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

219. samBhidhyamAnathamasAsarayUpanIthaI: 
samvarDhithasthava shuBhaIraBhiShEkathOyaI:
manyE bhaBhUva jalaDhirmaNipAdharakshE!
rAmAsthrapAvakashiKhABhirashOShaNIya:

I daresay, oh Paaduka! It was because the ocean had drawn waters from 
the Tamasaa and Sarayu rivers into which Your holy Abhisheka waters
had flown, that the ocean could not be dried even with the fire-emitting 
arrows of Sri Rama.

Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan:
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1) Oh PaadukE ! the mighty oceans were sanctified by 
the admixture of waters of the river Sarayu and TamasA used 
in Your coronation . As a result, Raama did not want to dry up
the waters of the Ocean with His unfailing arrows at the time
when He built the dam over the ocean to reach LankA .

2) Oh PaadhukE ! The waters of the rivers Sarayu and TamasA
containing Your coronation waters united with GangA as tributaries
merged finally with the Ocean waters. The sanctification of the Ocean
by the association with Your coronation waters did indeed protect
the Ocean from drying up, when angry RaamA directed 
the AgnEyAsthram at it. 

The inner meaning is that the KaruNA KatAksham of
A SadAchAryan acts as a shield even against the anger
of the Lord over the trespasses of a Jeevan.

3)The reference here is to RaamA's anger , when the Samudra Raajan 
was indifferent to RaamA's prayer to appear in front of Him 
to seek his permission to build a dam over it.The insult of 
Samudra Raajan led to RaamA sending His arrows
of Fire to dry up the Ocean so that He and His entourage
could walk over the dried-up floor of the Ocean. RaamA 
ultimately decided not to direct His powerful arrow against
the Ocean King . Swami Desikan wonders whether that decision 
not to use the fiery arrow was due to the fact that 
the protective pattAbhishEka jalam was mingled with 
the waters of the Ocean....V.S

4) Swamy Desikan states that the waters of the Ocean 
were blessed by the presence of the auspicious 
coronation waters of the Paadhukais brought in
by the tributaries of GangA (viz)., the rivers SarayU
and TamasA ( TamasA SarayU upaneethai: Subhai:
tava abhishEkathOyai: samvardhitha: jaladhi:).
Because of that (auspicious) protection provided by
those coronation waters, RaamA's arrows with 
fiery crests ( paavaka sikhAbhi: asthra:) could not
dry up the Ocean ( Jaladhi: asOshaNiya: BhabhUva)..V.S 






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