yadhavabhyudhayam-chapter7-Govindapattabhishekam

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Govindapattabhishekam

 

 

 

The rain continued for seven days and seven nightas nonstop.

Even though Krishna could have dispersed the clouds at his will, he did

not do so in order to humble Indra and stood there for seven days at the

end of which Devendra was ashamed and stopped the clouds understanding

the mercy of Krishna who did not destroy him.He became afraid thinking

of his offense and came to Krishna on his white elephant, Airavatha.

Krishna on seeing him thus subdued, put the mountain back in its place.

His friends touched his limbs to see whether he was hurt by standing

there so long holding the mountain. Periazvar describs the state of the

Lord thus; 'kodiyEru senthamaraiviralgal kolamum azindhitrila

vaditrila.' Even the red lacquer on his fingers remained in tact and the

fingers did not show any sign of fatigue. Desika says,

 

Ekathra samrakshathi krshnamEghe

 

gOthreNa chaikEna gavAm kulAni

 

aSEsha gothrougha bhidha niyukthaih

 

meghAyuthaih mOghathamaih babhoove

 

 

 

When the dark,cloud-like Krishna (krishnamEgha

-dark,rainbearing,cloud) was protecting the cattle with one

mountain(gOthra),the more than ten thousand clouds sent by gOthrabidh,

Indra (because he cut off the wings of mountains), became powerless.

 

 

 

The next scene is the Govindapattabhisheka by Indra.

 

 

 

Indra approached Krishna realising that he is Upendra(vamana). Brahma

sent Kamadhenu for the abisheka of Krishna as Govinda. Keeping the

Kamadhenu in front, Indra spoke to Krishna.

 

 

 

nATha thvayAnarmavihArabhAja

 

vimohitho viprathisArithascha

 

akimchanah thvAm aham ASrithah san

 

kshipthApakArO na bahishkriyArhah

 

 

 

Oh Lord! Through your leela you made me deluded (into thinking that I am

greater than you) and later you yourself made me repent. Now that I have

come to you in helpless state banishing my sinful thought you should not

discard me.

 

 

 

krthAparAdhEshvapi sanukampam

 

kshemamkaram kshEthra vivEchakanam

 

viSvOpakArADHvarabaddhadheeksham

 

vEdhyam param vedhavidho vidhusthvAm

 

 

 

It is known by those well versed in the vedas that you are merciful even

towards wrongdoers, benificiary to those whe know the truth about you

and has taken a vow in the yajna of protecting the whole word.

 

 

 

We are all inert like machines activated by you and to start the rain

and stop it are all your leela.

 

 

 

gOpAyithum pArayathi thrilOkeem

 

gOpAyamAnadhapi na thvadhanyah

 

 

 

Though you are diguising yourself as a cowherd, who can protect the

three worlds except you. The word thrilokee can also be construed to

mean the three kinds of people, namely bhaktha,devotee dhvEshya,enemy

and udhAseena,indifferent.

 

 

 

It is not a wonder that you lifted the mountain because you sustain the

whole world through your svarupa viSEsha and vigraha viSEsha.

 

{ He is in everything and everything is in Him 'mayA thatham idham

sarvam jagadhavyakthamoorthinA;mathsTHAni sarvabhoothAni, na chaham

thEshvavasTHithah.,'(BG.9-4) The entire world is pervaded by Me, in my

unmanifest form;All beings dwell in Me but I do not dwell in them."}

 

Then Indra told Krishna who protected the gokula that he wanted to do

abhisheka of Krishna as Govinda. 'icchami samrakshitha gOvrajam thvam

sTHAne gavam indrathaya abhishikthum.'

 

He further said the name Govinda has been given already as the Lord

retrieved the earth as Varaha.(the word go in sanskrit has many meanings

besides cow and earth is one of them.)

 

The Kamadhenu came from the goloka , he said, pleased with Krishna for

protecting the cattle and wishes to do abhisheka.Indra thought of the

celestial ganges as though wishing to remove the fatigue of Krishna who

held the mountain for so long.The devaganga came and Indra informed her

of his wish to do abhisheka to Krishna

 

Indra performed the abhisheka with the water of the celestial Ganges and

the milk of Kamadhenu and the earth was sanctified by it falling from

the body of Krishna, which appeared to Indra to be relieved of its

burden already, the purpose for which Krishna incarnated. Then Krishna

was given the name Govinda which was His own and Desika says that Indra

was blessed to do Govindapattabhisheka. After that Indra took leave of

Krishna and returned to his realm.

 

 

 

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