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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

738. chadhrAkruthi: kaThamakalpayaThAsthadhAnIm
vaImAnikapraNayinIvadhanAmbujAnAm
vikrAnthikAlavithathEna nijEna DhAmnA
bAlAthapam balivimardhanapAdhukE! thvam

Oh Paaduka of Bali-suppressor! When You went up above, the lotus-
faces of the celestial damsels blossomed in joy. How come a gold-
Paaduka-that is Chandra-like, works like the mild heat of the sun to 
make the lotuses blossom?

*Chandrakrithi=moon-shaped; gold-a pun.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 738

(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Swamy Desikan is reminded of
the meaning of Gold for ChandrA and builds this verse to connect 
the attribution of golden PaadhukAs to that of ChandrA.Swamy says:
" Oh Paadhukais of the Lord which smashed the arrogance of 
Bali Chakravarthy! How did You in Your ChandrA (golden) form
perform the miracle of opening the closed eyes of the wives of
the DevAs shut by the injustices of Bali? At the time of Your 
Lord's incarnation as Thrivikrama , His foot shot out and
Your golden sheen grew with it and served as the Young Sun ,
whose rays opened the closed lotus eyes of the wives of 
DevAs. How did You of the form of ChandrA , the enemy of
the lotuses perform the miracle of opening the lotus
eyelids of the consort of the DevAs?". 

(2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: During ThrivikramAvathAram ,
the body of the Lord grew to gigantic proportions . 
The Paadhukais grew proportionately with the growing
legs/body and cast their golden lustre all around. The lotus
like faces of the consorts of DevAs bloomed with joy as
a result of the contact with those golden rays. 

(3)Swamy Desikan uses here the double meanings of the word
Chnadra ( Moon and Gold).He says: " Oh Paadhukai of the Lord,
who destroyed the arrogance of Bali Chakravarthy ( Bali-
Vimardhana PaadhukE)! You have a body made of gold 
(Thvam ChandrAkruthi:). Your golden lustre spread around at
the time of ThrivikramAvathAram ( TadhAnim VikrAnthikAla 
vitathEna nijEna dhAmnA). What was the result of those
golden rays as they fell on the lotus like faces of
the sorrow-stricken wives of the DevAs? Those golden
rays served as the morning Sun for the lotus-like faces of
the DEva Sthrees and made them bloom joyously ( nijEna hEma
dhAmnA VaimAnika PranayinI vadhana ambhujAnAm bAlAtapam
akalpayaTA:)...(V.S).





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