devanayaka panchasat

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Thirty Seventh SlOkam ( Salutations to The Udharam)
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peethAmBarENa parivAravathee sujAthA
dhAsyE nivEsayathi DevapathE dhrusou mE
vinyastha savya kara sangama jAyamAna
rOmAncha ramya kiraNA rasanA ThvadheeyA

General Meaning:
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Oh DevanAtha! The waist belt(MekalA) holding Your peethAmbharam
is beautiful to look at and the rays of light arising from it
spreads all around.When adiyEn looks at those rays, adiyEn
wonders whether these rays of light originate from the contact
of Your left hand with Your mEkalai and are expression of
the horripulation ( RomAnjali)experienced by the joyous
mEkalai. This mEkalai of Yours makes adiyEn's eyes
a slave of it.(Swamy Desikan visualizes the mEkalai as
a beautiful wife with natural humility of a girl born in
a revered kulam blushing and experiencing horripulations
(mayir KoocchukaL) as a result of the contact with her
husband's hand on her body).

Additional Comments:
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The mEklai is surrounded by the PeethAmbharam of
the Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram (peethAmbharENa
parivAravathee). That mEkalai is beautiful to
look at (SujAthA or born in a reverd kulam in
the case of the young bride).The Lord's left hand
comes in to contact with that mEkalai as He positions
His hand in a stylish pose during the sevai to
His devotees ( vinyastha savya kara sangama bhAvam).
That sparsam of the mEkali with the Lord's left hand
generates horripulations as it were to the mEkalai
(vinyastha savya kara sangama jAyamAn rOmAnja )
and sends out beautiful rays to express the thrill
from that experience ( rOmAnja ramya kiraNA ThavdheeyA
rasanA). The effect of those beautiful rays arising
from the rasanA (mEkali/ottiyANam) is to make adiyEn's
eyes its' slave (Thvadheeya rasanA mE dhrusou dAsyE
nivEsayathi).