govindhan gunam paadi en aavi kaaththiruppen - post 24

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Post 24

 

Dear Sri vaishnava prunthagaiyeer,

 

Continuing the sthuthi of my krishNa with the words of wives of kaaLiyan the

snake, the next naama is "Om upadhrashtrE nama:" - meaning is - prostration

to you, oh lord the great onlooker [a witness, a spectator]. There is no

similar naama in SVSN. This is a special address by these ladies.

 

Earlier they said kaala avayava saakshinE nama:. There also a witness, here

again a witness. That too this naama is following the naama Om visvaaya

nama:, the creator also is a witness for happenings in all those creations,

he is within , out, and also a witness. A classic way of addressing that

krishna, the lord supreme.

 

The next naama is Om karthrE nama: - meaning- prostration to you, oh,

creator.

 

There are two naamaas in SVSN. Naama 317th Om karthrE nama: - He who slays.

Continuing his interpretation of the sequence of naamas as describing

parasuraama incarnation, Sri Bhattar interprets this naama as referring to

the slaying of kaartha veeryaarjunan.

 

Sri Sankara gives the meaning that the lord is the karthaa or Creator of the

Universe - kriyatha ithi karma jagath thasya karthaa. Sri Sankara gives the

interpretation for 316 and 317 as individual nAma-s, and also suggests that

the can be considered as one nAma together - krOdha-kruth-karthaa - One who

destroys those who demonstrate anger viz. the asuraas.

 

382nd naama Om karthrE nama: - The Agent. In this instance Sri bhattar's

interpretation is that bhagavAn is the Agent who causes others to act. Sri

chinmayaanandha refers to paaNini the grammaraian and says - he is

svathanthrah karthaa - One who freely and independently performs the

functions of creation, protection and destruction, is the "Doer". He is

karthaa because without Him, the mere existence of the pancha bhoothas etc.

could not have resulted in the Universe, just as the presence of clay etc.

Without the presence of a pot-maker, it could not have resulted in the

creation of a pot.

 

Even though the jeevaathmaas may think that they are independent in their

acts, nothing functions without His Will - avan anRi Or aNuvum asaiyaadhu.

BhagavAn is the only svathanthra karthaa - One who acts independently of

everything else.

 

Here tiruvAimozhi 5.6.4 comes to the help to establish -

"seikinRa kidi ellaam yaanE enRum

seiyyaa ninRanagaLum yaanE enRum

seidhu mun iRandhavum yaanE enRum

seiyap payan uNbEnum yaanE ennum

seivaargaLaich cheivEnum yaanE ennum .....

 

Oh, bhakthaas, see the way these naamaas are linked. First witness for time

and its components, next creator, again spectator - next creator. Class- see

the clarity in their thoughts- hey, krishna, you are the creator also a

witness for what is happening without really getting involved in these. This

clarity will come for yogees only, which already exists with these ladies.

Oh great.

 

Subsequent naama is Om visvahEthavE nama: meaning- prostration to you, oh

lord, on account of you this visvam the world exists. There is no direct

naama reference in SVSN. That way these naamas are specials.

 

The next naama is also another special. Om bootha maarthrE nama: meaning -

prostration to you, oh, mother of all elements or creations- the direct

reference is not there in SVSN. but "om visvayOnayE nama" referred earlier

can be taken- meaning- oh lord, you are the mother or the womb for all

creations.

 

When I just discuss naamaas of krishna, a krithi of annamaacharya comes to

my mind and in the front. Here it is- this krithi is in the raaga senchuruti

in carnatic style [or jenjoti in hindhusthaani music style]

 

Pallavi:

naaraayaNaaya namO namO naanaathmanE namO namO

ee rachalanE evvaru dhalasina iha para manthramulindhariki [naaraayaNaaya]

 

charaNam 1:

gOvindhaaya namO namO gOpaalaaya namO namO

BhaavajaguravE namO namO praNavaathmanE namO namO

DhEvEsaaya namO namO dhivyaguNaaya namO namO

ee rachalanE evvaru dhalasina iha para manthramulindhariki [naaraayaNaaya]

 

charaNam 2:

dhaamOdharaaya namO namO DharaNeesaaya namO namO

sree mahiLaapathayE namO namO sishtarakshaNE namO namO

vaamanaya thE namO namO vanajaakshaaya namO namO

eemEralanE evvaru dhalamsina iha para manthramulindhariki [naaraayaNaaya]

 

charaNam 3:

paripoorNaaya namO namO praNavaagraaya namO namO

chinthana sree vEnkatanaayaka sEshasaayinE namO namO

narakadhvamsaaya namO namO narasimhaahvaya namO namO

yiravuga nee gathi nevvaru dhalamsina iha para manthramulindhariki

[naaraayaNaaya]

 

Dear bhakthaas- see how many naamaas appear in this krithi

1. Om naaraayaNaaya nama:

2. Om naanaathmanE nama:

3. Om gOvindhaaya nama:

4. Om gOpaalaaya nama:

5. Om BhaavajaguravE nama:

6. Om praNavaathmanE nama:

7. Om DhEvEsaaya nama:

8. Om dhivyaguNaaya nama:

9. Om dhaamOdharaaya nama:

10. Om DharaNeesaaya nama:

11. Om sree mahiLaapathayE nama:

12. Om sishtarakshaNE nama:

13. Om vaamanaya thE nama:

14. Om vanajaakshaaya nama:

15. Om paripoorNaaya nama:

16. Om praNavaagraaya nama:

17. Om sree vEnkatanaayaka nama:

18. Om sEshasaayinE nama:

19. Om narakadhvamsaaya nama:

20. Om narasimha aahvaaya nama:

 

In this krithi there are few very special naamas in 5, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19,

20.

 

The meaning and what is the speciality etc we will see in next post.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan M.G.