colour - post 4

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Post 4

 

Dear sri vaishNva perunthagaiyeer,

 

On the colour front of the supreme lord my krishNa, I am not really satisfied

with what is already given and that is why the topic is continued. So excuse me

for continuing this topic to this much length. Now see this colourful

description of my krishNa.

 

yaam dhrushtvaa yamunaam pipaasu: anisamvyoohO gavaam gaahathE

vidhyuthvaanithi neelakaNta nivahO yaam dhrashtum uthkantathE |

uththamsaaya thamaala pallavamithi chchinthanthi yaam gOpikaa:

kaanthi: kaaLiya saasanasya vapusha: saa paavanee paathu na: ||

 

2 -2 krishna karnaamrutham of leela sukhar

 

meaning:

- thinking that kaanthi of krishNa, the shine, as yamunaa water, the cows go to

drink water;

- thinking that kaanthi as this is the cloud with the bright lightning, the

peacocks want to see that cloud [to start dancing];

- thinking that kaanthi this is the tender leaves fit for wearing as a

decoration for the hair the gOpees pluck those leaves;

let such a divine krishna's shine of the tender body which ruled over the snake

kaaliya saves us.

 

Point: why I select this verse while discussing about colour - is that - the

verse of thirumangai is reflected here - koNdal vaNNam, ponnin vaNNam, maNiyin

vaNNam are there.

- The blue colour, which deceives the cows as though it is yamunaa water, pulls

the cows towards him in attraction.

- Clouds with bright lightning - koNdal vaNNam and ponnin vaNNam are in a

combination - that clouds with in built lightning.

- Tender leaves of green colour for gOpees - that maragatha maNi krishNa -

green colour krishNa is the center of attraction for the gOpees.

 

That light green colour of tender leaves - makes gopees think he is the fit

tender leaf for their hair decoration - may be that was their style those days,

to decorate the hairdo with leaves. Even in 2004 Olympics the head of

successful players were crowned with a leafy ring - that natural decoration is

present even in a fashionable modern world today also.

 

Not only that body, but let that shine of that colour to save us.

 

Considering the grammatical meaning of 'kaanthi' if we see Monier Williams page

270 col 3 it reads

kaanthi - desire, wish, loveliness, beauty, splendour, female beauty, personal

decoration or embellishment, lovely colour, brightness, beauty enhanced by love.

 

So even if you want to apply any meaning as given in dictionary, it all fits so

nicely in the verse above. Just add one meaning after other as above and

visualize that krishNa - you will get a Krishna kaanthi in your inner eyes.

 

Now let us see another verse - from same krishNa karnaamrutham

 

adhyantha baalam athasee kusuma prakaasam

dhikvaasasam kanaka booshaNa bhooshithaangam

visrastha kEsam aruNaadharam aayathaaksham

krishNam namaami manasaa vasudhEva soonum -- 2-19

 

meaning: That small child who

* has a neelOthpala flower's blue colour body

* has the directions - dhik - as his dress [ means naked]

* has his body decorated fully with gold jewelry

* has the hair not decorated but spread naturally

* has the red lips shining

* has large eyes spread shiningly

on that son of vasudhEva, I meditate or to that son of vasudhEva I prostrate.

 

Point: This is again a beauty of a verse

- blue colour - the child's natural colour - since he is naked with directions

as dress - means the blue colour of the directions in the sky has come to the

body - it is so powerful and shining, and the need of dress is questionable.

- Added to that decorated with gold jewelry - as periyaazhvaar described -

different gods and others have given all sorts of jewelry starting from brahma

 

"maaNikkam katti vairamidai katti aaNip ponnaal seidha vaNNach chiRu thottil

pEni unakku biraman vidu thandhaan

[refer the 10 paasurams] from brahma to lakshmi all given some kind of jewelry.

 

- different people have given - so all that is added on to the child - so the

brightness of all these jewelry takes over and the need for dress becomes

questionable again. Whether weight of all these will be an addition to him -

bhoo bhaaram sumappavanukku idhu oru sumaiyaa? So jewelry gives 'ponnin vaNNam'.

- koNdal vaNNam - for the black spread hair

- the red lips - coral colour - maNiyin vaNNam - coral is also a gem - maNi.

- those bright eyes - senthaamaraik kaNgaL - neeNda ap periyavaaya kaNgaL -

maRRavaraip pEdhamai seyyum kaNgaL - does need any description or colour - for

that is the real starting point for all these descriptions. So what colour is

those eyes - mind is blindfolded.

 

So dear bhakthaas, no comments - visualize and see in your mental eye, the whole

krishNa - that adhyantha baalam - krishNam namaami.

 

Dhaasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.