Mukunda Mala 2/40

2. Jayathu jayathu devo devaki nandhanoyam,

    Jayantha jayathu krishno vrishni vamsa pradheepa,

    Jayathu jayathu megha shyamala  komalango,

     Jayathu jayathu prithvi bhara nasho mukunda

        Devaki Nandana

                               

Vrishni Vamsa

 Megha Shyamala Komala

Prithvi Bhara Nasa - Mukunda

             1.       Jaya – Victory

                  2.       Deva – God, God on earth among men

                  3.       Devaki – Wife of Vasudeva an dmother of Lord Krishna

                  4.       Nandhan – son

                 5.       Vrishni vamsa – descendants of Vrishni

                 6.       Pradheepa – lamp, light

                 7.       Megha – cloud

                 8.       Shyamala – dark color

                 9.       Komala – sweet, pretty, charming

               10.   Prithvi – earth

               11.   Bhara – burden, weight, pressure

               12.   Nasha – ruin, elimination, disappearance, extinction

In this verse Kulasekara Azhwar hails Lord Krishna, tells his lineage and describes the Lords beauty and gunas. Victorious is he who is the son of Devaki matha. Victory be to the leading light of the Vrishni vamsa. The lineage can be interpreted in a simple manner as

                    Vrishni Vamsa (Lineage)

According to the puranas the Vrishni’s are said to have been the residents of Dwaraka.

Hail the Lord who has color of the dark colored clouds and is very beautiful and charming. Victory to him Lord Mukunda who is the only one who can make the pressures of the living beings of the earth disappear.