Periazvar kandaKannan-Rocking Krishna

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Rocking Krishna

 

Krishna when he is crawling, rocks to and fro on his knees and hands. Yasodha is fascinated and asks him to do it for her. Periazvar enjoys the scene as Yasodha, and also as himself since he describes Krishna not only as a child but also as the Lord Himself.

This stage of child hood is known as `sengeeraipparuvam,' in Tamil.

Azvar says, "Rock on for me once again," and describes the Lord in ten verses.

He is the one who has all the universe inside Himself and slept on a banyan leaf. His eyes are long and resemble lotuses and He has a dark hue. His chest is the place of Mahalakshmi and his ears are adorned by the eardrops in the shape of fish.

He is none other than Narasimha, who destroyed the asura by taking the form of man-lion. He gave salvation to Prahlada and protected the cattle and the shepherds from the torrential rain created by the angry Indra., by lifting the Govardhana mountain.

He is our saviour and He instructed the Vedas to Brahma, who came from the lotus rising out of the navel of the Lord. He is the one who pervaded the whole universe as Thrivikrama in His Vamanavathara whose form extended even beyond the stars and the celestial region.

He also as Krishna, vanquished the elephants set on Him by Kamsa and the seven bulls in order to marry Nappinna.

He killed the Sakatasura who came in the form of a wheel and Poothana who tried to kill Him by breastfeeding Him with poison. He killed the asuras who came as a calf and as a fruit by throwing one against the other. Not only that. He destroyed Denuka, Mura and Naraka. 11/27/07 delete Nrsimhabhrthya

But how delightful and innocent he looks as a child whom the gopis carried on their hips and took Him to their homes and played with Him, He who is worshipped in Thirukkurunkudi, Thiruvellarai, Thirumaaliruncholai and Thirukkannapuram and removes our sufferings.

He presents a pretty picture, smelling sweet, of milk, ghee, curd, sandal paste and the fragrance of lotus and camphor. His coral like lips open to show some tender milk-teeth which shine silvery. His chest is adorned with the ornament called aimpadaitthaali, consisting of the five miniature weapons of Himself as the Lord Narayana. The blue hued beauty that He is, when He laughs His saliva falls on His aimpadaitthaali. The one who is the purport of the Vedas thus disguises Himself as a sweet little baby.

He is the master of the Yadhavas and He is adorned with rich ornaments, anklets and rings on His lotus-like feet, on His fingers like the petals of flower, gold girdle on His hip, necklace of the flowers of pomegranate in gold, bracelets, armbands and earrings and pendant on His forehead.

 

Thus Yasodha asked Krishna to rock to and fro for her, says Azvar, and those who know these verses praising the Lord as the one who manifested as the Hamsa, Mathsya, Nrsimha, Vamana, and Koorma, will get world renown..