Saturday, May 14, 2016

Gopala Vimsati 4/21

4.AvirbhAvAtvANibhrUtAbharaNam. purastAt
Akuncitaika caraNam. nibrUtanyapAdam|
dadhnAnimantamukareNa nibaddhatAlam
nAthasya nandabhAvane navaneetanATyam ||


1.       AvirbhAvAt – appear, become apparent
2.       ANibhrUt – violently moved or shaken
3.       AbharaNam – ornaments, jewellery
4.       purastAt  - in front, or in presence or before the eyes of
5.       Akuncita – bent
6.       Eka – one
7.       caraNam – foot
8.       nibrUta – frim without movement
9.       anya – other
10.   pAdam – foot
11.   dadhi – curd
12.   nimantamukareNa – considered as churning
13.   nibaddha – considered as
14.   tAlam – rhythm, beat
15.   nAtha – dancer
16.   nandabhAvane – nandagopalans home
17.   navanItam butter
18.   nATyam – dancing

Vednatha Desika in this verse imagines Lord Krishna dancing with one leg bent and the other leg placed firmly on the ground. As he is dancing the movements of the ornaments, necklace, anklets worn by him on his holy feet are shaken producing enjoyable musical sound rhythmic to the churning of the butter by his mother Yashodha. Krishna dances to the tunes of his mother’s churning to get some more butter in his home of Nandagopala and Yashodha.

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