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nAma 622. Sv¼> sva'ngah
The Lovely-bodied.
sva'ngAya namah.
The interpretation is similar to the previous nAma - su + a'ngah = sva'ngah. Su
- SobhanAni a'ngAni asya iti sva'nah - One whose limbs are beautiful (SrI
Samkara). He has a beautiful form that captivates all His devotees. See the
anubhavam of tiruppANAzhvAr, svAmi deSikan, hanumAn, etc., referenced
below.
SrI BhaTTar'as anubhavam is that He has a celestial body that is worthy of
being admired by even lakshmi. SrI Baladeva vidhyAbhUshaN echoes the same
anubhavam - lakshmI spRhaNIya divya SarIra dhArI. BhagavAn's soundaryam
leads Her to declare "agalagillEn" (SrI v. v. rAmAnujan). In sundara kANDam,
vAlmIki gives a very detailed description of every aspect of Lord rAma's
beauty through 16 Sloka-s in hanumAn's words (35,7-22). We also have
tiruppANazhvAr's beautiful description of Lord ra'nganAtha's beauty in his
amalanAdi pirAn. His beauty just makesAzhvAr just conclude his praise of the
Lord with the declaration "enamudianik kaNDa kaNgaL maRRonRinaik kANAvE".
svAmi deSikan describes Lord ra'nganAtha's beauty in bhagavad dhyAna
sopAnam and many other stotra-s.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha derives his interpretation using the root agi - gatau -
to go, to move around, and gives the explanation - SobhanAni a'ngAni -
gamanAniyasya sa sva'ngah - He who has beautiful paths or gaits is sva'ngah.
He gives the quote from Rg veda to support his interpretation:
agre bRhannushsAmUrdhvo asthAnnirjaganvAn tamaso jyotishAgAt |
agnirbhAnunA rushatA sva'nga A jAto viSvA sadmAnyaprAh ||
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(Rg. 10. 1. 1)
"High hath the Mighty risen before the dawning, and come to us with light
from out of the darkness. Fair-shapen agni with white-shining splendor hath
filled at birth all human beings" (translation from Ralph Griffith).