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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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