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Devanayaka Pancasat (Part 2) - Ibiblio

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SlOkam 24<br />

Description of the beauty of the Lord’s Eyes<br />

Aalúy sÅv< Aitvel dyaeÄr¼m!<br />

A_yiwRnamiÉmt àitpadnahRm!,<br />

iõGxayt< àiwm zail supvRnaw<br />

ÊGxaMbuxernukraeit ivlaecn< te.24.<br />

aalakshya satthvam athivEla dayOttharangam<br />

abhyarTinAm abhimatha prathipAdanArham |<br />

snigdhAyatham praTima sAli Suparva nATa<br />

dugdhAmbudhE: anukarOthi vilOchanam tE ||<br />

MEANING:<br />

Oh Lord DhaivanAyakA! Your most beautiful eyes remind adiyEn of the Milky<br />

Ocean, which is full of aquatic animals. The waves of Milky Ocean break<br />

ceaselessly at the banks gently. People one can obtain all one want from those<br />

auspicious waves. Those waves are wide in area and extend over long distances.<br />

Your captivating eyes have all these features of the waves of the Milky Ocean.<br />

Your eyes are full of benevolence and limitless DayA. The glances originating<br />

from those eyes gives all the boons that one desires. Those eyes are extended<br />

all the way to your ears and are wide.<br />

sadagopan.org<br />

ADDITIONAL<br />

COMMENTS:<br />

Swamy Desikan uses the double meanings of two words (Satthva and Snigdha)<br />

to achieve the comparison between the Lords’s dayA-filled eyes with that of<br />

the Milky Ocean. Swamy starts the comparison with the choice word<br />

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