govindhan gunam paadi en aavi kaaththiruppen - post 29

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Post 29

 

Dear Sri vaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

 

"Please give us back our husband, he is blessed by you since you placed your

feet on his head". This request was preceded by that fascinating sthuthi of

that lovely chinni krishna. We were enjoying this sthuthi by delineating on

each nama. Let us prosecute that krishNa sthuthi by taking up the next

naama. It is "Om vasudhEva suthaaya nama:"

Prostration to you, oh son, of vasudhEva. There is no such naama in SVSN.

 

The specialty in samskrit language is coming out here.

vasudhEvan's son is vaasudhEvan. dhasarathan's son is dhaasarathee.

vinathaa's son is vainathEyan. Same letters are used with slight

modification to denote son's or daughter's name. [Perhaps the linguists in

the list can say which other language has this specialty to derive the son's

name from father's with a slight change in usage of the same letters,

without a suffix or prefix being added.]

 

vasudhEva apathyathvaath cha vaasudhEva: [since born to vasudhEva, he is

known as vaasudhEva] This naama Om vaasudhEvaaya nama: is naama 334th ,

700th , 714th in SVSN.

 

While son is being glorified by the wives of kaaLiyan, his father is also

recalled and adored. This is the specialty here. But for such an

illustrious son, I am sure, who is going to remember that vasudheva of

vrushNi kulam and his languishing in jail, etc.

 

While these ladies forgot to glorify the "caretaker fathernandhagopa",

kaaLiyan did not miss him in his sthuthi of the lord.

 

Please refer sloka 66 of sri vishnu puraanam quoted in post 14 under the

current title.

Just for easiness repeated here.

brahmaadhyairarchithO yasthu gandha pushpaanulEpanai:||

nandhanaadhi samudhboothaissO~rchyathE vaa katham mayaa||

66th slokam 7th chapter 5th amsam srivishnu puraanam

while we deal with this slokam, we will have the meaning. Till then readers

have to bear with.

 

The next naama is Om pradhyamnaaya nama: - 646th naama in SVSN.

Swamy parasara bhattar says - aathmapraDhyOthavaan pradhyumna:

meaning - Prostration to you, oh lord, who illumines all the souls by your

self-effulgence.

 

dhyumnam is wealth, pradhyumna: is one who has very special wealth in

absolute terms. Since he is lakshmi pathi- husband of lakshmi goddess of

wealth he is pradhyamna:

In his benevolence, he enriches and adds mighty glory to his devotees.

It is also the third vyuhaa [or form ] of the 4 forms in archa.

 

The next naama is Om anirudhdhaaya nama: - 187th, 644th naama in SVSN.

Prostration to you, oh lord, who is invincible for any of his enemies.

Anirudhdha is krishna, or janaardhana in archa form in vasu bhaaNda kshEthra

[dhwaaraka?].

Also anirudhdha means one who can not be conquered in a fight.

 

The next naama is Om saathvathaam pathayE nama: - 514th naama in SVSN.

Prostration to you, oh lord of yaadhavaas, also known as saathvathaas.

"Param brahma" is sath. Saathvathaa: are those who realised what is sath.

The lord of such saathvathaa: is saathvathaam pathi:

 

The meaning of the krithi of naaraayaNa theertha, which we saw in the

earlier post, is included here.

Pallavi

dhEva guru sikshaam dhEhi pathi Bhikshaam

meaning: Oh guru of demigods, please give us our husband as alms that we

seek from you [by pardoning him].

Another meaning- oh lord who taught the vedhaas etc to brahma, the father of

dhEvaas, the demigods, please grant us the alms - our husband.

Yet another meaning: as guru, oh lord, you are the guide / conductor of

affairs for these dhEvaas, please give back our husband as alms.

[as stated earlier while covering the meaning of bhavaja guravE nama: - as

father of manmatha, guru also mean father in samskrit, besides teacher]

 

Anu pallavi

dheena paripaalanaaya sveekuru dheekshaam - dhEva

please take up the vow [vratham] of protecting the weaker section [like us].

 

charaNam 1

aagama Eka charaNam asEsha lOka kaaraNam

aahuranamEna thathvam aanandham akanditham - dhEva

since you are the whole and sole reason for this world and its creations,

with out any residual, we have come to take refuge in you. To think, offer

and rejoice that is the formula. Once that refuge is taken it gives

boundless and unbroken bliss and joy.

 

Another meaning:

oh lord, you are the sole refuge found in the scriptures [aagamaas].

oh lord, you are the sole the cause of countless souls in the universe.

oh lord, you are the receiver of all oblations.

oh lord, you are the formula for unbroken bliss.

 

charaNam 2-

yOgi mathi BhooshNa gouka parisOshaNa

BhOgi sayana Bhuvana Bhoosha paahi pathitham - dhEva

oh lord, you are the crest jewel for the yOgees, or final gal reached by

yOgees.

oh lord, you are the person who is covered with all cow dung dust all over

your body

oh lord, you are the lord naaraayaNan reclining in the snake aadhi sEshan.

oh lord, you are the lord having the earth - bhuvanam - as jewel, please

save us who have fallen down under your feet.

 

CharaNam 3

jaathi kula charaNam asEsha janthu DhaaraNam

gnaatham Bhavathaa krutham ithi aagama viDhitham - dhEva

we know, without considering any jaathi- the family herd tribe clan trace

etc, you bear and care the people who have taken refuge under you. The

vEdhaas aagamaas, which are created by you, also say the same thing.

 

charaNam 4

sarva janthu samathaa saaDhu thava viDhithaa

sarva budhdhishu pradithaa saacha vEdha vidhithaa - dhEva

very good, you are the one who is equal to all living beings, whatever is

your rule, only those are returned back or restored in all minds as the

saasthram.

 

charaNam 5

agnaatha vasthu kim asthi vignaana ghanasya thE

aagnaapaya yadh uchitham asmaakam jagath praBhO - dhEva

For you, oh lord, what is left as unknown? Oh, lord of universe, please

command us what we have to do as right for us.

 

charaNam 6

naaga pathnee geetham idham naaraayaNa charitham

yOgi vara naaraayaNa theertha yathi bhaNitham - dhEva

this song of wives of kaaLiyan the snake in the praise of and glory of

naaraayaNa is done by the yOgivara naaraayaNa theertha.

 

Some points I want to share with you on this krithi as an excellent

expression of saraNagathi thathvam. Due to length of the post I will give

these points in next post.

 

Dhasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.