2. yam dhrshtvaa yamunaam pipaasuH aniSam
vyooho
gavaam gaahathe
vidhyuthvaan ithi neelakanTanivaho
yam
dhrashtum uthkanTathe
utthamsaaya thamaalapallavam ithi
cChindhanthi yam gopikaaH
kanthiH
kaaliyaSaasanasya vapushaH
saa
paavanee paathu naH
Seeing
the light of whose body the thirsty cows take it to be the river yamuna and try
to enter, the peacocks become eager thisnking that it is the rainbearing cloud
and the gopis see it as the green sprouts
of thmalar tree and start picking it, may that light of the body of Krishna protect us.
The
dark hue of the body of Krishna is emitting waves of light, vapushaH kaanthiH and the herd of the
cows, gavaam vyoohaH msee it as the river Yamuna, dhrshtvaa yamunaam.
Being thirsty, pipaasuH, they try to
enter, gaahathe the river. To
the peacocks, neelakantanivahaH
it looks like the rainbearing cloud, vidhyuthvaan
ithi and they are eager to enjoy the
rain and start dancing. The gopis take the encompassing light as the sprouts of
thamala tree, thamaalapallvam ith and try to pick, cChindhanthi, the sprouts.
Leela
suka calls
This
sloka describes the dark hue of
3.dhevaH paayaan payasi vimale
yaamune majjatheenaam
yaachantheenaam anunayapadhaiH vanchithaani amSukaani
lajjaa lolaiH alasavilasaiHunmishathpanchabaanaiH
gopasthreeNaam nayankusumaiH archithaH keSavo naH
May
the Lord Kesava , who was entreated with sweet words by gopis, to give them their
clothes stealthily taken by him while they were bathing the river Yamuna, who was worshipped by their
bashful, loving and stealthy glances,
protect us.
The
significance of this episode will be elaborated in a later sloka. (No.8), and
it is enough to mention here that all the leelas of Brindavan were finished by
the time
4. maathaH na athaH param
anuchitham
yath khalaanaam purasthaath
asthaaSankam jaTarapiTaree
poorthaye narthithaa asi
thath kshanthavyam sahajasaralE
vathsale vaaNi kuryaam
prayaschittham guNagaNanayaa
gopaveshasya vishNoH
Oh mother, Goddess Saravathi, vaani, who is gentle by nature, sahjasarale, who has love towards her children, vathsale, there is nothing more
improper, na athaH param anuchitham, than making you dance in
front, narththaa asi of mean people, khalaanaam purasthaath, just to fill my stomach, jaTarapiTare, without any hesitation, astha aSankam. Please
forgive me, kshanthavyam. I am
atoning the sin, praayaschittham kuryaam
by speaking about the auspicious qualities, guNagaNanayaa, of Lord
Vishnu who had come in the guise of a gopa, gopaveshasaya vishNoH.
Leelasuka repents that he has been composing poems and
praising the wicked and thus abusing the speech which is Sarasvathi herself. So
he asks the forgiveness saying that he was using her as if making her dance in
front of the wicked just to make his living. He says that the atonement of this
sin is only to speak about the Lord who has incarnated as
5.angulyagraiH
aruNakiranaiH mukthasamrudDharanDhram
vaaram vaaram
vadhanamarythaavenumaapooryantham vyasthyasthaanGhrim vikachakamalacChaayavisthaaranethram
vandhe
brndhaavansucharitham nandhagopalasoonum
I bow down to the son of Nanda, who, is repeatedly opens
and closes the holes of the flute with his red fingertips, and fills the flute with the air from his mouth
with his feet crossed one over the other.
Reading this we can visualize the form of
5.
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