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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

822. santha: svadEshaparadhEshaviBhAgashUnyam
hantha svavrutthimanaGhAm na parithyajanthi
rAjyE vanE cha raGhupungavapAdharakshA
naIjam jahoU na Khalu kaNtakashODhanam thath

Good people will never forsake their duties, whether they be in their 
own place or in a strange place outside. It is their nature. Sri 
Rama's Paaduka performed its duty of 'thorn-removal' in this manner. 
In the Ayodhya kingdom, it saw to it that no enemy force ever entered 
into the land; in the forest, it safeguarded Rama's feet from the 
thorns on the way. 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 822

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan points out that 
one should never abandon one's own dharma for whatever reasons.He 
says: "Righteous people will not abandon their codes of conduct 
learnt from their teachers either in their ownland or foreign lands. 
For instance, Raama PaadhukAs performed their assigned duties be they 
were in AyOdhyA or in the DaNDakA forest. In AyOdhyA , it made sure 
that the enemies of the kingdom do not cause any harm to the 
citizens; in the forest, they protected RaamA's feet from thorns and 
stones. 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The great ones execute their duties 
without concern about time, place or state in an identical manner. 
They will not change their way because it is day or night, different 
locales and other dhvandhvams. That is why, SrI Raama Paadhukais 
performed " kaNDa sOdhana vrutthi" equally well in the forest as well 
as in the kingdom. In the forest, it freed the area from the thorns; 
in the kingdom, it freed the land of enemies to the land. The inner 
meaning is that the AchAryAs do not perform auspicious deeds for any 
one in particular. They perform these acts because it is their 
svabhAvam to do so. 

3) The great ones do not abandon their noble activities because it is 
their own home country or a foreign country ( Santha: svadEsa 
paradEsa vibhAga soonyam anagAm svavrutthim na parithyajanthi). That 
is why, the Raama PaadhukAs freed the forest as well as the kingdom 
free from thorns ( Raghupungava PaadharaksdhA rAjyE, vanEapi tath 
naijam kaNDasOdhanam na jahou khalu ) ...(V.S).. 






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