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SlOkam 32: (The Beauty of the Chest of the Lord )
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dhurdhAntha dhaithya visikha ksahtha-pathrabhangam
verasya tE ViBhudhanAyaka Baahumadhyam
SrIvathsa Kousthubha RamA VanamAlikAnkam
chinthAnubhUya labhathE charithArTathAm na:
General Meaning
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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! The unrighteous asurAs fight with You
in battles and wound Your chest with their arrows. You
destroy them and yet bear the welt originating from
those arrows of the asurAs like a reminder of those
victorious battles. These arrow marks criss crossing
each other on Your chest appear like a varNakkOlam
( geometric patterns with different hues).On the same
Chest are seen the blue birth mark ( maRu) celebrated as
SrIvathsam, the red gem known as Kousthubham ,
the wild flower garland revered as VanamAlai
( Garland made up of wild flowers) and on top
of every thing adorning Your chest is the golden-hued
MahA LakshmI , who defines Your auspicious svabhAvam
and Svaroopam . All of these special adornments on
Your chest shed multiple reflections on the VarNakkOlam
caused by the asurA's arrows . AdiyEn's mind enjoys
the Sevai of that Valorous chest marked by so many
auspicious lakshaNams and considers itself as
the most fortunate among all chEthanams.
Additional Comments:
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As the Lord of DEvAs, SrI DevanAthan took many
VibhavAthArams (Raama, KrishNa) and fought with
dhushta asurAs ( DhurdhAntha dhaithyA:). In the fierce battles
with these asurAs like RaavaNa , Lord Raamamchandra recieved
powerful arrows from His enemy's bow and had wound marks on His
chest and these wound marks criss crossed each other and
looked like a multihued geometric design ( Dhaithya visikha
kshatha pathra bhangam). Visikha kshatam means the welts
arising from the arrows of the enemies ( ambhhaLinAl
uNDAkkappatta TazhumpuhaL).These welts are reminders
of Your immense victories over these unrighteous
asurAs. On that valorous chest are also seen other
signs like SrIvathsam, Kousthubha gem , MahA Lakshmi
and the never fading Vana Maalai known as Vaijayanthi ,
all of which mark Your SarvEsvarathvam.Our minds(na:chinthA:)
enjoy (anubhooya) Your heroic chest housing many subha
LakshaNams and attains parama soubhAgyathathvam ( charitArTathAm
labhathE).