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अस्यां अमेयगुणपुर्यपराजितायाम्श्वत्थवर्यजुषि दिव्यसरःसमीपे।
मध्ये हिरण्मयगृहं महिषीयुतं त्वां दृष्ट्वा जनो न पुनरेति भवान्तरार्तिम् ॥
T: This city of Kāñcī has immeasurable splendours and is indeed Aparājitā (unexcelled/defeated) in her grandeur. Here, near Kāñcī 's divine pool, stands an Aśvattha (Ficus Religiosa) tree. In the middle of this city of Kāñcī, in a golden mansion, along with Your divine consort queen, dwell You, oh Lord Śrī Varadarāja! Those who have Your Darshan here are never caught again in the sorrows of this world!.
Explanation: काञ्ची तथा श्रेष्ठतमा पुरीणाम् (Kāñcī is the greatest among cities) states the Vāmana Purāṇa. That is why Kāñcī is hailed as Aparājitā (unexcelled/defeated). Here lies an ancient pool of water called Ananta Sarovara. There is nearby an ancient Aśvattha (Ficus Religiosa) tree. The temple is adjacent to these ancient sacred elements. In the golden mansion of this temple, anyone who beholds Lord Śrī Varadarāja along with his divine consort queen shall have no repeat birth (rebirth as we call it). and its associated sufferings.
The word Aparājitā used here is pregnant with meaning.
ब्रह्मलोके तृतीयस्यामितो दिवि तदैरंमदीयं सरस्तदश्वत्थः सोमसवनस्तदपराजिता पूर्वब्रह्मणः प्रभुविमितं हिरण्मयम् states the Chāndogya Upaniṣad. The clear indication of Brahma Loka's golden glitter, its sacred pool and its sacred tree Aśvattha in this Upaniṣad and the correspondence of Kāñcī 's features thereto indicates that Kāñcī is equivalent to Brahmaloka, opines the poet. Therefore the Darshan of Lord Śrī Varadarāja is identical to the realisation of Brahman. Thus, for the devotees, the attainment of Brahmaloka eliminates the possibility of rebirth, by the grace of Lord Śrī Varadarāja. That is the gist of this stanza.
यो वै तां ब्रह्मणो वेद अमृतेनावृतां पुरीम् । तस्मै ब्रह्म च ब्रह्मा च आयुः कीर्तिं प्रजां ददुः ॥
One should contemplate this assurance of the Veda on how one receives grace.
