This is one of the most Beautiful Yugala-Verses of "Shree Stuti".
OM VishnuPad Vedanta Desika lauds The Red Feet of Shreemati MahaLakshmi-Devi with Shree Shakti-Siddhanta based on "Shree Guna Ratna-Kosha" and "Shree RangaRajaStava".
यत्सङ्कल्पाद्भवति कमले यत्र देहिन्यमीषां
जन्मस्थेमप्रलयरचना जङ्गमाजङ्गमानाम् ।
तत्कल्याणं किमपि यमिनामेकलक्ष्यं समाधौ
पूर्णं तेजः स्फुरति भवतीपादलाक्षारसाङ्कम् ॥ ४॥
जन्मस्थेमप्रलयरचना जङ्गमाजङ्गमानाम् ।
तत्कल्याणं किमपि यमिनामेकलक्ष्यं समाधौ
पूर्णं तेजः स्फुरति भवतीपादलाक्षारसाङ्कम् ॥ ४॥
God is The Soul of things animate or inanimate;
By His Will the worlds originate, sustain or face destruction;
and He is The Sole Aim of yogis in meditation.
Indrescribable Effulgent Auspiciousness Incarnate.
O Lotus-Born! Yet it is The Mark of Your Red-Tinted Feet
That Alone glorifies His Form, Auspicious and Complete.
By His Will the worlds originate, sustain or face destruction;
and He is The Sole Aim of yogis in meditation.
Indrescribable Effulgent Auspiciousness Incarnate.
O Lotus-Born! Yet it is The Mark of Your Red-Tinted Feet
That Alone glorifies His Form, Auspicious and Complete.
Notes by Shree M.K. Shreenivasan: Preliminaries over. Sri Desika commences the actual eulogy of Shreemati MahaLakshmi-Devi from this verse onwards.
What better way can there be than beginning with God Himself? Several Vedic concepts of
the Supreme Lord are brought in here by the poet to establish Who He is.What better way can there be than beginning with God Himself? Several Vedic concepts of
First, He is The Indweller of all sentient and non-sentient things in this universe. Then, He is described as Creator, Protector and Destroyer of all the worlds.
Again, the Supreme Being is One Who is The Focal Point of meditation of saints.
He is Indescribable indeed: there is a fullness to Him. He is Totally Effulgent, sans any spots or marks like the Sun or the Moon. He is Virtue Incarnate, not a whit less in any auspicious quality.
Despite all these descriptions, it is difficult to categorically declare that the scriptures refer to Lord Vishnu alone as the Supreme Brahman.
A few other Gods also qualify for some of the Vedic descriptions, How then to ensure that what the Vedas meant was none other than Lord Vishnu?
Here, the poet states that it is The Red-Coloured Marks of Lakshmi's feet on the Lord's Chest, which confirm that He is the One whom all the Vedas adore and worship as the Supreme Godhead.
The poet is following here line (2) of sloka (4) of "Shree GunaRatna Kosha" of Sri Parasara Bhattar of whom he was a great admirer.
That line (2) runs as follows: "Vedantastattvacintam murabhidurasi yatpadacihnaistaranti".
Also Sri Kuresha, in his "Sri RangaRajaStava" mentions "Lakshmi padaikalaksanam".
Sri Desika has captured the essence of these two descriptions in the present verse.
Not only does Shreemati MahaLakshmi-Devi identifies Bhagavan Shree Narayana, but She glorifies the Lord's Complexion by Her Red Prints on His Sapphire-Blue Form.
What a poetic imagery and subtle way of hinting (for a second time!) that Goddess Lakshmi is indeed Superior to Lord Vishnu (the first hint of its kind have been given in The Verse 2).
That line (2) runs as follows: "Vedantastattvacintam murabhidurasi yatpadacihnaistaranti".
Also Sri Kuresha, in his "Sri RangaRajaStava" mentions "Lakshmi padaikalaksanam".
Sri Desika has captured the essence of these two descriptions in the present verse.
Not only does Shreemati MahaLakshmi-Devi identifies Bhagavan Shree Narayana, but She glorifies the Lord's Complexion by Her Red Prints on His Sapphire-Blue Form.
What a poetic imagery and subtle way of hinting (for a second time!) that Goddess Lakshmi is indeed Superior to Lord Vishnu (the first hint of its kind have been given in The Verse 2).
Cited from Saptagiri Magazine, June 1996 issue
