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नाथ त्वदङ्घ्रिनखधावनतोयलग्नास्तत्कान्तिलेशकणीका जलधिं प्रविष्टाः ।
ता एव तस्य मथनेन घनीभवन्त्यो नूनं समुद्रनवनीतपदं प्रपन्नाः ॥५३॥
T: Oh, Lord Śrī Varadarāja! Sticking to the drops of the Gaṅgā waters that bathed Your feet, some particles of lustre from Your toenails made their way to the Milky Ocean. When the Milky Ocean was churned, they emerged as the ball of butter (i..e. the moon)!
Explanation: After worshipfully washing the Lord's feet. the Gaṅgā waters made their way to the Milky Ocean. Some particles of the glow from the Lord's toenails attached themselves to those waters and entered the Milky Ocean. When the great churning of the Milky Ocean was enacted, what emerged as the moon, implies the poet, was indeed the aggregated ball of butter comprising those lustrous particles! Calling the moon the ball of butter from the ocean is an interesting device here. The actual mention of the moon is avoided (अप्रस्तुत) but implied in the praise (प्रस्तुत) of the Lord's toenails' lustre. This figure of speech is अप्रस्तुतप्रशंसालङ्कार (Aprastutapraśosālaṅkāra).
