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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

721. kAlEShu rAGhavapadhAvani! Bhakthinamra:
kAryANi dhEvi! BharathO vinivEdhayamsthE
thvadhrathnabimbithathayApi muhu: svakIyAm
rAjAsanasThithimavEkshya Bhrutham lalajjE

Oh Manipaaduka Devi! With You ceremoniously seated on the throne, 
Bharata approaches You with reverence and prostration for instruction 
and permission (on administrative issues). When he sees his image in 
You, he feels he has ascended the throne he has scrupulously avoided 
and he shudders in shame. What a unique moralist, this Bharata!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan


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

SlOkam 721

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: So far, Swamy Desikan
focussed on ArchA of Lord RanganAtha. Now, he shifts his
attention to Vibhava in this and the next two slOkAs.

Swamy Desikan says here: " Oh Queen! Oh Paadhukais of
SrI RaamachandrA ! There were times , when Bharatha 
with his body bent in devotion to You had to approach 
You seated on the throne of Raghus. When he approached You 
thus to address and consult with You on the matters of State ,
his image was reflected on Your gems. BharathA felt uncomfortable
at these times because he felt that he was sitting on 
the throne by proxy . What a righteous man was BharathA!"

Swamy Desikan celebrates the propriety of BharathA , who
felt ashamed even at the thought of his reflection falling
on the gems of the PaadhukAs seated on the heriditary throne
of the Raghus. Such was BharathA's distaste to sit on 
the throne , which in his mind belonged to his elder brother.

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: In their dreams , the Saadhus 
might occasionally experience that they have done some thing wrong.
Even if it was only a dream , the Saadhus are terrified over
that experience, when they wake up. 

3) Oh Padhukai protecting the feet of Lord Raaghavan
( Raaghava Padhavani)! There are times in which Bharatha 
bends before the Paadhukias with devotion ( Kaaleshu 
Bhakthi namra: Bharatha:).He is engaged in presenting
the affairs of the nation to be taken care of by You 
( tE kaaryANi vinivEdhayan sann). At those times , his 
image is seen reflected on Your gems ( Thvath rathna 
BimbhithavAnn). It is just his reflections (Bhimbham)
and Bharatha is not sitting on the throne at all and it is 
only the Paadhukais that are sitting on the throne and 
ruling the kingdom in the name of Lord Raamachandran
as latter's representative . Bharatha gets uncomfortable 
recognizing his image over the throne and feels very bad
(svakeeyaam rAjAsana sTithim avEkshya muhu: bhrusam 
lalajjE )...V.S 






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