Devanayaka Pancasat (Part 2) - Ibiblio

The dark, curly locks and the Face of the Lord a la Kuresar
In his 31 st slokam of SrI VaradarAja Sthavam, KurEsar compares the Lord’s
radiant face to the Sun and the dark locks of hair to the moonless night:
“GamithA tava vakthra chithrabhAnO:
ParabhAgam nanu kounthalI tamisrA”
Here, KurEsar suggests the unlikely presence of darkness and brightness at
one place adds to each other's separate beauties (parabhAgam). With this
reference, KurEsar provides the inspiration for Swamy Desikan to compare the
Lord’s smile-adorning face to the Moon instead of the Sun (a la Kuresar).
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The mingling of that lustre from the Face (Moon) with the dark tresses (dark
night) does not have the need for parabhAgam. SrIvathsAngAcchAr Swamy
covers the ParabhAgam aspect, which refers to the union of darkness and
Light at the same time. This is agaDitha gaDana sakthi for the Lord. Swamy
Desikan develops this theme in His sthuthi of the Lord of Kaanchipuram, whose
name is DevarAjan.
In SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath, Swamy Desikan develops the above description
of KurEsar and has an extraordinary poetic vision of the unison of the Crown
of the Lord with the black tresses and His cool Moon-like face:
Mukha chandra mouLi dinakara madhyasTithastava chikura bhArAndhakAra: |
agaDitha gaDanA sakthim sathyam sTApayathi Daasasatya samagrAm ||
--SrI Achyutha sathakam: 34th slOkam
MEANING:
Oh the Lord true to His devotees! Your bright and beautiful face (Thirumukha
MaNDalam) is like the cool and comforting (full) Moon. The radiance of your
crown is reminiscent of the bright Sun. The dark assembly of hair in between
Your Crown and the Thirumukha MaNDalam is dense and dark like (a moonless)
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