Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
989. thvayyarpithEna charaNEna sadhaDhvaBhAja:
pAdhavani! praThithasAthvikaBhAvadhrushyA:
rangEshavadhvidhaDhathE muhurangahArAn
rangE mahIyasi natA iva BhavukAsthE
Oh Paaduka! An actor, a dancer, exhibits emotion in various gestures.
Observers are wont to identify themselves in emotional communion with
the stage-artiste. The same occurs in the case of learned
connoisseurs of the delectability of the service being rendered to
You. When the Lord sets His Feet in You and shows gaits in different
styles (like an elephant, like a lion etc) the devotees attain an
equality with the Lord in external expression. The great scholars
perform their regular duties to Your satisfaction placing total pious
faith in You. They enjoy all the gaits (and dances) with expressions
of mirth such as tears of joy and horripillation. They display
movements of heads and hands while enjoying You-as if they have
become stage-artistes, say like the Lord. Thus they attain a certain
degree of equality with Your Master, the master-dancer of the Ranga-
stage.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S) :
SlOkam 989
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan points out
that those , who take refuge in the Paadhukais attain equality
(Saamyam) with the Lord of Srirangam and that he is one of the
members of that fortunate group. Swamy says: " Oh PaadhukE ! Those
who enjoythe experience of surrendering unto You dance around the
streets of Srirangam with joy like the dancers in the troup of the
Lord performing before the Lord at Srirangam. They are rich in
auspicious attributes and dance in the highly visible stage of
Srirangam and express through their various dance gestures
(abhinayAs) their joy over the attainment of the fruits of
SaraNAgathy to You. They become equal ( Saamyam) to their Lord during
their lives in this world ".
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: This slOkam is full of double and
triple meanings for specific words to yield multiple levels of
anubhavam regarding the rich poetic skills of Swamy Desikan . In the
previous slOkam, Swamy Desikan condemned the ordinary folks
(SaamAnya Janams), who seek the aasrayaNam ( protection ) of the rich
for their livelihood. PaadhukA asked Swamy Desikan to explain how
those folks are to go about securing their livelihood ( dEha yAthrai)
in this world. Swamy Desikan gives his answer in this slOkam : Oh
PaadhukE! it is not necessary for the SaamAnya janams to seek the
help of the unsympatheic and haughty rich. They should place complete
trust in You for their Yoga-KshEmam. You know that such people
without ananyAsrayaNams thrive and spend their time on earth without
worries. This situation is similar to Your Lord, who entrusts the
rakshaNam of His sacred feet to You and banishes all worries about
their protection. Those who perform Saathvika thyAgam first and then
go about serving You without seeking fruits of their actions become
superior to every one and are satisfied with what comes their way at
Srirangam .They sing and dance in a state of blissful anubhavam of
Yourself and Your Lord and spend their time with tadhEka manas (mind
centered on You alone ) and tadhEka vyApArams ( actions focussed on
You alone). All of their earthly and the other worldly needs are
taken care of by Yourself and Your Lord.
3) Oh PaadhukE ! This leelA vibhUthi is described as one fourth of
Your Lord's total Isvaryam by the VedAs. In this stage of Srirangam
(His leelA VibhUthi ) , the Sadhu janams conduct their anushtAnams
without anticipation of any fruits of their karmAs and are readily
recognized by the bilssful ways in which they go about their
kiamkaryams (Thvayi arpithEna charaNEna , sadhadhvabhAjA : praTitha
saathvika bhAva dhrusyA:). These magnificent souls dance as it were
on the expansive stage of Srirangam and perform often abhinayams
appropriate to their kaimkaryams ( tE bhAvukA: maheeyasi RangE naDA
iva muhu: angahArAn vidhadhE)...(V.S).
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