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Matrix of Artistry (Chitra Paddathi)
Chitra Paddathi - Monday Yanthram
926. BharathArADhithAm thArAm vandhE rAGhavapAdhukAm
BhavathApADhithAnthAnAm vandhyAm rAjIvamEdhurAm
Link between Sloka & Yanthram
Meaning & Details
I pray to Rama's Paaduka, Which was reverentially worshipped by
Bharata, Which is of highest potency, Which is worthy of worship by
any one who has suffered samsara misery and mental agony; and Which
is surrounded by lotus flowers dedicated in ritual oblation.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
SlOkma 926
This slOkam is set in the dhvichathushka chakra bhandham
and is intended for worship on MONDAYS by the ladies of the house .
Chathushkam means an entity consiting of four units .. Dhvi
chathushkam
refers hence to twice the set of four (i-e)., eight ..There are 8
triangles
in this geometric pattern that gives the chakram its name .
The geometric representation is realized in two ways:
One has an abstract pattern with two intersecting squares
and two circles with the Lord's PaadhukAs inside them ;
the other representation has 4 circles with intersecting
squares housed between the 2nd and 3rd squares populated
with aksharams of this slOkam .
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan says here
that the PaadhukAs are the ones worshipped by BharathA ; they are
the medicine for those , who are afflicted with mental pain caused by
samsAric ills. Swamy Desikan states that he worships those
Raaghava PaadhukAs surrounded by lotus flowers ..
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The RanganAtha Dhivya PadhukAs
in all manifestations ( SarvAvasthais) have limitless glories and
protect the world . Therefore , the very intelligent Bharathan fully
conversant with the apAra mahimai of the Paadhukais worshipped
them as the representative of the Lord on the throne of Raghu Vamsam .
The Paadhukais conducted the affairs oft he State in a manner
even loftier than their Lord . That was in Vibhava avathAram as
Lord Raamachandran's Paadhukai. Now in Lord's archAvathAram as
RanganAthan , they exhibit the same glories and respond to the prayers
and appeals of SamsAris .They are worshipped with the lotus flowers
and banish the sorrows of the suffering chEthanams ..
3) The Taapams ( afflictions, sorrows) of the world are of three
kinds:
AadhyAthmikam , Aadhibhoudhikam and Aadhidhaivikam .. These are
the Taapa thrayams linked to SamsAric life . They are experienced by
aadhi tAntAs ( agitated SamsAris experiencing thApa thrayams).
They worship the PaadhukAs for relief from these thApams and
cover the PaadhukAs with heaps of lotus flowers with devotion
( Raajeeva mEdhurAm Raaghava PaadhukAm ) . These glorious
Paadhukais were worshipped by Bharathan during the Vibhava
avathAram of the Lord ( Bharatha AarAdhithAm) .They were recognized
by BharathA as Superior in power ( TaarAm ). These PaadhukAs are
fit to be worshipped for removal of the Taapa Thrayams by those
afflicted by them ( Bhava thApa aadhi thAnthAnAm vandhyAm)...(V.S).