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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>118. ananya rAjanya nidhEshaniShTAm 
chakAra pruThvIm chathurarNavAnthAm
BrAthur yiyAsO: Bharathas thaDhA thvAm 
mUrdhnA vahan mUrthimathim ivAjnyAm
>
>One could say that You were the will personified, of Rama on 
>proceeding to the forest; when Bharata bore You on his head, he could 
>rule over the four-ocean-bounded kingdom of the whole earth, under 
>Paaduka's sole authority, without any possibility of any other ruler 
>dictating to him.
>
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):
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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukhE ! BharathA 
had You, the incarnation of His brother's command as it were ,
on his head and ruled this earth girdled by the four oceans.
His rule carried out Your command and made sure that all 
the kings of the earth obeyed Your order of keeping RaamachandrA
as the undisputed king of all kings .

(2) Sriamth Andavan's anubhavam :Oh PaadhukhE !When RaamA
went on exile to the forest , BharathA wore You ,
the embodiment of the command of RaamA ,on his head
and ruled all the worlds bordered by the four seas 
without any question to RaamA's supermacy as the king of
Kings . The inner meaning is that for those , who have 
true devotion to their AchAryAs , the whole universe 
will become under their full control .

(3) RaamA is Chakravarthi . All the kings understood
that suzeranity and obeyed Him and would not do anything 
counter to His Yeka ChakrAdhipathyam . To emphasize 
this point , Swamy Desikan uses twice the word "Ananya "
at the very beginning of this slOkam (ananya Raajanya 
nidEsa nishtAm ). The choice of word "nidEsa " is also
highly suggestive of the nuances of the command of the Lord .
The obedience to the command of the Paadhukhais was total , 
voluntary and undisputed without any remonstrance .
Swamy Desikan did not use here a harsher sounding word like 
" nirdEsam " which also means command . He did not use 
the words "aadEsam " or " SandEsam " , which also mean
Command . He used " nidEsam " instead to telling efect to
indicate the total , undisputed acceptance of the soverignity
of Sri RaamachandrA by all vassal kings . In RaamAyaNA of
Sage ValmikI , there is a passage :" BrAthrumaadEsam 
aadhAya " in this context.....V.S 





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