Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Gopala Vimsati 3/21


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

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