Devanayaka Pancasat (Part 2) - Ibiblio
Devanayaka Pancasat (Part 2) - Ibiblio
Devanayaka Pancasat (Part 2) - Ibiblio
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ADDITIONAL<br />
OBSERVATIONS:<br />
Swamy Desikan refers to the permanent soundharya Isvaryam of the forehead<br />
of Lord DevanAthan this way:<br />
LabdhA tiTou kvacchidiyam rajanI kaRENa<br />
Lakshmi: sTirA SurapathE bhavathO lalADE<br />
This beauty (iyam Lakshmi) acquired from Your forehead by the Ashtami<br />
Chandran (Kavachidh tiTou rajani karENa labdha) is firm and unchanging<br />
(sTirA), where as the beauty of the Ashtami chandran lasts only one day.<br />
sadagopan.org<br />
The usage of the auspicious word, “Lakshmi” for the forehead can be linked to<br />
KurEsar’s description of the beauty of the forehead of Lord VaradarAjan in<br />
his Sri VaradarAja Sthavam using the same word, LakshmI:<br />
UbhayOrapi pakshayOsthiTiryA<br />
vishamI-bhAva nirAsadhAshtameethi |<br />
upamAnaja sampadhE hi sEndhO:<br />
VarAdhAbhUdh BhavathO LALAADA LAKSHMYA ||<br />
Here, Kuresar as a master poet refers to the BhAgyam that Ashtami Chandran<br />
got through comparison with the Soundharya Lakshmi of the Lord’s forehead<br />
(LalADa Lakshmi).<br />
On ashtami days, the Moon has a beautiful semi-circular shape that reminds<br />
one of the beauties of the Lord's forehead from which the Moon's beauty is<br />
derived. Chandran worshipped the Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram and got the<br />
boon of comparison to the beauty of the Lord's forehead on Ashtami days<br />
(KrishNa and Sukla ashtamis) by poets.<br />
Ashtami tiTi is also sacred for KrishNAvathAram (JanmAshtami), which is<br />
referred to by Swamy Desikan in the 317 th slOkam of SrI RanganAtha<br />
PaadhukA sahasram (SanchAra Paddhathi).<br />
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