919. Raama-paada-gathA-bhAsA saa bhAtha-gadha-pAmaraa
kaadh-upAnanja-ka-asahyA hyAsa kAnchana-pAdhukA
rA | ma | pA | da | ga | thA | bhA | sA | sA | bhA | thA | ga | da | pA | ma | rA |
kA | dhu | pA | na | cha | kA | sh | hyA | hyA | sa | kA | cha | na | pA | dhu | kA |
Each quadrant is reversed
i.e. rA ma pA da ga thA bhA sA & sA bhA thA ga da pA ma ra
919. rAmapAdhagathA BhAsA sA BhAthA gadhapAmarA
kAdhupAnancha kAsahyA hyAsa kAnchanapAdhukA
Paaduka, which settled on the Feet of Rama protected by its
Effulgence, the Devas from all their miseries. That Gold Paaduka was
dedicated to the Lord by Brahma. It is the protector fo Siva. Its
dazzling brilliance is unbearable to the sun. (It is unbearable to
any but who worship it). For conferring all-round wealth and welfare
on Ayodhya-kingdom, it came here.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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SlOkam 919 :
Raama-paada-gathA-bhAsA saa bhAtha-gadha-pAmaraa
kaadh-upAnanja-ka-asahyA hyAsa kAnchana-pAdhukA
1) Anubhavam of UthtamUr Swamy : This type of chithrA poetry
is known as " PaadhAnuloma prathilOmam " . This is also a kind of
yamakam. If one considers this slOkam to be made of four quadrants,
the first two quadrants have a mirror image effect ; so does the
third and the fourth quadrant .The first quadrant "
RaamapadhagathAbhAsA " is an exact mirror image
of "saabhAdhagadhapAmarA". If we start reading from right to left ,
we get exactly the first quadrant. The same situation prevails with
the third and the fourth quadrant. There is coherent meaning conveyed
thru the two quarants of the first and second pAdhams as mirror image
inspite of the clever structuring of the individual paadhAs.
For developing the meaning , the verse has to be split in to the
following prose order : " Raama paadha gathA , bhasA , Saa paadhA,
aagatha paamara, gath upa , ananjakAsahyaa, hi, aasa , kaanchana
paadhukA".
1) Meaning according to UtthamUr Swamy' : The golden paadhukAs that
reached RaamA's feet have movement marked by their brilliant lustre;
through that lustre, they protect the DevAs from any illness or
calamities and are foes to those, who are disrespectful to them .
They are indeed the reasons for the protection of the Raajya Lakshmi
of the kingdom of Raghus, when Raama was away for fourteen years.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The golden Paadhukais of Lord
RanganAthan have (1) Aasritha soulabhyam with the Lord and therefore
arrived in BhU Lokam from Brahma Lokam with the Lord (2) have power
to remove all aathma vyAdhis and external enemies/bhAhya Chathrus (3)
have power to burn even Sooryan through its tEjas. Thus they have
Soulabhyam , Daya and tEjas like their Lord . That empowered
them to rule over AyOdhya as the representative of their Lord during
His exile .
3) The PaadhukAs have attained RaamA's sacred feet ( Raama paadha
gatha). They arrived at SrIrangam with SrIranga VimAnam from
BrahmA's abode of Sathya lOkam ( Kaath upAnanja ). This story is well
known ( BhAthA aasa hi ) from SrIranga MahAthmyam The PaadhukAs
have the tejas that will even burn the Sooryan ( Kaa asahyA ) . Kaa
means Brahma , Sooryan and the Lord as well .They remove the diseases
of the mind of the DevAs ( agadhapA= gadham+ pa+a;Gadham is illness ;
Paa means to protect and "a" means does not have ) . The ones who
have protection from illness are the DevAs due to the anugraham of
the paadhukAs . Linked together , " agadhapA: amarA :" results. These
illnesses are : ahankAra , MamakArams as Aathma vyAdhis.