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SrI:
 
SrI Gopala MahA DesikAya Nama:
 
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N.Vedantha DesikAya Nama:
 
vajrOpEthAm valabhidhupala-syAmaLam  manjughOshAm
mukthAsAraam madhura-chapalAm veekshya VishNO:padhE ThvAm              harshOthkarshAth upari chalayan PaadhukE ChandrakAntham
dhatthE nithyam dhrutha ghanaruchi: tANDavam NeelakaNDa: 
 
Oh Padhuka! You have diamonds on You; have blue gems too ;
You shine with the pearls on You ; You move about in a gentle ,
captivating manner  with a sweet melody ; You are at the feet of
the Lord; You gladdeen Siva( Nilakanta) .
 
Oh PaadhukA ! The cloud of the rainy season are dark bluish like
the sapphires on You . they shed streams of water like pearls.
These clouds move in AakAsam (VishNu Paadham ) and send out
thunderous noise and briliant lightning . On seeing these rain-laden
clouds , the peacock and Sivan ( with blue hue in their necks)
become joyous and perform  a dance of joy .The peacock's
dance is seen through the movements of its feather tips. Siva"s
dance leads to the crescent moon on his jadai moving in a manner
consistent with his dance .
 
NamO NaarAyaNAya ,
Muralidhara Daasan
 
Special Notes for SlOkam 903 by V.Sadagopan (V.S) :
 
1. UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: In the previous verse , Swamy  Desikan
referred to the special stone known as Chandra Kaantham .The word Chandra KanthA
has another meaning (viz)., the tail of peacock . Swamy Desikan develops here that
idea further. He says: " Oh PaadhukE ! Paramasivan dances with joy , when He sees You .
In this context , He is like the peacock , which sees the rainy clouds. He sees You with
the sapphires and adamantines along with the pearls that decorate You.As He bows
before You standing  at the feet of Your Lord and gets joyous and performs a dance
that shakes the crescent Moon on His head ".
 
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Maheswaran is the foremost among the devotees
of SrIman NaaryaNan . Hence , He is selected by Swamy  Desikan as the visEsha
Bhaktha Janam , who uses Naama Sankeerthanam and dancing to celebrate
the glories of the Lord's Paadhukais . Like the peacock that gets inspired to dance
at the sight of dark , rain-laden clouds and the sound of the thunder , MahEswaran
gets inspired by the sight of the dark blue sapphires on the Paadhukais as well as
by the majestic naadham of the Paadhukais as it engages in SanchAram with
the Lord on top of them . MahEswaran breaks in to an outburst of dance as
the peacock in the rainy  season.
 
3. The "harshOthkarsham " ( the outpouring of Joy ) of MahEswaran
on the darsanam of the Paadhukais with intense blue sapphires
( valabhidhupala shyAmaLaam) generating sweet nAdham during
their movement ( manju ghOshAm ) inspires Him to break into
a brisk dance (TaaNDavam) ; that dance makes the tip of the crescent
Moon on His matted locks move in rhythm ( upari chandraka antham chalayan).
 
The joyous MahEswaran breaking in to a dance is compared to
the peacock elated at the sight of the rain-laden clouds ( ghanE ruchi:
NeelakaNDa iva) .Both MahEswaran and the peacock have blue
throats ( NeelakaNDa:). Rain clouds are associated with thunder
( Vajram) , whereas the Paadhukais have the adamantine stones ( vajram).
Rain cloud is dark blue (ShyAmaLA) and the Paadhukais have
the dark blue hue from its sapphires(Valabhidhupalam). Both
have beautiful sanchAram .With all these features in common , both
MahEswaran and peacock engage in their joyous dances . One dances
at the sight of the Dhivya PaadukAs and the other at the sight of
rain-bearing clouds ....(V.S). 
 

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