devanayaka panchasat

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SlOkam 28: (The Beauty of the Lord's Neck)
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PadhmAlayA valaya dhattha sujAtha rEkhE
Thvath kAnthi mEchakitha sankhanibhE mathirmE
vismEra bhAva ruchirA vanamAlikEva
kaNDE gnneebhaavthi DevapathE ThvadhIyE

Extended Meaning
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Oh DhiavanAyakA! On Your majestic neck are some lines.
They were formed by SrI HemAbhjavalli's golden bangles,
when her hands tightly embraced You .When adiyEn enjoys
Your conch like neck, adiyEn wonders whether the white
Paanchajanyam resting on Your left upper hand acquired a blue
hue because of its proximity to your blue hued neck. As adiyEn's
mind roams around the beauty of Your beautiful neck ,
it is in a fully blossoemd state as a result of that
aanandha anubhavam and resembles the state of Your VanamAlai
that roams round and round Your neck.

Additional Comments:
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The rEkhAs ( distinct marks) on Your sacred neck
are formed by the impressions , when SrI Devi's bangles
pressed against Your neck , when she tightly embraced You
( PadhmAlayA valaya dhattha sujAtha rEkhE). Since these
rEkhAs originated from MahA Lakshmi, they are saluted as
"SujAtha RekhA:). Isvaryam and Auspiciousness are associated
with them.The bluish hue ( neelamEkha nibha shyAma varNam)
of the neck and ThirumEni is reflected on the white Conch
(Paanchajanyam) and it takes on Your (the Lord's) bluish hue
( Thvath kAnthi mEchakitha Sankha nibhE).adiyEn's mind
is in a fully blossomed state due to the enjoyment of
the beauty of Your neck region and has circled itself
around the soundharyam of Your neck just as the VanamAlai
with its fully bossomed flowers from the forest (wild
flowers) circles around Your neck. adiyEn's mind is
deeply involved in this enjoyable anubhavam ( guNeebhavathi).