Krishnakarnamrtham-Part3-slokas71 to80

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71. yathra vaa thathra vaa dheva

yadhi viSvasimaH thvayi

nirvaaNam api dhurvaaram

arvaacheenaani kim punaH

Oh Lord, if we have faith in You, yadhi visvasimaH thvayi, at any stage, yathra vaa, there itself, thathra vaa even the moksha is attained without any obstacles, nirvaaNam api dhurvaaram. Need we mention that it will be so in respect of the inferior blessings pertaining to this world, arvaacheenaiH kim punaH?

 

What Leelasuka means to say is that by having faith in Krishna and worshipping Him not only the highest fruit of moksha is attained but the happiness in this world can also be had by the grace of Krishna.

 

72.raagaanDha gopeejana vandhithaabhyaam

yogeendhra bhrngendhra nishevithaabhyaam

aathaamra pankeruha vibhramaabhyaam

svaamin padhaabhyaam ayam anjaliH the

 

With folded hands, ayam anjaliH, we salute the pair of lotuses, your feet, padhaabhyaam, Oh Lord, the feet which are worshipped, vandhithaabhyaam, by the gopis, who are blind with love, raagaanDha gopeejana, which are resorted to, nishevithaabhyaam, by the excellent bees, bhrngendhra, that is, the best of the sages, yogeendhra, and which are wonderfully red like the lotuses, aathaamrapankeruha vibhramaabhyaam.

 

The gopis are blind to everything else except Krishna because of their love towards him and worship his feet. The best of yogis, are like bees that flock to the lotus-red feet of Krishna, desirous of drinking the nectar of his grace.

 

73.arThaanulaabhaan vrajasundhareeNaam

akrthrimaaNaancha sarasvatheenaam

aardhraaSayena SravaNaanchalena

sambhaavayantham tharunam grNeemaH

 

We worship the youth Krishna,tharuNam, who honours, sambhaavayantham, the artless , akrthrimaaNaam, but meaningful, arThaanulaabhaan, speeches, sarasvatheenaam, by the gopis, by listening to them, sravaNanchalena, with kind heart, aardhraaSayena..

 

Andaal says, `aRiyaadhapiLLaigaLOm anbinaal unthannai SirupErazhaitthanavum SeeRiyaruLadhE.'

"Do not get angry with us who are innocent girls, if we speak to you wih familiarity." The Lord looks only for devotion true and sincere, and does not care for ornamental praises or bombastic offerings. The gopis were the exmples of the words of Krishna in the Gita, `yath karoshi yadhsnaasi yajjohoshi dhadhaasi yath ; yath thapasyasi kountheya thath kurushva madharpaNam.'

This means, " whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you perform sacrifice with, whatever you give away and whatever austerities you undergo, do it as an offering to Me." The gopis did just that and in their artless expressions through words, Krishna could see their heart and could understand the meanings which they tried to convey by listening to them with kind heart like a parent does to the inarticulate mutterings of their child.

 

 

 

74. manasi mamasanniDhatthaam

maDhuramukhaa manTharaapaangaa

karakalitha lalitha vamSaa

kaapi kiSoraa krpaalaharee

 

May the indescribable ocean of mercy, kaapi krpaalaharee, young of age, kiSoraa, with slow glance, manTharaapaangaa sweet face, maDhuramukhaa, and with flute in hand, karakaltha lalithavamSaa, be established, sanniDhatthaam in my mind.

 

75. rakshanthu naH Sikshitha paaSupaalyaaH

baalyaavrthaa barhiSikhaavathamsaaH

praaNapriyaaH prasthuthaveNugeethaaH

SeethaadhrSoh Seethala gopakanyaaH

 

 

May the leela of Krishna, getting trained in tending the cows,SikshithapaaSupaalyaaH, being surrounded by the cowherd boys, baalyaavrthaa, decorating his head with peacock feather, barhiSikhaavathamsaaH, playing the music from his flute, prasthuthaveNugeethaaH dearer than life, praaNapriyaaH, and playing with the gopis with joy, SeethaladhrSoH Seethalagopakanyaah, protect us.

 

76. smitha sthabakithaaDharam

SiSiraveNunaadhaamrtham

muhuH tharalalochanam

madhakataakshamaalaakulam

urasThala vileenayaa

kamalayaa samaalingitham

bhuvasThalam upaagatham

bhuvanadhaiivatham paathu naH

 

May The Lord of the Universe, bhuvanadhaiivatham, who had come to the earth, bhuvasThalam upaagatham, as Krishna, with the smile blossoming on his lips, smitha sthabakithaaDharam, the nectarine music from his flute giving cool bliss to the ears, SiSiraveNunaadhaamrtham, the glances of the youthful eyes often moving, muhuH tharala lochanam madhakataaksha maalaakulam, and who was embraced by Lakshmi who was hidden in his chest, urasThala vileenayaa kamalayaa samaalingitham

protect us.

 

The idea of Lakshmi hidded in the chest of Krishna and embracing him is the novel one in this sloka.In fact Lakshmi accompanies the Lord in all His incarnations as the Azvar has said, `agalakillEn enriraiyum alarmEl mangai uRai maarba,' and even in the incarnation as Vamana she was residing in His chest and that is why he covered His chest with the uppercloth so that Mahabali will not be glanced by her in which case it would have been impossible to take away the wealth of Mahabali after he had the lakshmi kataaksha, says the commentators of Vamanavathara. Hence even in krishnavathara Lakshmi was in his chest without being seen by all and embraces him, says ,Leelasuka.

 

77.nayanaambuje bajatha kaamadhugham

hrdhyaambuje kimapi kaaruNikam

charanaambuje munikulaika Dhanam

vadhanaambuje vrajavaDhoo vibhavam

 

Worship him the glance from whose lotus-like eyes, nayanaambuje, is like the celestial cow kamadhenu, kaamadhugam, which gives whatever one wishes for, in whose lotus-heart, hrdhayaambuje, there is wonderful mercy,kimapi kaaruNikam, whose lotus-feet, charaNaambuje, are the only wealth of the sages, munikulaikaDhanam and the lotus-face, vadhanaambuje, is the fortune of the gopis, vrjavaDhoovibhavam.

 

78. nirvaasanam hantha rasaantharaaNaam

nirvaaNasaamraajyam iva avatheerNam

avyaaja maaDhurya mahaaniDhaanam

avyaath vrjaanaam aDhidhaivatham naH

 

May the God of gopas, vrajaanaam aDhidhaivatham who is like the empire of mukthi descended, nirvana saamraajyam iva avatheerNam, who is the storehouse of natural sweetness, avyaaja maaDhurya mahaaniDhaanam and who expels all other desires, nirvaasanam rasaantharaaNaam protect us.

 

Krishna is the Lord of gopas and the desire for him expels all other worldly desires, because He is the mukthi itself personified. To love him is the easiest way to attain mukthi because he is the abode of all sweetness.

 

 

 

79. gopeenaam abhimatha geethaveshaharshaaTh

aapeethasthanbhara nirbharopagooDam

keleenaam avathu rasaiH upaasyamaanam

kaalindhee pulina charam param maho naH

 

May that supreme light, param mahaH, that is Krishna, which moves along the bank of the river yamuna, kaalindhee pulina charam who is worshipped because of the joy that arises from his leelaas, keleenaam rasaiH upaasyamaanam and who is closely embraced by the gopis, nirbharopagooDam out of joy on seeing his beautiful attire and form and the music from him which they love, abhimatha geethaveshaharshaaTh protect us.

 

80. khelathaam manasi khecharaanganaa

maananeeya mrdhu veNunissvanaiH

kaanane kimapi naH krpaaspadham

kaalamegha kalahodhvaham mahaH

 

May the wonderful light,kimapi mahaH, that is Krishna, who is the abode of mercy,krpaaspadham, whose soft music from the flute when he is playing in the forest, kaanane mrdhu veNu nissvanaiH, is acclaimed, maananeeya, by the celestial damsels, khecharaanganaa and whose dark hue competes with that of rainbearing clouds, kaalamegha kalahodhvaham, play in our minds.

 

Krishna is playing the flute in the forest and the celestial damsels who listen to it extol his music from above. The light that is dark seems to contest with the rainbearing clouds. The seemingly self contradicting figure of speech in describing the light to dark clouds is the kavi chaathurya. Krishna is like the blue sapphire which looks dark but luminous.