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Dear SrI Vasudevan :

 

The emeralds along with the rubies and other gems

are outside . The red and green gems together give

the appearnce of the Lord as a child resting on

the green pupil leaf with rows of red fruits of pupil tree .

 

There are some gems inside the Yanthrika ( KUmizh).They jostle about

during sancharam and generate sunAdham .They are not visible to the eye.

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

V.Sadagopan

 

 

> Message: 2

> Mon, 5 Jan 2004 00:56:10 -0800 (PST)

> Vasudevan VK <vasuchak

> Re: Padhuka Sahasram-841

>

> Daasoham.

> Kindly let me know whether the emeralds are on the outside or inside since

you have said in " Uthamur Swamy's anubhavam " that the green stones are on

the outside. Sorry for the impertinence.

> Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan.

>

> rangaswamy_m <rangaswamy_m wrote:

> Sri:

>

> SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

>

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

>

> 841. shONOpalaIscharaNarakshiNi! samshrithEShu

> ChAyAthmanA marathakEShu thavAvagADa:

> anvEthi shoUriraBhitha: PhalapankthishOBhi-

> nyAthmAnamEva shayitham vatapathramaDhyE

>

> Oh Paaduka! With the red stones all around and with the green ones in

> the inside, the Lord being reflected creates an imagery of the

> Vatapatra say, the Lord reclining in a banyan leaf, surrounded by the

> banyan fruits. (see verse 717)

>

> Namo Narayana,

>

> SriMuralidhara Dasan

>

> Special Notes from V.Sadagopan (V.S ):

> ***********************************************

>

> SlOkam 841

>

> 1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In the 717th slOkam , Swamy Desikan

> described the image of the Lord reflected on the PaadhukAs as

> Vatapatra Saayee or the child lying on a pupil leaf. Here, he takes

> that analogy further and weaves in the combined image presented by

> the rubies and the emeralds adorning the PadhukAs. He says: " Oh

> PaadhukE! Your red rubies surrounded by green emeralds reflect Your

> Lord as a child resting on the green leaf of a pupil tree demarcated

> by the rows of red fruits of the pupil tree.

>

> 2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The imagery of the

> Green gem stones embedded on you with the red gem stones reminds us

> of Lord Vatapathra Saayee resting on the Pupil leaf surrounded by the

> red fruits of the Pupil tree during PraLayam.

>

> 3) Oh Protector of the Lord's sacred feet (CharaNa RakshaNi ) !

> The image of the PadhmarAga stones with emeralds on Your

> surface ( sONOpalai: samsrithEshu Tava MaratakEshu chAyA )

> reminds one of the PrathibimBham of your Lord resting on

> a green pupil leaf surrounded by the red fruits of the Pupil tree

> ( ChAyAthmanA avaghADa: Souri: abhitha Phala pankthi

> sObhini VaDapathra madhyE sayithAm aathmAnamEva

> anvEthi)...(V.S).