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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