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अष्टाङ्गनत्यवसरेऽपि यदीक्षणाय
 
प्रायो बभार वदनान्यमितः स वेधाः ॥
 
कल्हारकैरवमुखेष्वपि पङ्कजेषु
लोकेषु यत्कमलमेव तथा प्रसिद्धम् ।
मन्येऽभिजातभवदास्यतुलाऽस्य नेति
मर्मप्रकाशनमिदं विधिनैव क्लृप्तम् ॥
 
It could not be explained why no commentaries
are available for these two slokas. From the
introduction to the 35th sloka (page 57) we under-
stand that the soundarya of God Varadaraja has been
described in seven slokas (slokas 14 to 20) but we
find herein only six slokas. Hence we may safely
presume that the first of the above two slokas forms
one of the seven and has been somehow left out
when commenting. Anyhow these two slokas
from their style and diction appear to be Dikshi-
tar's and accordingly we have given them here in the
preface. We would thank our readers to send us
Dikshitar's commentary on these if they come
across the same. Similarly the 53rd. sloka
(page 76) is not to be found in the manuscripts
containing the text alone but since we have it
in the Manuscripts with the commentary it is
Included in this book.