Desika narrates the marriage of
vanoukasAm pathyuH aheendhrashobinA
vimaThyamAnAth achalena bAhunA
nanandha labdhvA hrdhayangamAm priyAm
maNim cha dhivyam madhukaitabhAnthakaH
VanoukasAm pathuH means from Jambavan, the word vanoukasam pathi means both Jambavan the king of forest animals as well as the ocean, the residence of beings in water, because the word vana has also another meaning as `water in general'. Okas means residence.
Aheendhra shobinA vimaThyamanAth qualifies Jambavan, who has been hit by the arms of
acalEna bAhunadenotes the arms of
labDhvA hrdhayangamAm priyam means obtaining the bride who is pleasing to his heart. The word hrdhayangama also could mean Lakshmi who took seat in the heart of the Lord.
Divyam maNim the divine jewel means both syamanthaka and kousthubha.
Hence the sloka refers to the Lord obtaining Lakshmi from the milky ocean, which was churned by Manthara mountain and Vasuki, along with the divine gem Kousthubha and implies that
The sloka that describes the feeling of Jambavathi about
This is the stages of bhakthi which a devotee experiences and none else could describe it better than Desika the great bhaktha!
Then
Desika says that Krishna shone with his three wives as with the three shakthis, (Sri, Bhoo and Neela) and possessing the shadgunas (jnana,bala, aisvarya,veerya, tejasand shakthi) achieved success like the governing powers of a monarch. The policy of rule depends on the three powers of prabhushakthi, power of royalty, manthrashakthi the power of counsel and uthsahashakthi the power of energy meaning the army and the six gunas denote the six means of success, namely, sandhi, peacemaking, vigraha, fight, yAna, advancing against, sThAna or halt, samSraya, seeking shelter and dvaiDha, duplicity.
Desika concludes the chapter by saying that narrating this episode or hearing it will fetch good results and lead one in the right path.
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