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).
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