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

208. kathichana padhapadhmasparshasoUKhyam thyajanthI
vrathamathulamaDhAsthvam vathsarAn sAvaDhAnA
raGhupathipadharakshE! rAkshasaIsthrAsithAnAm
raNaraNakavimuktham yEna rAjyam surANAm

Oh Paaduka! Your observance of a 'Vrata', so to say, of renouncing a 
pleasure-namely, that of contact with the lotus feet of Sri Rama, 
indeed an unparalleled 'Vrata', for a few years, very diligently 
ensured, for the devas, their kingdom by reason of removing their 
fears in regard to the Rakshasas.

Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(VS):
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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE !
You suffered very much for 14 years due to Your
seperation from the feet of Your Lord. You could not 
enjoy the physical contact with Him during those years.
On top of this , You accepted the responsibility of
ruling KosalA kingdom and attended to all aspects
of that with kaimkaryam intensity . Thanks to Your sacrifices , 
devAs were freed from the terrrors caused by RaavaNA 
and thus RaamA was able to help them. There is no match
to Your sorrow , determination and sacrifices , when 
it comes to Kaimkaryams to Your Lord .

The inner meaning of this verse relates to the suffering of
Swamy NammAzhwAr (Satari Soori), who had to bear the seperation
from his Lord in Sri Vaikuntam and staying on this earth 
until he completed his mission of gracing us with
ThiruvAimozhi. To gain a perspective on the sorrow of 
the PaadhukAs , we have to remember that SitA Devi
was seperated from Her Lord for only ten months.
The PaadhukAs however were seperated from Sri RaamA's 
sacred feet for fourteen years.

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is 
that the avathAram of AzhwArs and AchAryAs on this earth,
their upadEsams and anushtAnams protects all the worlds.
If the Nithyasooris do not leave Paramapadham and 
incarnate here, how could Jeevans enjoy sukham 
here and in the other world?

(3) Paadhukai enjoys routinely " padha Padhma
sparsa soukhyam"( the comfort and contentment
of union with the Lord's sacred feet). During
RaamAvathAram, those Padhukais reluctantly left 
the Lord's feet for fourteen years for the removal
of the agitations of the dEvAs , who were fear- 
stricken over the evil deeds of RaavaNA .Swamy 
Desikan describes the services rendered by
the SatAri of the Lord : (a) "padha padhma 
sparsa soukhyam thyajanthI thvam saavadhAnA 
kathichana vathsarAn athulam vratham adhaa:"
( Leaving the pleasure of union with Your Lord's
lotus feet , with great care , you spent few
years observing a matchless vratham ).
(b) What did that vratham accomplish ? What were
its fruits? Swamy Desikan refers to that as
" yEna (vrathEna) raakshasai: thrAsithAnAm
surANAm raajyam raNaraNaka vimuktham aaseeth"
( Through that vratham of sitting on the throne
of the Raghus as the representative of Your
Lord , You stopped the fear-driven shakings
of the residents of dEva lOkam ).The choice of
the word "raNaraNakam " is a beautiful
word portryal of the picture of the quaking (nadukkam )
of dEvAs out of fear over RaavaNA. Swamy suggests
that the PadhukA's protection of the kingdom
for fourteen years made RaamA fulfil His
avathAra-Kaaryam...VS









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