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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).