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Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

192. snEhEna dhevi! BhavathIm viShayE aBhiShinchan
dvissapthasanKhyaBhuvanOdharadhIparEKhAm
jAtham raGhUdhvahadhivAkaraviprayOgAdh
anDham thamisramaharadh Bharatha: prajAnAm

Oh Paaduka Devi! Bharata performed a devotional coronation 
ceremony for You in great sincerity. You being the lamp-flame 
for the life-sustenance of all fourteen worlds, this ceremony 
was equivalent to feeding the lamp with ghee, say; thereby 
the grief in the hearts of the people-darkness caused by 
the disappearance of the Sun, that Rama was, into the forest-
was dispelled. 

Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan
describes and salutes the Paadhukais of the Lord as shining
light of a lamp lit by BharathA to banish the darkness in 
the fourteen worlds caused by their seperation from RaamA. 
Swamy plays on the double meaning of the word "SnEham".This
word can mean either friendship or melted butter (ghee).
Swamy compares the pouring of the ceremonial water on 
the PaadhukAs to the pouring of ghee in the flame of 
PadhukAs. Swami states: " Oh Devi PaadhukE !
When the citizens of the fourteen worlds suffered 
from the darkness caused by their seperation from 
the radiant Sun , RaamA , BharathA poured with affection
the consecrated waters on You and enhanced Your
brilliance.It was like Your lustre being enhanced
in a manner similar to adding ghee (aahUthi) in 
Your flame resting in the vessel of this Earth .
Swamy visualizes a lamp with ghee and a burning wick
and BharathA pouring ghee into that lamp to enhance
the brightness of the light emanating from that lamp.
The life-sustaining wick driving the darkness is 
equated to the radiance of the paadhukais. The ghee 
is equated to the consecrated waters and the lamp
is connected to Mother Earth in this analogy. 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! When BharathA 
performed pattAbhshEkam for You , it was like a lamp lit 
for the illuminationg all the fourteen worlds.The inner 
meaning is that the SadAchAryAs through their sadhupadEsams 
banish all the aj~nanam and sorrow and the people enjoy 
parama sukham in this world.

(3) Swamy points out that BharathA removed
the darkness and sorrow of the world ( tamisram
aharath) with the help of the dheepa rEkhA 
( the radiance )originating from the lamp of 
Paadhukai ...V.S 







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