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

212. upAsya varShaNi chathurdasha thvAm 
uttharikAmuttharakOsalasThA:
sanandhanAdhyaIrapi dhurvigAham
sAnthAnikam lOkamavApuragrayam

The people of Kosala country worshipped You for fourteen years and, 
thereby, could reach, by Your uplifting quality, the superior world
of Saantaanika, impossible of reach even for Sanandana and the like.

Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(VS):
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(1)Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE!
The citizens of North KosalA worshipped You
for 14 years under the tutelage of BharathA. 
You blessed them to reach the world known as
SaanthAnikam , which is near Sri Vaikuntam ,
the supreme abode of RaamA. Swamy Desikan 
points out that the worship of the Raama Paadhukais 
helped the citizens to reach SaanthAnikam at 
the conclusion of RaamA's earthly rule. 
Such a blessing was not within the reach of 
even great sages like Sanakar ,Sananthanar ,
SanathsujAthar and SanathkumArar even though 
they had worshipped RaamA directly.
It is the worship of the PaadhukAs that must have 
moved RaamA's mind to grant the citizens 
their high place near Sri Vaikuntam.

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: This slOkma is 
a possible answer to Sri KurEsan's question 
to Lord VaradarAjA in Sri VaradharAja Sthavam:
" Oh VaradharAjA ! Even the blades of grass of
Utthatra KOsala dEsam reached your world of 
SaanthAnikam at the end of your 14,000 year
rule . Did they earn it by performing Prapathti
or Bhakthi to You ? Please tellme ."

(3) Swamy Desikan addresses the holy Paadhukais
of Sri RanganAthA as " UtthArikAm thvAm" ( Those who
give " a hand " to uplift those who are stuck in the mire
of Samsaaram in a hopeless state . Those holy paadhukais 
were worshipped by the citizens of Utthara kOsalam.
What did they earn through that worship ? They 
attained the not to be easily attained , superior
lOkam of SaanthAnikam ( dhurvigaahAm agryam 
saanthAnikam lOkam avApu: )...VS





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