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padmAkarAdupagatA parishasvaje tvAm vegA saridviharaNA kalaShAbdhi kanyA | AhustadA prabhruti dIpa samAvabhAsam AjAnato maragata pratimam vapuste ||
Meaning:
O Deepa Prakasha! kalaSha abdhi kanyA - Sri Devi who is the daughter of the milky ocean upagatA - came out padma AkarAt - of Her lotus pond viharaNA - and started to play vegA sarit - in Vegavati river. tadA prabhruti - From the time parishasvaje - that She embraced tvAm - You, Ahu: - learned people say te vapu: - that Your divine body AjAnata: - which is naturally maragata pratimam - like an emerald dIpa sama avabhAsam - attained the brilliance of a lamp.
Vyakhyana Saram:
It is our sampradhayam that He attains His brilliance by being
with Sri Devi. Amongst all the great qualities that He has, one
of them is svAtantryam - complete independence. Being answerable
to no one, He can do whatever He wants to. In that state, He may
reject a chetana when he approaches the Lord, by pointing out
his sins. It is Periya Pirattiyar who never leaves Him even a
moment ("agalakillEn iRaiyum enRu"), who changes His mind
through any means (Sri Vachana Bhushanam says that "iruvaraiyum
thiruththuvadhum upadhEsaththAlE" and "upadhEsaththAlE mILAdha
pOdhu chEthanani aruLAlE thiruththum; Isvaranai azhagAlE
thiruththum") and makes other qualities in Him such as
vAtsalyam, svAmitvam, etc that are favorable to the chetana come
out. Mumukshuppadi states "svAtantryam thalai sAyndhAl thalai
edukkum guNangaLaich sollugiRadhu nArAyaNa padham". Thus, Sri
Devi brings out the brilliance in Him which are the natural
qualities that make Him approachable to the chetana.
His natural color is emerald - maragata - dark green or dark blue (these colors are considered synonymous). This is reflected in Her eyes. Her natural color is gold or that of the lamp. This is reflected in His eyes. This is why the Her eyes are dark ("maiyAr karungkaNNi") while the Lord's eyes are red ("kaNgaL sivandhu").
In Thirunedunthandagam, Thirumangai Azhvar says "viLakkoLiyai maradhagaththai thiruththaNkAvil" - a question might arise as to how a dark color and a bright color can be together? This is answered in this shloka. After Periya Pirattiyar, who is golden colored, tightly embraced Him and immersed in Him, He attained the brilliance of the dIpa. Just as She embraced Him in the banks of the milky ocean ("kalaSha abdhi kanyA"), so too She embraced Him in the banks of Vegavati river.
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