what was that you did- 6 & concluded

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Dear sri vaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In the previous posts, we saw 3 krithis from 3 different authors with the

same central theme of wondering about yasOdhaa's bhaagyam, comments on the

two krithis "enna thavam seidhanai" by PS, and paNNiya puNNiyam by AK, some

comments and meanings of part of the next krithi containing same theme by

Sri Ooththukkadu Swami. Continuing the OVS krithi

 

CharaNam 1:

Sankai illaadhu inthap piLLaip peRRuk koLLa

ThavangaL iyaRRiyathu eththanai

Thangu thadaiyinRi aasai niraivEra

Dhaana dharumangaL eththanai

Gangaiyum kaasiyum raamEsvaramumaai

Kanda kshEththirangaL eththanai?

Kai mEl palanaaga uRi veNNaith thayir paalum

KaLavaadum neelach chamaththanai - engum

 

Meaning of charaNam 1: There is no doubt that penance alone will give that

kind of child. But doubt is that "What quantum of that penance to be done to

get such a child?" To get this desire fulfilled without any obstructions,

what is that quantum of donations and good deeds to be done. How many times

one has to visit the ganges, kaasi and raameswaram to beget this child. To

get this clever blue boy who steals milk, curd and butter kept in rope

hangers what is the amount of that puNNiyam to be done.

 

Comment: Even for quoting the colour of that child there is reference-

"maiththadankaNNi yasOdhai vaLarkkinRa seiththalai neela niraththuch chiru

piLLai" - 1-3-12 {periyaazhvaar}.

 

Mother yasOdhaa is worried "Pallaayiravar ivvooril pillaigaL theemaigaL

seivaar ellaam unmEl anRip pOgaathu - 2-8-5 periyaazhvaar- in this

aaippaadi there are lots and lots of small children who do all kinds of

mischief. But always the accusation is on you oh! Krishna! says mother. But

he is neela chamaththan- he escapes cleverly without any pazhi on him- see

lines

Immaayam valla piLLai, nambee, unnai en maganE enbar ninRaar, ammaa un

maganai arinthu konden 3-1-3 periyaazhvaar.

You are a clever fellow and can do tricks, oh my son. These people come to

me and say "oh! Mother! I understood about your son" but I know they can

not.

 

If we rearrange these words this gives another meaning- "en maganE, nambee,

ammaa unnai un maganai arinthu konden enbar ninRaar, immaayam valla piLLai".

Oh, my son, my lord, These people come to me and claim they have known about

you. I know they can not, because you can do all kinds of tricks, which I

know and can understand. Hey krishna you are a chamaththan. So they are

simply duped. I know you are engum illaadhoru piLLai- you are the knower

known and the knowledge- beyond, within, without. I surrender to your padha

pankajam.

 

He is that kind of great Lord. kaNNuL ninRu agalaan karuththin kaN periyan

eNNil nuN poruL Ezhisaiyin suvai thaane 10 -8-8 nammazhvaar

He is the subject to see. It is very difficult to judge He is of this size

or kind. If you count he is countless, if you think he is beyond

comprehension. He is the taste of that sapthaswaraas.

 

That krishnan once got into the eyes, he will not go out, will stay in the

mind, then that mind will melt "KaNNaa enRu azhaikkinra adi naayEn naai

koozhai vaalal kuzhaikkinRathu pol en ullaam kuzhaiyum - 9-4-3, nammazhvaar.

 

Please melt me into you, oh! Krishna!

Dhasan

Vasudevan M.G.

 

PS: The post script in part 2 of this series was made from my memory. I went

thru the correspondence and I find, Sri Hari has exempted "enna thavam

seithanai" krithi, but had a swish only on the composer's other "rajasic and

thamasic krithis". Since other krithis are out of context, I am extremely

sorry for any misapprehensions. Thanks Hari, otherwise, I would not have

touched this topic.