complaint against krishnan -3

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Part 3

 

Dear Srivaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In the first mail on the topic of "complaint against Krishnan", we saw the

entire list of complaints by way of "thaaye yasOdha" krithi. In the second

mail, we saw the full krithi of arguments by the defense- Krishna in "illai

illai". In this mail, we will see the meanings of the rest of the charaNams

by way of complaints and defense arguments, as well the judgement by the

Mother judge.

 

It is again another wonderful krithi by Sri Ooththukkadu Sri Venkata Subbu

Iyer. The aanandham out of the krishnaanubhavam is of very high order.

 

Now let us see the next complaint by way of meaning of charaNam no 3 of

thaayE yasOdha krithi:

 

EngaL manai vaazha vantha nangaiyaaith thannan thaniyaai

Thungaa yamunaa nadhip pOgaiyilE- kaNNan

Sangaiyum illadhapadi- pangayak kaNNaal mayakki

Engu engO azhaiththuch chenRu nisi vanthaan

UngaL magan naan enRaan! - solli ninRa pin

Thangu thadai inRi veNNai thaarum enRaan

Ingu ivanaik kaNdu iLa nangaiyaraip peRRavargaL

Engi eNNith thavikkinRaar! -naangaL enna seivOmadee! (thaayE)

 

Gopi no 3 says "Oh mother yasOdha! My daughter- in- law joined our family to

have a happy married life and make a meaningful life. This girl was going to

river yamuna. Krishna saw her going and without giving way for any trace of

doubt, led her to some place and spent lot of time with her. She could not

resist his calling, because of the hypnotic power of krishna's lotus eyes.

She just obeyed that powerful eyes and followed him. Both came back at the

dead of night. Then he told me "Oh mother, I am your son, without any

talking or creating obstruction, please give me butter in sufficient

quantity". I also obliged. All people of aaippaadi, who have young daughters

to be married, have fear about krishna after this incident. Please, Oh

Judge! Tell me what we can do against this krishna?

 

Comment: See the usage of words- pankayak kaNNaal mayakki- his kataaksham is

thrown on that girl- a lucky girl indeed. Can we have that bhaagyam, Oh

krishna, of your direct kataaksham!

 

Now the defense: charanam 3 of "illai illai" krithi:

 

Thannillam marantha antha peNNaik kELum, EdhO

Dhayavaal koNarnthu vittEn antha naaLum

InRithai maranthu inGe vanthu sonnaalum

En antha peNNaik kootti varak kaaNum athaik kELum (illai)

 

"Oh judge mother! Please ask where is that girl? Why this lady has not

brought her in front of you. That day this girl forgot her house address and

was wandering. It was fortunate on that day, that, I actually pitied her and

led her to her house and thus prevented her from straying. Ok. Just for

argument sake I accept the accusation. But please ask why this lady, who is

accusing me, has not brought that girl here".

 

Comment: See the positiveness in argument. Also the timelines in asking why

the complainant is unable to bring the affected party as a witness. This

adds to proving that he is innocent.

 

Now the next complaint: CharaNam no 4 of thaayE yasOdha krithi:

 

ThottililE piLLai kiLLi vittathum avai alaRa

Vitta kaariyam agala veNNai thinRaan!

Kattina kanRai avizhththu ettiyum oLiththu vittu

Mattilaath thumbai kazhuththil maattik koNdaan!

Vittu vittu ammE enRaan kanRinaip pOlE

Attiyillaadha maadum ammaa enRathE!

Kittina kuvaLaiyOdum ettinaal un selva magan!

Pattiyil kaRavaiyidam paalai ootturaan adee! (thaayE)

 

Gopi no 4 says "In the cradle my child was sleeping. Krishna came that side

and pinched heavily my child. The child, due to pain, cried a lot. As a

reward for this mischievous act, he stole and ate lot of butter from my

house. After a while, he saw the young calf tied to the post in the

cow-shed. That calf was let loose by kaNNan and it went away. Then he tied

that rope, used in tying the calf, round his neck. He went near the milching

cow and started making noise "ammaaammaa" as though he was that

particular calf. That cow also thought he was the calf and started milking.

He drank the milk like a calf (ootturaanadi is the word used here by Sri OVS

swamy). Oh! what an amount of trouble with this krishna. Please, Oh judge!

punish him adequately so that he will not repeat such acts.

 

Again the defense argues: charanam no 4 and 5 of illai illai krithi:

 

PiLLai kiLLi vittEn enRu sonnaar poyyai

VENumenraal nanRaaip paaru enthan kaiyai

ULLa nagam onRu koodak kaiyil illai

UNmai enRu nambinaalO onRum illai ammaa (illai)

 

The defense argument by Krishna: She accused me, that, I pinched the child

and made him [/her] cry. That is a lie. Please see my hand. There are no

nails in my hand and all are nicely cut. Then how can I do that pinching and

make him [/ her] cry. If you believe that oh mother, nothing is there [to

say].

 

Aarum ilaa nEram paarththu innavarin veettu

AmmE ammE enRu kaththum kural kEttu anthak

KaariLam kanRu oottath thavippathaip paarththu

KaRRuk koduththEnammaa kathaiyai nambaathE summaa (illai)

 

When nobody was there in the house of this lady, the calf at the backyard

was making noise "ammaa ammaa". I was passing that side and heard that

noise. I went and saw, why that calf is making noise. That is the basic

nature of a cowherd, when he hears the sound of a cow or calf, to go and

check why the cow is making noise. Actually the calf was struggling for

sucking milk from its mother cow not knowing how to do that act. Since I do

not want to see that calf struggling, I put the calf in position and taught

how to get fed from mother cow. About that this lady unnecessarily accuses

me. Please do not believe that story, Oh mother!

 

Comment:

1. Every animal knows through its basic instincts, how to get fed from its

mother even though it is just born. But here krishna argues as though he is

to teach the calf. I feel at this stage, Sri OVS swami also puts us into the

mould, that he is the sustainer of all creations in this world, who teaches

every thing in life. Without his grace even certain basic instincts

naturally available will also go out of order.

 

2. It is clear by his claim that krishna teaches how to get fed from mother,

meaning "without me you can not even know how to get from your own mother".

 

3. When krishna pointed out that the calf struggling for milk from its

mother, this kindled very big thoughts in the minds of yasOdhaa. Since

yasodha knows very well, how her son that naughty krishna, "oruththi

maganaaip piranthu Or iravil oruththi maganaai oLinthu valarbavan" feels for

his mother's love, she immediately realises that longing of krishna

[vaathsalyam of krishna] towards that struggling calf.

 

4. The Kulasekara's dhEvaki pulambal is worth recalling here, a kohinoor

diamond in all his writings. See the cleverness of the child krishna to

encash that opportunity by touching that weak point for the judge herself.

 

The next complaint from Gopi no 5: charaNam no 5 of thaayE yasOdha krithi:

 

ChuRRi chuRRi ennai vanthu aththai veettu vazhi kEttaan

Siththaththukku ettum varaiyil solli ninREn

Aththudan vittaanO paarum aaththankarai vazhi kEttaan

Aththanaiyum sollivittu ninREn

Viththagamaai onRu kEttaan - naaNamaaguthE!

Muththaththukku vazhi kEttu saththam ittaaNdee

Aththanai idam koduththu meththavum vaLarththu vittaai!

Iththanai avanaich chollak kuththam illaiyeyadee! (thaayE)

 

One day krishna came to me, started circling me as though he wants a favour

from me. The he asked the route to auntie's house. I told him to the extent

I could make the communication clear. Then also he hesitated. Afterwards he

asked the route to go to riverbank. That also I told him to the best of my

ability. Next he asked me very cleverly one thing which made me shy. He

asked me a kiss and made a big noise for that. See yasOdha, you have given

him that much leniency. He is not to be blamed. You have brought up the

child so badly.

 

Krishna's defense argument: charaNam 8 of illai illai krithi:

 

Aththai veettu vazhi kEttEn aththanaiyum meithaan

Aaththangarai vazhi kEttEn aththanaiyum meithaan nilaa

MuRRaththukku vazhi kEttEn ammaa aanaal ivaL

Muththaththukku enRu sonnaaL siththaththukkuL ennathaanO - (illai)

 

Defense argument by krishna: Yes. It is true, that, I asked the route to

auntie's house. Yes. It is also true that I asked the route for the

riverbank. Next I asked the route to the playground where you can enjoy

bright moon - nilaa muRRam. But this lady understood that muRRam as muththam

-kiss. She perhaps is not mentally alright at that time. So, what can I do?

Oh Mother! Am I to be blamed?

 

Comment: See the pun in the words and capacity of krishna to twist words to

his advantage.

 

Another gopi's complaint: CharaNam 6 of thaayE yasOdha krithi:

 

VeNNai veNNai thaarum enRaan! VeNNai thanthaal thinRu vittu

PeNNaith thaarum enRu kaNNadikkiraan!

VaNNamai niruththamaadi maNNinaip paathaththaal eRRik

KaNNilE iraiththu vittuk kaLavaadinaan!

PaNN isaiyum kuzhal oothinaan- kEttu ninRa

PaNbilE arugil vanthu vambugaL seithaan!

PeNNinaththukku enRu vantha puNNIyangaL kOdi kOdi

ENNi unakku aagumadi- kaNNIyaamaaip pOguthadee! (thaayE)

 

krishna asked butter. I gave. He again asked some more. Again I gave.

Repeatedly he asked more and I also gave without much resistance from me. He

ate all the butter, and then started asking, with a wink in the eyes, for

the hand of my daughter in marriage.

 

He started dancing so nicely, then that I was awestruck. Suddenly he kicked

some dust into my eyes and ran away with my daughter. Another day he came to

me and started playing flute. I enjoyed his music but he started teasing me

for that. Oh! krishna is a nuisance to all girls in the aaippaadi. It will

be a crore of good deeds, if you punish krishna. Oh! what a mischievous

child this krishna is?

 

Now the defense argument: CharaNam 6 and 7 of illai illai krithi:

CharaNam 6:

Vaayil veNNai vaiththirunthaal pEsa varumaa antha

Vazhakkum meyyaay irunthaal kObham varumaa

Thaayaana unnidam vanthu solla vENumaa

Thavam seithum ivarukkup peN illai pOdhumaa (illai)

 

Oh! Mother! If I had butter in my mouth will I be able to talk. Ok, just for

argument sake I accept that I asked for butter. If she has given me that

much quantity, will I get angry with that person who gave me so much. So

this is simply a complaint for the sake of complaint, that too to my mother.

Oh mother! You must know the fact that she has no daughter even after

carrying out many penances etc for begetting a child.

 

CharaNam 7 of illai illai krithi:

Aadina panthai oLiththu allal seithaar

AriyEnE enRu saththiyam seithaar

ThEdina panthukku sari veNNai thaarum enREn- athaith

Thiruttuththanam enRu solli karuththai maraiththaarE thaLLi (illai)

 

Oh mother I was playing with ball. She hid the ball some where. I searched

for the ball everywhere and became tired. After teasing me for some time she

gave me the ball. Ok, you teased me, but why not give me butter for the

trouble, I had because of you I asked. She also gave me butter. Now she

comes and unnecessarily accuses me as a thief of butter.

 

Now the last charaNam of thayE yasodha krithi [charaNam 7]: Actually this

not a complaint but a sort of information to mother yasOdha. So there is no

defense by Krishna.

 

MunthaanaL anthi nEraththil sontham udan kittE vanthu

VinthaigaL anEgam seithu viLaiyaadinaan- oru

PanthaLavaagilum veNNai thanthaal viduvEn enRu

Munthugilaith thottizhuththup pOraadinaan

Antha vaasudhEvan ivan thaan adi yasOdhE!

Mainthan enRu thottu izhuththu madi mEl vaiththEn vaiththaal

Sundara mugaththaik kaNdu sinthai mayangum nEram

Anthara vaigunthamOdu ellaam kaattinaan adee ! (thaayE)

 

Day before yesterday, he came near me like a close relative of mine and

started playing in several new ways. Then he started teasing me by catching

my "pallu" the edge of my sari. "Give a ball of butter otherwise I will not

leave this or you", said krishna. That vaasudevan is this person standing

here. Oh! YasOdha! since he is a young child, I pulled him near me and took

him on my lap. I also enjoyed his beautiful face, as though he is my own

son- at that moment he showed all the three worlds. Oh! what a sight! Oh!

Krishna and yasodha! Hey, you are blessed.

 

Since it is only a information krishna does not argue in defense anything.

 

The judge has heard both sides arguing, then pronounces her judgement. The

krithi is in Raaga Madhyamaavathi:

 

Pallavi:

PEsaadhE pOngaLadi en

Pillai vanthu ungaL veettil kaLLam ittaan enRu solli

PEsuginReer kaiyai kaiyai veesuginReer vElai illai (pEsaadhE)

 

Hey gopees, Don't talk and go from here. You came here all the way with

accusations that my son came to your house and did some theft. You also

stretched your hands with accusing fingers. Perhaps you all do not have no

other work.

 

Anupallavi:

Kaasaambu mEniyuLLa kattazhagan en piLLai

Kaalaiyil irunthu ennaik kaNamum agalavillai

Vaachaama gOcharamaai vanthu sonneer intha sollai ungaL

Vambukkum thumbukkum en than magan thanO vElai illai (pEsaadhE)

 

My son is a beautiful child like that "neelothpalam" flower. He has not left

my side since morning. You all talk so lengthy and nicely that my son did

this did that etc. For all your rumour monging qualities, is it that only my

son is the subject. You all, please go.

 

CharaNam 1:

Ival aanaal miga naaNam kondavaL nERRu

Intha mahaaraajan veettai sontha veedu enRu eNNi

Ingum angum alainthu thirinthavaL

UvamaiyOdu uLaRik kotti muththam ittaan enRu solli

Oor aRiya muzhakki vittu naaNam aaguthu enRavaL (pEsaadhE)

 

This lady -who accused krishna, that, she felt very shy when he kissed her

in her mouth[ like a husband kissing his wife]- was roaming here and there

in this palace thinking that this is her house. She wandered in this house,

blabbering and quoting some proverbs and announced to everybody without any

shyness that she was kissed in the lips. Now she accuses krishna kissed in

her mouth and so she feels shy. Hey you better go.

 

CharaNam 2:

Kaiyum meyyum aaga pidiththu vanthEn enRu solli kaNakkaagap pEsinaaLE ivaL

oru kaLLI

Meyyaagak kaattadi enRaal vizhiyum paraparaththu than

MiraLum piLLaiyaik kaatti vizhikkiRaaLE palli (pEsaadhE)

 

[To another] She claimed, "I caught hold of krishna when he was stealing

butter. Oh! Yasodha, please see" she said. But, when I looked at that boy,

to my surprise, it was not krishna, but her own son blinking for that

mischief, he did in the house. For your son's mistakes, oh, my dear, you

better punish your son. I will not say anything.

 

CharaNam 3:

Oork kuzhandhai azhudhaalO kaNNan kiLLI vittaan

URi onRu vizhunthaalO kaNNan thaLLi vittaan

Kaar veNNaik kaaNOm enRaal kaNNan koLLaiyittaan ungaL

KaRpanai seyyum poyyukku kaNNanO agappattan ( pEsaadhE)

 

Any child when it starts crying, for you gopees, it is due to pinching by

krishna. The rope hanger, if falls for any reason, it is due to krishna. The

butter is missing in pots, then it means, immediately krishna only stole the

butter. Hey, for all your imaginations and lies, is it that only my son is

the subject. Hey, better get lost, without any talking.

 

See the judgement is in favour of krishna. It is not because the judge is

his mother but the reasoning and calling of witnesses, arguments nicely by

krishna etc. Only the time element of saying "he has not left me since

morning is slightly odd". Otherwise the judgement is very nice.

 

The nice way, in which these compositions are made, are 'par excellence'.

Each and every line is worth akshara laksham. While drafting these mails

simply aanandha bhashpam was flowing from my eyes and could not resist that.

That is the taste of enjoying krishna and that is why I ventured to share

these with you all.

 

Dasan M.G.Vasudevan

 

PS: Please excuse me for the length of this mail.