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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Dear Bhaktas,

Adiyen wishes to share the following ramblings on the net and seeks 
forgiveness from learned scholars of this forum for his indulgence.

This verse is most evocative in that it houses several gems of 
profound Sampradayic significance. First, it emphasizes the fact that 
worship offered to Lord Narayana is no doubt the ultimate form of 
worship. However, worship offered to the Padhukas (Satari Soori/ 
Swami NammAzhwar and Sadhacharyas in his line) is several-fold 
greater. The resulting benefit arising from devout service to the 
Padhukas far exceeds anything gained from worshipping the Lord. How 
is this true? It may be remembered that Bharata did not want to 
accept the kingdom gained for him through the shenanigans of Kaikeyi 
and Manthara. Instead, he chose the path of Kaimkaryam to the 
Padhukas, by respectfully adorning his head with the Padhukas of Lord 
Rama. In doing so, Bharata was compelled to accept the royal honors 
due to a King (of the very kingdom he had spurned) since the Padhukas 
as the empress of the entire Universe ruled over Ayodhya. 

Next, since Bharata adorned his head with the Padhukas, he washed 
away once and for all any stigma attached to the throne of the Raghus 
on account of the heinous actions of Kaikeyi and Manthara. In the 
Pattabhisheka Paddhati, Swami Desikan describes the joy of the Sun as 
he shone with added splendor after the coronation waters of the 
Padhukas were sprinkled on Bharata (due to the Veda-consecrated 
waters of the Padhuka Pattabhishekam washing away the sins arising 
from the actions of Kaikeyi and thereby exonerating the SuryaVamsham, 
which was tainted by the actions of Kaikeyi).

Bharata was a Paratantran in that he was always subservient to the 
will of Lord Rama. The second umbrella arising from the pearls of the 
Padhukas adorning the head of Bharata is indicative of the fact that 
he secured the benefit of the highest form of Kaimkaryam, i.e., 
service rendered to a Sadhacharya in the line of Swami NammAzhwar. 
The bountiful blessings arising from this Kaimkaryam are unmatched as 
described by Swami Desikan's Subhashita nivi salutation "ekaIva gurOr 
dhruShtyA?."

A fourth meaning arising from this verse is that Swami NammAzhwar's 
delectable Tiruvaimozhi verses helped in bringing under a single 
umbrella, the smattering of teachings contained in various 
Upanishads, thereby bringing out their true import (the supremacy of 
Lord Narayana and the procedure of unconditional, total surrender to 
His Lotus Feet as the simplest means for attaining Him). For this 
reason these verses shine forth as pearls creating the appearance of 
a second umbrella containing the beacon light of Upanishadic 
teachings.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan





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