Devanayaka Pancasat (Part 2) - Ibiblio

eady to surrender his aathmA at the holy feet of the Lord. KesAdhi
PaadhAntha VarNanam/vandhanam is a preparatory step to salute the Lord to
whom Swamy Desikan was going to surrender (Aathma nivEdhanam).
The 16 th slOkam celebrating the radiant crown that banishes the darkness of
aj~nAnam is reminiscent of the 18 th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath,
where Swamy Desikan refers to the radiance of the Lord's ThirumEni, which
serves as the thousand rayed Sun to banish ajn~Anam.
The only difference between the Lord’s radiance and that of the Sun is that,
the Sun can only remove external darkness and it can only perform this task
during the day. The Sun’s radiance is derived from the Lord.
The radiance of the Lord is different in the sense that:
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1. it is Svyam JyOthi,
2. it removes internal darkness (nescience),
3. It operates at all times, day or night,
4. It is unobstructed by any thing and grows on and on.
The Sun’s radiance can be blocked by the clouds. The radiance of the Sun is
totally dimmed in front of the radiance of the Lord’s ThirumEni. It is almost
like darkness compared to the Lord’s matchless tEjas as Param JyOthi. The
VaradarAja PanchAsath slOkam reminiscent of the 16 th slOkam of SrI Dhaiva
Naayaka PanchAsath takes this form:
mOhAndhakAra vinivarthana jaagarookE
dhOshA dhivAapi niravagraha mEgamAnE |
thvath tEjasi dhviradha saila pathE vimrushTtE
slAghyEtha samtamasa parva sahasra bhAnO: ||18||
That tEjas of the Lord like His radiant crown is MohAnthakAra Vinivarthanam
(banisher of the dark and dense nescience of humans).
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