Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin: 601. lIlAgruhAntharavihAriNi ranganAThE lAkshArasaIraruNarathnamayUKhalakshyaI: prAyENa ranjayathi pAdhasarOjayugmam saIranDhrikEva BhavathI maNipAdharakshE! Oh Manipaaduka! As Lord Ranganatha is to proceed to the private hall to sport with His spouses, You perhaps serve as a waitress, to apply cosmetic make-up to His Feet, say with red lac decoration-namely, the red halo of Your Padmaraga gems. Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Special Notes by V. Sadagopan (V.S) SlOkam 601 1)UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Your Lord goes from one consort's chamber to the other. During these times of relaxation , You transport Him . At those times , Your rubies with their red color appear to paint a red pathway marked by the red vegetable dye decorating Your Lord's feet. 2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:There is a flower called Semparutthi. When one soaks that flower in the water , a red paste will result . That paste is painted over the feet of ladies for beautification. When the Lord travels with padhukais adorned with rubies , His feet look as thought they are painted with semparuthti paste( Sempanju Kuzhampu) . This paste has the same effect like MaruthANi paste . 3)Semparutthi paste is LaakshA rasam in Sanskrit. Swamy equates the red hue of the rubies (aruNa rathna mayUkham ) to the color of the painting with LaakshA rasam on the sacred feet of the Lord by the ladies of the inner chambers . These rubies redden multifold the lotus red feet of the Lord?(V.S) .
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