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अस्तु त्रयीमयतनुस्तव लम्बनालीरत्नैस्तिरस्क्रियत एव तथापि भानुः ।
सोढः सतां बत निशान्तमुपागतानामेवं तिरस्कृतिकृदीश्वर कः सुवृत्तैः ॥६६॥
T: Oh, Lord Śrī Varadarāja, let Surya or the sun be called Trayīmayatanu (embodiment of the Vedas); still he is rejected by the rubies and gems that adorn Your necklaces. How will men of character (pun on well-rounded gems) tolerate the one who slights great men (pun on the stars becoming invisible at dawn)?
Explanation: The poet has indulged in Śleṣa or pun cleverly on four words here: Niśānta, Sat, Tiraskṛti and Suvṛtta. Niśānta means both the end of the night and one's home. Sat means both the stars and good men. Tiraskṛti means both disdain and covering up. Suvṛtta means both a well-rounded object like a ruby and a man of character.
At the end of the night, i.e. at day-break, the stars are covered up or slighted by the sun who rises then. It is like showing disrespect to good men who visit you at home. How will this conduct of the sun be accepted by men of character? Or how will the gems on the Lord's garland show regard for the sun? Thus the poet hints that the slighting of the sun should be explained by the sun's own unacceptable conduct in dispelling or covering up the stars at day-break, similar to insulting good guests at one's own home. This rejection of the sun is displayed by the rubies and gems on the Lord's necklace that far outshine the sun!
This use of the figure of speech Śleṣa is a way for the poet to exhibit Arthāntaranyāsa, a figure of speech that illustrates an example with the support of a universal or general principle.
