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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>113. avikalam aDhikarthum rakshaNE sapthalOkyA:
> raGhupathi: charaNEna nyastha dhivya anuBhAvam
> aBhajatha Bharatha: thvAmm anjasA pAdharakshE!
> maNimakuta nivEshathyAga DhanyEna mUrDhnA
>
>Oh Paaduka! It is right that Bharata avoided crowning himself with a 
>gem-set crown but instead thought fit to adorn his head with You. By 
>reason of Your having been endowed with special potency by association 
>with Rama's feet, Bharata, on bearing You secured suzerainty over all 
>seven worlds.
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):
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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukhE ! For achieving 
a major prize , one has to reject many distractions and 
temptations on the way. BharathA rejected the minor prize of
wearing the crown of Kosala dEsam and through that act succeded
in adorning the holy paadhukhAs of RaamA on his head as 
the coveted major prize . Had he won the Kosala crown , it is
not clear whether he would have fulfilled his duties successfully
as a king of AyOdhyA or escaped from the blemish that he coveted 
that kingdom and therefore was directly responsible for RaamA's
banishment to the forest. By sacrificing the Kosala crown , BharathA
had the greatest fortune of receiving the holy padhukhAs of Raamaa
having the power of ruling all the seven worlds .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhaavam : There have been many reasons 
given for BharathA wearing the PaadhukhAs of RaamA as his
SirObhUshanam . One of the main reason is that the PaadhukhAs 
have the power to rule all the seven worlds . RaamA stepped 
on to the PaadhukhAs to transfer the power of His Thiruvadis 
so that there will be no vignams during BharathA's ruling 
AyOdhyA with the help of His Paadukhias. BharathA wore those 
PaadhukhAs on his head , which had the bhAgyam of NOT wearing
the mere crown of the kingdom of Kosala desam .

(3) One Jewel (decorative object) for BharathA's head was
the MaNi Makutam (Bejeweled crown ) of Kosala RaajAs.
The other was the Lord's MaNi Paadharakshai . BharathA
chose wisely the latter as AabharaNam for his siras , since 
the MaNi Paadhukhais were empowered by his dear brother
to rule effortlessly all the seven worlds .Rejecting 
the MaNi Makutam is described by Swamy Desikan as 
" MaNi Makuta nivEsa thyAgam ".That thyAgam followed 
by the placement of Sri Raama Paadhukhais on his head
made BharathA qualified without question to become 
eligible to rule the seven worlds ( Saptha lOkhyA:
avikalam rakshaNE adhikarthum )....V.S 




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