Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin: 589. nisargasiDdham maNipAdharakshE! dhEvasya rangavasaThapriyasya bAlArkavarNA: padhapadhmarAgam thvathpadhmarAgA: punarukthayanthi Oh Manipaaduka! A discerning relisher of Sriranga kshetra, Lord Ranganatha, has His Feet naturally lotus-like with that colour, which Your Padmaraga gems, resembling the early morning sun, only accentuate. Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S) SlOkam 589 1)UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! The young sun of the morning quickens the blossoming of the lotuses and enhances their beauty. Similarly, the PadhmarAga gems serve as the young sun that doubles the beauty of the Lord's red lotus feet. 2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that the people have already great desire for the Lord. That desire is enhanced multifold after hearing the paasurams of Swamy NammAzhwAr. 3) Swamy Desikan is referring to the doubling /enhancement of the natural red hue of Lord RanganAthA's sacred feet (nisargasiddham Devasya Padha Padhma raagam) due to the admixture of the red radiance from the PadhmarAga gems on the Padhukai, which have the hue of rising Sun ( Thvath BaalArka varNA: raagam Thvath PadmaarAgA: ). Those PadhmarAga stones double the red hue of the Lord's holy feet ( Thvath PadhmarAgA: punarukthayanthi)?.(V.S).
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