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निक्षिप्य हृत्त्वयि पुनर्लभते न कोऽपि निर्यात इत्यधिप न त्वयि चित्रमेतत् ।
हृत्त्वा हठान्मृगदृशां हृदयानि यस्त्वम् एवं निलीय किल तिष्ठसि शैलशृङ्गे ॥१९॥
T: Oh, Lord of the universe! One who has given up his heart to You in devotion and attained liberation shall never again get his heart back! This is no surprise because all the hearts of the doe-eyed damsels who have been attracted to You and come to You have been abducted by You and thereafter have You not gone into hiding in this Hastiśaila?
Explanation: The form of Lord Śrī Varadarāja is so attractive that the damsels who come and set their eyes on Him at once surrender their hearts to Him. The poet is injecting humour here by saying that Varadarāja has stolen the hearts of these beautiful damsels, and, like a thief with his loot, is hiding on the hill of Hastiśaila. Through this exaggeration, the poet is also conveying a sublime Vedāntic truth. Those who have completely surrendered their hearts to the Lord, Iśvara, become liberated and shall have no rebirth. Therefore there is no question of the Lord's ever returning their hearts to them (as it is needed only for embodied souls!)