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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

127. rakshArtham asya jagathO MaNipAdharakshE 
Raamasya Paadhakamalam samayE thyajanthyA:
kim dhushkaram thava vibhUthi parigrahO vaa
kim vaa vidhEha dhuhithu: krupaNA dasA saa 

Translation by Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan
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(1) Oh PaadhukA ! Of the two, SitA and Yourself ,
both of whom had to leave RaamA's company at particular 
moments , whose was the most unbearable lot--Your enjoying
the rulership or SitA's pitiable plight in the AsokA forest ?
Your's indeed because You had to enjoy , when RaamA was in 
tough and tiring times .

Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: 

In an earlier verse , Swamy Desikan extolled the glory 
of the PaadhukAs as exceeeding that of SitA Devi. Here
he gives another reason for this assessment. He says:
" Oh Lord's PaadhukE ! It is true that SitA Devi was 
separated form Her Lord and wihtered in AsOka Vanam .
She was overcome with matchless grief due to that 
seperation .You had to leave RaamA's holy feet and 
return with BharathA to AyOdhyA .The grief that You 
experienced from the seperation was indeed greater 
than that of SitA Devi . You had to conduct 
the affairs of the state , look after the welfare of
the people and particpate in many auspicious functions
of the state. It is generally agreed that the requirement 
to conduct unavoidable auspicious event in the middle of 
a calamity is the worst that could happen to anyone."

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

For the sake of protecting the world , SitA and
PaadhukAs had to part with the Lord's lotus feet.
SitA stayed in AsOka vanam with great sorrow.
You ruled over the world with great sorrow while being
seperated from Your Lord's feet . The inner meaning 
is that the AchAryAs' sufferings for helping
the Jeevan to gain mOksham are unmatched .

(3) Both SitA and PaadhukAs parted with the Lord's
lotus feet for the protection of the universe( lOka
rakshArtham).Swamy Desikan almost lets us decide which was
the harder of the two sufferings . He asks whether 
VibhUthi Parigraham ( raajyaparipAlanam) by the Paadhukais
in its time of sorrow was worse than SitA pirAtti's 
suffering in isolation at AsOka Vanam . He questions : 
" VibhUthi parigrahO Dhushkaram kim " or " VidEha Dhuhithu: 
krupaNA dasA dhushkaram kim ? "....V.S 





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