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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

860. rathnAshrithaIrharipadham maNipAdhukE! thvam
spruShtvA karaI: shruthirasAyanamanjunAdhA
thatthvam thadhEthadhithi bODhayasIva samya-
gvEdhAn prathArithavathO viviDhAn kudhruShtIn

Oh Paaduka! It appears that You announce; in a sweet manner, pleasant 
to the ear, as an essence of the meaning of the Srutis as well, as a 
manner of solemn declaration; so touching, as required by the Smritis 
(that one would touch an auspicious object while swearing on a solemn 
oath), the Feet of Lord Ranganatha, by Your gem-bedecked hands, that 
is, the rays from the gems on You, in a manner to quell and convince 
the heterodox views of the wrong-sighted interpreters of the Veda, to 
the effect:

"This Archa-moorti, Lord Ranganatha, is the Supreme Deity, proclaimed 
by the ruling authoritative scriptures, and identifiable as the soul 
of all, having sentients and non-sentients as His manifestations".

(The views to be corrected are: that Brahman has no qualities; that 
It has no form; that any godhead could be supreme; that Archa-avatara 
is not real).


Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 860

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You destroy the false 
arguments of the demented and prove that Lord NaarAyaNan is the 
supreme priniciple of the universe. You prove that the Purusha at the 
center of the Sun's orbit is none other than the eternal RanganAtha. 
You touch His feet with Your thousand rays and highlight His eternal 
and unique role as the creator, protector and destroyer of the 
universe as pronounced by the VedAs. You proclaim and assert that 
Hari is the central power that pervades all the sentient and 
insentient beings. You silence the false scholars about their 
opinions to the contrary". 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE ! The rays from Your 
gems fall on the sacred feet of Your Lord. You also generate sweet 
sounds as You transport Him .When one experiences both of these 
anubhavams, they think that this scene is evocative of Your dialog 
with those, who misintrepret the meanings of the VedAs . You seem to 
be reminding them that Your Lord is the true meaning of all the VedAs 
and to trust Your Lord always. You appear like taking a vow by 
touching Your Lord's Thiruvadi and reminding these mistaken souls 
about the eternal truth .

3) Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! You are touching Your Lord's sacred feet
with Your thousands of arms /rays emanting from Your gems ( Thvam
RathnAsrithai: karai: Hari padham spruthvA ). You also have the sweet 
sounds cherished by the VedAs ( Sruthi rasAyana manju-nAdhA ). You 
appear to address at that time the many deluded scholars , who 
misintrepret the meanings of the Veda manthrams ( VedAn 
prathAritavatha: vividhAn kudhrushteen ). You seem to say to them 
that Lord RanganAtha in front of You is the true meaning of the Veda 
manthrams (yEthath tatthvam ithi samyak bhOdhayaseeva) ... (V.S). 







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