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govindhan gunam paadi en aavi kaaththiruppen - post 28

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M.G.Vasudevan • May 24, 2002 


Post 28

Dear Sri vaishnava prunthagaiyeer,

The enchanting sthuthi of my krishNa by the wives of kaaLiyan the snake is
continued. Next slokam in srimadh bhagavatham is 

nama: krishNaaya raamaaya vasudhEva suthaaya cha!
pradhyumnaaya anirudhdhaaya saathvathaam pathayE nama: !!

The naamaas are   
Om krishNaaya nama: - naama 58th, 554th in SVSN
Om raamaaya nama: - naama 396th in SVSN
Om vasudhEva suthaaya nama: -no such naama in SVSN- but vaasudhEvaaya nama: 
Om pradhyumnaaya nama: - 646th naama in SVSN
Om anirudhdhaaya nama: - 187th and 644th naama in SVSN 
Om saathvathaam pathayE nama: - 514th naama in SVSN

Om krishNaaya nama: - meaning- prostration to you, oh krishna. 
This first naamaa available here is a very special one, for, it is a
straight address to the very person krishNa, standing in front of these
women. As in the first slokam "nama: thubhyam"- "prostration to you", after
six slokams it is again another straight address here "krishnaaya nama:"

1.	For any body, his own first name is very dear to him than other
names, if he has more than one. Here, not only calling by his pet name, also
his father's name is recollected. Further he is "sthava priya:". So the job
of addressor is also becoming easy. His or her wish is easily granted after
pleasing like this.

2.	"krishna" means one who sweeps away from the heart, the sins, of
those people, who meditate on him. Thus he is a very rarest of rare breed of
"sweepers" who is able to clean up every thing including the hearts. Even
ganga, the holy water carrying river, only washes the body and not able to
sweep up sins and clean up the heart. That is capable only by krishna.

3.	Krishna is an excellent farmer- he ploughs the hard stupidity in the
minds of his bhakthaas- the mind is the land to be ploughed- prepares the
heart - the field - for sowing. Then he sows the seeds of his grace, leading
to a good crop of total bliss in that land. Incidentally the weeds are also
growing in that land, the weeds being the "poisonous sins" are also removed
by that farmer. Weeds also grow in that land, because it is the very nature
of that land. Thus krishna is a farmer par excellence.

4.	KrishNa himself says to arjuna - "karshaami pruthiveem Bhoothvaa
karshaNaaya ayasO hala:" in maha bhaaratam saanthi parvam - when the earth
becomes shelled in by its hard crux, I shall turn myself into an iron plough
share, and shall plough the earth. So again another confirmation on that
farmer who ploughs.

5.	Krishna is a good librarian or an archeologist- as krishna
dhvypaayana - vEdha vyaasa - he classified and sorted out the vEdhaas, split
into 4 major branches and many sub branches, compiled into order.

6.	Krishna is a good historian - pouraaNikar- again as vEdha vyaasa
gave a good account of the deeds of the lord as 18 puraaNaas.

7.	Krishna is a "musician" incomparable "flautist" to be precise -
"naavalam theevil- idhu Or arpudham kELeer- govindhan kuzhal kodu oothina
pOdhu" - please refer periyaazhvaar for the super musician's capacity in
making the trees to shed fruits and flowers.  

8.	Krishna is a "thief" par excellence - while all others steal
"valuable things" in the parlance of worldly people, he stole the soft
butter available in plenty in any cowherd home which is just nothing for
them.

9.	Krishna is a great "teacher"- "aachaarya" - while all teachers do
their teaching in a calm atmosphere, inside a room etc, students also kept
in cool and nice atmosphere, this teacher prefers a war arena, the student
under a condition of completely "agitated and aggressive" mood. What a
difference- what a teaching- wonderful wonder

10.	While one marrying the second lady is called as committing the
offence of polyandry, here krishNa is married to 16000 and yet he is a
recognised brahmachari - carrying out celebacy test - called to touch that
utharai garbham to bring life to that charred piece as a result of
aswaththaama's asthiram. Again what a way of expressing his supremacy in
that brahmacharya vratham.

11.	krishNa also mean black in colour. In SVSN, the naama in front of
this 58th naama is saasvatha: [57th]. Combining this with krishNa, then it
is "saasvatha krishna"- the one who is permanently black in colour.
Generally the colour of a person tend to vary with seasons, his way of
living etc, though it will not change so drastically. 
	"krushir Bhoovaachakas sabdhO nascha nirvruthivaachaka:  !
	thayOraikyam param brahma krsuhNa ithyaBhiDheeyathE !! 
	mahabharatham santhi parvam 343
	meaning- "as my colour is dark blue or black I am called krishNa, O
Arjuna".

12.	Similarly the naama preceding the 554th "Om krishNaaya nama:" is "Om
ajithaaya nama;". Just for the taste, combining these two, "om ajitha
krishanaaya nama"- prostration to krishna who can not be vanquished.

Like that we can go on listing the krishna specials. Such a krishna is
prostrated by these ladies for asking him the boon of "pathi Bhiksha".

The next naama is Om raamaaya nama: - prostrations to you, oh raama. 

The previous avathaaram of the lord comes to the mind of these ladies, and
they are able to call him by that name immediately. Since balarama is also
standing in front that avathaaram is not considered by these, but the
previous one of raama.  

"ramanthE yOgina: asmin ithi raama:" - that which revels in every form and
or that in which all yogees in their meditation revel he is raama.

A classic skrithi in raaga kaanada comes to mind from sri thyaagaraajaa. 

Pallavi: sukhi evvarO raama naama - [sukhi]
Who is the blessed soul who says raama naama? 

Anupallavi: 
sukhi evvarO sumukhi yevvarO 
akhila saaramagu thaaraka naama [ sukhi]
Who is the blessed soul, who has that positive attitude to say that tharaka
manthram "raama naama" - that which is life saving and the true essence of
all things in the world. 

charaNam - 
sathyamu thappaka sakala lOkulaku
Bhuruthyudai dhaiva BhEthamulEkha
nithyamaina suswarapu gaanamutho
nirantharamu thyaagaraajanutha naama  [sukhi]
Who is the blessed soul who can sing that raama naama, which if sung with
all trueness and in all the entire world, can save from drowning into the
world of sins. This thyaagaraja who does not have any difference among
different gods sings that naama- who is that blessed soul singing raama
naama. 

Only one point in this krithi - I would like to high light- see the words
"Bhuruthyudai dhaiva BhEthamu lEkha nithyamaina suswarapu gaanamutho
nirantharamu thyaagaraajanutha naama"  is raama naama. 

He claims I do not have any "dheiva bhEtham" - difference among gods- mine
is one only and only one raama. 

About other naamaas in the sthuthi of wives of the snake, we will see in
next post.

Dhasan 

Vasudevan m.g.



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