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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

617. thavarangachandrathapanIyapAdhukE! 
vimalA samudhvahathi moUkthikAvaLi:
charaNAravindhanaKhachandramaNdala 
praNayOpayAthanavathArakAruchim

Oh Gold Paaduka of Lord Ranganatha! Spotless pearls shine on You. 
They approach, with eagerness, the different moons presented by the 
nails of the Lord's Feet, as if they (pearls) were stars in the 
galaxy of moons. 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V. Sadagopan (V.S) 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In an earlier verse , Swamy Desikan 
described the pearls of PaadhukAs as the reflection s of many moons ;
here , he describes the pearls as stars in the firmament. He says: 
" Oh PaadhukAs of the Moon of SrIrangam ! Your blemishless pearls 
out of affection for the moons (the toe nails of the Lord ) are 
desirous of relating to them (the moons) and hence take the forms of 
stars". The pearls and the toe nails of the Lord remind Swamy Desikan 
of a star-studded sky on a moon-lit night . 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! On You pearls are 
enmeshed. They look like the toe nails , which resemble the moon . It 
is recognized that the stars are the wives of the moon. Your pearls 
are like the stars associated with the moon (the radiant toe nails of 
the Lord) . The inner meaning is that the AzhwAr's paasurams are like 
the stars linked with the moon, which removes the darkness of 
samsAric night.

3)Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord RanganAthan as" Ranga Chandran".  
His PaadhukAs are saluted as golden in hue (Tapaneeya PaadhukE). 
The surface of the golden paadhukais are enmeshed with rows of 
radiant white pearls , which are blemishless ( Tava vimalA moukthika 
aavaLi: ). Those rows of pearls linked with the radiant white toe 
nails of the lotus feet of the Lord attain the status of the stars in 
the company of the Moon (Ranga chandra charaNAravindha nakha 
chandramanDala praNaya upayAtha nava tAraka ruchim samudhvahathi)?
(V.S).






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