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Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

163. PruThvIpathInAm yugapath kirItA:
prathyArThinAm prANithumarThinAm cha
PrApusthadhA rAghavapAdharakshE!
THVADHiYAMaSThAnikapAdhapITam

Oh Rama-Paaduka! When You were there seated on the throne, 
he crowns were submitted to You on the pedestal below. 
They are either those which were originally of 
kings who fought to the end and died or those 
those owners surrendered them to escape 
death. Both kinds reached the pedestal.

Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes By V.Sadagopan(V.S):
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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukais of 
Sri RanganathA ! When You ruled over AyOdhyA and sat 
on the throne of the Raghus , the foot rest (peetam)
of your throne was crowded with the bejeweled crowns 
of those , who lost their battles with You ; the crowns
of Your opponents , who wanted to live also placed their
crowns at the foot of Your throne as a token of their 
obedience to You . Both categories of kings 
thus recognized Your soverignity .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Here ,Swami Desikan 
recognizes the two kinds of kings , whose crowns adorned
the pedestal below the throne of the SriranganAtha Paadhukais .
One category of kings voluntarily placed with reverence their
crowns to acknowledge the emperorship of the Paadhukais .
The other category opposed the power of the Paadhukais 
and Bharathan defeated them in the battle field as 
the PaadhukA sevakan and brought their crowns and placed
them at the pedestal below the throne as a mark of their
submission . The inner meaning is that the auspicious ones
approached Swamy NammAzhwAr and placed their heads at
His sacred feet . Those who were opposed to Him were 
won over by His dhivya sookthis and surrendered afterwards
at Swami NammAzhwAr's holy feet .

(3) Swami Desikan visualizes the crowded assembly of
bejeweled crowns at the aasthAnika paadha peeDam 
( the foot rest of the throne )of Raaghava Paadharakshai.
All of them arrived almost at the same time( yugapath). 
One category belonged to the enemy kings , who were 
defeated ( prathyarthInAm pruthvIpathInAm KiriDA: ) 
by Bharathan and the other category was constituted by
the kings , who sought the protection of the Paadhukais
(arhtinAm kiriDA:) voluntarily . Swamy Desikan points out 
that the arthi and Prathyarthi are both blessed by 
the Veera Raaghava Paadhukais...(V.S) 






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