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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

598. sThAnE thavAchyuthapadhAvani! padhmarAgA:
thEjOmayA: prashamayanthi thamO madhIyam
chithram thadhEthadhiha yajjanayanthi nithyam 
rAgAthmakEna mahasA rajasO nivrutthim

Oh Paaduka! The light from Your padmaraga gems dispels my tamOguna; 
it is reasonable, since tamas is darkness. But what one fails to 
understand is how the rajo guna of mine embodied in my love for 
sensuous pleasures is also dispelled. For here the raga of mine is 
removed by Padmaraga!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 598 

1)UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Achyutha PaadhukE! Your rubies 
through their effulgence remove the darkness of my ajn~Anam. This is 
appropriate. But , how does their brilliant red color destroy my 
passionate nature (RajO guNam ) ? This is indeed difficult to 
understand. Swamy Desikan plays here with the double meaning 
of the words TamO: and Raaga: . TamO can mean TamO guNam or 
darkness; similarly , raaga can mean red color or desire (passion ). 
Swamy hints that the sacred nature of the effulgence from rubies 
destroy our passionate and dark nature and make us possess qualities 
of purity (satthva guNam ) and auspicousness. 

2)      SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that our
Ajn~Anam is driven away by reflection on the paasurams of Swamy 
NammAzhwAr. When the ajn~Anam is removed , the anger and pride
are also removed. Satthva guNam becomes dominant .

3)      Oh PaadhukE! Your rubies have an overpowering lustre ( Tava
PadhmarAgA: tEjOmayA; ). They remove the darkness of mine born out of 
Nescience (Tava PadhmarAgA; madhIyam Tama: prasamayanthi). The 
mighty red lustre of the rubies ( rAgAthmakEna 
MahasA ) destroys the rajO guNam in me ( madhIyam rajasa: nivrutthim 
janayanthi). This is indeed a wonder in this world 
( ithi yath iha chithram )..(V.S). 






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