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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

599. padhmAkarAntharavikAsini! rangaBharthu:
pIthvA padhAvani! maDhUni padhAravindhE
shONOpaladhyuthimayIm suBhagaprachArAm 
manyE biBharShi mahathIm madharAgashoBhAm

Oh Paaduka! The Lord's Feet-a pair of lotuses-rise from the pond that 
is the space between the two palms of Lakshmi! The honey flowing from 
the feet-as if it were liquor-intoxicates You. But Your gait is 
lovely. Your red complexion comes from the Padmaraga gems.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

SlOkam: 599

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! adiyEn thinks that Your 
rubies attained their expansive and brilliant red color from drinking 
the fermented honey of the lotus feet that has blossomed in the pond 
of MahA Lakshmi's hands . Swamy Desikan uses his poetic imagination 
to paint a vivid picture. Lord's feet are the twin lotuses .
They blossom in the hands of MahA Lakshmi ( PadmA karam or a lotus 
pond ). MahA Lakshmi holds the Lord's lotus feet in Her hands 
to press them . The fermented honey from the lotus feet is drunk by 
the rubies to reach the intoxicated state revealed by the reddening 
of their surfaces. Swamy Desikan links the brilliant red hue of the 
rubies with "madha Raaga sObhA" , the special flushed effect arising 
from a state of drunkenness. 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! the red rubies are 
enmeshed on You . When You transport Your Lord during His sanchAram , 
the red lustre from the rubies and Your movement looks like that of 
one , who has drunk deeply the fermented honey from the Lord's lotus 
feet. The inner meaning is that Swamy NammAzhwAr is " intoxicated " 
with the enjoyment of the guNa-Vaibhavams of the Lord `s Thiruvadis. 

3) MahA Lakshmi's sacred hands hold the lotus feet of the Lord
( PadhmA kara anthara vikAsini Rangabharthu: Padha aravindham).
The Paadhukai and the rubies on them appear like they are intoxicated 
by the drinking of the fermented honey from the Lord's lotus feet
( Rangabharthu: padha aravindhE madhUni peethvA ). The strident and 
beautiful sanchAram made by these radiant rubies enhances the red 
beauty of the rubies ( sONOpala dhyuthimayeem subhaga prachAram 
mahathIm madha raaga sObhAm Bhibarshi)?(V.S). 




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