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

168. rajAsanE chEdhBhavathI niShaNNA
rangEshapadhAvani! thanna chithram
yathrADhirUDA: kramasha: purA thvAm
utthamsayanthE raGhusArvaBhoumA:

Oh Ranganatha Paaduka! That You sat on the throne of 
kings is no wonder. For all the kings of the Raghu Vamsa 
had cherished You with devotion on their heads
(Ranganatha was the family deity for the Raghus).

Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan

(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh RanganAtha PaadhukE !
You were seated on the throne of Raghus.It is not surprising ,
since the successors of RaamA are carrying You on their heads
and offer their individual worships , while being seated on
their traditional throne , where You once sat .

(2) Here , Swamy Desikan answers the doubts of some about
placing the Paadhukais of RaamA on the venerable seat 
adorned by the great kings of the Surya vamsam (IshvAku , 
Raghu , Dileepan , Dasarathan and others).He points out that 
it was not at all a strange thing to seat the Paadhukai in 
that honorable seat (throne of Raghu Vamsam )although 
it was a mistake for the kings to be seated on the throne , 
while the Paadhukai desreved the seat . He points out that 
the kings should have adorned the Raama Paadhukais like 
Bharathan , while standing before it with reverence as 
Bharathan to carry out the royal duties . Swamy Desikan 
addresses here the doubts expressed by some about 
the fitness of Swamy NammAzhwAr to be revered as 
an AchAryan because of being born in alower caste . 
Swamy asserts that there is no AchAryA , who is
equal to NammAzhwAr ( the Paadhukais of the Lord).

(3) Swamy Desikan had gone to battle twice with those
who minimized the importance of NammAzhwAr and Tamizh
MaRai and held the view that Sanskritic Vedams were far
superior . Both at Kaanchi and Srirangam , Swamy Desikan
defeated these biased scholars with sound arguments and
proved without doubt the equality of the Sanskritic Vedams 
and Tamizh Vedams (Dhivya Prabhandhams). The Lord of Kaanchi
was so pleased with Swamy's defense that he presented 
Swamy with one of His two Thiruchinnams . Such is the glory
of NammAzhwAr ! ...V.S 






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