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आमोदकान्तिभृदहर्निशमेकरूपमासेवितं द्विजगणैर्दिविषद्गणैश्च ।
अङ्काधिरूढसहजश्रि मुखं त्वदीयं शण्ग्कामहे वरद संहतमब्जयुग्मम् ॥९१॥
T: Oh Varada, Your face is endowed with fragrance and glow, shining equally during day and night, worshipped by holy men/birds and gods, born with a natural glow; thus it can be surmised surely to be a combination of the lotus and the moon!
Explanation: In Śrī Varadarāja's face can be seen the features of both the lotus and the moon and hence the poet surmises that the face has been formed by combining them. The lotus is endowed with Āmoda (fragrance) but not a natural lustre. The moon is full of lustre but no fragrance. But the Lord's face has both. The lotus blossoms during the day but closes during the night. The moon shines at night but dulls during the day. The Lord's face, on the other hand, shines during both day and night. Birds love to flock to the lotus. The gods worship the moon. The Lord's face is sought by both holy men (Dvija= bird as well as holy men!) and the gods! Goddess Lakṣmī sits on the lotus. She is also a sibling (Sahajā) of the moon. The Lord's face is born with an intrinsic wealth (Lakṣmī) of glow. All these reasons are adduced by the poet to establish that Śrī Varadarāja's face combines all the attributes of the lotus and the moon! अब्जम्= lotus, अब्जः= moon ( both are born in waters). This Śleṣa is cleverly used here, in Utprekṣālaṅkāra.