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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan :

Thirty Ninth SlOkam ( Salutations to The Lord's Knees)
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lAvaNyapoora laLithOrdhva paribramAbham
LakshmI vihAra maNi-darpana Baddha-sakhyam
gOpAngaNEshu krutha-chankramaNam tavaithath
jAnudhvayam SurapathE na jahAthi chittham

General Meaning:
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Oh DhaivanAyakA! When one has the darsana soubhAgyam of 
Your beautiful knees , they make us wonder whether these 
knees are the whirlpools from the river of Your beautiful 
ThirumEni.When one reflects on their beauty and lustre, 
they appear like gem-decorated mirrors held for the benefit of 
SrI Devi sitting on Your lap engaged in checking Her own
beauty. These knees of Yours crawled on the inner
chambers of the houses of the Gopis during Your 
KrishNAvathAram.These knees never leave adiyEn's
mind and have become the object of adiyEn's
delectable meditation. 

Additional Comments:
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Oh DhaivanAyakA! The flood of beauty is flowing with
foam and froth past us at a high speed. In that flood
of Soundharyam of Your ThirumEni, the knees of Yours
look like a fast rotating whirlpool(SurapathE! Tava 
Jaanu-dhvayam , laavaNyapoora laLitha Urdhva ParibhramAbham).

>From another perspective, the lustre and the beauty of 
those knees makes adiyEn wonder , whether thay are a pair
gem-framed mirrors for Your dear consort , Hembhaja Valli,
to check Her beauty as She sits on Your lap( Lakshmi
VihAra MaNi darpaNa Baddha-sakhyam). Those are the same 
knees that crawled over the insides of the houses of Gopis 
and enchanted them ( yEthath Tava Jaanu: , gOpAngaNEshau 
krutha chankaramaNam). Those beautiful pair of knees never
ever leave my mind ( Tava yEthath Jaanu dhvayam mama
chittham na jahAthi). They are anchored in my mind.

"Swamy Desikan's athyantha anubhavam of the beauty of
knees of Lord DevanAthan are echos of KurEsar's anubhavam
of the soundharyam of the knees of Lord VararAjan 
(SrI VaradarAja Sthavam: SlOkam 57):

yaa tE gAthrE Varadha! janithA kAnthimayee yaa AapagAbhUth
tasyA: srOthO dhvitayamiha yadh yAthi pAdha-pravAdham
tajjAthOrdhvabrahmi-yugamivOdhbhAnunee jAnunee tE
syAth ushNOrvaa kakutha-yugaLam youvana-isvarya-nAmnO: 

In enjoyment of the parama soundharyam of the Lord's knees,
KurEsar visualizes the Lord's soundharyam flowing like 
a fast moving river and branching off in to two sections
and reaching His two Thiruvadis. In that flood, the two knees
appear like outward bound lustrous , circular whirlpools
(tE jaanuni tath soundharya janitha srOthA pravAhasya 
urdhva brahmi yugmiva bhAthi).They also remind KurEsar
of two perfectly formed humps (thimil or KoNdai)of 
a bull asserting its extraordinary youth and great 
Isvaryam. 

SlOkam 40: (VarNanam of the Lord's ankles)
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dhUthyE dhukoola-haraNE vraja-sundareeNAm
DhaithyAnudhAvana vidhou api labdha-sAhyam
kandarpa kAhaLa nishanga kaLAchikAbam 
jangA-yugam jayathi DevapathE Thvadheeyam

General Meaning
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Oh Lord DhaivanAyakA! When You travelled as an ambassador
to the court of KouravAs, were n't these ankles of Yours 
take You there to fulfil Your mission ? When you stole 
the dresses of the Gopis, who were sporting in the pond ,
were n't these ankles helped You to climb the Kurukkatthi
tree and sit there watching the distress of the ashamed
Gopis ? When You chase the enemies of Your dear ones,
are n't these ankles that help You in Your transportation?
Are these beautiful ankles of Yours , which raise the love
of those , who see them stand for the KaahaLa vaadhyam
(percussion musical instrument) of Manmathan? Are these 
ankles of Yours His arrow case from which flower arrows are 
sent by him to kindle the affection of lovers? Are these well
shaped ankles the KaaLAnji cup held by Manmathan?
adiyEn's mind is lost over the myriad possibilities of
Your ankles because of their multifaceted beauty. 

Additional Comments:
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Three activities that engaged the Lord's ankles are
recalled here: (1) Walking to DuryOdhanA's court as 
a peace maker seeking five villages for the PaNDavAs
at the minimum /"dhUthyE"(2) Climbing the Kurukkatthi tree 
( Pinnai Maram) after stealing and carrying the apparel
of the gOpis, who were taking their baths in the pond
below/vraja sundareeNAm dukoola haraNE (3) giving chase to 
the offending asurAs(dhaithya anudhAvana vidhou).Swamy
Desikan's enjoyment of the beauty of those ankles 
wanderst on to three other aspects relating to Manmathan,
the Kaama KadavuL:

(1)Lord's ankles are shaped like the beautiful KaahaLa
vaadhyam that is beaten by ManmathA to raise the fire of
love in the hearts of lovers (2) They have the beautiful 
shape remeniscent of the arrow case of ManmathA used to 
hold the flower arrows that he aims at the lovers to
kindle their love and (3)they are full of lustre reminding 
Swamy Desikan of the KaaLanji vessel used by the Love God
during the amorous activiites.

The experience of the overwhelming beauty of the well
shaped and radiant ankles of the Lord makes Swamy Desikan
declare that those ankles stand victorious (JanghA yugam
Jayathi)in his mind.

NamO SrI DevanATAya,
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 

P.S: May Lord DevanAthan's beautiful knees that 
crawled in the houses of the Gopis and His powerful
ankles, which were engaged in walking to the court
of KauravAs inspire you all to join in His RathnAngi 
Kaimkaryam ! 








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