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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

887. virachithanavaBhAgA rathnaBhEdhaIrvichithraI-
     viviDhavithatharEKhAvyakthasImAviBhAgA
     haricharaNasarOjam prEpsathAmarchanIyam
     praThayasi navanABham maNdalam pAdhukE! thvam

(1) Oh Paaduka! You are gem-studded, the nine gems being 
identifiable. Even so this Bharatavarsha, named of course, after 
another Bharata is called Navanabha after the nine sons of King 
Nabhi. It has nine regions, well-demarcated by boundaries, natural or 
man-made. This constitutes the site where one can expect one's holy 
acts to bear fruit-so it is called Karma-Bhoomi. You perhaps proclaim 
that this Navanabha is also fit to resort to, as You are, for 
reaching Hari's Lotus Feet.

(2) Pancharatra-agama prescribes a ritual using a nine-chakra-divided 
holy base, whereat worship of Hari is sure to secure salvation.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
SlOkam 887
 
1) UtthamUr  Swamy's  anubhavam: Swamy  Desikan compares the 
Paadhukais to the land of BhAratham divided in to nine sections for 
helping the nine sons of NabhA to rule over them . The PaadhukA is 
similarly divided by nine kinds of gems (nava rathnams) . Both 
Bhaaratha varsham and PadhukAs are divided by natural and artificial 
lines and patterns and are entitled to the common title of Nava 
nAbhA . VishNu PurANam states that the BhAratha khaNDam divided in to 
nine sections is the ideal place to worship SrIman NaarAyaNan. Swamy  
says: Oh PadhukE ! You serve as nava nAbhA varasham (Bharatha 
varsham) and reveal to one and all that it is the land for the proper 
worship of Your Lord.  Oh PaadhukE! You have divided Yourself in to 
nine divisions through Your nine kinds of gems and are recognized by 
the many natural and other kinds of lines made by the DevA's
crowns as they prostrate before You and touch Your surface with their 
hard crowns. With all of these characterstrics , You announce that 
You are the nava nAbhA maNDalam described in the PaancharAthra 
aagamam ,as the one which is the most appropriate land to worship 
Hari and recieve His choicest blessings.
 
2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You are like Bhaaratha 
Varsham in many ways. You are enmeshed with the nine kinds of gems 
separated by long lines just as BhAratha Varsham is divided by nine 
distinct  sections with their own fine demarcations for the benefit 
of the nine sons of NaabhA chakravarthy. Both You and Bhaaratha 
Varsham have thus the qualifications for being the right place for 
Mumukshus to worship the Lord.   
 
3) Oh PaadhukE ! You have nine kinds of features(amsams)  based on 
your nine gems(Vichithrai: rathnabhEdhai: virachitha navabhAgA).You 
are delinated by boundaries made up by many , broad lines ( Thvam 
vividha vithatha rEkhA vyaktha seemA vibhAgA ). You glorify
the Bharatha Varsham with its nine divisions linked to the nine sons 
of Naabhi chakravarhty (nava nAbham MaNdalam PraTayasi). You do this 
for the benefit of Mumukshus , who wish to attain the lotus feet of 
the Lord through worship at one of the nine sections of BhAratha 
Varsham, the Karma BhUmi (Thvam Hari charaNa sarOjam prEpsathAm , 
archaneeyam nava naabham maNDalam praTayasi ) ...(V.S ).   






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