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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

235. padhAvani! prathigathasya purImayODhyAm
poUlasthyahanthuraBhiShEkajalArdhramUrthE:
amsE yaThArham aDhivAsya nijaIryashOBhi:
kasthUrikEva nihithA vasuDhA thvayaIva

Oh Paaduka! when the slayer of Ravana returned to Ayodhya
victoriously 
and was duly crowned 
in Patta-abisheka ritual, the burden of the kingdon was placed on His 
shoulders by You 
Yourself-the land having acquired a special fragrance from Your Fame 
as a ruler. The Earth, to 
Sri Rama, was the fragrant Kasthuri mark (on the forehead) another 
decoration for the great 
one. (Or, could it be that ruling over the land was a mere trifle for 
Sri Rama, a mere 
affixing of the Kasthuri mark on the forehead?)

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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1) Sri UttaamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE!
When RaamA had the coronation bath at AyOdhyA ,
His body was still wet. You placed on the new king's
shoulder the musk deer perfume in the form of a decorative
spot. You performed this customary rite in Your role
as the predecessor of RaamA as the ruler of North KosalA .
You enhanced His glory by adding Your own glory
to that of Your Lord and made the musk deer perfume
even more fragrant.

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: At the time of
Your Lord's own pattAbhishEkam , You placed
the earth that You had ruled on His shoulders
and made that earth fragrant as a result of its
assoication with Your fame .

3) The description of a sacred rite during the Raama-
PattaabhishEkam by Swamy Desikan is moving. When Sage
VasishTA poured the consecrated waters , Raama"s
body was wet with those waters .RaamA shined radiant
with those wet waters clinging to His body and gave
His darsanam as " AbhishEka Jala aardhra Moorthi ".
The PaadhukA took the next ritualistic step (viz).,
the transfer of power by placing the Earth(VasundharA)
on RaamA's wet shoulders. It was like the placement
of fragrant KasthUri (deer musk perfume ) on His wet
shoulders . This Kasthuri ( the earth)however
had enhanced fragrance as a result of assoication with
Your Keerthi (fame) as a just and effective ruler...V.S








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