Copy of: Sri Gopala Vimsathi of Swami Desikan : Part 2

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RE: Copy of: Sri Gopala Vimsathi of Swami Desikan : Part 2

 

Verse 3 : Parama Purusha with the scent of Vedas in his breath

 

AAMNAAYA GANDHI RUDITA SPHURITAADHAROSHTAM

AASRAAVILEKSHANAMANUKSHANA MANDHAHAASAM I

GOPAALADIMBHAVAPUSHAM KUHANAAJANANYAA:

PRAANASTHANANDHAYAMIVAIMI PARAM PUMAAMSAM II

 

I visualize and revere Sri Gopala as the Supreme Lord ,

who took the form of the child born in the cowherd family .

He was not an ordinary baby. As he feigned fear

at the sight of the approaching evil Puthanaa , he alternately

cried and smiled . When he cried, his upper and lower

lips quivered from that exertion. At that time, his sweet

breath carried the fragrance of the Vedas . He also smiled in between

his crying spells. His smile was over the thought of what he

planned to do next with the deceitful Puthanaa. He not only helped

himself with the poisonous milk from her breast ,

but also sucked her life through the very same act of

responding to her cunning invitation to breast feed him . He drank

at one swoop Puthana's milk and her life force and blessed her

this way . This certainly is no ordinary child !

 

Verse 4 : Dance for Navaneetham at his mother's house

 

AAVIRBHAVATHVANIBHRUTHAABHARANAM PURASTAATH

AAKUNCHITAIKA CHARANAM NIBRUTHANYAPAADAM I

DADHNAA NIMANTHAMUKARENA NIBADDHATAALAM

NATHASYA NANDHABHAVANEH NAVANEETHANATYAM II

 

At the house of his parents, Yasodha was strenously

churning milk to produce butter as part of the daily chore.

Krishna, the bhagyam of Yasodha listened to these rhythmical

sounds coming from her efforts and began a special dance

to amuse her and to receive gobs of butter as a present for

his performance. For this special dance , he planted one of

his foot firmly and he moved the other foot around in different

directions .The gold necklaces, jewelery and the ankle bells

on his holy feet produced then a most delightful musical sound ,

which matched the laya patterns emanating from his mother's

efforts at churning milk . May that vision of this butter dance of

Lord Gopala appear before my eyes ! (Navaneetham is freshly

churned butter mixed with sugar ).

 

Verse 5 : Lord's fright at the sight of his chasing mother

 

HARTHUM KUMBEH VINIHITA KARA:

SWAADHU HAIYANGAVEENAM

DHRUSHTVAA DHAMAGRAHANACHATULAAM

MATHARAM JAATHAROSHAAM I

PAAYADHEESHATH PRACHALITHAPADOH

NAAPAGACCHAN NA THISHTAN

MITYAAGOPA : SAPADHI NAYANEH

MEELAYAN VISWAGOPTHAA II

 

(Here , Swami Desikan enjoys the scene just before

the Lord being caught in the act of stealing

butter from a hidden vessel by his angry mother) .

 

May the special pose that this protector of the Universe ,

who acted like an innocent child born in the family of

cowherds of Gokulam, nurture the inhabitants of his

world ! His mother normally stored freshly churned

butter in shallow earthern vessels (Chattis ). Gopalan

routinely raided the kitchen and stole those gobs of

butter. Yasodha thought that she could hide the butter

in deep water pots to mislead her child. Gopalan

defeated his mother in her efforts to save the butter and

won the game. When his mother stepped out of the kitchen

for a moment , he put his hands into the pot and helped himself.

As he was enjoying himself, his mother arrived suddenly

suspecting something was going on behind her back.

She saw Gopalan stealing buter again and ran towards him

with a rope in hand to tie him

down as a punishment. Gopalan was bewildered by the

sight of his angry mother. For a moment , he wanted to

run away to escape his mother. He lifted his foot to run.

His feigned fright at his mother however made him stop. He stood still

pretending that he did not know what to do next . He closed his eyes

at the thought of the impending calamity of being caught

and punished by his mother . Heappeared

as though he was averting that danger by closing his eyes.

It is common for ordinary human beings to close their eyes ,

when they face serious danger out of a sense of utter helplessness .

Our Lord , who is the protector of His universe adopted this posture

as if he was a mere mortal . May the thought of the simplicity

that he adapted for this occasion protect all of us in our daily lives !

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thought of waht he was going to do