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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


851. AdhyO raGhukshithiBhujAmaBhiShEkadhIpthaI-
rApyAyithasthava padhAvani! rashmijAlaI:
mandhIchakAra thapanO vyapanIthaBhIthi:
mandhOdharIvadhanachandramasO mayUKhAn

(Oh Paaduka! The sun who is regarded as the founder of the (Solar) 
race of the Raghus, could not attenuate the moon-lustre of the face 
of Mandodari, out of fear, though he did so in the case of the 
celestial moon in day-time). When once You were given the ceremonial 
coronation bath, You shone in pristine effulgence from which the sun 
derived a nourishment and courage and he could enfeeble the splendour 
of the moon of the face of Mandodari, the wife of Ravana. Your 
Abhisheka was the event that tolled the death-knell of the Rakshasa.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan


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

SlOkam 851

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The primordial source
of the origin of the Kulam of Raghu is Sooryan . At the time of Your
coronation bath , You helped Sooryan to regain his energy through 
the brilliant rays of Your rubies. He became rejuvenated and lost 
his fear of RaavaNa as an indestructible ogre . This in turn made
Soorya dim the lustre on the moon-like face of MaNDOdhari ,
the principal wife of RaavaNa .( The Sun lends a portion of his 
lustre to the Moon at night time .During the day time , Sun dims
the lustre of the Moon due to its own brilliance. Before the 
coronation of the PadhukAs , Sooryan was full of fear of RaavaNa and 
did not dare to diminish the lustre of the Moon-like face of 
MaNDOdhari. Once the PaadhukA ascended the throne of Raghus , Sooryan 
got confident that Raama will destroy RaavaNa . Sooryan shed his 
fears and shone brilliantly and thereby diminished the lustre on 
MaNDOdhar's face . The imagination of Swamy Desikan as 
a poet par excellence is brought out here ).

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Raghu Vamsam is 
celebrated as Soorya Vansam. The aadhi purushan for that vamsam is 
Sooryan , whose lustre got enhanced multifold from Your rubies . When
Your kaanthi mingled with His Kaanthi , He overcame all fears about
RaavaNa and dulled the mukha kaanthi of the Moon-like face of
MaNDOdhari (i-e) RaavaNan was dead . MaNDOdhari fell down in
the mid day Sun and her face lost its lustre and shrank. 

3) Oh the protector of the Lord's Thiruvadi (PadhAvani) ! Sooryan
is the aadhi purushan/Founder of Raghu Vamsam ( Raghu-kshithi-bhujAm
aadhya: ). That Sooryan got enhancement of His lustre from the rays
of Your rubies after Your sacred bath ( Tava dheepthai: rasmi 
jaalai: aapyAyitha: Tapana: ) . His fears were removed ( Bheethi: 
vyapaneethavAn). Sooryan in the state of freedom from fears about 
RaavaNan diminished the erstwhile Moon-like facial lustre of 
MaNDOdhari ( ManDODhari vadhana chandramasa: mayUkhAn 
mandheechakAra)....(V.S).






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


852. mAnyA samasthajagathAm maNiBhanganIlA
pAdhE nisargaGhatithA maNipAdhukE! thvam
antha:purEShu laLithAni gathAgathAni 
ChAyEva ranganrupathEranuvarthasE thvam

Oh Manipaaduka! You are revered over all the worlds. Your sapphire 
gems render You deep black. Being inherently inseparable from the 
Lord's Feet, You follow Him in his strolls into the harem, partaking 
of His happiness through, as His inseparable shadow. You looking like 
a shadow, from Your colour. You thus become more than an outfit of 
the Feet; You are the Lord's totality in the form of a shadow.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 852

1) UtthamUr Swamy'a anubhavam: Swamy Desikan celebrates the blue
color of sapphire adorning the PaadhukAs here. He states that the 
PaadhukAs are like the shadow of RanganAtha. He also states that the 
PaadhukAs are not only the representative of the Lord's holy feet but 
also the representative of His whole body. He says: " Oh MaNi 
PaadhukE ! You are celebrated by the entire world for Your brilliant 
blue rays emanating from Your blue sapphires. You are united like a 
shadow at the feet of RanganAtha and follow Him through all His 
roamings in the inner chambers of His palace " .

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You are always
with Your Lord as He pays visit to His inner chambers and returns 
from there. You accompany Him as His shadow even during such private
trips. Your dark bluish-black hue arising from Your sapphires 
confer on You the quality of His shadow (i-e)., You are below His 
feet always. 

3) Oh MaNI PaadhukE ! You are celebrated by the whole world
( Thvam Samastha JagathAm MaanyA ). Through the pieces of 
bluish-black sapphire , You resemble the hue of the Lord's Thiruvadi
and are seen there ( MaNi bhanga neelA Ranga-nrupathE: paadhE
nisarga: gaDithA ). You enjoy as a ever-present companion the comings
and goings of Your Lord inside His inner chambers and His delightful
visits there ( Thvam antha: purEshu Ranga-nrupathE: laLithAni 
gathAgathAni anuvarthasE )...(V.S). 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

853. rangADhirAjapadhapankajamAshrayanthI 
haImI svayam parigathA harinIlarathnaI:
samBhAvyasE sukruthiBhirmaNipAdhukE! thvam
sAmAnyamUrthiriva sinDhusuthADharaNyO:

Oh Manipaaduka! You are in a state of closely caressing the Lord's 
Feet. You are Yourself gold and You have sapphires on You. The two 
suggest the colour of Lakshmi and Bhoomi Devi. Rightly do previleged 
persons-persons who produce holy works-consider You as an embodiment 
of Mahalakshmi and Bhoomi Devi, as Two-in-one!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 853

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: SrI Devi is of golden hue; BhU Devi has
the bluish-black color of the sapphire. When Swamy Desikan reflects 
on these two colors found together in the PaadhukAs, He is reminded of
the PaadhukAs as the joint representation of both SrI and BhU Devis.
He observes: " Oh PaadhukE ! You have taken residence at the lotus 
feet of Lord RanganAtha and shine with both a golden and bluish 
lustre through Your gold and sapphires adorning You. Surrounded by 
Your blue lustre,Your golden body is celebrated by great poets as the 
combined form of both SrI Devi and BhU Devi". 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! You are full of gold. 
On Your gold base, deep blue Sapphires are enmeshed. The mixture of 
colors make a reddish and bluish-black at the same time. As a result, 
You have taken the combined appearnace of SrI DEvi (DayA Roopi )and 
BhU Devi( Saantha /KshamA Roopi ). 

3) Oh MaNi PadhukE ! The fortunate ones think of You ( Thvam 
Sukruthibhi: sambhAvyasE ) as the combined form of SrI Devi and BhU 
Devi (Thvam Sindhu suthA DharaNyO: SaamAnya Moorthiriva sambhAvyasE). 
Why do these PuNyasaalis think this way of You, who is assoicated 
with the Lord's lotus-soft Thiruvadi ( RangAdhirAja padha pankaja 
aasrayantheem ThvAm )? It is because of Your golden surface ( 
reminding of MahA Lakshmi ) is enmeshed with bluish-black sapphires, 
the color of BhU Devi(Svayam Thvam Haimee Harineela rathnai: 
parigathA )...(V.S). 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

854. aBhyarchithA sumanasAm nivahaIrajasthram
mukthAruNOpalanaKhAnguLipallavashrI:
shrEyaskarIm muraBhidhascharaNadhvayIva
kAnthim samAshrayasi kAnchanapAdhukE! thvam

Oh Gold Paaduka! You are being worshipped by the Devas, with flowers, 
at all times. You verily appear like the Lord's Twin-Feet, Your 
pearls simulate the foot-nails, Your red gems simulate the tender 
toes, thus becoming almost like the Foot Duet, You confer, on 
devotees, all auspicious rewards including the Moksha bliss. Then 
Your lustre is impressive like the Foot-Duet.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 854

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan compares the Lord's 
feet to the PaadhukAs in this verse and points out many similarities. 
He says: " Oh Golden PaadhukE! You and Your Lord's feet have the 
following similarities: both of You are worshipped by the DevAs with 
flowers. Both of You fulfill the wishes of Your devotees. The tender 
creeper-like fingers and nails on Your Lord's feet resemble Your gems 
and pearls. Like Your Lord , You confer all soubhAgyams on Your 
devotees". 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You grant Moksham 
through Your luster like the Lord's Thiruvadi of PerumAL. The entire 
assembly of DevAs worship You with sacred flowers. The pearls 
enmeshed in You remind us of the toe nails of the Lord. The rubies 
remind us of the tender toes of the Lord's Thiruvadi. 

3) Oh Golden PaadhukE (Kaanchana PaadhukE )! You are worshipped 
always with assembly of sacred flowers ( SumanasAm nivahai: ajasram 
abhyarchithA). Your pearls and rubies (MukthA aruNOpalA ) resemble 
the white nails and tender red toes of Your Lord's lotus feet ( nakha 
anguLi-pallava SrI: ) . You absorb the features of the Lord's 
sacred feet through Your pearls and rubies and grant Moksham like 
Your Lord's celebrated feet known for granting that boon ( Thvam 
Murabhida: charaNa dhvayeeva SrEyaskareem kAnthim samAsrayasi) ... 
(V.S) .






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

855. nirmruShtagAthraruchirA maNipAdhukE! thavm
snAthAnulEpasuraBhirnavamAlyachithrA 
prApthE vihArasamayE BhajasE murArE:
pAdhAravindhapariBhOgamananyalaBhyam

Oh Manipaaduka! Well-polished with cloth, You appear lucid in lustre. 
You get the water-ablution; then sandal-paste application, then 
decoration with flower-garlands. You start on Your role, whether the 
Lord goes on a stroll or for a sport. At the appropriate time, You 
are united with the Feet. The Foot-Duet is Your spouse; You enjoy 
conjugal pleasure with him. This previlege- of union with the Foot-
Duet, a spouse-is not given to any other appurtenance of the Lord, 
which is all mere ornament. 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 855

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : In the previous verse , 
Swamy Desikan pointed out the close relationship between
the PaadhukAs and the Lord's feet. Here, He describes 
the PaadhukAs as the mistress , who enjoys along with Her
Lord , the pleasures of bathing , decoration with flowers and 
smearing with scented powders. Oh PaadhukE ! You are indeed
His dear mistress. No other property of Your Lord achieves Your
status. Swamy Desikan says: " Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! after Your sacred 
bath, Your servants wipe You dry. They sprinkle on You scented
powders. They cover You with garlands containing fresh and
beautiful flowers . You set out with Your Lord on His jaunts. 
This way , You stand out as His dearest mistress . Your status 
is never achieved by any other jewelery(aabharaNam) of the Lord ". 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:PerumAL enjoys the companionship of 
AzhwAr (SaThAri Soori) as His wedded wife. The realtionship of SaThAri
to the Lord is even loftier than the relationship of the Lord with 
His Devi, MahA Lakshmi. In the world , the relationship between an 
Utthama Purushan and his pathivrathA (Chaste) wife is accorded the 
highest status. There is nothing that is comparable to that superior 
relationship.

3) Oh MaNI PaadhukE ! You shine beautiful with Your body that has been
dried after Your sacred bath ( Thvam nirmrushta gaathra ruchirA ). 
You have been the beneficiary of Thirumanjanam ( SnAthA ) and 
thereafter You have been adorned with sandal paste and fragrant 
garlands ( anulEpa surabhi: nava mAlya chithrA). Oh PaadhukE ! When 
the time comes for sport ( VihAra samayE prApthE sathi ) , You enjoy 
a rare and incomparable status of delight through the BhOgam 
with Your Lord's lotus feet ( ananya-labhyam MurArE: PaadhAravindha 
paribhOgam bhajasE )...(V.S) .







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


856. nAdhE padhAvani! thaThA thava sannivEshE
nirvEshanakramamasahyamapAchikIrShu:
yaIrEva lOchanashathaIraBhivIkshathE thvAm
thaIrEva pannagapathi: shruthimAn baBhUva

Oh Paaduka! You are a form taken by Adisesha. He himself wished to 
enjoy your form and melody simultaneously. He was not prepared to 
bear the time-lag between seeing and hearing, even if it would be 
trivially small. So he acquired, by Your grace the unusual faculty of 
hearing through the eyes themselves. His hundreds of eyes become, 
themselves, so many ears as well. He thus became previleged to see 
and hear You synchronously.

(1. The Indian traditional belief is that the serpent has no separate 
hearing organ except the eyes. It is so named too. 
2. Even Nityasooris cherish to worship and hear Azhvar.)


Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 856

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan focuses on
AadhisEsha enjoying the sound and sight of the PaadhukAs with
His two thousand eyes. It is generaly believed that eyes of the snake
acts as an organ of sight as well as hearing. Swamy Desikan states 
that AadhisEshan is intently experiencing the pleasures of seeing 
the beautiful PaadhukAs in movement with His eyes. Swamy 
Desikan observes: " Oh PaadhukE ! AadhisEsha can not wait
even for one second to enjoy both your beautiful form and 
the delectable sounds created by You as You move around through 
the jingling of Your various gems. He wants to take in both Your
beauty and Your sunAdhams and uses His two thousand eyes to 
accomplish that goal. As a result, He becomes known for His
sense of hearing ". 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: AadhisEshan has great joy in seeing 
Your beautiful body and Your naadham as You move. He wanted to
enjoy them simultaneously. For ordinary snakes, it is hard to 
concentrate on both the seeing and hearing at the same time. 
Therefore, AadhisEshan converted His eyes to be both the seeing organ 
and the hearing organ so that He can have both the cognitive 
functions enmeshed in His eyes. 

3) Oh PaadhukE ( Padhaavani) ! AadhisEshan(Pannaga Pathi: ) has 
uncontrollable eagerness in enjoying Your auspciious sounds and Your 
roopam ( Tava naadhE taTA tava SamnivEsE asahyam nirvEsana ). He 
wanted to do away with any time delay between the seeing and the 
hearing faculites (kramam apAchikeershu:). He empowered
His hundreds of eyes to seve as the sight and hearign organs ( Yai: 
lOchana sathairEva ThvAm abhiveekshathE thairEva sruthimAn 
Bhabhoova )...(V.S ). 





Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

857. padhAvani! sPhutamayUKhasahasradhrushyA
viShNO: padhEna BhavathI vihithaprachArA
thvadBhakthiyanthrithajanapraThamasya shamBhO:
vaIkarthanImanukarOthi vihAramUrthim

Oh Paaduka! Siva is at the top of Your devotees. You wish to confer 
an honour on him. Therefore, You create Yourself in a similarity with 
one of the eight aspect-forms of Siva, namely the sun, You resemble 
the sun in having thousand rays. You are situated in Vishnupada, that 
is the Lord's Foot. He travels on Vishnupada, the sky. 


Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 857

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan describes here 
the special blessings conferred by the PaadhukAs as Surya NaarayaNa
Moorthy on its prime devotee , MahEswaran . Swamy equates 
the Paadhuka to the Surya because of both having mobility and
possessing thousands of rays like the Sun God. Swamy says:
" Oh PaadhukE ! You shine with thousand rays and move in 
the skies with Your Lord. At that time , You resemble Surya , 
who is one of the eight forms of Maheswara, Your foremost 
devotee. You bless Maheswara in this manner ". 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You are like the 
SarIram for Sooryan , who is the first among Your devotees. You 
possess thousands of rays from Your gems. You have sanchAram every 
where due to links to VishNu Padham. Sooryan travels in the VishNu 
padham (AakAsam ) . 

3) Oh PaadhukE ( PaadhAvani) ! You are shining with thousands of
rays ( Bhavathee sphuDa mayukha sahasra dhrusyA ). You have Your
SanchArams due to the links to Your Lord's sacred feet ( Bhavathee 
VishNO: padhEna vihitha prachArA ). Your foremost devotee is 
MahEswaran and is bound to You ( Bhavathee Thvath bhakthi yanthritha 
jana praTamasya Sambhu: ). You bless MahEswara by accompanying his 
Soorya Svaroopa SarIram playfully . 








Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

858. rAjyE vanEpi raGhuvIrapadhOchithAyA: 
samsmruthya goUthamavaDhUparirakshaNam thE
manyE samAhithaDhiyO maNipAdhukE! thvAm
mUrDhnA Bhajanthyanudhinam muniDharmadhArA:

Oh Manipaaduka! Whatever You achieved in the kingdom or in the forest 
befits Your post; that is Rama's throne and Rama's foot. In the 
former, You took care of protection of the land; in the latter, You 
afforded revival and safe existence to Ahalya, Gowtama's wife. Re-
meditating on this aspect again and again, the wives of sages have 
given their hearts to You and always hold You on their heads and 
worship You. 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 858

1) UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: After describing the blessings 
conferred on AadhisEsha and MahEswara , Swamy Desikan shifts 
his attention now to the wives of the sages of the forest .He says:
" Oh PaadhukE ! Your central concern is to protect and help 
the people , whether You are travelling in the forest with Raama or 
sitting on the throne in AyOdhyA . In the forest , You blessed Ahalya 
and transformed her back in to the state of a woman from that of a 
stone. All the wives of the sages of the forest recall with affection 
Your help to Ahalya snd prostrate before You daily for Your generous 
act ".

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! The wives of Sages of the 
forest know that (a)You never leave the Lord's sacred feet and (b)
Your saving Ahalya, their friend once upon a time. Therefore , they 
hold You with high reverence on their heads.

3) Oh PadhukE ! The wives of the Rishis (Muni-dharmadhArA:)
know that You do not leave Your Lord's sacred feet, be it in the 
forest or at AyOdhyA ( rAjyE vanEapi Raghuveera padha 
uchithAyA: ).They think of Your protection of Ahalya ( Gouthama 
vadhU parirakshaNam samsruthya). Recalling both of these glorious 
deeds , the Rishi pathnis hold You in high reverence and keep You on 
their heads ( samsmruthya , samAhitha dhiyA moordhnA ThvAm 
bhajanthi) ...(V.S) . 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

859. thvAmAshrithO maNimayUKhasahasradhrushyAm 
thvacChinjithEna saha rangapathi: samudhyan
AshankyathE sumathiBhirmaNipAdharakshE! 
vidhyAsaKha: savithrumaNdalamaDhyavarthI

Oh Manipaaduka! Knowledgeable observers, seeing the Lord Ranganatha 
on You with a thousand rays emerging from Your gems, and start moving 
on with a Vedic melody, identify Him with the Supreme God, residing 
in the centre of the solar globe, along with the Vedic Trinity. 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan


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

SlOkam 859

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In this verse , Swamy Desikan points 
out that the sages of the forest enjoy the PaadhukAs as the Soorya 
MaNDalam (orbit of the Sun God). He says : " Oh PaadhukE ! You shine 
with Your thousand rays like the Sun's orbit. Your sounds during Your 
movement resemble the sounds of recitation of the three VedAs at 
dawn, noon, and dusk. Your Lord sits in the center of that orbit as 
Surya NaarAyaNan and is recognized and saluted by the sages as the 
Veda Purushan revered by You". 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Lord RanganAtha is with 
You posesing thousands of rays and myriad sweet sounds. Those great 
ones, who worship You with Your Lord think of Lord RanganAtha as the 
SarvEswaran at the middle of the orbit of the Sun worshipped by Rg , 
Yajus and Saama Vedams at morning, noon, and evening . 

3) Oh Gem-bedecked PaadharakshE ( MaNi PaadharakshE )! Lord 
RanganAtha appears like the Soorya NaarAyaNa Moorthy seated at the 
center of the Sun's orbit, who is eulogized by the Rg, Yajur and 
Saama Vedams during prAtha:, MaadhyAhnika and Saayam SandhyAs ( 
Rangapathi: VidhyAsakah: savithru maNDala madhyavarthee 
aasankyathE ). To whom does Lord RanganAtha accompanied by You look 
like Soorya MaNDala Madhyavarthee( ThvAm aasritha: Thvath sinjithEna 
saha sumadhyan Rangapathi: )? When the Saastraj~nAs (VidvAns) see You 
with Your Lord ( Sumathibhi: dhrusyAm ThvAm ), then they equate Your 
Lord to Soorya NaarAyaNan at the center of the orbit of the Sun...
(V.S). 





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).