10. apaangarekhaabhih abhanguraabhih
anangarekhaarasa ranjithaabhih
anukshaNam vallavasundareebhih
abhyarchyamaanaM vibhuM aaSrayaamah
We resort to the Lord, who is being worshipped by the gopis by means of their glances, beautified by their love acting like a collyrium, which are showered on him uninterrupted.
The gopis are looking incessantly at
By play on the word abhanga, the poet indicates that there is nothing crooked in their glances which are pure with love.
11.hrdaye mama hrdhyavibhramaaNaam
hrdhayam harshaviSaalalolanethram
tharuNam vrajabaalasundareeNaam
tharalam kimchana Dhaama sanniDhatthaam
May that light manifest in my heart, the young form , whose eyes are wide and dancing with joy, who is the heart of the beautiful young gopis, who please him with their actions.
Leelasuka prays that the form of
12.nikhilabhuvanalakshmee nithyaleelaaspadhaabhyaam
kamalavipinaveeThee garvasarvankashaabhyaam
praNamadhabhayadhaana prouDigaaDodhDhathaabhyaam
kimapi vahathu chethah kRshnapaadhaambhujaabhyaam
Let my mind attain indescribable joy resorting to the lotus-feet of Krishna, which are the permanent abode of play of all that is auspicious and prosperous in all the worlds, which dispel the pride of the hosts of lotuses standing row by row and which is unexcelled in giving refuge to those who bow down to them.
In this sloka Leelaskuka surrenders to the feet of the Lord and experiences an inexpressible joy doing so. "Let my mind revel in the joy of surrender, " he says. The feet of the Lord are described as follows.
1. They are the playful resort, leelaaspadha, of prosperity and auspiciousness of the whole cosmos, nikhila bhuvanasree, from vaikunta down to the world of mortals. Or, it may mean the goddess Lakshmi who enjoys playing with them in all the worlds, wherever the Lord is.
2. The long row of lotuses, kamalavipina veeThee which take pride not only of their fragrance, coolness , tenderness and beauty but also of being the abode of Lakshmi, are vanquished by the feet of the Lord which not only possesses all these qualities but also excel them in other respects. What is the special aspect of the feet of the Lord that quells the pride of the lotus? This is given in the next line.
3. pranamadhabhayadhaana prouDigaaDodDhathaabhyaam, they are supreme, udDhatah, in granting refuge, abhayadhaana, to those who surrender to them, praNamath. prouDi means big and ghaaDa means firm.
The Lord says in His Ramavathara,
`Sakrdheva prapannaayah thavaasmeethi cha yaachathe; abhayam sarvadhaa thasmai dhdhaami ithi ethath vratham mama.'-(Ram.yud.18-33)
" To give refuge always to the one, who surrenders to me even once saying that he belongs to me , is my vow."
This shows His prouDathva, the greatness and ghaaDathva, the firmness in giving refuge to those who surrender to Him.
There is another version to this sloka also in which the second line reads as,
Abhayam sarvabhoothaanaam dhdhaameethi vrathama mama
This was demonstrated in Gajendhra episode.
When Gajendhra called Him in distress, the Lord came running dragging the Garuda along with Him, even without His padhuka. Such is His proudathva and ghaadathva in protecting the prapannas.
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