govindhan gunam paadi en aavi kaaththiruppen - post 28

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Post 28

 

Dear Sri vaishnava prunthagaiyeer,

 

The enchanting sthuthi of my krishNa by the wives of kaaLiyan the snake is

continued. Next slokam in srimadh bhagavatham is

 

nama: krishNaaya raamaaya vasudhEva suthaaya cha!

pradhyumnaaya anirudhdhaaya saathvathaam pathayE nama: !!

 

The naamaas are

Om krishNaaya nama: - naama 58th, 554th in SVSN

Om raamaaya nama: - naama 396th in SVSN

Om vasudhEva suthaaya nama: -no such naama in SVSN- but vaasudhEvaaya nama:

Om pradhyumnaaya nama: - 646th naama in SVSN

Om anirudhdhaaya nama: - 187th and 644th naama in SVSN

Om saathvathaam pathayE nama: - 514th naama in SVSN

 

Om krishNaaya nama: - meaning- prostration to you, oh krishna.

This first naamaa available here is a very special one, for, it is a

straight address to the very person krishNa, standing in front of these

women. As in the first slokam "nama: thubhyam"- "prostration to you", after

six slokams it is again another straight address here "krishnaaya nama:"

 

1. For any body, his own first name is very dear to him than other

names, if he has more than one. Here, not only calling by his pet name, also

his father's name is recollected. Further he is "sthava priya:". So the job

of addressor is also becoming easy. His or her wish is easily granted after

pleasing like this.

 

2. "krishna" means one who sweeps away from the heart, the sins, of

those people, who meditate on him. Thus he is a very rarest of rare breed of

"sweepers" who is able to clean up every thing including the hearts. Even

ganga, the holy water carrying river, only washes the body and not able to

sweep up sins and clean up the heart. That is capable only by krishna.

 

3. Krishna is an excellent farmer- he ploughs the hard stupidity in the

minds of his bhakthaas- the mind is the land to be ploughed- prepares the

heart - the field - for sowing. Then he sows the seeds of his grace, leading

to a good crop of total bliss in that land. Incidentally the weeds are also

growing in that land, the weeds being the "poisonous sins" are also removed

by that farmer. Weeds also grow in that land, because it is the very nature

of that land. Thus krishna is a farmer par excellence.

 

4. KrishNa himself says to arjuna - "karshaami pruthiveem Bhoothvaa

karshaNaaya ayasO hala:" in maha bhaaratam saanthi parvam - when the earth

becomes shelled in by its hard crux, I shall turn myself into an iron plough

share, and shall plough the earth. So again another confirmation on that

farmer who ploughs.

 

5. Krishna is a good librarian or an archeologist- as krishna

dhvypaayana - vEdha vyaasa - he classified and sorted out the vEdhaas, split

into 4 major branches and many sub branches, compiled into order.

 

6. Krishna is a good historian - pouraaNikar- again as vEdha vyaasa

gave a good account of the deeds of the lord as 18 puraaNaas.

 

7. Krishna is a "musician" incomparable "flautist" to be precise -

"naavalam theevil- idhu Or arpudham kELeer- govindhan kuzhal kodu oothina

pOdhu" - please refer periyaazhvaar for the super musician's capacity in

making the trees to shed fruits and flowers.

 

8. Krishna is a "thief" par excellence - while all others steal

"valuable things" in the parlance of worldly people, he stole the soft

butter available in plenty in any cowherd home which is just nothing for

them.

 

9. Krishna is a great "teacher"- "aachaarya" - while all teachers do

their teaching in a calm atmosphere, inside a room etc, students also kept

in cool and nice atmosphere, this teacher prefers a war arena, the student

under a condition of completely "agitated and aggressive" mood. What a

difference- what a teaching- wonderful wonder

 

10. While one marrying the second lady is called as committing the

offence of polyandry, here krishNa is married to 16000 and yet he is a

recognised brahmachari - carrying out celebacy test - called to touch that

utharai garbham to bring life to that charred piece as a result of

aswaththaama's asthiram. Again what a way of expressing his supremacy in

that brahmacharya vratham.

 

11. krishNa also mean black in colour. In SVSN, the naama in front of

this 58th naama is saasvatha: [57th]. Combining this with krishNa, then it

is "saasvatha krishna"- the one who is permanently black in colour.

Generally the colour of a person tend to vary with seasons, his way of

living etc, though it will not change so drastically.

"krushir Bhoovaachakas sabdhO nascha nirvruthivaachaka: !

thayOraikyam param brahma krsuhNa ithyaBhiDheeyathE !!

mahabharatham santhi parvam 343

meaning- "as my colour is dark blue or black I am called krishNa, O

Arjuna".

 

12. Similarly the naama preceding the 554th "Om krishNaaya nama:" is "Om

ajithaaya nama;". Just for the taste, combining these two, "om ajitha

krishanaaya nama"- prostration to krishna who can not be vanquished.

 

Like that we can go on listing the krishna specials. Such a krishna is

prostrated by these ladies for asking him the boon of "pathi Bhiksha".

 

The next naama is Om raamaaya nama: - prostrations to you, oh raama.

 

The previous avathaaram of the lord comes to the mind of these ladies, and

they are able to call him by that name immediately. Since balarama is also

standing in front that avathaaram is not considered by these, but the

previous one of raama.

 

"ramanthE yOgina: asmin ithi raama:" - that which revels in every form and

or that in which all yogees in their meditation revel he is raama.

 

A classic skrithi in raaga kaanada comes to mind from sri thyaagaraajaa.

 

Pallavi: sukhi evvarO raama naama - [sukhi]

Who is the blessed soul who says raama naama?

 

Anupallavi:

sukhi evvarO sumukhi yevvarO

akhila saaramagu thaaraka naama [ sukhi]

Who is the blessed soul, who has that positive attitude to say that tharaka

manthram "raama naama" - that which is life saving and the true essence of

all things in the world.

 

charaNam -

sathyamu thappaka sakala lOkulaku

Bhuruthyudai dhaiva BhEthamulEkha

nithyamaina suswarapu gaanamutho

nirantharamu thyaagaraajanutha naama [sukhi]

Who is the blessed soul who can sing that raama naama, which if sung with

all trueness and in all the entire world, can save from drowning into the

world of sins. This thyaagaraja who does not have any difference among

different gods sings that naama- who is that blessed soul singing raama

naama.

 

Only one point in this krithi - I would like to high light- see the words

"Bhuruthyudai dhaiva BhEthamu lEkha nithyamaina suswarapu gaanamutho

nirantharamu thyaagaraajanutha naama" is raama naama.

 

He claims I do not have any "dheiva bhEtham" - difference among gods- mine

is one only and only one raama.

 

About other naamaas in the sthuthi of wives of the snake, we will see in

next post.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.