61.Chikuram bahulam viralam bhramaram
mrdhulamvachanam vipulamnayanam
aDharam maDhuram vadhanam lalitham
chapalam charitham nu kadhaa anubhave
When will I enjoy the profuse tresses , broad forehead, soft speech, wide eyes, sweet lips, graceful face and agile behaviour ?
This sloka resembles that of madhurashtakam having the same prosody, the meaning also is similar, which is called thotaka. Some of this type are found in narayaneeyam in the chapter describing kaaliyamardhanam.
The picture presented in this sloka is very beautiful. The luxurious hair, bahulam chikuram, of
62. paripaalaya nah krpaalaya ithi asakrth jalpitham aathmabaanDhavah
muralee mrdhula svanaanaathare vibhuh aakarNayithaa kadhaa nu naH
When will the Lord who is the closeset relative of the self, hear my plaintive cry ` oh the temple of mercy save me,' in the interval between his play of the flute?
Krishna is suggestively portrayed as playing the flute in the previous sloka and Leelasuka wonders whether he will hear the cry of the devotees, asakrth jalpitham, ` save us Oh Lord, paripaalaya naH,' amidst the music in which he is immersed in. But becomes reassured that since he is krpaalaya, abode of mercy will hear the pleas of his devotees in between the notes of music, muraleemrdhusvanaanthare, because he is the aathmabandhu, related to the self and not the body, like other relatives.
As the azvar said `oorilEn kaaNiyillEn uravu mattroruvarillEn, the Lord is the only bandhu, relation, to all through out our existence, all the other relations last only till this body does.
Sanakara says in his arthiharanaarayanaashtakam,
Na sodharo janako jananee na jaayaa
naivathmajo nacha kulam vipulam balamvaa
samdhrSyathe na kila lopi sahaayako me
tasmaath thvameva saraNam mama sankhapaaNe
"Neither my brother, nor father nor mother nor wife , nor son nor all my relatives are of any use to me. Therefore you alone is my refuge OhLord, the wielder of the conch."
The Lord is the real and only relative and friend as all the others are short-lived.
63.kadhaa nu kasyaam nu vipadh dhaSaayaam
kaiSoraganDhiH karuNaambhuDhiH naH
vilochanaabhyaam vipulaayathaabhyaam
vyaalokayishyan vishayeekarothi
At which state of calamity indeed the youthful
Leelasuks thinks that
Here we are reminded of the Kunthisthuthi in srimadbhgavatham where she says to Krishna that if getting a calamity ensures his arrival then let them get moere amnd more of the calamities so that they can see him often which will lead them to bierthless state..
Vipadhah santhu nah saSvath thathra thathra jagathguro
Bhavatho dharsanam yathsyaath apunarbhavadharsanam (srimadbhagavatham-1.8.25)
64.maDhuram aDharabimbe manjulam mandhahaase
SiSiram amrthavaakye Seethalam dhrshtipaathe
Vipulam aruNa nethram viSrutham veNunaadhe
markathamaNineelambaalam aalokaye nu
Will I see the young
maDhuram aDharabimbe- sweetness is due to the music, viSrutham veNunaadham that flowed from the flute from hislips..
Mandhahaasa, the smile is manjulam , attractive.
Amrthavakyam- nectar-like speech is cooling,SiSiram that is comforting.
dhrshtipaatha- the glance from his wide, vipula, lotus-red eyes, arunanethram is also Seethalam, cooling.he gives comfort through his glance and his speech.
65.maaDhuryaadhapi maDhuram manmaTha thaathasya kimapi kaiSoram
chaapalyaadhapi chapalamchetho mama harathihantha kim kurmaH
The indescribable beauty of the youthfulness of
The word Leelasuka uses for
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