Devanayaka Pancasat (Part 2) - Ibiblio

(breaking of the fast). My eyes wish to take in the Dhivya Soundharyam of
Your limbs as the feast after upavAsam. The most generous and beautiful
hands giving away limitless boons, the majestic nose, the long ear lobes
adorning the region above the neck, broad and lovely eyes, the radiant cheeks
full of joy - all of these soundharyam displayed through the limbs of Bhagavaan
serve as feast for Kuresar.
It is similar experience like the Devis of the Lord who do not close their eye
lids even for a fraction of a second lest the miss the aanandhAnubhavam of
enjoying the soundharyam of Their Lord’s angams (priyAbhi: animEsha
vilOchanAbhi: bhuktham tE vapu:) as described by Swamy Desikan in this 14 th
slOkam.
neela mEgha nibham anjana punja
shyAma kunthaLam ananathasayam thvAm |
abhja-pANi-padham ambhuja nEthram
nEthrAsAth kuru KarIsa! sadhA mE ||
--SrI VaradarAja Sthavam: slOkam 23
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Swamy Desikan sets his 14 th slOkam of Devanaayaka PanchAsath in the spirit
of the enjoyment of the beauty of the individual limbs by Kuresar on the
DevarAja PerumAl (ThEpperumAL) of Kaanchi in the above slOkam. Here
Kuresar prays for the uninterrupted darsana soubhAgyam of the incomparable
beauty of the bluish-black hue of the Lord, His black and curly tresses, His
hands, feet and eyes with the softness and beauty of lotus. Limb by limb,
Kuresar enjoys the Lord’s beauty and prays Him to grant the boon of nithya
sEvai to his eyes. The most important occurrence is that Lord VaradarAjan
granted the boon and Kuresar, who was blinded by the fanatic chOLa king
recovered his eye sight as he completed this slOkam. In addition to His
darsanam on the standing posture (NinRa ThirukkOlam on top of Hasthigiri),
the Lord also blessed KurEsar with the sevai of His reclining posture on
Adhiseshan (Sayana ThirukkOlam). Kuresar prays: “nEthrasAth kuru KarIsa
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