Guest guest Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Description of baby Krishna The next ten 21 verses describe Krishna as an infant. Periazvar calls everyone to come and see the beauty of the infant krishna . " Come and see, the lotus-like feet the baby is sucking. He is the one who has been given to Yasodha like the nectar from the cool sea by Devaki." "The fingers of the hand and feet of Krishna are like pearls , rubies and diamonds inlaid in gold. Come and see the instep of this infant which bear the silver bands, when he is being breastfed by Yasodha." The knees of the baby Krishna reminds azvar the time when he crawled away with fear when threatened with the churning rod when he tried to eat the butter from the pot in which his mother was churning curd. He says these are the knees that crawled away in fear later. The thighs of Krishna reminded the Azvar of the time when he, in his incarnation as Narasimha, tore the chest of Hiranya placing him on his thighs. Azvar says this baby who feigned sleep while he sucked the life of Poothana, is the same who killed Hiranya. See the hips of the baby, who is born to Devaki and Vasudeva on the tenth day after the star of Hasta. Here the doubt arises as to whether the fact that Krishna was born on the tenth day after Hastam is right because it is tiruvonam which comes on that day and Krishna is said to be born with the star rohini. But Periazvar says `atthatthin patthaam naaL which could even mean the tenth day before hastam in which case it is rohini alright. Or what he means may be that being the Lord Narayana himself his star is tiruvonam when he manifested as Vamana. Scholars are already debating on this! The waist of Krishna is adorned with the girdle of corals and pearls and his stomach , beautiful and azvar remembers that it was the stomach which was tied to the mortar with the rope by his mother later, and his chest reminds azvar of his exploit of dragging the mortar and uprooting the twin trees. Next he sees the shoulders of Krishna and draws attention of the onlookers to the valour of Krishna in destroying the asuras sent by Kamsa such as sakatasura. Then he goes into raptures on seeing the hands of Krishna which are marked with the symbol of chakra and shankha and his neck which has devoured all the worlds. The reference is to the time of annihilation when the Lord absorbs all the worlds into Him. The mouth loved by the gopis is that of the man-lion, both of which are dear to the devotees. Yasodha is bathing the baby Krishna applying turmeric to his face and cleaning his tongue and the face with the sweet lisp and the nose and the eyes with his delightful smile is bewitching to azvar and he calls every one to come and see it. His eyes, brows and ears, forehead and the locks of hair, every thing is enchanting. Thus the azvar presents a beautiful picture of Krishna as an infant which can be enjoyed by all the devotees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Thank you Sarojaji. I was happy to read about infant Krishna. Also one of my doubts about why Guruvayoorappan's nakshatra is Thiruvonam and Krishna's is Rohini is partially answered here. Or is it because Maha Vishnu is Nakshatra is Thiruvonam? Please correct my ignorance. Om Namo Narayanaya: guruvayur , " sarojram18 " <sarojram18 wrote: > > > Description of baby Krishna > > > > The next ten 21 verses describe Krishna as an infant. > > > > Periazvar calls everyone to come and see the beauty of the infant > krishna . > > " Come and see, the lotus-like feet the baby is sucking. He is the > one who has been given to Yasodha like the nectar from the cool sea by > Devaki. " > > " The fingers of the hand and feet of Krishna are like pearls , > rubies and diamonds inlaid in gold. Come and see the instep of this > infant which bear the silver bands, when he is being breastfed by > Yasodha. " > > The knees of the baby Krishna reminds azvar the time when he crawled > away with fear when threatened with the churning rod when he tried to > eat the butter from the pot in which his mother was churning curd. He > says these are the knees that crawled away in fear later. > > The thighs of Krishna reminded the Azvar of the time when he, in his > incarnation as Narasimha, tore the chest of Hiranya placing him on his > thighs. Azvar says this baby who feigned sleep while he sucked the life > of Poothana, is the same who killed Hiranya. > > See the hips of the baby, who is born to Devaki and Vasudeva on the > tenth day after the star of Hasta. > > Here the doubt arises as to whether the fact that Krishna was born on > the tenth day after Hastam is right because it is tiruvonam which comes > on that day and Krishna is said to be born with the star rohini. But > Periazvar says `atthatthin patthaam naaL which could even mean the > tenth day before hastam in which case it is rohini alright. Or what he > means may be that being the Lord Narayana himself his star is tiruvonam > when he manifested as Vamana. Scholars are already debating on this! > > The waist of Krishna is adorned with the girdle of corals and pearls and > his stomach , beautiful and azvar remembers that it was the stomach > which was tied to the mortar with the rope by his mother later, and his > chest reminds azvar of his exploit of dragging the mortar and uprooting > the twin trees. > > Next he sees the shoulders of Krishna and draws attention of the > onlookers to the valour of Krishna in destroying the asuras sent by > Kamsa such as sakatasura. > > > > Then he goes into raptures on seeing the hands of Krishna which are > marked with the symbol of chakra and shankha and his neck which has > devoured all the worlds. The reference is to the time of annihilation > when the Lord absorbs all the worlds into Him. The mouth loved by the > gopis is that of the man-lion, both of which are dear to the devotees. > > Yasodha is bathing the baby Krishna applying turmeric to his face and > cleaning his tongue and the face with the sweet lisp and the nose and > the eyes with his delightful smile is bewitching to azvar and he calls > every one to come and see it. His eyes, brows and ears, forehead and the > locks of hair, every thing is enchanting. Thus the azvar presents a > beautiful picture of Krishna as an infant which can be enjoyed by all > the devotees. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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