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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

252. praNathathridashEndramoulimAlA
makarandhArdhraparAgapankilEna
anulimpathi pAdhukE! svayam thvAm
anurUpENa padhEna ranganATha:

Oh Paaduka! Lord Ranganatha Himself applies on You, with His Feet, a
sandal-paste, suited to YOU; this paste is a slush of moistened
pollen
spread over His Feet, from the flower-garlands on the heads of the
chiefs of the devas, bent down on the Lord's Feet in homage to the
Lord.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan


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

SlOkam 252:

(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh paadhukE! When the dEvAs and
their king IndrA prostrate at RanganAthA's feet , the honey and
the
pollen dust present in the flowers from the garlands decorating the
heads of dEvAs mix together. They form a paste , which attaches
itself
to the Lord's feet . When the Lord unites His feet with You , it
looks as though a srungAra chEshtai has taken place in which the
Master smears vermilion and sandal paste on the limbs of his Nayaki .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : Lord RanganAtha appears to apply
the
sandal paste on You , when He unites His sacred feet with You for His
sanchAram to the antha:puram . Your Lord's feet contain the mixture
of honey and pollen dust that have loosened themselves from the
flowers in the garlands adorning the heads of the dEvAs prostrating
at His sacred feet .

(3) The makarandham (honey ) and the aardhra parAgam ( wet pollen
dust) from the garlands wrapped around the heads of dEvAs (
thridasEndhra mouLi maalA makarandha aardhra parAga ) get attached
to
Lord RanganAthA's feet as the dEvAs prostrate before Him . They
form
a sort of mud on the Lord's feet. When He unites His feet with the
Paadhukais , that muddy mixture resembling sandal paste (pankilEna
anurUpENa ) is smeared over the body of the Paadhukais. This event
reminds Swami Desikan of a SrungAra play between the man and woman,
when the man paints the limbs of his beloved lady with fragrant
sandal
paste . Swamy Desikan states that RanganAtha Himself applies the
sandal paste (mixture of pollen dust and honey from the flowers on
the
heads of the dEvAs ) through His feet on the Paadhukais as a kind of
love play ( RanganAtha: pankilEna anurUpENa padhEna svayam
anulimpathi)?.V.S






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