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1-8
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
691. anvicChathAm kimapi thathvamananyadhrushyam
samyakprakAshajananI DhruthakruShNarUpA
pAdhavani! sPhurasi vAsavarathnaramyA
maDhyE samADhinayanasya kanInikEva
Oh Paaduka! You bear Krishna's form on You. You are also dark like
him. Your colour comes from the sapphires. Yogis see the Supreme
Principle-not visible to ordinary men-through Your help. Because, You
serve as the pupil, so to say, of the yogic eye. Once You help the
yogi in this manner, the Lord standing
on You is envisionable.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 691
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhaavm: Swamy Desikan equates
the dark sapphires of Paadhukais to the dark pupils of
the eyes of the Yogis. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! You bear the Lord's
dark complexioned body always. Your sapphires have the same
dark color . Through Your sapphires , You mkae it easy
for the Yogis , who wish to see Your Lord and practise
YogA. You do this by serving as the pupil of their yogic
eyes. With Your sapphires serving as the dark pupils of
their eys, they are able to see readily the dark complexioned
One standing on You ".
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam :Without the pupils of
the eyes , one can not see anything.You become the pupil
of the eye for the Yogis practising dhyAnam to see Your Lord.
The AchAryAs are like the helpful pupils to experience the Lord.
Without deep devotion to them , One can not know , see and attain
PerumAL.
3)Here Swamy addresses the Indhra neela gems as
"Vaasava rathnam". he describes them as delectable
to look at ( ramyA), as the generator of true
Jn~Anam(samyak prakAsa-jananeem) and having the dark
bluish hue ( dhrutha Krishna roopA). Oh the rays of
the sapphires of the PaadhukE! You shine like the dark
pupil in the middle of the eye of dhyAnam ( samAdhi
nayanasya madhyE kanInikEva Sphurasi)of the Yogis , who
consider nothing but Your Lord as the object worthy of
Pursuit (ananya dhrusyam kimapi tatthvam anvicchathAm
samAdhi madhyE kanIkinEva sphurasi)...(V.S)
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
692. mAtha:! salIlamaDhigamya vihAravElAm
kAnthim samudhvahasi kAnchanapAdhukE! thvam
lakshmIkatAksharuchiraIrharinIlarathnaI:
lAvaNyasinDhupruShathaIriva rangaDhAmna:
Oh Mother Paaduka! The Lord is on a light walk. He being an ocean of
charm, droplets splash on Your surface. These drops possessing the
characteristics of the glances of Mahalakshmi probably create a
picture of sapphire gems.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 692
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan states here
that the many sapphires on the Paadhukais of the Lord are like
the droplets ,which have originated as the sprays from the bluish
ocean of Lord's beauty. He says: " Oh Golden PaadhukE! You
are close to the novel and mysterious shores of Lord's
beauty during Your sanchArams with Him. With the blessings
of MahA Lakshmi on these shores , You become sprayed by
the droplets from the waves emanting from the ocean of
beauty of the Lord. Thus , Your sapphires derive their dark
blue color .
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! when one looks at
the sapphires enmeshed on You , it reminds one of MahA Lakshmi's
glances. It also reminds one of the droplets from the soundharyam
of Your bluish-hued Lord.
3)Oh Kaanchana PaadhukE! You are like the delightful
glances of MahA Lakshmi on the banks of the Ocean as
You travel there with Your Lord sportively ( Thvam
saleelam vihAra vElAm adhigamya LakshmI kaDAksha
lAvaNyam samudhvahasi). You shine then like the droplets of
the waves of Soundharyam of Lord RanganAthan ( Thvam
ruchirai: harineela-rathnai: RangadhAmna: lAvaNya sindhu
prushathai: iva kaanthim samudhvahasi)..(V.S)
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
693. klrupthAvakuNTanaviDhirmaNipAdharakshE!
nIlAamshukaIrvalaBhidhashmasamudBhavaIsthE
sangacChathE munijanasya mathi: samADhoU
rAthroU samasthajagathAm ramaNEna lakshmyA:
Oh Manipaaduka! It is the night for all worlds. (That is, all are
inert in regard to Bhagavad-dhyana). The damsel, the embodiment of
yogis' intellect, covers herself with a blue garment-that is the
product from the radiance of the sapphires on You-and goes
clandestinely to join with the consort of Lakshmi, You, Your
sapphires provide the backdrop for yogis' samadhi attainment.
(Abhisarika-a woman going secretively to her lover)
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 693
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anibhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE!
The minds of Yogis taking the form ofm ladies travel
at night , when the world is asleep to have union with
Your Lord. During those travels , they cover themselves with
the dark blue rays of Your sapphires and use them as
their cloaks to hide themselves so that they are not seen by
the others , when they unite with the husband of Lakshmi.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! On You are
enmeshed with Indhraneela gems. When one assesses their lustre ,
it reminds one of a shiny black saaree.The minds of Yogis
meditate on Your Lord at night time and their minds cover
themselves with the lustre of Your sapphires as though
drawing over their heads the black saaree to have a tryst
with Your Lord wihtout being detected by anyone .The Yogis
use the dark bluish rays of Your sapphires to succeed
in mingling with the object of their meditation ,
Your dark-hued Lord.
3) The time for the dhyAnam of the minds of the Yogis
is the night for all janthus( Muni janasya mathi:
samastha jagathAm raathri:). mathi means both mind
and a vyapachAri lady , whose afection wanders .
During the dhyAna kAlam of dark night , You serve
them as the dark cloth for covering one's body to
escape detection through Your dark and steely
lustre ( thE valabhidasama-samudhbhavai: neelAmsubhi:
avakuNDana vidhi:).Where are the minds of these
Yogis heading at night covering themselves with
dark saree to escape detection? Their minds are
rushing for union with the husband of MahA Lakshmi
(LakshmyA: ramaNEna sangacchathi)..(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
694. dhraShtum kadhAchana padhAvani! naIva janthu:
shaknOthi shAshvathaniDhim nihitham guhAyAm
kruShNAnurUpaharinIlavishEShadhrushyA
siDdhAnjanam thvamasi yasya na dhEvi! dhruShtE:
Oh Paaduka! You look very charming indeed by the sapphires that befit
Krishna, who is the one entity fit to be sought and seen. The
sapphires fit You well too. As long as Your help as a collyrium to
see is not available, one can never hope to see the great treasure,
the Lord laid in the heart-cave.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 694
1)UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Earlier , Swamy Desikan
pointed out that the PaadhukAs help to discover the hidden
treasure of RanganAthA resting under Ranga VimAnam. Here,
he states again that it is impossible to see the Lord residing
in the caves of hearts of the Yogis without the magical power of
the blue rays originating from the sapphires serving as
the treasure-detecting collyrium. Swamy says: " Oh Devi
PaadhukE! Your sapphires are dark in color and resemble
Krishna"s complexion . Yogis use the rays of Your sapphires
as unguent for their inner rays to detect Krishna (the dark
Lord) hiding in the caves of their hearts. Without Your
sapphire's help , Yogis would never succeed in tracking down
the Lord sitting quitely in their heart lotuses.
2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: One who does not apply
the collyrium of the bluish rays of Your sapphire
can not see the Lord seated in the cave of his heart.
The anugraha balam of the Indhraneela stones confers
the boon of visualizing the Lord inside the heart lotus.
3)The dark hued sapphire on the Paadhukais have
the color similar to the bluish-hued Lord ( KrishNa
anuroopa harineela:) and are especially beautiful
to look at (visEsha dhrusyA). If these blessed sapphires
do not become collyrium to the mind's eye of a person ,
he can never see the priceless treasure of the Lord
seated in the heart lotus ( Yasya dhrushtE: Thvam
siddhAnjanam na asi , sa: janthu: kadAchana guhAyAm
nihitham saasvatha nidhim dhrushtum naiva saknOthi)..(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
695. prathyEmi ranganrupathErmaNipAdhukE! thvAm
kruShNAm thadhangaruchiBhirharinIlarathnaI:
vishvAparADhasahanAya padham thadhIyam
vishvamBharAm BhagavathIm samayE BhajanthIm
Oh Manipaaduka! The sapphires confer a dark complexion on You. I
would now take You for Bhoomi Devi, who would, at the time of
punishment due to be meted out to a creature, which seeks some way of
respite, resort to the Lord's Feet to secure forgiveness, by virtue
of Her innate character of 'world bearing'. (The Vedas declare that
Bhoomi Devi is dark)
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
SlOkam 695
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavaam: Oh RangarAja PadhukE!
Your rays of sapphire are dark in color like the complexion
of Your Lord . When Your devotees surrender unto You ,
Your sapphires like BhUmi Devi , who bears with their offenses and
protects them. ( BhUmi Devi also ahs a bluish-black complexion
like the sapphires. Hence , Swamy Desikan equates the grace of
sapphires to that of BhUmi Devi , who is known as "Sarvam SahA"
and protects the jeevans out of Her infinite compassion ).
2). SrImath Andavan's anubhaavam: Oh PaadhukE! Sapphires are
emeshed on You. That makes You look dark . You remind us of
BhUmi Devi, who intercedes with the Lord to forgive Her
children's transgressions.
3)Oh RanganAthan's maNi PaahdukE! You have a hue that is
dear to the Lord (viz) harineelam( KrishNa antharanga Ruchibhi:
Harineela rathnai: sahithA). When One reflects on Your hue,
One is reminded of BhUmi Devi ( VisvammbharAm) , who is
blemishless and has all auspicious attributes (Bhagavatheem)
and who stays at her Lord's feet (tadhIyam Padham bhajantheem)
to plead for Her Lord's mercy against the limitless transgressions
of the people of the world ( ThvAm visvAparAdhasahanAya
samayE tadhIyam padham bhajanthIm Bhagavatheem VisvambharAm
prathyEmi)...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
696. mathvA maShIm parimithAm BhavathI thadhanyAm
vaIkuNTapAdharasikE maNipAdhukE! svAn
ankthE svayam kiraNalEpiBhirindhranIlAi:
AshAthatEShu laLithAnapadhAnavarNAn
Oh Twin-Paaduka, that zealously guard the Lord's Feet! You having
ignored other colours as trifles, paint on all directions and
available surfaces, the frame of the Lord's Feet, using the pigment
of sapphire radiance. (The reference is to Azhwar's revelation of the
great fame of the Lord, even going beyond the Vedas).
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagoipan(V.S):
SlOkam 696
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Gem-bedecked PaadhukE!
Oh Devi , who is forever attached to the Lord's feet with
affection ! With the blue rays of Your sapphire , You point
out the story of Your Lord's glories everywhere. You seem to
think that other inks may not be upto the task of adequately
celebrating Your Lord's magnificent attributes. Swamy Desikan
suggests that the VedAs could not adequately spread the fame of
the Lord.Hence , Swamy NammAzhwAr and other other AzhwArs
appeared to compensate for the deficiency of Vedams and
used their celebrated works to extoll the glories in
a resonant manner all over the world. PaadhukAs are none other
than Swamy NammAzhwAr.
2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! Sapphires are
enmeshed on You. Their lustre spreads in all directions.
When one experiences that unique hue , One is inclined
to think that those dark bluish rays write Your history
in all directions to overcome the paucity of other kinds
of inks.
3) Oh Paadhukai who is affectionately attached to Your
Lord's sacred feet ( VaikunDa Padha rasikE ! maNi PaadhukE!)!
You consider that the inks other than those formed by Your
saphire rays as inadequate ( BhavathI tadhanyAm masheem
parimithAm mathvA ), You use the lustre of Your saphires
to serve as undrying source of ink to write about Your
delightful history (laLithAn svAn apadhAnavarNAn)
in all pages/directions(aasAtaDEshu) by Yourself(kiraNa
lEpibhi: Indhraneelai: aasAtaDEshu laLithAn apadhAnavarNAn
svayam angkthE)...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
697. valamaThanamaNInAm DhAmaBhisthAvakAnAm
maDhuripupadharakshE! vAsaraIravyapEthA
aBhisaraNaparANAm vallavInAm thadhAsIth
shamithaguruBhayArthi: sharvarI kAchidhanyA
Oh Paaduka of the Lord! You wrought a night in broad day time, by
using the dark radiance of the sapphires, so as to enable the love-
mad gopi to reach Krishna, unknown to the elders.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 697
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukais of MadhusudanA!
Duirng the time of Your Lord's incarnation as KrishNa , You helped
the maiden of Brindhavanam to travel under the cover of night to
have trysts with KrishNa. The dark blue rays of Your sapphires
hid the surrounding day and made it look like the darkish night so
that the maiden could reach KrishNa's residence without being
detected by their elders even during day time.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! The lustre from
Your sapphires make the bright day take on the appearance of
night. That transformation from day into night makes it easy
for the Gopa sthrees to visit KrishNa during " the day time"
without being detected by their in laws and kin folks.
3)Oh Madhuripu PaadharakshE! Your sapphires send out their
bluish black rays from their sapphires , which hide the Sun
during the day time and make it look like the night has set in
(TaavakAnAm valamaTana maNeenAm dhAmabhi: vaasarai:
avyapEthA anyA kaachith sarvaree aaseeth). This is helpful
to the Gopis to escape from their households to run to
KrishNa's side to have a tryst (abhisAra NaayakIs).
Their fear about detection by their elders during such
acts is banished thanks to the help of the sapphire rays
( abhisaraNaparANAm vallaveenAm samitha Guru bhaya
aarthi: )..(V.S)
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
698. shathamaKhamaNiBhangaIrunmayUKhaIrdhishanthI
sharaNamupagathAnAm ranganAThEna sAmyam
praThayasi jagathi thvam pAdhukE! haIthukAnAm
upaniShadhupagIthAm thathkrathunyAyavArthAm
Oh Paaduka! To those who surrender to You, You grant a blue colour
very much like the Lord's. This You do by utilizing the radiance of
the sapphires. In this manner, You propagate the Upanishadic 'rule of
Tatkratu'-that a person contemplating on Brahman with certain
characteristics becomes one with those traits themselves.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
SlOakm 698
1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Here , Swamy Desikan focuses on
a VedAnthic principle known as " Tath Krathu nyAyam". According to
this principle , jeevan attains the form that he used to worship
the Lord . Tath means that and Krathu means the UpAsanA or mode of
worship of the Lord. "He becomes it" is the meaning of this aphorism.
Swamy Desikan says: "Oh PaadhukE! You make true the Upanishadic
statement of "tat krathu" through making the devotees of
RanganAtha attain His bluish-black hue through the falling of
the blue rays of Your sapphires . This way You prove to
the unfaithful that the Upanishadic statement can not
be falsified.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! Sapphires are
enmeshed on You. Their color is the same as that of the hue
of the Lord. Those who come near You have the contact with
the blackish-blue lustre of Your rays from those IndhraneelA
stones and acquire as a result the same hue that Your Lord has.
This fits with the message of the proverb:" SamsargajA dhOshaguNA
Bhavanthi" (Association leads to the acquirement of the guNas
with which one is in contact).This is in agreement with
the Upanishad vaakyam , which states that one becomes like
the object that he is deeply associated with.
3)Oh PaadhukE! Through the intense dark blue rays
of Your pieces of sapphires (Thvam sathamakhamaNi
bhangai: uth mayUkhai:) transform those , who approach
You seeking Your protection to resemble Your Lord in
hue ( SaraNam upagathAnAm RanganATEna sAmyam disanthi).
This is consistent with the tathkrathu nyAyam referred to
in the Upanishads ( Upanishath upageethAm tathkrathu-
nyAyavArthAm ) and fights off those who question
the veracity of such a happening (Jagatheem haithukAnAm
Tathkrathu-nyAya-vArthAm praTayaseeva)..(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
699. paricharathi viDhoU thvAm pAdhukE! rangaBharthu:
padhasarasijaBhrungaIrBhAsuraIrindhranIlaI:
prakatithayamunoUGhA Bhakthinamrasya shamBhO:
pariNamayasi chUdAviShNupadhyA: prayAgam
Oh Paaduka! When the Lord scaled all the worlds in His Trivikrama
avatara, Brahma performed ablution to You. The flow called Ganga was
respectfully received by Siva on his head. Your sapphire gems, which
incidentally look like bees hovering around the lotus feet, generated
the black Yamuna. Thus the confluence, Prayaga, was also created.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 699
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When Brahmaa
performs His worship to You , Rudran stands next with his bent
head.The blue rays of Your sapphire fall at that time on Rudran's
head and blends with the river Ganga there. The union of
the blue rays with the white floods of Ganga make it look like
PrayAg , where the dark-hued waters of Yamuna mix with
the clear waters of GangA.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! BrahmA performs
AarAdhanam for You. At that time , his son SivA stands by
the side of his father. When SivA prostrates before You
at the conclusion of the worship , the bluish rays from
Your sapphires fall on the matted locks of SivA holding the waters
of GangA river . The admixture of the dark hued sapphire
rays with the white flood of Ganga reminds one of the co-presence
of dark colored YamunA waters with the clear waters of GangA
as at PrayAg.The inner soul of Your Lord's sacred feet are
soft like the petals of the red lotus. Your sapphire stones are
like the bluish-balck bees for that Lotus flower.
3)BrahmA worships the lotus feet of Your Lord
adorning You with sapphire gems that reminds one
of the association of dark bluish bees with lotus
flower . Those lotus like ThiruvadigaL of Your Lord
are worshipped by BrahmA (Rangabharthu: padha sarasija
brungai: bhAsurai: Indhraneelai: ThvAm prakadithaa ).
Brahma performs aaarAdhanam for those sacred lotus feet
of Your Lord adorned with Your (Paadhukai's) sapphire
enmeshed form ( ThvAm Vidhou paricharathi ). When
the Lord's grandson prostratrates during that occasion ,
then one experieces a veritable PrayAg ( PrayAgam
pariNamayasi). How does that happen? It results from
the intermingling of the dark waters of YamunA
( the dark bluish-black rays of the sapphires adorning
the Paadhukais) with the white waters of GangA
present in the matted locks of SivA (Thvam Bhakthi
namrasya SambhO: chUDA VishNupadhyA: prayAgam
PariNamayasi)...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
700. padhakisalayasanghAth pAdhukE! pathraLashrI:
naKhamaNiBhirudhAraIrnithyaniShpannapuShpA
shathamaKhamaNinIlA shoUrilAvaNyasinDhO:
nibhidathamathamAlA kApi vElAvani thvam
Oh Paaduka! You may be described as a forest of densely grown Tamala
trees, situated on the shores of the ocean called the Lord's Charm.
The feet are tender leaves; the luminous nails constitute gem-like
flowers in rich abundance all through the year. The darkness
delivered by deep blue sapphires causes the densely-vegetated forest.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S):
SlOkam 700
1) UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You are like
the forest on the sea shore of Your Lord's matchless beauty.
Such a forest needs to have green trees , tender shoots and
flowers. Your Lord's holy feet serve as tender shoots ,
His toe nails appear like budding flowers. Your sapphires
make it look like verdant trees. Thou art indeed the forest on
the sea shore of Your Lord's ocean of beauty .
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:When one experiences
the Lord's soundharyam , it reminds us of the vast ocean.
When one experiences Your adhbhutham , one is reminded
of the forest on the banks of that ocean . Your IndhraneelA
stones resemble dark leafed trees. The Lord's toe nails
resemble the white flowers of those trees. The tender feet
of the Lord resemble the tender shoots of those trees.
3) Oh PaadhukE! Your dark bluish sapphires reminds us of
the forest on the banks of the ocean of the Lord's beauty
( Sathamakha maNI neelA Thvam niBhiDatama tamAlA Souri:
lAvaNya sindhO: kaapi vElAvaneeva). The Lord's lotus soft
Thiruvadis with their radiant white toe nails are adorned with
the Paadhukais enmeshed with dark sapphire gems ( Padha kisalaya
sangAth pathraLasrI: udhArai: nakhamaNi ). That reminds one
of a forest populated by dark leaved trees shining with
white flowers standing on the bank of the ocean ( Nithya
nishpanna pushpA samEtha niBiDatama tamAlA Souri lAvaNya
sindhO: kaapi vElAvaneeva BhAsathi)...(V.S).