SrI:
Dear KrishNa BhakthAs :
This slOkam houses a prayer for the Lord's protection :
Yaamm dhrushtvA yamunAm
pipAsur--
anisam vyUhO
gavAm gAhathE
vidhyuthvAnithi
neelakaNDa-nivAhO
Yaamm
dhrashDum-uthkaNDathE
utthamsAya tamAla
pallavamithi--
cchindhanthi
Yaamm GopikA:
kAnthi: KaaLiya-Saasanasya
vapusha: saa
Paavanee pAthu na:
Anvaya Kramam ( Prose Order)
:
Yaamm Kaanthim dhrushtvA
gavAm vyUha:
pipAsu: anisam YamunAm
gAhathE ,
vidhyuthvAn ithi neelakaNDa
nivaha:
(Yaamm Kaanthim) dhrushtum
uthkaNDathe ,
utthamsAya tamAla pallavam
ithi Yaamm
GopikA: cchindhanthi , KaaLiya-sAsanasya
vapusha:
Saa Paavamee kaanthi: na: paathu !
Meaning
: May that brilliant lustre of the
Lord
resembling that of a dark cloud in the rainy season
protect us ! The assembly of
peacocks mistake
that Moorthy with the
bluish-black lustre to be
the rainy cloud housing the
lightning and enjoy
seeing that extraordinary
lustre and begin their
joyous dances around it
. The assembly of Cows
mistake
that dark
bluish-black lustre and think
that it must be
the dark
colored YamunA river
and wish to enter
that lustrous
body to quench
their thirst . The group
of Gopis pinch
that Lord
with the dark and tender
lustre thinking
that
it is the tender shoots of
the
young Tamaala
tree to decorate their hair .
May
that sacred and
extraordinary kaanthi of
the Lord , who
punished
KaaLiyan
protect us
all !
Commentary:" Saa Kaaliya Saasanasya
Paavanee
Kaanthi: na: Paathu " are the key words
constituting
the prayer of LeelA Sukhar here .May that
sacred jyOthi
of the Lord , who danced on the hoods of
the fierce
snake , KaaLiyan and drove him away from
the waters
of Yamunaa river
protect us !
That illustrious Kaanthi of the Lord is
seen by
the herd of cows ( gavaam vyUha: ) , the flock of
peacocks ( neelakaNDa nivaha:) and the
assembly
of Gopis (
GopikA: ) . Each of these three
groups
mistake that dark bluish lustre of the Lord
to be
some thing else and react accordingly
.
The cows
see this dark and shiny lutre that
moves around and mistake it to
be the dark
colored waters of Yamunaa river and
they
develop a desire to slake their
thirsts by
entering into it . They develop " KrishNa
thrushNaa". They consider the dark ,
moving
lustre to be the waters of Yamunaa
always
( Yaamm kaanthim
dhrushtvaa , gavaam
vyUha: anisam Yamunaa
gaahathe ) .
Mumukshu is one who desires Moksham
;
Pipaasu: are those who wish to
quench
their thirsts with drinking of
water .
How do the
peacocks react to the JyOthi
of the dark hued Lord ? They conclude that
it is the rainy day cloud loaded with
moisture
and lightning (NeelakaNDa nivaha: Vidhyuthvaan
ithi) and begin
their joyous dance in anticipation
of rain and spread their feathers . The
peacocks
with their stretched feathers become eager
to see more and more of that lustre ( Yaamm
kaanthim
dhrashtum uthkaNDathE ).
Amidst the dancing peacocks and the
rushing
cows are the
Gopis . They have their own reactions
to the Lord's aprAkrutha bluish-black
jyOthi .
They think that they are near a young
Tamaala
tree with tender shoots of blossoms ( TamAla
Pallavam
ithi) and engage in plucking those
"blossoms" to decorate
their tresses .
Their plucking
action ends up
as pinching
acts on the skin of the Lord . They now
realize
it is not the tender blossoms of a young
tree
( Pasu Maratthin
taLiR) but
it is the Lord , who
punished the serpent KaaLiyan ( KaaLiya
Saasanasya Vapusha: )
and drove him
away from the waters of Yamunaa river
.
After describing the illusions caused
by
the sacred JyOthi of the Lord , the
deeply
moved poet prays for protection by that
auspicious Kaanthi (
Saa Paavanee Kaanthi:
na: Paathu
) .
Sri KridhNAya Thubhyam
Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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