kannani ninaiththaalum sugame- post 10

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Dear SrivaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

Before we attempt to do any thing substantial on this gOvardhana giri

episode of krishna let us enjoy that "vaNNa maal" [varaiyai eduththu mazhai

kaaththadhum] line again. In the post 8 we saw nam aazhvaar saying "vaNNa

maal" and a reference of the following thirumangai aazhvaar paasuram was

done but not elaborated.

 

munnai vaNNam paalin vaNNam muzhudhum nilai ninRa

pinnai vaNNam koNdal vaNNam, vaNNam eNNungaal

ponnin vaNNam, maNiyin vaNNam puraiyum thirumEni

inna vaNNam enRu kaateer inthaLoorirE.

 

For this paasuram Sri MadhavkkaNNan has given good commentary when he

covered the full periya thirumozhi, saying munnai means in sathya yugam lord

appeared in white and in nearness to kaliyugam in black as krishna.

 

Here some added points.

* munnai vaNNam- munnaalE pOgum balaramanin vaNNam paalin vaNNam-

veLLai- white. The person going in front of my lord krishna is balaraama-

aadhi sEshan avathaaram aayiRRE- he is the avathaaram of aadhisEshan - so

white.

* Pinnai vaNNam koNdal vaNNam- pinnaalE pOgum kaNNanin vaNNam - kondal

- neeradha samaneeyan- dark grey or cloud colour. He is also the muzhudhum

nilai ninRavan- one who is the wholesome Lord- krishNaavathaaram is

considered as poorNaavathaaram - is it not.

* Munnai vaNNam paalin vaNNam- if we consider raama avathaaram also -

the first one going in the front in the forest when raama lakshmaNaa and

seethaa are going, as we could see in aaraNya kaaNdam- lakshmaNa going in

front- munnai vaNNam- munnaalE pOgum lakshmaNin vaNNam - again aadhisEsha

avathaaram - so white.

* One going in the middle is seethaa- paalin vaNNam muzhudhum nilai

ninRa pinnai- avaL vaNNam- can not be other wise but white only - pinnai

means mahalakshmi- also pinnai means nappinnai piraati- seetha is

mahalakshmi avathaaram- she is beauty personified- so all the white

available in milk and milk ocean has been collected and made as seetha.

* Coming in the third position or at the back is raama - pinnai vaNNam

koNdal vaNNam- neela mEgha syaamaLan raaman- kaal vaNNam angu kaNdEn- kai

vaNNam ingu kaNden ena kooral aayiRRE- that beauty called raama.

* VaNNam eNNungaal ponnin vaNNam maNiyin vaNNam- mahalakshmi- when she

is in the chest of the lord ponnin vaNNam- but he is indhra neela kallin

vaNNam -maNiyin vaNNam- so all colours joining and glorifying- oh indhaLoor

lord -please show me which is your colour says aazhvaar.

* Further, vaNNam eNNungaal- count the number of times the word

repeated- if you see the verse, eight times this vaNNam word is repeated-

krishNan is eighth avathaaram of naaraayaNan - krishna is the eighth son for

dhEvaki -so eight has a significance here. balaraman is not generally

considered as a full fledged avathaaram- is it not. so this also glorifies

krishna and his colour.

* One more if you see -one white ray is split as "VIBGYOR"- then also

it is seven colour making up the final one colour white- totaling to paalin

vaNNam- eight again. Krishna krishna.

 

Just recalling that thought of kaNNan kaalinaik kaiyinaal paRRik koNdu

avanai ninaiththu sugam kaNal - why should he grant all these- nigarilaap

perum selvam udhavinaan, ennuLE vEdha nutpam viLangidach cheidhittaan- is it

because "mun seidha thavap payan" is in balance and that has to be given its

due merits. Or is it because he is

Amitha kalyaaNa guNa agaNitha leela aparimitha aanandha gana nandha baala

Samitha dhaithya dhambha saanthya aadhimoola

Vimala maanasa vruththi vilasitha seela - gOvardhana giridhaaraa- [the

naaraayaNa theerthaa's krithi referred in post 9]

 

He is one with limitless mangaLamaana guNangal- characters, which are pure,

he is one with countless leelaas- sportives. He himself is the bliss

absolute- that nandha's son that krishna. His heart is pure- see the word

"vimala manasa". His name is "Varadha" - the boon granter- oh what a wonder

your act of lifting the gOvardhanam- "kim adhbhutham achalEndhra vahanam".

What a way to do it.

 

Why you have to do it my lord? Is it because you have given a boon, saying

this hill protect us. Or is it because the gOpaas surrendered to you and

thus it has become your duty to protect them. You have said "Ethath vratham

mama" in raamaavathaaram- to give asylum who surrender to you and you are

forced to prove it early itself in krishnaavathaaram.

 

Yes - see aazhvaar- periyaazhvaar

 

"ammaith thadangaN mada aaichchiyarum aanaayaarum aaniraiyum alaRi

Emmaich charaNE enru koL enRu irappa" 3-5-3

 

These gOpaas did surrender and thus forced the lord to do such wonderful

act.

 

Was he tired while doing it. This verse again is a beauty from

periyaazhvaar.

 

kodiyERu senthaamaraik kai viralgaL kOlamum azhinthila vaadiRRila

vadivERu thiruvugir nonthumila - 3-5 10

the lotus hand had fingers which had some nice designs drawn- like the

mehendhi- these did not go off in strain of bearing the hill- the hand did

not bend in fatigue, the shining nails did not have any strain. Oh, to

support without any break for seven days no tiredness, no fatigue. Kim

adhbhutham achalEndhra vahanam.

 

He also did not keep quiet while one hand supported the hill. Other hand was

engaged.

See naaraayneeyam slokam-

Bhavathi vidhrutha sailE baalikaabhir vayasyairapi

Vihithavilaasam kElilaapaadhilOlE !

Savidhamilitha dhEnoorEka hasthEna kaNdooyathi

sathi pasu paalaasthOshmaishantha sarvE 5-63rd canto naaraayaNeeyam

Meaning: to the great joy of all the cowherds thou didst while holding the

mountain up in one hand engage the boys and girls with pleasing looks and

entertaining conversations and also caress the cows gathered around thee.

 

This again is variation. You can not find basis for this in yadhava

abhyudhayam or srimadh bhagavatham for this caressing. But krishna bhakthaas

views are worth enjoying.

 

Let us continue more of this enjoyment on krishna in next post.

 

Dhasan

Vasudevan M.G.