Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
887. virachithanavaBhAgA rathnaBhEdhaIrvichithraI-
viviDhavithatharEKhAvyakthasImAviBhAgA
haricharaNasarOjam prEpsathAmarchanIyam
praThayasi navanABham maNdalam pAdhukE! thvam
(1) Oh Paaduka! You are gem-studded, the nine gems being
identifiable. Even so this Bharatavarsha, named of course, after
another Bharata is called Navanabha after the nine sons of King
Nabhi. It has nine regions, well-demarcated by boundaries, natural or
man-made. This constitutes the site where one can expect one's holy
acts to bear fruit-so it is called Karma-Bhoomi. You perhaps proclaim
that this Navanabha is also fit to resort to, as You are, for
reaching Hari's Lotus Feet.
(2) Pancharatra-agama prescribes a ritual using a nine-chakra-divided
holy base, whereat worship of Hari is sure to secure salvation.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 887
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan compares the
Paadhukais to the land of BhAratham divided in to nine sections for
helping the nine sons of NabhA to rule over them . The PaadhukA is
similarly divided by nine kinds of gems (nava rathnams) . Both
Bhaaratha varsham and PadhukAs are divided by natural and artificial
lines and patterns and are entitled to the common title of Nava
nAbhA . VishNu PurANam states that the BhAratha khaNDam divided in to
nine sections is the ideal place to worship SrIman NaarAyaNan. Swamy
says: Oh PadhukE ! You serve as nava nAbhA varasham (Bharatha
varsham) and reveal to one and all that it is the land for the proper
worship of Your Lord. Oh PaadhukE! You have divided Yourself in to
nine divisions through Your nine kinds of gems and are recognized by
the many natural and other kinds of lines made by the DevA's
crowns as they prostrate before You and touch Your surface with their
hard crowns. With all of these characterstrics , You announce that
You are the nava nAbhA maNDalam described in the PaancharAthra
aagamam ,as the one which is the most appropriate land to worship
Hari and recieve His choicest blessings.
2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You are like Bhaaratha
Varsham in many ways. You are enmeshed with the nine kinds of gems
separated by long lines just as BhAratha Varsham is divided by nine
distinct sections with their own fine demarcations for the benefit
of the nine sons of NaabhA chakravarthy. Both You and Bhaaratha
Varsham have thus the qualifications for being the right place for
Mumukshus to worship the Lord.
3) Oh PaadhukE ! You have nine kinds of features(amsams) based on
your nine gems(Vichithrai: rathnabhEdhai: virachitha navabhAgA).You
are delinated by boundaries made up by many , broad lines ( Thvam
vividha vithatha rEkhA vyaktha seemA vibhAgA ). You glorify
the Bharatha Varsham with its nine divisions linked to the nine sons
of Naabhi chakravarhty (nava nAbham MaNdalam PraTayasi). You do this
for the benefit of Mumukshus , who wish to attain the lotus feet of
the Lord through worship at one of the nine sections of BhAratha
Varsham, the Karma BhUmi (Thvam Hari charaNa sarOjam prEpsathAm ,
archaneeyam nava naabham maNDalam praTayasi ) ...(V.S ).
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