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भासा पदं तव रमाधिप भूषयन्ति संसेवकांश्च विबुधान्परितोषयन्ति ।
नाथ क्षिपन्ति च तमांसि नखेन्दवस्ते संशोषयन्त्यपि तु भक्तभवाम्बुराशिम् ॥४९॥
T: Oh Śrī Varadarāja, Lord of Devī Lakṣmī, resident in Your toenails, the ten moons illumine the skies. They delight the gods in attendance on You as well as dispel all darkness. And on the other hand, they also dry up the ocean of worldly existence for all Your devotees!
Explanation: It is but natural for the moon to fill up the skies with his cool luminosity, and give delight to all the gods. He also dispels darkness as can be expected. This is accomplished, says the poet, by the moons resident in the Lord's toenails. But it is in the moon's nature to make the oceans rise as they wax upon his appearance. But these moons in the Lord's toenails are acting just the opposite. They are drying up the ocean of worldly misery drowning the Lord's devotees! This emancipation for the Lord's devotees means that they escape the repeated cycles of birth and death in this world of suffering called Saṃsāra. By attributing a greater quality to the compared toenails in contrast to the moon, the poet is using the figure of speech called Vyatirekālaṅkāra (simile of contrast).
