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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

232. nirvruttharAkshasachamUmrugayAvihArO
rangEshvara: sa Khalu rAGhavavamshagOpthA
vamshakramaAdhupanatham padhamAdhaDhAnO
mAnyam punasthvayi padham nidhaDhE svakIyam

Rama placed His feet on You again. It was an acquisition by Him, of a 
post, that He had 
inherited from His forefathers as a matter of right. It could be said 
that the protector of 
Raghu race, namely, Sri Rama, who was actually only Lord Ranganatha, 
having completed His sport 
of hunting out the Rakshasas, now took over again (the 
emperorship)-meanwhile He gave You a 
place, a respectable status, which can never belong to anyone else! 
(The unique honourable 
place the Paaduka occupies cannot be taken away even if the rulership 
is taken away!)

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S):
***********************************

1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubahavam:Oh PaadhukE!
RaamA was the protector of the race of Raghu and
the crown of North Kosalam was His property.
He wanted to destroy RaavaNA and his entourage.
He went on a hunt in the forest and destroyed them
effortlessly. He appointed You to rule His kingdom,
while He was away on that hunt. After the completion of
His mission , He took over the rulership of His kingdom
from You and made You happy by returning You to
what was always Your property (viz)., His holy feet.
Here Swamy Desikan answers the question on
the appropriateness or otherwise of the PaadhukAs ,
the erstwhile ruler of AyOdhyA , to return to the Lord's
sacred feet.

2) Oh PaadhukE ! Sri RanganAthan incarnated as
Sri Raamachandran , went to the forest , killed
all the RaakshasAs,took over His ancient family
title and gave You back again His holy feet and
made You haapy..

3)Oh Ranga PaadhukE! The Rangapura VihAran
is the ancient protector of the Raagava Vamsam
(Raagava Vamsa gopthA).He incarnated as RaamA
to have the hearty sport of destroying the armies
of RaakshasAs both at DandakAraNyam and LankA
(Raakshasa chamU mrugayA vihara:). He concluded that
hunt and took over His heriditary title
( Sa: Rangeswara: vamsakramAth upanatham padham
aadhadhAna:)back from You .What happened to You
next? He gave You back again Your cherished property
( Sa: RangEswara: puna: maanyam svakIyam padham
thvayi nidhadhE khalu )...V.S

4) Swamy Desikan plays here with the word padham , which
has two meanings. Padham is heriditary title/position .
Padham also means paadham or Thiruvadi .RanganathAn
took on the padham ( heriditary title)as the protector of
Raaghava vamsam and gave You His sacred padham ( feet )
back or placed His sacred Padham on You as before for
His Sriranga vihAram. For the Paadhukais the Lord's
Padham is indeed parama padham (supreme abode)...V.S









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