SrI KrishNa KarNAmrutham : 2.6

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SrI:

 

Dear KrishNa BhakthAs :

 

The image of VeNugOpAlan generating

delectable music at BrundhAvanam

saluted in the previous slOkam persists

in the mind's eye of LeelAsukhar . Propelled

by this enchanting image , LeelAsukhar

commands his tongue to engage in talking

about the glories of Lord KrishNa .The key

words of this slOkam are :"gOpakanyA-

bhujangam Tamm kaTaya"( Oh My tongue !

Please speak about the Lord , who was

the object of desire of the young girls of

BrundhAvanam ) .

 

SlOkam 2.6

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mandham mandham madhura ninadhair-vENum Aapoorayantham

Brundham BrundhAvanabhuvi gavAm chArayantham charantham

ChandhObhAgE Sathamakha-mukha dhvamsinAm dhAnavAnAm

hanthAram Tamm kaTaya rasanE gOpakanyA bhujangam

 

Prose Order/anvaya Kramam

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Mandham mandham madhura ninadhai:

VeNum Aapoorayantham , gavAm Brundham

BrundhAvana bhuvi chArayantham chAndhO-

bhAgE charantham Sathamakha-mukha

dhvamsinAm dhAnavAnAm hanthAram

gOpakanyA bhujangam Tamm rasanE kaTaya !

 

Meaning and Commentary

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Oh my tongue ! Please occupy Yourself

speaking about the glories of KrishNa ,

who is the object of love of the gOpis !

This request/command to the tongue

( Rasanaa) is to speak and sing about

the glories of the flute playing GopAla-

KrishNan . This appeal to the tongue reminds

me of SadAsiva BrahmEndrAL's krithi

" Bruhi MukundhEthi rasanE " , where

he requests his tongue to speak about

Mukundhan .

 

LeelAsukhar tries to persuade his tongue

to undertake the requested task by

explaining the auspicious attributes of

the Lord engaged in generating the divine

music while moving around the groves

and fields of BrundhAvanam herding

the assembly of cattle ( gavAm Brundham

BrundhAvana-bhuvi chArayantham gOpa-

KanyA bhujangam Tamm , RasanE , kaTaya ).

 

Oh my tongue ! speak gloriously about

the Lord filling His flute slowly slowly

with delectable svarams to generate

His enchanting VeNu ghAnam ( mandham

mandham madhura ninadhai: vENum

Aapoorayantham Tamm kaTaya ) .

 

Oh my tongue ! Please dwell on the joyous

aspects of this madhura ghAnam resulting

from the emanation of the intricate assembly

( kOrvai) of svarams coaxed ever so gently

from His flute by the Master Flute player .

 

Oh my tongue ! Please speak about His glories

as the destroyer of the foes of Indhran and

the DevAs ( Sathamakha mukha dhvamsinAm

Tamm KaTaya ) .

 

Oh my tongue ! Our Lord is not only a traveller

in the land of BrundhAvanam ( BrundhAvana

bhuvi chArantham ) but He is also the One

travelling in the land of Upanishads , the crown

of the VedAs( ChAndhObhAgE charantham).

Please speak about that aspect of His

frequent travels too ( ChAndhObhAge

charantham Tamm KaTaya) in your adoration !

 

KrishNAya Thubhyam Nama:

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan