govindhan gunam paadi en aavi kaaththiruppen- post 15

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Post 15

 

Dear Srivaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In the previous posts we saw the naaga pathnees and kaaLiyan praise my lord

sri krishna in a very beautiful way. Before we go in for the meaning of the

sthuthis, there are few more points.

 

1. Why did the lord dance on each of the head seperately by placing his

foot on them?

 

Answer given by sri krishna premi swamigal in his upanyasam in chennai

during the bhagavatha sapthaaham [now going on till March 7] is worth

contemplating.

 

When kaaliyan has 100 heads, one head, if left out, without the stamp of the

lord's feet, then other heads will laugh at that particular head - "Hey I

got the stamp from the lord's feet, you are not lucky enough". So lord

without any exception did put his foot on all the 100 heads.

 

May be initially this statement will evoke a laughter, but if you analyse

the significance of this statement then you will understand. The body of

kaaLiyan had the sparsam- touch of the lord's entire body when kaaliyan

curled Krishna initially. Then while kaNNan danced he caught hold of the

tail and lifted it to full height even above the level of his head. [that is

what we see in kaaliya narthana dolls and his archaavathaara moorthy in

ooththukkaadu from where OVS iyer the staunch krishna bhakthaa hailed].

Since the heads had that poison carrying teeth, besides the ego of kaaLiyan,

they were away from the touch of krishna.

 

Now when krishna put his foot on the hood of kaaliyan when he started

dancing, the poison has gone, the ego has gone. When the heads supported the

feet of kaNNan they became holy. Thus the whole body from head to foot of

kaaliyan had the sparsam of the supreme lord's thirumEni [body] in full and

became pavithram- clean- pure. In case even if one head is left out, then

that part is left out as impure. The lord krishna did not give chance to

that kind of rejection even for a single head. Hence without exception

krishna placed his feet on all the 100 heads.

 

Hey bhakthaas, think for a moment, who else had such a bhagyam like kaaliyan

to have completely embraced the lord, all his body parts with the lords body

in full. Krishna's body feet hand etc touching and giving that parama

aanandham.

 

Is it not a incomparable bhaagyam- oh krishna - you are "koodaarai vellum

seer gOvindhaa" - your overpowering the bhakthaa is also so complete, that,

you give a full embrace - body to body - who did not initially even bow his

head to you. What an amount of kaaruNyam- limitless amount of showering your

grace.

 

My request to learned bhagavathaas is - please give reference of any other

bhakthaa who had this bhaagyam of complete embrace- head to foot- body to

body.

 

2. Next point is - whether any permanent mark is created on kaaliyan's body

and what is the significance of it.

 

As the lord himself says "I have put my foot imprint on your head. By seeing

this mark of the changu and chakram- conch and wheel- even your jenma

virOdhi - born enemy- garudan also will not harm you - be assured that you

can live safely in other places and hence leave this place. On these banks

of yamunaa river, I want my gopaas and cows to have free usage.

 

Dear bhakthaas- Once you become a focal point of the lord's attention- his

kataaksham, then he cares for all times to come is proved adequately,

leaving no room for any trace of doubt or imagination.

 

Now a very beautiful kaalinga narthana prabhaavam by ooththukkaadu vEnkata

kavi.

 

laavaNya kEvala saara roopa lalitha neelaambu thaapa

sOba rathna ambara nyasaya muraleerava bandhooka aalaapa

sundhara aanandha sree dhEnusvaasa dhEvaadhi dhEva, jaya namO namasthE|

 

dhEhEtha dhaatha aathmikaanaam janana maraNa hEthavaha apraapyam

ithy Evam chinthithamayi vara karuNaa yaamam apangam aarooda

sree dhEnusvaasapura dhEvaadhi dhEva dhivya alankaara

sOBhayaamaana kalhaara varNa thava paadha sarOruha namasthE|

 

kaaLinga rathna gaNa phaNa sanga paadha kamalaayadhaaksha prEma

aalinga gOpa yuvadhee janaanga kucha kunkumaangitha sareera

kaalaambu thaapa kanakaapa thunka vakshasthalEna dharaLa neela

brundhaadhi haarahE dhEnusvaasa pura nilaya jayasE namasthE|

 

aanandha saagara samudhBootha chandhramukha neelaambuthaapa thunga

vENurava gvaNitha raaga prasanka para vidhyaa vadhoo sasanga

aalOla kuNdala sadhaakaara mandhahasanaa neela naagaranga

sree dhEnusvaasa dhEvaadhi dhEva, jaya dhEvaa, namO namasthE|

 

nandhaadhi gOpa kula sanga prasidhdha para sammOha mOhana anga

sindhoora sOBhamadha kaNteeravathyadhara srungaara Bhaasha thunga

indheevara Bramara kallOla naataka sadhaanandha raasaranga

sree dhEnusvaasa pura dhEvaadhi dhEva jaya dhEvO namO namasthE|

 

aayathE Baarayutha gOshpramaththa pasu aanandha sankabaalaa

saanandha gOpayuvathee sanga khElitha mahadhaanthara jaalaa

gOvardhana udhdharaNa gOpaanganaa ramaNaa gOvindha kamsakaalaa

sree dhEnusvaasa dhEvaadhi dhEva, jaya dhEvaa, namO namasthE|

 

aapari vaapa navasEnaa samudhragatha mOhaadhanangaleela

aarOhaNa sphuritha daaloorakampidhacha aandhOLa jaarujaalaa

daayaadhi lakshNa mahaa jampathaaLayutha paadhaaravindhalOla

sree dhEnusvaasa dhEvaadhi dhEva jaya dhEvaa namO namasthE|

 

onkaara chithrayutha kaaLinga narthana mahaa ranga jalavEshaa

kallOla Beekaravadhanga gOsha hrudha gambeera gOpavEshaa|

neelambari sarasaraadhee sasaankamukha Baasee chakOravEshaa

sree dhEnusvaasa dhEvaadhi dhEva jaya dhEvaa namO namasthE|

 

The meaning of this sthothram also will be dealt in subsequent posts.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.