govindhan gunam paadi en aavi kaaththiruppen - post 17

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Post 17

 

Dear Srivaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In the earlier posts we had 12 excellent verses [slokams in sanskrit]

praising my krishNa by the naaga pathnees [wives of snake kaaliyan]. Simply

they recognised the lord krishNa who he is. See how they claim that. Here is

the slokam from Sri vishNu puraaNam as stated by these naaga pathnees.

 

gjnaathO~si dhEva dhEvEsa sarvagjnasthvam anuththama: |

param jyOthirachinthyam yath thadh amsa: paramEswara: ||

sloka 48 of 7th chapter of 5th amsam [5-7-48] Sri vishNu puraaNam.

 

Meaning: Hey, lord of lords, we know, you, who you are. You are the all

knowing, incomparably great, supreme light, beyond thinkables, supreme lord.

 

Points:

1. When so many rishis, munis and others, with lot of penance behind

them, could not easily identify and recognise the lord, when that supreme

lord krishna, appears in front of them. Many think him only as gOpaalan a

cowherd boy etc, these wives of the snake simply assert "oh, we know who you

are".

2. Perhaps we, ordinary folks, can raise some doubt, whether they

really understood or just claim that. So they confirm it by the next

addressing- thvam dhEva dhEvEsa asi - you are the god of gods and their

leader - eesa for the dhEvas, and dhEva for the dhEvaas.

3. Next is still super - thvam sarvagna asi - you are the "all knower"

- who else it can be -except that supreme lord. Further more -next identity-

thvam anuththama: asi - you are the incomparably great, oh, lord.

4. The very presence of krihna in front gives such wonderful

recognising skills to selected few like these females who are lowly placed,

the sandal carrying women to kamsan etc.

5. In sri vishnu sahasra naamam bheeshmaa says "aadhi dhEvO mahaa dhEvO

dhEvOsO"etc, but here it is superbly in one word "dhEvadhEvEsa:".

6. Dear bhakthaas, the simple coining of the naamas, or addressing have

to be enjoyed by repeating these in the mind.

 

Now they wonder how their husband got the good luck of having the lords'

feet on his head. [mentioned in earlier posts but not given ]

 

kasya anuBhavO~sya na dhEva vidhmahE thava anGhri rENu sparsa adhikaara: |

yadh vaanchayaa sreerlalanaa aacharath thapo vihaaya kaamaan succhiram

Dhruthavrathaa ||

slokam 36 16th chapter dhasama skandham poorva ardham, srimadh bhaagavatham

 

meaning; hey, krishna prabhu, we are surprised in that our husband kaaliyan

is blessed to receive the dust of your feet on his head. There are great

people who await such a boon from you. Even mahalakshmi also have to do a

lot of penance to receive that dust of your feet. How easy our husband got

it without effort from his side.

 

See how these ladies wonder the lord's soulabhyam [ease] of showing his

kaaruNyam [mercy] to the jeevaas - he is "koodarai vellum seer gOvindhan -

[one who wins over even his enemy easily]. Now they express to the lord they

are incapable of praising the lord adequately saying

 

na samarthaa: suraasthOthum yamananyaBhavam viBhum |

svaroopa varNanam thasya katham yOshithkarishyathi ||

sloka 49 of 7th chapter of 5th amsam [5-7-48] sri vishnu puraanam.

 

Meaning: you are the self created, a wizard, to eulogize you even the gods

are not capable, then how can we, even think, we can do that.

 

yasyaakhila maheevyOma jalaagni pavanaathmakam |

brahmaaNdamalpakaalpaamsa: sthOshyaamastham katham vayam ||

sloka 50 of 7th chapter of 5th amsam [5-7-48] sri vishnu puraanam.

 

Meaning: You are the earth, water, fire, air and space, the pancha bhoothaas

- basic elements. The earth and galaxy created by are a very small part of

You, how we can praise such a supreme lord.

 

Point here is that we from bhaagavatham learn the way these wives of

kaaliyan praised the lord in 12 slokams wonderfully - starting with a

prostration to you - thubhyam nama:

 

namasthuBhyam BhagavathE purushaaya mahaathmanE!

Bhoothaavaasaaya Bhoothaaya paraayaa paramaathmanE!!

gnaana vignaana niDhayE brahmaNE~ anantha sakthayE!

aguNaayaavikaaraayaa namasthE~ apraakruthaaya cha!!

[since we have already the reference it is not repeated]

 

meaning: oh, lord! we prostrate to you. You are the supreme bhagavaan. You

are the man, the pure inner soul, you reside in the basic elements and you

are the elements, the supreme soul. You are the supreme wealth of all wisdom

and science. You are the basic creator, limitlessly powered Supreme Being.

You are beyond gunaas- the nature, changeless and timeless.

 

Points:

1. See the sthuthi pours like torrential rain from very learned people

- similar to expert bheeshmaa who gave us that wonderful vishnu sahasra

naamam.

2. Just think for a moment how bheeshma could do that in spite of his

suffering- leave his long penance- thavam etc- he can do just because the

lord krishna is standing in front of bheeshma- he could do - lo- the very

presence of the lord in front brings out wonderful sthuthi about himself-

for he is sthavya: , sthavapriya: . Here the sthuthi starts bhagavathE.

There visvam vishNu.

 

Just to put these 12 slokams as a naamaavaLi

1. [PraNavam] bhagavathe [nama:] - 558th namaa of SVSN

2. [PraNavam] purushaaya [nama:] -14th of SVSN

3. [PraNavam] mahaathmanE [nama:] -

4. [PraNavam] bhoothaavasaaya [nama:]

5. [PraNavam] bhoothaaya [nama:] - 708th of SVSN

6. [PraNavam] paraaya [nama:]

7. [PraNavam] paramaathmanE [nama:]

8. [PraNavam] gnaana vignaana nidhayE [nama:]

9. [PraNavam] brahmanE [nama:] - 663rd of SVSN

10. [PraNavam] anantha sakthayE [nama:]

11. [PraNavam] aguNaaya [nama:]

12. [PraNavam] avikaaraaya [nama:]

13. [PraNavam] apraakruthaaya [nama:]

14. [PraNavam] kaalaaya [nama:]

15. [PraNavam] kaalanaaBhaaya [nama:]

16. [PraNavam] kaalavayava saakshinE [nama:]

17. [PraNavam] visvaaya [nama:]

18. [PraNavam] upadhrashtrE [nama:]

19. [PraNavam] karthrE [nama:]

20. [PraNavam] visvahEthavE [nama:]

21. [PraNavam] bootha maarthrE [nama:]

22. [PraNavam] indhriya praaNa manO budhDhyaasayaathmanE [nama:]

23. [PraNavam] thriguNaaya [nama:]

24. [PraNavam] abhimaaninE [nama:]

25. [PraNavam] goodaaya [nama:]

26. [PraNavam] svaathmaanubhoothayE [nama:]

27. [PraNavam] ananthaaya [nama:] - 886th of SVSN

28. [PraNavam] sookshmaaya [nama:] 457th of SVSN

29. [PraNavam] kootasthaaya [nama:]

30. [PraNavam] vipaschithaaya [nama:]

31. [PraNavam] naanaa vaadha anurOdhaaya [nama:]

32. [PraNavam] vaachyaa vaachaka sakthayE [nama:]

33. [PraNavam] praaNa moolaaya [nama:]

34. [PraNavam] kavayE [nama:]

35. [PraNavam] saasthrayOnayE [nama:]

36. [PraNavam] pravruththaaya [nama:]

37. [PraNavam] nivruththaaya [nama:]

38. [PraNavam] nigamaaya [nama:]

39. [PraNavam] krushnaaya [nama:] 57th of SVSN

40. [PraNavam] raamaaya [nama:] 394th of SVSN

41. [PraNavam] vasudheva suthaaya [nama:]

42. [PraNavam] pradhyumnaaya [nama:] 640th of SVSN

43. [PraNavam] anirudhdhaaya [nama:] 638th of SVSN

44. [PraNavam] saathvathaam pathaye [nama:] 512th of SVSN

45. [PraNavam] guna pradheepaaya [nama:]

46. [PraNavam] gunaathmachaadhanaaya [nama:]

47. [PraNavam] gunavruthyupalakshyaaya [nama:]

48. [PraNavam] gunadhrashte [nama:]

49. [PraNavam] sva samvidhE [nama:]

50. [PraNavam] avyaakrutha vihaaraaya [nama:]

51. [PraNavam] sarva vyaakrutha sidhdhayE [nama:]

52. [PraNavam] hrusheekEsaaya [nama:] 47th of SVSN

53. [PraNavam] munayE [nama:]

54. [PraNavam] mounaseelinE [nama:]

55. [PraNavam] paraavaragathignaaya [nama:]

56. [PraNavam] sarvaaDhyakshaaya [nama:]

57. [PraNavam] visvaaya [nama:]

58. [PraNavam] avisvaaya [nama:]

59. [PraNavam] dhrashtE [nama:]

60. [PraNavam] hEthavE [nama:]

61. [PraNavam] praBhavE [nama:]

62. [PraNavam] guNairaneehayE [nama:]

63. [PraNavam] kaalasakthi DhrukE [nama:]

64. [PraNavam] amoosthanavasthrilOkyaam saanthaa: [nama:]

65. [PraNavam] Dharma pareepsayEhatha: [nama:]

 

This is as conceived by this soul. Any mistake in listing out the naamaavali

is mine. SVSN mentioned here is Sri vishNu sahasra naamam. Links for other

naamas will be given in next post or when taken up for commenting.

 

Perhaps dear bhakthaas you are able to appreciate the waiting is worth for

this sthuthi of krishna. Thank you for your patience in between.

 

The comments on first 2 slokams and meanings of other sthuthi slokams we

will see in subsequent posts. Some more vishnu puraanam slokams by these

naga pathnees are there. They will also be included in nex post or posts.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.