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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


641. BhAvOttharaIraDhigathA BharathapraDhAnaI:
prathyupthamoUkthikamiShENa vikIrNapuShpA
rangEshvarasya niyatham thvayi lAsyaBhAjO
rangasThalIva laLithA maNipAdhukE! thvam

Oh Manipaaduka! You were resorted to by Bharata and others who are 
leaders in Bhakti emotion. The pearls set in You are the scattered 
flowers of a dance-theatre. Indeed You become a fit theatre in which 
the great artiste, Ranganatha dances

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 641

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadukhE! Yor Lord
enjoys dancing with You at SrIrangam . The pearls decorating 
You appear then like the heaps of flowers thrown on Your beautiful
dance stage. Devoted servants of Raama like His brother BharathA 
or Bharatha Muni , the expert in dance craft have assembled at 
SrIrangam to watch RanganathA perform on Your back serving as
the most attractive stage , whose beauty is further enhanced by 
the flowers in the form of Your pearls .

2)SrImath Andavan anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When Your Lord has
sanchAram with You , the scene is like His joy filled dance. 
You appear like the dance stage. Your pearls look like 
the white flowers strewn on the dance stage. There are 
skilled experts in the art of dance (Naatya saasthram)
enjoying this dance of Your Lord with You on the stage of
SrIrangam.The inner meaning is that the magnificent 
paasurams of AzhwAr with the depth of meanings on Tatthva-Hitha-
PurushArTams are like divinely scented flowers. Revered 
sishyAs of Swamy NammAzhwAr collect these flowers and
spread their fragrance all around.

3) Here Swamy Desikan uses the closeness of the meaning 
between the words , "Bhaava" and " Bharatha" . The word BhaAva 
for instance can mean devotion (Bhakthi) or feeling states 
expressed through Bharatha Naatya sAsthram ( B for BhAvam , 
R for Raagam and T for TaaLam united to give Bharatham ).
The name Bharatha can refer to the younger brother of RaamA
or the sage , who wrote the text book of Bharatha nAtyam.
In view of these multiple meanings , this slOkam can be 
translated in to two ways. According to one version , 
Swamy Desikan visualizes the presence of Bharatha Muni at 
SrIrangam , the dance stage of Lord RanganAthA.In the other
version , we are asked to think about the Younger brother of
Raamachandra , BharathA being at SrIrangam to enjoy 
the dance of His beloved brother on the divine stage 
of SrIrangam.

Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! "(Thvam ) BhaavOttharai: Bharatha prAdhanai:
adhigathA ". You are joined by the great experts in Bharatha
nAtya Saasthram like Bharatha Muni or by Bharathan , known
for His deep devotion." Thvam prathyuptha moukthikamishENa 
vikeerNa pushpA" . Your enmeshed peral assembly is like
a stage strewn with Your white , lustrous pearls. On this
occasion , Oh PaadhukE , You are like the joyous dance stage
for the chief dancer , Your Lord RanganAthA ( Thvam lAsyabhAja:
RangEswarasya laLitha ranga-sTaleeva asi)...(V.S) 







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