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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

239. raGhupathimaDhirOpya svOchithE rathnapITE
praguNam aBhajaThAsthvam pAdhukE! pAdhapITam
thadhapi bahumathisthE thAdrushI nithyamAsIth
kva nu Khalu mahithAnAm kalpyathE thArathamyam 

Oh Paaduka! You placed Sri Rama, rich in qualities, on the throne
made 
of gemstones; You in turn became the seat for His Feet. So, what?
Your 
respectability remained unaffected even now, for, in the case of the 
highest, ups and downs of position would not cause any change in 
respectability.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here Swami Desikan
states that the PaadhukAs established themselves in
its customary place at the foot of the throne of RaamA
after reunion with His feet and were revered as before.
He says: " Oh PaadhukE ! You seated RaamA on the throne
that was appropriate for Him and positioned Yourself
at the foot of that throne , where the foot rest stays.
Even if Your position was at the lower level of the throne ,
reverence for You persisted as before, when You were seated
for fourteen years as the king of Kosala desam as RaamA's
representative.It is well known that those, who are worthy of
worship are respected at the same level , whether they sit
low or high due to changing circumstances. They receive the same
intensity of respect due to their intrinsic worth.

2) The inner meaning is that the great ones are revered
with same adulation , whether at a lower or higher level.

3) Swamy asks a profound question here: " MahIthAnAm
kkvanu khalu taaratamyam kalpyathE ?" ( for the great
Ones , how could there be any differntiation in reverence,
whether they are at a lower or exalted position ?).
Swamy Desikan answers his own question with a resounding
"never "...V.S







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