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Twenty Fifth SlOkam of Sri Devanayaka Panchasath:
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(The Power of Lord's KatAkshams)
visvAbhirakshaNa vihArakruthakshaNaistE
VaimAnikAdhipa viDamBitha mugdha padhmai:
aamOdha vAhibhiranAmaya vAkyagarbhai:
aardhrIbhavAmi amrutha varshanibhai: apAngai:
Extended Meaning:
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Oh Lord DhaivanAyakA! Your glances are eager to
perfrom the leelai of protecting the Universe and
its beings effortlessly in a sportive manner.Your
auspicious eyes appear like the just blossomed lotuses.
When Your glances fall on a chEthanam , Your joy
over gaining that chEthanam as Your Prapannan is
evident. one wonders whether Your glances directed
at the chEthanams incorporate inside them the words of
inquiry about heir well being .When those glances of
Yours fall on a ChEthanam , that blessed one feels
like being soaked in the rain of life-granting nectar.
As those sacred glances fall on me , adiyEn's mind and
body are rid of all tApams and enjoy the cool comfort
like standing under a most shady tree on a broiling day.
Additional Comments:
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VaimAnika Adhipa! Oh Lord who is the Master of those
dEvAs, who travel in VimAnams in the sky (Whose feet
never touch the ground)! Your eyes move rapidly
to scan Your universe to perform the sport of
protecting the world and its beings ( Visva rakshana vihAram).
You are intent (krutha Kshanai:) on performing these
duties of protection and vichAram (inquiry )of Yoga KshEmam.
At those times, Your fast moving eyes are like the fully
blossomed red lotuses( viDamBitha mugdha Padhmai: iva)
and express great joy inside those glances. Those glances
are the rejuvenating showers of nectar ( amrutha varsha nibhai:)
and are filled with queries about the Yoga KshEmam of
the chEthanams ( anAmaya vAkyagarbhai: sahitha:)on
whom they fall. Through the dwelling of those nectar-
like glances , adiyEn feels cooled (relieved) from
the miserable samsAric tApams( tE apAngai: aardhrI bavAmi).
The thirty third slOkam of SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath
elaborates on the rejuvenating power of the Lord's
KaruNA KaDAkshams:
Oh VaradarAjA! DEva PerumALE! adiyEn is tossed about
and suffering in the rivers of mirage generated by
the severe heat of the endless SamsAric afflictions
( asrAntha samsaraNa karma niBhIDitasya bhOga marIchikAsu
brAnthasya mE).May Your avyAja KaruNA kadAkshams falling on
this suffering jeevan ( niravagraham yEthamAnA: ThvadhIya
KaruNAmrutha dhrushti pAdha:) be the reviving instruments
( jeevAthu asthu).When You have made the sankalpam to
protect , no one can stop You.The karunAmrutham arising
from Your dhivya chakshus rains in on us and brings us
back to life after being knocked out by the powerful
SamsAric tApams.
Poets Compare often the the Lord's eyes to beautiful
red lotuses . Examples are: "KaNNiNayum aravindham "
according to Thirumangai AzhwAr.KurEsar points out that
the eyes, Thirumukha Mandalam hosing the eyes, the hands
and the feet of the Lord are all Lotuses in the 21st slOkam of
SrI VaradarAja Sthavam):
"paaNi pAdha vadhana EekshaNa sabdhai:
ambhujAni apadhisan Varadha ! Thvam"
"aayathAksham , ambhuja nethram" are the additionsal
salutations of KurEsar regarding the Lord's lotus-like
beautiful eyes.
The richness and power of the Lord's glances are further
saluted by KurEsar in his 36th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja
Sthavam ( abhivarshathi harsham aardhrabhAvam tanuthE tE
Varadhaisha dhrushti paatha:). allaluRum jeevankaLidam
TangaLukku uLLa karuNai allavA itharkku kAraNam yenkirAr.