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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

220. padhAvani! thvadhaBhiShEchanamangalArTham
BhErIshatham BhrushamathAdyatha yath prathIthaI:
AkarNya thasya sahasA thumulam ninAdham
lanGAkavAtanayanAni nimIlithAni

Oh Paaduka! The drums that beat to proclaim the moment of coronation, 
beat so loudly-hundreds at a time-for the auspicious moment-that the 
doors of the houses in Lanka got shut in fear, automatically, even as 
the eyes close in fear involuntarily, on hearing a high-pitch drum-beat.

Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (VS):
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1) Sri UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! During the occasion of 
Your auspicious coronation , skilled drummers beat upon hundreds of 
BhEris ( big drums) and raised a tumultous sound .When that sound reached
LankA , the front doors of the mansions in LankA closed as though in fear.
This seemed to denote the calamity is about to strike LankA , since RaamA 
was defenitely on His way to LankA to destroy the city with RaavaNA and
the citizens . Swami Desikan compares the front doors of the mansions
to the eyes of the human beings that slam shut , when inauspicious 
event is about to occur that will harm the eyes .

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! At the time of Your
coronation , many bhEris were beaten . When the City of LankA 
in the form of a woman heard this , her eyes (front doors of 
the manasions of her city ) slammed shut forecasting imminent 
danger . Thus ,When the coronation was performed for 
the Paadhukais , the city of LankA started its journey 
to the dust heap. The inner meaning of this slOkam is that
inauspicious attributes like Kaamam and krOdham will leave 
the places , where the glories of AchAryA are sung.

3) Swamy Desikan refers here to the inauspicious omens that
the city of LankA experienced , when the coronation festivities 
took place at AyOdhyA . Skilled drummers played on the huge
drums and raised a panoply of sound that reached upto the skies
and echoed in LankA. At AyOdhyA , these sounds symbolized 
the arrival of auspicious times , whereas at LankA , those
mighty sounds were indicative of the calamities that would 
happen very shortly....V.S 

(4) At AyOdhyA , hundreds of BhEris were beaten as a part
of the auspicious coronation festival ( AbhishEchana 
mangaLArtham bhEri Satham bhrusam athADyatha). The sound
generated by the assembly of drummers was mighty (thumulam
ninAdham ).The immediate impact of that mighty sound in
LankA was the automatic slamming of the doors of the mansions
(SahasA LankA kavADa nayanAni nimIlithAni) similar to 
the instantaneous shutting of the eyes in reflex action,
when some thing terrible is about to happen ..V.S





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