devanayaka panchasat

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Twenty Fourth SlOkam of Sri Devanayaka Panchasath:
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(The Beauty of the Lord's Eyes)

aalakshya satthvam athivEla dayOttharangam
abhyarTinAm abhimatha prathipAdhanArham
snigdhAyatham praTimasAli Suparva nATa
dugdhAmbhudhE: anukarOthi vilOchanam tE



Extended Meaning
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Oh Lord DhaivanAyakA! Your most beautiful eyes
remind adiyEn of the Milky Ocean , which is full of
acquatic animals. The waves of Milky Ocean break
ceaselessly at the banks gently.People One can obtain
all one want from those auspicious waves. Those waves are
wide in area and extend over long distances. Your
captivating eyes have all these features of the waves
of the Milky Ocean . Your eyes are full of benovolence
and limitless DayA.The glances originating from
those eyes gives all the boons that one desires.
Those eyes are extended all the way to Your ears and
are wide.

Additional Comments:
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Swamy Desikan uses the double meanings of
two words ( Satthva and Snigdha) to achieve
the comparison between the Lord's dayA-filled
eyes with that of the Milky Ocean. Swamy starts
the comparison with the choice word "Aalakshya Satthvam".
This can mean either filled with satthva guNam in those eyes
( for the Lord) or filled with many acquatic animals
(for the Milky Ocean). Next , Swamy uses the prayOgam of
"Snigdha vilOchanam" . Here the word "Snigdha" can mean
friendly and welcoming ( for the Lord's eyes) or beautiful
(in the case of the Milky Ocean). Rest of the descriptions
about the Lord's eyes are equally alluring :

(1) athivEla DayOttharAngam: The Ocean with ceaseless
waves of DayA breaking on its shores (Vide: Daya Sathakam
for Swamy Desikan's celebration of the DayA guNam of
the Lord).

(2) AbhyarTinAm abhimatha prathipAdhana arham: Like a Kalpaka
tree fit to grant any boon that the devotee seeks (Here
the Lord DevanAthan's oudhAryam/generosity is hailed).

(3) Snigdham aayatham prathimasAli tE VilOchanam : Here ,
the salutation to the eyes of the Lord , which are
full of Vaathsalyam at seeing His bhakthan ; they
are long stretching from ear to ear and wide so
that they do not miss any thing.

Swamy concludes on this basis of comparsion that
the Lord's auspicious eyes are very much like
the milky ocean on which He rests( tE vilOchanam
dhugdha ambhudhE: anukarOthi).