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).
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