Padhuka Sahasram-757

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

757. Bharathashirasi lagnAm pAdhukE! dhUrathasthvAm

svathanumapi vavandhE lakshmaNa: shEShaBhUtha:

kimidhamiha vichithram nithyayuktha: siShEvE

dasharaThathanaya: san ranganATha: svamEva

 

Oh Paaduka! When You were seated on the head of Bharata, Lakshmana on

approaching (while returning from the forest), paid obeisance to You

even from a distance onwards, even though he was a Sesha (and an

avatara of Sesha), whose another incarnation is Yourself. This is

nothing strange: Lord Ranganatha, in His incarnation as Rama,

performed respectful services to Himself!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOakam 757

 

1)UtthamUr Swamy:Oh PadhukE! When You returned from the forest to

NandhigrAmam , You were worn by BharathA on his head to unite You with

Your Lord. LakshmaNa , who is Your other form tenderly bowed to You

even from distance. Was n't that strange that LakshmaNa

(AdhisEshAvathAran) offered salutations to himself ( AdhisEshan

incarnated as PaadhukA) then ? It really is not that strange.

Did n't Raamachandra , who is none other than Lord RanganAtha

worship latter as the titular deity of the family of Raghus?

When the elder brother Himself worshipped Himself in AyOdhyA,

it is not surprising that the younger brother Lakshmana saluted

his other form , the PadhukA at Nandigram.

 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that

when PerumAL and Nithyasooris incarnate in this world,

they perform duties prescribed by SaasthrAs just like

any other humans and reject those that are not recomended

by the SaasthrAs to show the people of the world , the need for

being obedient to SaasthrAic dictates by every one.

 

3)Oh PaadhukE! When LakshmaNa saw from a distance the Paadhukais

being carried on top of BharathA's head , he bowed to them

( SeshabhUtha: Lakshmana: Bharatha sirasi lagnAm ThvAm

SVATANUMAPI dhUratha: vavandhE). There is nothing strange

in that ( iha idham kim vichithram?).The ever-so-careful

RaamachanadrA offered salutations to Himself(RanganAthA) ,

when He incarnated as Raamachandran , the son of King

Dasaratan( Nithya-yuktha: RanganATa: DasaraTatanayassann

SVAMEVA SESHIVE)..(V.S).