3. amnAyagandhI rudita sphUritAdharoshTam
AsrAvilekshaNamanukshaNa mandahAsam |
gopAlaDimbhavapuSam kuhanAjananyA:
prANasthanandayAmivaimi param pumAmsam ||
1. amnAya - Vedas
2. gandhI - smelling , perfumed with
3. rudita - crying
4. sphUrita - trembling
5. adharoshTam - fluttering upper and lower lips
6. AsrA - tears, crying
7. avila - not clear, turbid
8. ekshaNam - aspect of sight
9. anukshaNam - momentarily, that very instant
10. mandahAsam - gentle smile
11. gopAlaDimbha - the little cowherd boy
12. vapuSam - admirable, wonderfully beautiful
13. kuhanAjananyA: - one who assumed falsely sanctity of motherhood - poothanai
14. prANasthanam - one who drank the breath of life from
the breast of a human being along with the milk
15. mivaimi - understand
16. param pumAmsam - parama purusha,
This verse is based
on the story of poothanai who is a demon and comes in the form of a mother/Gopi
to breast feed him. As he sees her Vedantha Desika describes how Lord Krishna
is crying with his upper and lower lips trembling being afraid of the oncoming
problem – the demon poothanai. The tears are making his eyes turbid and his
breath carries the fragrance of the vedas. As he cries he smiles to himself
planning how to overcome her. Lord Krishna even though looks like an innocent
cow herd little boy drinks the life of the demon along poisonous milk from the
breast and kills her. Vedantha Desika says this is not an ordinary child I see
him as the supreme Lord himself – param purusha
Wonderfully explained
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