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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

716. rangEshvarasya navapallavalOBhanIyoU
pAdhoU kaThannu kaTinA svayamudhvahEyam
ithyAkalayya niyatham maNipAdhukE! thvam 
padhmAstharam vahasi thathprathibimbalakshAth

Oh Manipaaduka! When the Lord is to set His Lotus Feet on You, the 
lotus image is formed on Your surface. I would explain it as the 
lotus layer specially spread by yourself on You in Your great 
consideration of the highly sensitive and delicate feet of the Lord 
by reason of which You feared the feet cannot be let to be placed on 
Your surface, rough because of gems!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

SlOkam 716

1) UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: So far , Swamy Desikan described 
the BhimBhams formed on the gems of the Paadhukais before the Lord 
starts His travel on them . Now , he starts to praise the shadows 
of the Lord's lotus feet on the PaadhukAs , just as He is about to
place His feet inside them to start His sanchAram .Swamy Desikan 
says: " Oh MaNi PaadhukE! Your Lord's feet are so soft that even 
tender creepers want to acquire their softness. You seem to worry 
about transporting those tender feet on Your surface adorned with 
hard gems . Therefore , You reflect with affection and use 
the excuse of the shadow of the Lord's lotus feet on You as 
the bed of lotus petals to make Your surface comfortable 
to the lord during His travels on You.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam :Oh PaadhukE! The PadhmAsanam 
under the Lord's feet is reflected on Your shining gems.When
one thinks about the lotus soft feet of the Lord , it appears
as though You hesitate to place those soft feet directly on Your 
hard surface and position the padhmAsanam itself to as
an interleaf(cushion) to support those soft feet .

3)The most desirable feet of Lord RanganAthA are like tender
new shoots of creepers ( RangEswarasya nava pallava lObhaneeyau
paadhou). Your surface is encrusted with hard gems ( Thvam kaDinA).
You seem to worry over the thought as how You can invite those
soft feet on Your hard surface ( kaDinA svayam kaTannu udhvahEyam
ithi aakalya ). You seem to solve this dilemma by carrying 
the prathiBhimBham of the PadmAsanam itself ( Tath prathiBhimBha-
lakshAth padhmAstaram vahasi); that PadhmAsanam in turn 
serves as the seat for the Lotd's lotus soft feet.This is
for sure(niyatham). 






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