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govindhan gunam paadi en aavi kaaththiruppen - post 35

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M.G.Vasudevan • August 9, 2002 


Post 35

Dear Sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
"gOvindhan guNam paadinaal urugaatha manam enna manamO?" asks OVS swamy in
his krithi in the raaga thOdi starting with pallavi "urugaatha manam enna
manamO?" - "hey, what sort of that mind or heart, it is, which does not
melt, when it sings my gOvindhan's name and fame".  

To help the hearts to melt in singing that kaaLinga narthana krishna's
prabhaavam let us see the next verse of same OVS mahan.

kaaLinga rathna gaNa phaNa sanga paadha, kamalaayadhaaksha, prEma
aalinga gOpa yuvadhee janaanga kucha kunkumaangitha sareera,
kaalaambu thaapa, kanakaaBha, thunka vakshasthalEna dharaLa neela
brundhaadhi haarahE, dhEnusvaasa pura nilaya, jayasE, namasthE|

meaning: oh lord who resides in dhEnusvaasa puram- alias ooththukkadu -
victory to you, prostration to you, my lord who is
*	having the shine of the feet which just mingles well with the gems
held by the snake kaalinga in his 100 heads
*	having lotus like eyes
*	having the chest smeared with the stains of that kumkumam which
became wet and came down from face and covered the breasts of the gOpees,
when he embraced them in love with them  
*	having black cloud colour body
*	having the shine of that kanakaa lakshmi in the raised chest
*	having the cool dark tulasi garlands

Points: 1. kaaLinga rathna gaNa phaNa sanga paadha: - this has to be read as
kaaLinga phaNa rathna gaNa sanga paadha: - The lord's feet is also red -
lotus feet - so the colour - the gems held by kaliyan the snake are also
red- naaga rathnam. Kaaliyan is about to spit these gems, for he is unable
to bear the strain of the lord's feet pressing him down - to make the snake
realise the glory of his feet - in the open mouth these gems shine. When the
snake struggles for its life, then only it spits the gem held. So these gems
are about to come out - these gems shine, above the head of the snake, the
lotus feet also shine. Further the snakes protruding eyes also are red in
anger and they also add to shine - all red colours. On both sides of this
red shine it is black, snake's body is also dark, lord's body is also cloud
colour - see the contrast - rathna gana sanga paadha:  - visualise this
scene in your mental plane - then if your heart is not melting - urugaatha
manam enna manamO?

2. kamalaayadhaaksha:- raamaanuja's episode with his guru strikes the mind -
"puNdareekam eva". It simply allures. "neeNda apperiyavaaya kaNgaL ennai
pEdhamai seidhna" says thirup paaN aazhvaar - so those lotus red eyes always
lures and entice bhakthaas  - such wonderful eyes.

3. kongaimEl kumkumaththin kuzhambu azhiyap pugunthu oru naaL thangumEl en
aavi thangum- says aaNdaaL in her  8-7 thirumozhi- one day he must stay with
me in such a way that my thilakam in the forehead comes down in sweat to my
breasts and that stains he takes in his chest. Such a kind of embrace I
want. OVS lines are "prEma aalinga gOpa yuvadhee janaanga kucha
kunkumaangitha sareera" -did OVS took these lines of aaNdaal as reference
while he coined his lines in this poem? Oh, Bhakthaas you can judge.

4. kanakaaBha:- kanakam is gold, kanakaa is lakshmi. Aabha is shining. So he
is kanakaaBha. "thiruk kalanthu sErumaarbha" says thirumazhisaip piraan in
verse 103 - she simply shines in the chest of the lord. So he is kanakaaBha:

5. "or poigaivaai vidam kalantha paambin mEl nadam payinRa naathanE, thaN
thuzhaai vadam kalantha maalai maarbhaa" - verse 38 of thiruch chantha
viruththam- kaalinga narthanam and tulasi maalai maarbu - combination -  it
appears to me OVS took clue from this verse to frame his verse. Oh bhakthaas
you can pass judgement. 


Just enjoy that govindhan and do that manam uruguthal before we take the
next verse.

 Dhasan 

Vasudevan  m.g.



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