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Twenty Sixth SlOkam of Sri Devanayaka Panchasath:
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(The Beauty of the Lord's Nose)
nithyOdhithair-nigama nissvasithais-TavaishA
nAsA nNabasccharapathE nayanAbdhi sEthu:
aamrEDitha priyatamA mukhapadhma gandhai:
aasvAsinee bhavathi samprathi muhyathO mE
Extended Meaning:
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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! Your eyes are like individual
Oceans in their sprawling size and coolness. Your
nose appears like a dam to separate these two oceans
from uniting with each other to create even a vaster
ocean.The breaths that come out without interruption
from Your sacred nose are the exhaled VedAs (Veda SvAsams).
When Youtr dear consort's lotus faces unite with Yours
on both cheeks, then the naturally fragrant breaths of
Theirs unite with Your breath and the fragrance of
the Veda SvAsam is multiplied manyfolds. When adiyEn
meditates on Your sacred nose and the Veda SvAsam
that emanates from there ,adiyEn's confusions and
ignorance are banished and adiyEn feels comforted.
Additional Comments:
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Oh Nabhascchara PathE!( Oh Lord of the DevAs ,
who travel in the skies!)Tava yEshA nAsA nayana abdhi
sEthu:( Your majestic nose is like a dam between Your
huge oceans of eyes).ThirukkaNNkaL of the Lord are
equated here to vast oceans in breadth and depth .
In the manner instructed , the nose is sending out
breaths , which are the exhalation of VedAs (Yasya
nissvasitham VedA:).Those fragrant vedic exhalations
mingle with the fragrant breaths of the dear Devis of
the Lord (PriyatamA Mukha Padhma gandhai:sangamam gathvA)
as they press their cheeks with those of the Lord.
The blending of their (Devis')naturally fragrant breaths
with those of the Lord carrying vedic fragrance enhances
the Veda Vaasanai manyfold(aamrEDithA:).
In the 35th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja Sthavam , KurEsar
includes the comparison of the Lord's nose serving as
a dam between the two eyes: dhrukchala sindhO: Tava
naasikEva sEthu:". This passage is anusandhEyam here.