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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

616. samathAmupaIthi vapuShApi sadhA BhavadhIyamoUkthikamahashChurithA
haripAdhukE! haripadhOdBhavayA kanakApagA surapurApagayA

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! The river Kaveri was already equal to the 
Ganga in sanctity; now it has mixed with the white lustre of the 
pearls on You and become white; hence now it has become equal to the 
Ganga, that flowed from the Lord's Feet, in physical nature and 
appearance too!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V. Sadagopan (V. S) 

1) UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: The Cauveri river at Srirangam gets
connected to Lord Ranganatha"s sacred feet and becomes equal in 
status to the river Ganga, which had such a connection during the 
Lord's incarnation as Trivikrama. Swamy Desikan refers to that 
equality resulting from the spreading of the white lustre of the 
pearls falling on the waters of Cauveri river. Swamy Desikan 
observes: " Oh Hari PaadhukE! The cauveri river is embraced by the 
lustre of Your pearls and that makes her attain a status equal to 
the Ganga river, which arose form Your Lord's holy feet during an 
earlier time. Cauveri thus becomes equal to Ganga in all aspects due 
to Your munificence and makes her indebted to you forever".

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: River Ganga arose form the Lord's 
holy feet. River Cauveri arose from the Sahya mountains in the 
western ghats and flows around SrIrangam as a garland. Both remove 
the sins of those , who take bath in them. Yet Cauveri until it 
reached Srirangam has the golden color and is known therefore as 
Ponni. GangA's waters are white in color. Swamy Desikan suggests 
that the reddish color of the river Cauveri is transformed in to 
white color similar to the holy Ganga river as a result of the 
radiance of the white pearls from the PaadhukAs falling on river 
Cauveri at SrIrangam. The inner meaning is that the study
of Swamy NammAzhwAr's paasurams would remove RajO (color red) and
TamO ( color black) guNams and convert those , who study them to have 
satthva guNam (Color white). 

3) Oh PaadhukE! The body of the river Cauveri is painted always with 
the radiance of the white pearls on You ( Hari PaadhukE! KanakA 
SadhA BhavadhIya moukthika maha: churithA ). As a result , the river 
Cauveri attains a white hue similar to the river GangA, which arose 
from the sacred feet of Lord Trivikraman ( KanakApagA Hari-
padhOdhbhavayA SurapurApagyA vapushi samathAm upaithi)?(V.S).






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