to LankA to destroy the city with RaavaNA and

the citizens . Swami Desikan compares the front doors of the mansions

to the eyes of the human beings that slam shut , when inauspicious

event is about to occur that will harm the eyes .

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! At the time of Your

coronation , many bhEris were beaten . When the City of LankA

in the form of a woman heard this , her eyes (front doors of

the manasions of her city ) slammed shut forecasting imminent

danger . Thus ,When the coronation was performed for

the Paadhukais , the city of LankA started its journey

to the dust heap. The inner meaning of this slOkam is that

inauspicious attributes like Kaamam and krOdham will leave

the places , where the glories of AchAryA are sung.

 

3) Swamy Desikan refers here to the inauspicious omens that

the city of LankA experienced , when the coronation festivities

took place at AyOdhyA . Skilled drummers played on the huge

drums and raised a panoply of sound that reached upto the skies

and echoed in LankA. At AyOdhyA , these sounds symbolized

the arrival of auspicious times , whereas at LankA , those

mighty sounds were indicative of the calamities that would

happen very shortly....V.S

 

(4) At AyOdhyA , hundreds of BhEris were beaten as a part

of the auspicious coronation festival ( AbhishEchana

mangaLArtham bhEri Satham bhrusam athADyatha). The sound

generated by the assembly of drummers was mighty (thumulam

ninAdham ).The immediate impact of that mighty sound in

LankA was the automatic slamming of the doors of the mansions

(SahasA LankA kavADa nayanAni nimIlithAni) similar to

the instantaneous shutting of the eyes in reflex action,

when some thing terrible is about to happen ..V.S