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Srimathe RaamAnujAya nama:

126. manthrAbhishEka virahAth bhajathA visuddhim
samskAra varjana vasAth abhisamskruthEna
moordhnA ninAya BharathO MaNipaadhukE thvAm
RaamAj~nyaa vinihithAmiva RaajyalakshmIm 

Translation by U.Ve.Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan 
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Oh PaadhukA ! When BharathA held You on his head
and returned to AyOdhyA , he was returning victoriously
with RaajyalakshmI (the kingdom) , so to say. If he had 
no ceremonial abolution on the throne with mantrA chanting, 
it was because he had purity already ; he was also best 
accomplished in make-up without the traditional oil bath
et al. All of this because RaamA placed You on BharathA's 
head and You do not require such purifications . You Yourself
purify and it would have been wrong to perform manthrAbhshEkams 
for You .

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

RaamA's pledge to His father to spend fourteen years
could not be revoked. BharathA's request to RaamA to
return to AyOdhyA was therefore rejected. The casualty 
in this context was the Raajyalakshmi. She accompanied 
RaamA to the forest. Thereafter, the whole of AyOdhyA 
lost its lustre and auspiciousness. RaamA returned Raajyalakshmi 
to AyOdhyA through the return of the PaadhukAs as a gift 
to BharathA. They brought the Raajyalakshmi back to AyOdhyA
without the traditional paraphernalia of coronation , such
as the sacred bath in the holy waters and other requird 
ceremonies. This was so , because of Your own glory .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

It is customary during coronations to have abhishEkam
in the waters from sacred rivers with the recitation of 
Vedic manthrAs. Such a ceremony would have been only
for the coronation for the kingdom of DasarathA . For
the Raajyam of Paadhukai presented to BharathA by RaamA,
such ceremonies are not necessary .They only need to stay
on the head of a holy person like BharathA . It is indeed
because of the supreme penance of BharathA that You (Paadhuka)
returned to AyOdhyA . It is well known that Naatha Muni and 
Madhura Kavi did such penance to attain the anugraham of
NammAzhwAr.

(3) Swamy Desikan compares the Paadhukais that adorned
the head of BharathA at the command of RaamA to Raajyalakshmi
( RaamAj~nyA vinihithAm RaajyalakshmI iva). The head of BharathA
that formed the peetam for the RaajyalakshmI and its (head's)
noble qualifications are saluted as " abhisamskruthEna moordhnA " 
or a well prepared or a highly qualified head to have
the honor of bearing that RaajyaLakshmI...V.S 







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