Padhuka Sahasram-239

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

239. raGhupathimaDhirOpya svOchithE rathnapITE

praguNam aBhajaThAsthvam pAdhukE! pAdhapITam

thadhapi bahumathisthE thAdrushI nithyamAsIth

kva nu Khalu mahithAnAm kalpyathE thArathamyam

 

Oh Paaduka! You placed Sri Rama, rich in qualities, on the throne

made

of gemstones; You in turn became the seat for His Feet. So, what?

Your

respectability remained unaffected even now, for, in the case of the

highest, ups and downs of position would not cause any change in

respectability.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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

states that the PaadhukAs established themselves in

its customary place at the foot of the throne of RaamA

after reunion with His feet and were revered as before.

He says: " Oh PaadhukE ! You seated RaamA on the throne

that was appropriate for Him and positioned Yourself

at the foot of that throne , where the foot rest stays.

Even if Your position was at the lower level of the throne ,

reverence for You persisted as before, when You were seated

for fourteen years as the king of Kosala desam as RaamA's

representative.It is well known that those, who are worthy of

worship are respected at the same level , whether they sit

low or high due to changing circumstances. They receive the same

intensity of respect due to their intrinsic worth.

 

2) The inner meaning is that the great ones are revered

with same adulation , whether at a lower or higher level.

 

3) Swamy asks a profound question here: " MahIthAnAm

kkvanu khalu taaratamyam kalpyathE ? " ( for the great

Ones , how could there be any differntiation in reverence,

whether they are at a lower or exalted position ?).

Swamy Desikan answers his own question with a resounding

" never " ...V.S