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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>102. rAjyam vihAya raGhuvamshamahIpathinAm 
> poUrAmscha pAdharasikAn pruthivIm cha rakthAm
> thvAmEva hantha charaNAvani! samprayAsyan
> Alambhatha praThamamuttharakOsalEndhra:
>
>Oh Paaduka! When the Prince of Kosala had to leave the country, 
>abdicating the Raghu-kingdom he inherited, the loving subjects 
>and the land that lovingly longed for his reign, He however, took 
>You as the first companion in forest. 
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan


NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN:(V.S)
**************************
(1)There has been a request to break the sandhis of 
the PaadhukhA sahasram slOkams of Swami Desikan 
by a devout Bhakthai .I suspect that wish may be 
widely prevalent to enjoy the SlOkams .Hence from now on 
adiyEn will provide the splititng of the complex words:

raajyam vihAya Raghuvamsa mahIpathInAm
pourAmsccha paadha rasikAn pruthvIm cha rakthAm 
thvaamEva hantha charaNAvani samprayAsyan
aalamBatha prathamam utthara kOsalEndhra: 

(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukhE !
Back in AyOdhyA , at the time of giving up
His Kingdom including the people of AyOdhyA
and His other property , RaamA accepted You 
as His capable help to overcome the distresses
that stretched ahead of Him during the next 
fourteen years in exile .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : In the previous slOkam ,
Swami Desikan rferred to the practise of parasthAnam ,
which is valid for all objects except the Paadhukai .
Lord raamachandrA left behind His kingdom , its 
dear citizens and every other property except His
Padhukhai during the occasion of leaving AyOdhyA .
Therefore , it is clear that the Paadhukhais are
the dearest possession of RaamA . 

The inner meaning is that the Lord in His Parama-
Padham cares deeply about the Jeevans and their 
sufferings . To remove their distresses , He descends
on the earth in Vibhava and ArchA Vaibhavams . He
leaves behind the nithya sooris in Sri Vaikuntam
and arrives at the Prakruthi maNdalam . He does
not leave the AchAryAs behind .He brings them 
with Him .He will leave anything and everything 
but not the beloved AchAryAs. He will also not
come close to those , who seek refuge at the blessed
feet of His AchAryAs.

(3) Swami addresses the Paadhukhai and states: Oh Uttara-
KosalEndra CharaNAvani ! thvAm prathamam aalamBatha 
( The King of the Northern Kosala dEsam , Raaman ,
wore You on His feet first before leaving for the forest ).
Prior to wearing the paadhukai that provides rakshA
for His lotus feet , what did He do ? What did he leave
behind in favor of the paadhukhais ? He left Raajyam ,
paadha rasikAn pourAn ( the citizens of AyOdhyA attached
to His sacred feet ) and rakthAm PruthvIm cha ( also 
the desirous land /Bhoomi) . He took the Paadhukhais ,
His Devi and His brother , Lakshmanan , the BhagavathOtthamA 
known as the embodiment of kaimkarya Sri...V.S 





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