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आश्रित्य नूनममृतद्युतयः पदं ते देहक्षये विधृतदिव्यपदाभिमुख्याः ।
लावण्यपुण्यनिचयं सुहृदि त्वदास्ये विन्यस्य यान्ति मिहिरं प्रतिमासभिन्नाः ॥८७॥
T: Oh Lord Śrī Varadarāja, every month, the many different moons that shine, at their end, take refuge in Your feet, traverse the path to their liberation, after placing in their friend, viz. Your face, their accumulated good Puṅya of giving delight through their enticing appearance and attain to their final abode, i.e. the sun.
Explanation: The idea here is that each moon, at the time of the Amāvāsyā (new moon!) disappears into the sun giving place to the birth of the new moon. Thus, every month, we are visited by a new moon, according to this belief. Men are supposed according to the Śāstrās to hand over the accumulated merits or Puṅyas of their good deeds in their earthly sojourn and proceed to the sphere of the sun for salvation. This idea is also used here. Since the face of Lord Śrī Varadarāja appears like the moon, the face is a friend of the moon. So, each month, before attaining the sun, each moon hands over to the Lord's face his Puṅya of giving delight through his natural alluring appearance. Thus, the Lord's face becomes a million times lustrous and enticing over time. This is Utprekṣālaṅkāra.
"नवो नवो भवति जायमानः" "तस्य पुत्रा दायमुपयन्ति सुहृदः साधुकृत्यम्" such declarations of the Vedas should be recalled here.
