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svAmin! gabhIrasubhagam sramahAri pumsAm mAdhuryaramyamanagham maNipa~NgadR^ishyam | vegAntare vitanute pratibimbashobhAm lakshmIsara: sarasijAsrayama~Ngakam te ||
Meaning:
svAmin - O Deepa Prakasha! te a~Ngam - Your divine body, gabhIra subhagam - which is majestic and beautiful, srama hAri - which removes the difficulties pumsAm - of men, mAdhuryam ramyam - which is sweet, anagham - which is faultless, maNi pa~Nga dR^ishyam - which shines like a jewel, sarasija Asrayam - which is the home for lotuses (and Sri Devi who is on them); lakshmI sara: - and the pool called Lakshmi Saras; pratibimba shobhAm vitanute - both are reflected vegAntare - in the Vegavati river.
Vyakhyana Saram:
Here Swami Desikan is comparing the Lord to a cool pool of water
- in this case the Lakshmi Saras which is the pushkarini in
Thiruththanka divyadesam. This is the comparison that Azhvars
have done as well ("dayarathan peRRa mardhaga maNith
thadaththinaiyE"). The many qualities of the pool are displayed
by the Lord.
However, pUrvacharyas have also shown that Lakshmi Saras is no other than Periya Pirattiyar SriDevi Herself. She too shows all the qualities of the "thadam". In Thirunedunthandagam, Thirumangai Azhvar states "vil iRuththu melliyal thOL thOyndhAy". That is, Sri Rama broke the bow and then immersed in the soft shoulders of Sita Piratti. The question is, how can someone immerse in a shoulder - one can only immerse in a body of water. The explanation is that, upon hearing Sri Rama's reply to Janaka about His marriage to Janaki, She melted completely; and in that Sri Rama immersed. So, it is appropriate that She too is a pool.
The qualities of the pool are that:
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