NaaraayaNiiyam 100.10

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OM namo Vasudevaaya

Dashakam 100

Shlokam 10

 

 

yogiindraaNaam tvad-angeshh-vadhika-sumadhuram

mukti-bhaajaam nivaaso

 

bhaktaanaam kama-varsha-dyu-taru-kisalayam

natha te paada-muulam |

 

nityam citta-sthitam me pavanapura-pate

kR^shhNa kaaruNya-sindho

 

hR^tvaa niHshesha-taapaan pradishatu

paramaananda-sandoha-lakshmiim ||

 

 

 

In this the tenth and last shlokam of the 100th dashakam,

NaaraayaNa BhaTTatiri prays :

 

pavanapurapate ! kR^shNa ! kaaruNya-sindho! --

Oh KR^shhNa, the lord of Guruvaayuur, ocean of

mercy :

 

Of all your limbs (tvad-angeshhu)

the soles of your feet (te paadamuulam)

are the most beloved (adhika sumadhuram)

for the Great Yogiis (yogindraaNam).

 

Your feet are also where the liberated souls (muktibhaajam)

reside (nivaasaH) .[by constant meditation of your feet they

merge in you, and are liberated from samsaara]

 

They shower (varshha) on devotees (bhaktaanaam)

all their desires (kaama) like a sprout (kisalayam)

of the divine tree ( dyu-taru) does.

 

May the soles of your feet (te paadamuulam)

always (nityam) reside in my heart (citta-stitham), and

removing (hR^tvaa) all (niHshesha) the sorrows (taapaan),

bestow (pradihatu) constant flow (sandoha) of Supreme

Bliss (paramaananda lakshhmiim).

 

 

 

Thus by describing and meditating upon the saguNa ruupam

limb by limb, the poet seeks Supreme Bliss (paramaanandam)

which is NirguNa Brahman itself [sat-cit-aananda ruupam].

 

In a previous shlokam [99.10], he says :

Your Formless (NirguNa) aspect is most difficult to grasp

(dur-adhigama-tamam). This manifest form of yours is like

a wave on the ocean of Bliss (amR^ta-rasa-ambhodi-kallola-tulyam).

Note: Just as the wave is non-different from the ocean, the saguNa

form as KR^shhNa is non-different from NirguNa Brahman.

 

 

That brings us to the end of the ten shlokas which constitute NaaraayaNa

 

BhaTTatiri's description of the Vision of the Lord he had.

With my limited knowledge I ventured to present simple translations to

the verses. May the Lord forgive me for the many errors that may have

been committed by me in this endeavour.

 

Sarvatra Govinda naama sankiirtanam ! Govinda ! Govinda !

 

 

V.M.Sundaram