Gopala Vimsathi 7/21

7.  parivartita kandharam bhayena

smita phulladhara pallavam. smarAmi

vitapitva nirAsakam kayoschict

vipulolUkala karSakam kumAram

        1.       parivartita – about turn

        2.       kandharam – neck

        3.       bhayena – out of fear

        4.       smita – smile

        5.       pulla – bloomimg as a flower

       6.       adhara – lips

       7.       viTapitva – born as a tree

       8.       nirAsakam – hopelessness

       9.       kayoschit – some two people

     10.   vipula – large

     11.   ulUkala – mortar

     12.   karSakam – ploughing through

     13.   kumaram – the little baby Krishna

In this verse Swami Desikan visualizes Krishna as a little boy who steals the butter in his home making his mother Yashodha very angry. She then ties Krishna to a big mortar with a rope with the hope he will not be able to move beyond the length of the rope. Krishna on the other hand looks around turning his neck to see if his mother is watching and ensures she is not around. He then smiles to himself and when he smiles his lips are like blooming flower. The little baby Krishna then moves dragging the mortar along. He ploughs through two big arjuna trees (marutha tree) and brings them down. The two sons of kubera  Nalakooparan and Manigreevan who had become the two trees growing in Gokulam due to the sapam they received from sage Narada got sapa vimochanam and came back to life. Swami Desikan says he shudders to think of the omnipotent being tied to the mortar, and talking about his own helplessness always keeps thinking of Lord Krishna.