Padhuka Sahasram-899

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

899. sThithvA pUrvam kvachana BhavathI BhadrapITasya maDhyE

rathnOdhanchathkiraNanikarA rangiNa: pAdharakshE!

vyAkIrNAnAm nrupathivirahAddhEvi! varNAshramANAm

nUnam sImAviBhajanasaham nirmamE sUthrapAtham

 

Oh Ranganatha-Paaduka Devi! There was anarchy in the (Kosala) country

when You ascended the throne. You it was, who by means of rays from

gems, enforced, as it were, strict demarcation lines with a thread,

so that each Varna (caste) and each Asrama (stage in life) was

contained within boundaries, there occuring no mingling.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Devi ! Oh RanganAtha PadhukE !

When You were ruling the kingdom of AyOdhyA from Your throne at

NandigrAm , the rays of Your gems served as sutra pAtam or the

dividing thread to demarcate the rules of the four aasramams like

celibacy, wedded state, forest life and renunciation. It also

established and maintained the rules of priestly, ruling, commercial

and laborer's classes. Those rays made sure that no anarchy resulted

from the slipping of ancient established rules by Bhagavath

Saasthrams.

 

2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: This slOkam focusses on

Sath SampradhAya siddha Saasthreeya niyamanam and

Saasthra SthApanam by the Paadhukais (Swamy NammAzhwAr)

at the time, when King DasaraTa had ascended to Svargam and

Raama was away in the forest to fulfil the pledge made to His father.

There was slipping of SarIra and Aathma dharmams in AyOddhi

and arAjakam( lawlessness) crept in to AyOdhyA. SampradhAya

Parisuddhi instructed by the Bhagavath Saasthrams is some thing that

should not slip and the Lord's property, the Saathvika Janams

have to be protected from the ill effects of such deplorable

deviations. Saasthraic rules have to be reestablished. That is what

the Paadhukais did during its reign as the representative of

Lord Raamachandra , when He was away in the forest as an exile.

Through the spreading lustre of its gems, the Paadhukais banished

lawlessness and slippage from Sath SampradhAyam and reestablished

Saastrams and anushtAnams.

 

3. Oh SrI RangarAja PaadhukE ! You are resplendent with

the ascending kaanti of the bright rays originating from Your

multicolored gems ( Thvam rathna udhanjath kiraNa nikarA ).

There was a time , when King DasaraTaa had ascended to Svargam

and Raamachandran was in the forest , You had to return to

AyOdhyA to encounter the kinglessness there and to restore

the VarNAsrama dharmams , which had got mingled ( nrupathi

virahAth vyAkeerNAnAm varNam aasrama seemA vibhajana saham

SoothrapAtham nirmamE ). You sat on the throne of the kings of

Raghu vamsam and straightened out the anomalies that had

crept in ( Poorvam kvachana samayE Bhadhrapeetasya madhyE

sTithvA vyAkeerNAnAm varNa aasrama seemA vibhajana saham

soothrapAtham nirmamE ). Soothra pAtham means the demaracation

of the injunctions based on SaasthrAs to prevent them from

being mixed up and cause all kinds of harms. It is like holding

a thread to provide clear boundaries of each varNam and

aasramam ...(V.S).