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): ********************************** (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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