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Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

183. mUrDhABhiShikthaIrniyamEna vAhyoU
vichinthya nUnam raGhunAtha pAdhoU
rathnAsanasthAm maNipAdhukE! thvAm
ramanujanmA BharathOBhyaShinchath

Oh Paaduka! Rama's younger brother Bharata annointed and coronated You
on the gem-studded throne, he being confident that Rama's Feet were to
be borne on head only by duly purified persons.

Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Rathna PaadhukE!
BharathA meditated first on the holy feet of his elder
brother , which are traditionally worn on the heads of 
the vasal kings during the coronation (PattaabhishEkam )
ceremonies for an emperor. Bharatha placed next the Paadhukais
as RaamA's representative on the throne of Raghus and 
performed the abhishEkam . BharathA performed this 
ceremonial bath for the paadhukais to qualify Himself
as the servant of the Paadhukais , which were taking charge
of the kingdom as a representative of Raamachandran.

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE ! BharathA 
performed the abhishEkam for the paadukais driven by 
the thought that only those who had pattaabhishEkam 
can carry the Lord's sacred feet . The inner meaning 
is that for those , who have sincere bhakthi for PerumAl,
will be blessed with all auspciousness here and 
in His other world .

(3) Swami Desikan salutes Bharathan here as
" RaamAnujanma" , a name traditionally reserved
for LakshmaNan .That shows the equal reverence that
Swamy Desikan has for the two brothers in the context
of the matchless Kaimkarya Sri acquired by the two 
younger brothers ; one acquired this kaimkarya Sri
through service in the forests and the other had
equal kaimkarya Sri by staying behind and serving
the Paadhukais as the representative of his elder
brother...V.S






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