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

209. aTharvOpagnyam thE viDhivadhaBhiShEkam vidhaDhathAm 
vasiShtAdhInAmapyupachithachamathkAraBharayA
thvadhAsThAnyA rangakshithiramaNapAdhAvani! thadhA
laGhIyasyO jAthA raGhupariShadhAhOpuruShikA:

Oh Paaduka! Vasishta and the other sages, on performing Your 
coronation strictly according to Atharva rules, saw a wonderful 
assembly, whose impressiveness arose from Your presiding over it; 
on witnessing it, they found their customary self-praise of the usual 
assemblies of Raghu-vamsa was meaningless in this context. Thus 
'Raghu-Kula' was reduced to 'laghu kula' (laghu=trivial).

Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (VS):
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(1) Sri UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh Paadhukais of 
the Lord! Sage VasishTA took special efforts to have Your
coronation done with Atharva Veda manthrams. The result
was the extraordinary and the most auspicious reign of 
Yours for fourteen years until RaamA returned. Sage VasishTA
and others could not however take full credit for this
benevolent phenemenon , since they had conducted 
the coronations of other kings as well and did not 
recognize the level of auspiciousness that they 
experienced during the reign of Yours (the PaadhukAs) 
compared to the previous regimes. Therefore , 
this special auspicousness experienced by 
the citizens of Kosala kingdom must be due
to Your unique kalyANa guNAs .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE!
Sage VasishTA has been the PurOhithar for IshvAku Vamsam 
all the way down to DasarathA. He has performed coronation 
for all of the scions of that vamsam. When that venerable 
sage performed coronation for You, even Sage VasishTA was
impressed over the special reverence and Jn~Anam of
the citizens of AyOdhyA ,who attended Your coronation
festival. He had not seen such an extraordinary
phenomenon before. Normally , the coronated kings 
give assuring speeches and gain the trust of their citizens.
During Your coronation , You did not say anything and
yet won the hearts and minds of the citizenery. The inner
meaning is that even PerumAL can not match our AzhwArs 
and AchAryAs in the performance of auspicious deeds.

(3) Oh RangakshithiramaNa paadhAvani ! Sage VasishTA 
performed the PattAbhishEkam for you in strict accordance
with the Atharva Veda manthrams ( AtharvOpag~yam 
abhishEkam tE vidhivath vidhadhathAm) . You presided
at that sabhA ( aasthAnyA parishath). That sabhA excelled
in auspiciousness compared to the earlier ones presided 
over by other Raghu vamsA kings. That made sage VasishTA ,
who had officiated over the other pattAbhishEkam functions
filled with mystery and wonderment (VasishTAdhInAmapi
upachitha chaamthkArabharayA --)...V.S










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