Sumadhva Vijaya 2.25

sampUrNalaxaNacaNaM navarAjamAnadvArAntaraM paramasundaramandiraM tat .

rAjeva satpuravaraM bhuvanAdhirAjo niShkAsayan paramasau bhagavAn vivesha ..25..

padacChedaH:

sampUrNalaxaNacaNaM navarAjamAnadvArAntaraM paramasundaramandiraM tat rAjA iva satpuravaraM bhuvanAdhirAjaH niShkAsayan paraM asau bhagavAn vivesha .

anvayaH:

rAjA paraM niShkAsayan sampUrNalaxaNacaNaM navarAjamAnadvArAntaraM paramasundaramandiraM satpuravaraM pravishati iva bhuvanAdhirAjaH bhagavAn asau sampUrNalaxaNacaNaM navarAjamAnadvArAntaraM paramasundaramandiraM tat satpuravaraM paraM niShkAsayan vivesha

anvayArthaH:

rAjA = a king paraM = enemy niShkAsayan = removing sampUrNalaxaNacaNaM = well-known with characteristics of a city navarAjamAnadvArAntaraM = with glowing new entrances paramasundaramandiraM = having beautiful palaces satpuravaraM = a well-built city pravishati = enters iva = in the same way bhuvanAdhirAjaH = the king of the worlds bhagavAn asau = bhagavAn vAyu deva sampUrNalaxaNacaNaM = well-known with 32 characteristics navarAjamAnadvArAntaraM = with nine glowing doors paramasundaramandiraM = a beautiful temple of the lord tat = that satpuravaraM = body of the child paraM = the soul who was previously in that body niShkAsayan = by removing vivesha = entered.

Summary:

Just as a king enters a well-built city having beautiful palaces with glowing new entrances by removing the enemy king, the king of the worlds bhagavAn vAyu deva entered the beautiful temple like body of the child well known with 32 characteristics*1 by removing the soul who was previously present in that body*2.

*1 The perfection of a body is measured by counting the no. of characteristics it has. A body with 32 characteristics is said to be the most complete and perfect body. vAyu deva is said to have such a body with all 32 characteristics even in his incarnations.

*2 This shows that vAyu deva in his incarnations does not have pain related to stay in the mother’s womb

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