krishnakarnamrtham-slokas 51 and53

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51. ahimakara karanikara mrdhu mrdhitha lakshmee

sarasathara sarasiruha sadhrSadhrsi dheve

vrajayuvathi rathikalaha vijayanijaleelaa

madhamudhitha vadhanaSaSi maDhurimaNi leeye

 

I am engulfed with the sweet moon-like face of Krishna who has eyes

like the gentle lotus softly touched by the rays of the Sun, and who

is exalted with the pride of winning the gopis in playful fights.

 

This and the next two are full of rhetoric beauty which will be

felt , not by reading the meaning alone but only by reading the

slokas aloud.

 

Ahimakara- opposite of himakara , hima meaning snow, or dew and

hence ahimakara is the one who removes the snow ,that is the Sun.

Karanikara means the host of his rays, which are his hands, karas.

Lakshmee is beauty and mrdhu mrdhitha, touched softly.

Sarasiruha is lotus and sarasathara denoted its tenderness.

Dhrsi here denotes the eyes and they are similar, sadhrSa, to the

lotus petals softly touched by rays of the Sun which open slowly in

the morning.

His leela, sport is to appear victorious and therefore happy,

madhamudhitha, in the love-fights with the gopis,

vrajayuvathirathikalaha..

Such a face which is like the moon, vadhanaSaSi, engulfs the

consciousness of Leelasuka with its madhurima, sweetness.

 

52.karakamala dharadhalitha lalithatharavamSee

kalaninadha galadhamrtha ghanasarasi dheve

sahaja rasabhara bharitha dharahasithaveeThee

sathathavahad AdharamaNi maDhurimaNi leeye

 

I am immersed in the sweetness of Krishna whose lower lip like a gem

bearing the continuous smile depicting the inner joy and who is like

a pond filled with the nectar of sweet sound that flows from his

flute on which his fingers like the petals of lotus play by opening

and closing the holes.

 

Krishna is like a pond ,saras, which is constantly filled, ghana, by

the nectar that flows, galadhamrtha, in the form of sweet sound,

kalaninadha, from the beautiful flute, lalithatharavamSee, played

upon by his fingers that resemble the petals of lotus,

karakamaldhaladhalitha, and his lower lip that looks like a gem,

aDharamaNi, always wears a continuous smile, dharahasithaveeThee

sathathavahat, which is filled with the inner joy that is natural to

him, sahajarasabharabharitha.

 

 

53 kusumaSara Sarasamara kupithamadha gopee

kuchakalaSa ghusrnarasa lasat urasi dheve

madhalulitha mrdhuhasitha mushitha SaSiSobhaa

muhuraDhikamukhakamala maDhurimaNi leeye

 

I am engrossed in Krishna who vanquishes the moon by the luster of

his bewitching smile and by oozing nectar by his lotus-like face and

whose chest is marked by the kumkum from that of the gopis in

conquering them with the arrows of cupid in love-combat.

 

KusumaSara is Cupid with flower arrows and sarasamara denotes the

battle with his arrows. Krishna conquers the gopis who were angry

and proud, kupithamadha, and when they succumb, the kumkum,

ghsrNarasa, from their chest marks the chest, lasadhurasi, of

Krishna. His proud shining smile, madhalulithamrdhuhasitha, due to

his victory, defeats even the moon by its luster and by the ever

increasing flow of nectar, muhuraDhika madhurimaa from his lotus-

like face.