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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