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SrImathE RaamAnujAya nama:

133. saakEthaseemni Bhavathee maNipAdharakshE
maangalya laaja nikarai: avakeeryamANA 
Keethi svayamvarapathE: Bharathasya kaalE
VaivAhiki Janani vahnisikhEva rEjE

Translation by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedantha Desikan Swamy
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Oh PaadhukE ! When You rode across the streets of
AyOdhyA , parched paddy grains were strewn in Your
path heralding auspiciousness. It loked then as though
You were ( by Your blazing lustrous radiance) the Agni ;
the lady Keerthi (fame) had voluntarily opted for 
BharathA's hand and the wedding arrangements went 
through (with laaja hOmam). 

Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S):
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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:
Here, Swamy Desikan describes how the ladies
of AyOdhyA showered parched rice as a sign of 
auspicious welcome to the ruby-studded PaadhukAs
of RaamA . Swamy says that it looked like the marriage
of BharathA with a maiden by the name of Fame.The white
showers of parched rice fell on that occasion on 
the rubies of the Paadhukais. The combination of
the white and red colors looked like the flames 
of the sacred fire accepting the havis at the laajA-
homam stage of Vedic marriage .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam :
The sight of the shower of Parched rice over 
the Ruby-enmeshed Paadhukais were like witnesing
the sacred flames (VaidhikAgni) in the svayamvaram
of a kannikai with the name of Keerthi wedding 
Bharathan. The visEsha keerthi (fame ) that BharathA
acquired was due to his rejection of the Raajyam 
that was given to him and bringing back the Raama
PaadhukAs to rule over AyOdhyA . The inner meaning is that 
when SamsAris reject SamsAram and seek the sacred feet 
of SadhAchAryAs , they accumulate enormous keerthi .

(3) Swamy Desikan compares the resplendent Paadhukais
to the flames of Agni (Vahni-sikhA) in the VivAham 
of BharathA with Keerthi devi ( Bharathasya VaivAhiki
Vahni sikhEva rEjE).The Laaja Homa manthrams are
housed in the tenth canto of Rg Vedam...V.S 





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