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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

912. shruNu thE pAdhukE! chithram chithrABhirmaNiBhirviBhO:
     yugakramaBhuvO varNAn yugapadhvahasE svayam

Oh Paaduka! I shall tell You an interesting feature about You. The 
Lord is well known to have the complexions, white, yellow, green, and 
black, respectively, in the four yugas. But You have all the colours 
on You at the same time.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
SlOkam 912
 
1. UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan joins artha chithram 
known as apasabdhAbasa chithram and requests the PaadhukAs to hear 
this Chithra paddhathi . When one hears the word "SruNutE (SruNu 
tE ) " used in this slOkam, one would think that the word "SruNOthi" 
should have been used instead. This potential confusion between what 
is being stated and what should perhaps be there is called 
apasabdham. Therefore, this strange situation is described as an 
aabhAsam (ApasabdhAbhAsam).
 
Swamy  Desikan observes here : "Oh PaadhukE ! Please hear the  chitra 
Paddhathi that I have composed in Your honor.Also, please hear about 
this unusual situation about You! You possess something that the Lord 
Himself does not  possess. He has one color for each of the four 
yugAs of the Universe (Krutha, TrEthA , DhvApara  and Kali) . During 
each of these four YugAs, His divine body's color changes from Krutha 
yugA'sWhite to red  in TrEthA to golden in DhvApara  and to Black in 
Kali. Your Lord displays just one color in each of these four yugAs , 
whereas You demonstrate many colors in the same yugA through Your 
multicolored gems. This Your Lord can not do!
 
2. The miracle of the PaadhukAs exceeding the Lord in its display of
many colors in the same Yugam is the subject here to celebrate the 
glory of the PadhukAa (Swamy  NammAzhwAr). The great AchAryan like 
Swamy NammAzhwAr removes the Yuga Vaishamyam and instructs us on the 
easy to practise means ( sulabhOpAyam  ) of SaraNAgathy in every 
yugam. BhagavAn in contrast has to devise unique aarAdhana prakArams 
(methods) that are suitable for each of the Yugams in deference to 
the Yuga Vishamyam (disparities of each yugam). Thus Padhukais ( 
Swamy  NammAzhwAr as the merciful AchAryan ) is unique and excells 
the Lord .
 
3.  Swamy Desikan addresses the Paadhukais and requests it to "see"
its varNa chithrams . Instead of using the word "pasya " to see , 
Swamy Desikan uses the word "SruNu ", which has the meaning 
of "hear ". VyAkaraNa Saashtram supports the use of "SruNu " , 
where " Pasya" is meant. The PaadhukA is of Suddha SatthvA form and 
for such forms, one sensory organ can serve as another sensory organ. 
This has been cited to defend the use of "SruNu" in place of " Pasya".
 
Lord's orderly changes in color during successive yugams ( VibhO:
yuga kramabhuva: varNAn ) to display four seperate colors is outdone
by the Paadhukais , which displays multiple colors at the same time 
( kramabhuva: varNAn yugapath svayam vahasi). 





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