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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

874. AkrAnthavEdhirBhavathI thadhAnImadharshi
mukthAnvithashONarathnA
       karagrahArTham BharathEna BhUmyA:
lAjOthkaraIrvahnishiKhEva kIrNA

(Oh Paaduka!) You are seated on a pedestal. Your red gems are 
reminiscent of fire. The flames are seen in the radiant beams. The
pearls strewn all around look like the fried rice grains poured into 
holy fire, in a homa called lajahoma, which is a part of the wedding 
that Bharata had with mother Earth, as its ruler, when Rama had left 
for the forest.  

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
 
SlOkam 874
 
1. UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy  Desikan sees the PadhukAs on 
the throne of the Raghus adorned by white pearls and fire red rubies. 
BharathA is sitting in front recieving the taxes from the kings of 
the realms. An analogy of a wedding scene comes to Swamy Desikan's
mind. He says: " Oh PaadhukE ! When You sat on the throne and ruled 
over the kingdom, Your throne looked like the sacrificial pit for 
fire (agni kuntam), where Your pearls and rubies took on the roles of 
parched rice and the flames of fire. The scene looked like a  
wedding, where Bharatha was conducting the marriage ceremony known as 
laaja hOmam during which parched rice is thrown by the handful with 
manthrams in to the sacrificial fire. BharathA recieving the homage 
of the subordinate rulers on behalf of the PaadhukAs is like the 
pouring of the parched rice in to the sacrificail fire to consumate 
the marriage between the ruler and the ruled (In this analogy , 
pearls are parched rice and  the rubies are the tongues of the 
fire.The throne on which the PaadhukA sits is the agni kuntam or
sacrificial pit). 
 
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! The sight of You being 
seated by Bharatha on the SimhAsanam of the kings of Raghu and Your 
white pearls and red rubies remind one of the scene of Your 
suzeranity over the land achieved through the pouring of parched rice 
(pearls on You) by Bharathan in to the fire ( Rubies on You) in to an 
Agni kuntam (SimhAsanam) .
 
3.Oh PaadhukE ! You are enmeshed with white pearls and red rubies ( 
Bhavathee mukthAnvitha sONarathnaa). You are seated on a pedestal in 
the form of SimhAsanam( aakrantha vEdhi:) that reminds one of the 
agni kuntam for pouring Havis. The pearls remind one of the parched 
rice thrown in to the fire for solemnizing the marriage with earth 
during the time of Your acceptance of Raajya bhAram ( TadhAneem 
BharathEna bhoomyA: karagrahArTam laaja uthkarai: keerNaa
vahni-sikhEva adarsee). Karagraham with BhUmi Devi stands for the 
reciept of kappam ( samarpaNams from the vassel kings acccepting 
PaadhukA's soverignity over them). 
 







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