Padhuka Sahasram-237

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

237. nisthIrNadhuKhajalaDhEranaGhasya dhEvi!

thvathsamprayuktharaGhnAThapadhAnvayEna

sadhya: sanandanamuKhaIrapi dhurnirIkshA

sAmrAjyasampadh aparA Bharathasya jagnyE

 

Oh Goddess Paaduka! The sinless Bharata crossed the ocean of grief on

joining You with Rama's

Feet. (He who was, till then, a servant of Paaduka, now became the

servant of the Lord's feet

as well as the Paaduka). He has now reached the status of another

kind of great ruler-that is

not possible even for great Yogis like Sanandana. (He has now

attained the kingdom of Kaimkarya

which is equivalent to Moksha. It is just like the bonded souls

crossing the samsara-ocean and

reaching the Bhagavat-pada-seva in Paramapada, which is the supreme

kingdom).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S):

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1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Here Swamy Desikan

describes the elevation of BharathA as heir-apparent

(Yuva RaajA ) to RaamA. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! BharathA

was immersed in the ocean of sorrow during the fourteen

years of seperation from RaamA . He served You , when You

ruled the kingdom as his brother's representative. Earlier,

he had refused the kingdom offered by his parents and was

thus totally guiltless. BharathA gianed his own kingdom by

serving You dutifully. That kingdom was known as " PaadhukA-

SaamrAjyam " . After RaamA was reunited with You by BharathA

at the end of the fourteen years, his sorrows were over

and he gained an illustrious lustre that is not within

the reach of even Yogis like SanakA and others.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! When BharathA

reunited You with his brother's thiruvadi ,he jumped over

the great ocean of sorrow ( the sorrow of seperation from

his brother for fourteen long years).An incomparable radiance

--not possessed even by the likes of Sages Sanakar , Sananthanar,

SanathkumArar and SanathsujAthar-- was gined by Bharathan .

The inner meaning is that there is no one among the BhakthAs

of PerumAL , who match the vaibhavam of Bharathan.

 

3) Bharathan attained the status of " Bhaktha chakravarthi "

as a result of uniting the Paadhukais with the sacred feet

of his brother after fourteen years of seperation. That was

a different kind of wealth/isvaryam ( aparA saamrAjya sampath).

That sampath attained by the blemishles BharathA was beyond

the reach of even great BhakthAs of the Lord such as SanakA

et al ( anagasya Bharathasya Sanandhamukhairapi durnirIkshaa

aparA saamrAjya sampath sadhya: jagnE)...V.S