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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

989. thvayyarpithEna charaNEna sadhaDhvaBhAja:
     pAdhavani! praThithasAthvikaBhAvadhrushyA:
     rangEshavadhvidhaDhathE muhurangahArAn
     rangE mahIyasi natA iva BhavukAsthE

Oh Paaduka! An actor, a dancer, exhibits emotion in various gestures. 
Observers are wont to identify themselves in emotional communion with 
the stage-artiste. The same occurs in the case of learned 
connoisseurs of the delectability of the service being rendered to 
You. When the Lord sets His Feet in You and shows gaits in different 
styles (like an elephant, like a lion etc) the devotees attain an 
equality with the Lord in external expression. The great scholars 
perform their regular duties to Your satisfaction placing total pious 
faith in You. They enjoy all the gaits (and dances) with expressions 
of mirth such as tears of joy and horripillation. They display 
movements of heads and hands while enjoying You-as if they have 
become stage-artistes, say like the Lord. Thus they attain a certain 
degree of equality with Your Master, the master-dancer of the Ranga-
stage.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S) :
 
SlOkam 989
 
1) UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy  Desikan points out 
that those , who take refuge in the Paadhukais attain equality 
(Saamyam) with the Lord of Srirangam and that he is one of the 
members of that fortunate group. Swamy says: " Oh PaadhukE ! Those 
who enjoythe experience of surrendering unto You dance around the 
streets of Srirangam with joy like the dancers in the troup of the 
Lord performing before the Lord at Srirangam. They are rich in 
auspicious attributes and dance in the highly visible stage of 
Srirangam and express through their various dance gestures 
(abhinayAs) their joy over the attainment of the fruits of 
SaraNAgathy to You. They become equal ( Saamyam) to their Lord during 
their lives in this world ".
 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:  This slOkam is full of double and 
triple meanings for specific words to yield multiple levels of 
anubhavam regarding the rich poetic skills of Swamy  Desikan . In the 
previous slOkam, Swamy  Desikan condemned the ordinary folks 
(SaamAnya Janams), who seek the aasrayaNam ( protection ) of the rich 
for their livelihood. PaadhukA asked Swamy  Desikan to explain how 
those folks are to go about securing their livelihood ( dEha yAthrai) 
in this world. Swamy Desikan gives his answer in this slOkam : Oh 
PaadhukE! it is not necessary for the SaamAnya janams to seek the 
help of the unsympatheic and haughty rich. They should place complete 
trust in You for their Yoga-KshEmam. You know that such people 
without  ananyAsrayaNams thrive and spend their time on earth without 
worries. This situation is similar to Your Lord, who entrusts the 
rakshaNam of His sacred feet to You and banishes all worries about 
their protection. Those who perform Saathvika thyAgam first and then 
go about serving You without seeking fruits of their actions become 
superior to every one and are satisfied with what comes their way  at 
Srirangam .They sing and dance in a state of blissful anubhavam of 
Yourself and Your Lord and spend their time with tadhEka manas (mind 
centered on You alone ) and tadhEka vyApArams ( actions focussed on 
You alone). All of their earthly and the other worldly needs are 
taken care of by Yourself and Your Lord.
 
3) Oh PaadhukE ! This leelA vibhUthi is described as one fourth of 
Your  Lord's total Isvaryam by the VedAs. In this stage of Srirangam 
(His leelA VibhUthi ) , the Sadhu janams conduct their anushtAnams 
without anticipation of  any fruits of their karmAs and are readily 
recognized by the bilssful ways in which they go about their 
kiamkaryams (Thvayi arpithEna charaNEna , sadhadhvabhAjA : praTitha 
saathvika bhAva dhrusyA:). These magnificent souls dance as it were 
on the expansive stage of Srirangam and perform often abhinayams 
appropriate to their kaimkaryams ( tE bhAvukA: maheeyasi RangE naDA 
iva muhu: angahArAn vidhadhE)...(V.S).




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