Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
898. ramyAlOkA laLithagamanA padhmarAgADharOShTI
maDhyE kshamA maNivalayinI moUkthikavyakthahAsA
shyAmA nithyam harithamaNiBhi: shArngiNa: pAdharakshE!
manyE DhAthurBhavasi mahilAnirmithoU mAthrukA thvam
Oh Lord's Paaduka! Brahma perhaps keeps You as an ideal model on hand
to serve as a precedent for creation of perfect women. Good look
(Your lustre); excellent walking gait (the same in Your case); a thin
waist (being narrower in the middle); ruby -like nether and upper
lips (having rubies to represent lips); having bangles of gems (being
made of gems); perennial youthfulness (being always dark in colour
due to the emeralds)-are the parallel features.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 898
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukAs of SaarangapANi ! I
consider You as the essential and fundamental source from which
Brahma creates the women of this world. You lend many of Your
features to give femininity to the created women. You have a pleasant
appearance that is desirable to look at; You have a pleasing
gait; Your lips are red with Your rubies; You are slender in Your
waist region; You have the gems that form Your bangles and have a
charming smile originating from Your pearls; You are ever youthful
due to the emeralds on You and stay as shyAmA (youthful). With all
these features , it is no wonder that BrahmA created women in your
mold.
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Swamy Desikan recognizes and pays
tribute to the Utthama Sthree LakshaNams and srEshta PathivrathA
lakshaNams in the Paadhukais . The inner meaning is that Paadhukais
(Swamy NammAzhwAr ) has all these nithya yuvathi lakshaNams
such as nithya sObhai ( external lustre , Brahma tEjas) , sraddhA ,
bhakthi , viswAsam ( pathivrathA lakshaNams with Lord as the
Purushan ). These are also SadAchArya LakshaNams .
3. Nithya sabdham enshrined in the third line of the slOkam
is very important in this slOkam. Examples of the importance
of this "nithya sabdham " as it relates to SadAchArya LakshaNams
are :
a) nithyam ramyAlOkA : External ( bodily ) lustre arising from
internal bliss (Brahma tEjas) .
b) nithyam laLithagamanA : defect-free anushtAnams as per
AchArya UpadEsam , bhakthi , sraddhA , MahA VisvAsam
and freedom from egotistic attitudes and dispassionate way of
going about karmAs .,
c) Nithya PadhmarAgadharOshtee: Being an enjoyable one through
gentleness of speech and excellence in aathma guNams.
d) nithyam madhyE KshAmA : Amidst all these auspicious guNams ,
the possesion of modesty ( bhavyam) .
e) Nithyam maNivalayinee: Possessing as jewelery (aabharaNams)
the Sri Sookthis of PoorvAchAryAs , AdhyAthma Saasthrams .
f) Nithyam moukthikavyakthahAsA : being with smile welcoming all
as a result of friendliness to all .
g) nithyam shyAmA HarimaNibhi: As a result of the conquest over
desire , anger et al , their minds are still and they display eternal
youth and beauty ( nithya youvanam and soukumAryam ) and are
free from diseases and bodily blemishes.
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