Padhuka Sahasram-721

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

721. kAlEShu rAGhavapadhAvani! Bhakthinamra:

kAryANi dhEvi! BharathO vinivEdhayamsthE

thvadhrathnabimbithathayApi muhu: svakIyAm

rAjAsanasThithimavEkshya Bhrutham lalajjE

 

Oh Manipaaduka Devi! With You ceremoniously seated on the throne,

Bharata approaches You with reverence and prostration for instruction

and permission (on administrative issues). When he sees his image in

You, he feels he has ascended the throne he has scrupulously avoided

and he shudders in shame. What a unique moralist, this Bharata!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

 

SlOkam 721

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: So far, Swamy Desikan

focussed on ArchA of Lord RanganAtha. Now, he shifts his

attention to Vibhava in this and the next two slOkAs.

 

Swamy Desikan says here: " Oh Queen! Oh Paadhukais of

SrI RaamachandrA ! There were times , when Bharatha

with his body bent in devotion to You had to approach

You seated on the throne of Raghus. When he approached You

thus to address and consult with You on the matters of State ,

his image was reflected on Your gems. BharathA felt uncomfortable

at these times because he felt that he was sitting on

the throne by proxy . What a righteous man was BharathA! "

 

Swamy Desikan celebrates the propriety of BharathA , who

felt ashamed even at the thought of his reflection falling

on the gems of the PaadhukAs seated on the heriditary throne

of the Raghus. Such was BharathA's distaste to sit on

the throne , which in his mind belonged to his elder brother.

 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: In their dreams , the Saadhus

might occasionally experience that they have done some thing wrong.

Even if it was only a dream , the Saadhus are terrified over

that experience, when they wake up.

 

3) Oh Padhukai protecting the feet of Lord Raaghavan

( Raaghava Padhavani)! There are times in which Bharatha

bends before the Paadhukias with devotion ( Kaaleshu

Bhakthi namra: Bharatha:).He is engaged in presenting

the affairs of the nation to be taken care of by You

( tE kaaryANi vinivEdhayan sann). At those times , his

image is seen reflected on Your gems ( Thvath rathna

BimbhithavAnn). It is just his reflections (Bhimbham)

and Bharatha is not sitting on the throne at all and it is

only the Paadhukais that are sitting on the throne and

ruling the kingdom in the name of Lord Raamachandran

as latter's representative . Bharatha gets uncomfortable

recognizing his image over the throne and feels very bad

(svakeeyaam rAjAsana sTithim avEkshya muhu: bhrusam

lalajjE )...V.S