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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>109. manyE niyujya BhavathIm maNipAdharakshE! 
> pArShNigrahasya Bharathasya nivAraNArTham 
> rathnAkaram sapadhi gOShpadhayan vijigyE
> rAma: kshaNEna rajanIchararAjaDhAnIm
>
>Oh Paaduka! I imagine that Rama gave You up to Bharata, who was 
>perseverantly pursuing Rama's footsteps, in order that Rama could go 
>to his job of doing away with the Lanka-rulers, in a quick manner, 
>making the ocean a mere puddle of cow's hoof to easily cross over.
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen, SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S)
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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh Lord's PaadhukhE !
You were given to BharathA by RaamA to fulfil the purpose
of his incarnation (i-e)., to destroy the evil RavaNA .
BharathA at ChithrakUtam held on firmly to the legs of
RaamA and would not let them go until RaamA responded 
positively to his appeal to return to AyOdhyA . To overcome this
difficult situation , RaamA sent you (Paadhukai)with BharathA
and proceeded promptly towards LankhA to fulfil the purpose
of His avathAram as " a Human being ". The moment RaamA sent
You with BharathA , the goals of His incarnation advanced
rapidly .

(2) Oh PaadhukE ! Raaman made the deep ocean look like
a pond and crossed over it easily to LankhA for destroying 
the evil RaavaNA in a very short fraction of time . Prior to
that , He sought Your help and commanded You to be
with BahrathA to fulfill his avathAra KaaraNam .

(3) The key word in this slOkam is " PaarshNigrahasya".
Swami Desikan indicates that BharathA was holding tightly
the back side of Sri RaaamachandrA's feet . This seems to
suggst that RaamA was looking towards LankhA (away
from BharathA) already since the earlier efforts of BharathA 
to face RaamA , argue with Him while holding on to 
the feet of RaamA from the front side had failed .
ShAsthrAs say that BhagavAn can not escape , 
when one holds firmly to His feet . He can not 
shake them (BhakthA's grip)off and escape . 
BharathA knew about this and held on to the back side of 
the Lord's ankles to turn RaamA towards AyOdhyA . 
RaamA experienced Dharma Sankatam and had to do some thing .
What did He do ? He requested the help of His noble 
Paadhukais and asked them to return with BharathA 
to AyOdhyA and serve as His representative to help 
BharathA during His necessary absence form the Kingdom.....V.S

(5) The other inner meaning is that the Lord directs
a Bhakthan to a sadAchAryan prior to Prapatthi ...V.S 




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