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Twenty Seventh SlOkam ( The Beauty of the Lord's Lips)
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AaruNya Pallavitha youana pArijAtham
aabhIra yOshidh anubhUtham amarTyanATa
vamsEna sankhapathinA cha nishEvitham tE
BhimBhAdharam sprusathi raagavathI mathirmE
Extended Meaning
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Oh DevanATA ! My mind engages passionately in
the contemplation (as SrI VenkatanAyaki) to enjoy Your
red lips; they remind me of the ripe kOvai fruit(BhimbhA
fruit). Oh Lord ! Your lips are shining with a unique
red hue. Your nithya youvanam ( enduring , eternal youth)
is like the wish granting PaarijAtha tree. The tender red
shoots of that tree evoke the color of Your lips with
its unmatched beauty.The Gopis had the soubhAgyam of
enjoying with pleasure those delicious lips of Yours.
Your flute and Conch (Paanchajanyam) have the soubhAgyam
of being in contact with those lips of Yours and enjoy
them.AdiyEn's mind wishes to engage in the anubhavam of
those celebrated lips.
Additional Comments:
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The Lord's BhimBhAdharam ( red lips reminding the BhakthAs
of the hue of the ripe Kovai fruit) is celebrated here.ANdAL
has inquired the Lord's Paanchajanya, about the adhyanthAnubhavam
of contact with those delectable lips of the Lord in Her
NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi(Seventh Thirumozhi):
" ThiruppavaLa SevvAy thAnn thitthirikumO?"
"Madhusoodhan Vaayamudham paNNALum uNhinRAi"
"senkaNNmAl tannudaya vAi theertham pAynthAdavallAy
valampuriyE"
Andal wonders about the unique SoubhAgyam of the Paanchajanyam
over the 16,000 Devis at DhwArakai . So does SrI Venkata
Naayaki in this slOkam.
In the 13th Thirumozhi, NaacchiyAr salutes the curative
power of the theertham from the lips of SrI VeNugOpAlan
when he plays the flute in BrundhAvanam:
" AarAvamudhanaiyAnRan Amudha VaayilooRiya
neer thAnn koNarnthu pularAmE parukki iLaippai
neekeerE"..NTM: 13.4
Her Father , PeriyAzhwAr devotes a whole decad to
the dhivya VeNugAna nAdham arising from those lips(PTM:3.6):
"kuzhaliruNDu suruNDEria Kunchig-Govindhanaduya
kOmaLa vaayil, kuzhal mushainchinaihaLodu kumiztthuk-
kozhitthizhintha amudap-punal Tannai , KUzhal muzhavam
viLampum PudhuvaikkOn--"..PTM: 3.6.11
The enjoyment of the Lord's tender red lips by
the Gopis is the subject of many slOkams of
SrI KrishNa KarNAmrutham and SrI Jaya DEvA's
Gita Govindham.