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अङ्गानि ते निखिललोकविलोचनानां सम्भावनीयगुण संसरणानि सत्यम् ।
येष्वेकमाप्य न पुराधिगतं स्मरन्ति वाञ्छन्ति नान्यदपि लब्धुमदो विहाय ॥१७॥
T: Oh, Lord Śrī Varadarāja of worshippable attributes, your every limb and physical features are indeed cherished experiences of blissful beauty for every onlooker in the whole universe. Each visualised part is like the heralded royal path as well as like a pathway to life and rebirth. When one's eyes settle on one feature of Your divine form, the eyes do not recall any earlier memory. And the eyes do not wish to let go of this sight and move on to any other feature, either!
Explanation: When our eyes settle on each of the exquisitely beautiful parts of the divine form of Lord Śrī Varadarāja, the eyes remain transfixed in its beauty. One does not even recall the previous part of His form that the eyes feasted on just before. There is also no desire to move the eyes onto any other part! Thus, the poet says, each Aṅga (physical attribute and feature) is a Samsaraṇa which means the Royal Path or the route heralding the arrival of the king with bells ringing. The eyes of the bystanders will then be transfixed on the grand vision and not move back or forth. Samsaraṇa in another meaning means the repeated cycle of birth and death. When a Jiva is born at this time, he does not at all recall his past birth. There will be no desire either to end this birth and take up another birth. Thus, it is meaningful to describe each of the beauteous attributes in the Lord's form as a kind of Samsaraṇa. Each bodily feature is so bewitching in its beauty that the devotee feels utter bliss while beholding it and has no other desire or recall. This is what the poet conveys here.
अङ्गानि संसरणानि (Aṅgāni Saṃsaraṇāni) is the use of Rūpakālaṅkāra (Metaphor). The latter part of the stanza provides the explanation of the comparison and is thus categorised as Kāvyaliṅga type of figure of speech. Its definition is given as समर्थनीयस्वार्थस्य काव्यलिङ्गं समर्थनम् - the cryptic metaphor is elucidated in latter words in Kāvyaliṅga.
