ராதே கிருஷ்ணா 12-09-2015
with due apology I have to submit that there was some mistake in the last stanza of the pdf document. the correct document is uploadad. I have to state that my own fingering errors, added to some unstable behaviors of Itrans. difficulties in transliteration from malayalam to devanaagari all contributed to this. In my enthusiasm to circulate the heavenly stotra I did things in a hurry... but it is not an excuse. thanks. I am uploading the corrected version
पश्यति दिशि दिशि रहसि भवन्तं त्वदधरमधुरमधूनि पिबन्तं।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥१
त्वदभिसरणरभसेन वलन्ती पतति पदानि कियन्ति चलन्ती।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥२॥
विहितविशदविसकिसलयवलया जीवति परमिह तवरतिकलया।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥३॥
मुहुरवलोकनमण्डनलीला मधुरिपुरहमिति भावनशीला।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥४॥
त्वरितमुपैति न कथमभिसारं हरिरितिवदति सखीमनुवारं।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥५॥
श्लिष्यति चुंबति जलधरकल्पं हरिरुपगत इति तिमिरमनल्पं।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥६॥
भवति विळम्बिनि विगळितलज्जा विलपति रोदिति वासकलज्जा।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥७॥
श्रीजयदेवकवेरिदमुदितं रसिकजनं तनुतामतिमुदितम्।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥८॥
इति श्रीजयदेवकविराजविरचिते गीतगोविन्दे अष्टपदी १२
paśyati diśi diśi rahasi bhavantaṁ tvadadharamadhuramadhūnipibantaṁ|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||1
tvadabhisaraṇarabhasena valantī patati padāni kiyanti calantī|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||2||
vihitaviśadavisakisalayavalayā jīvati paramiha tavaratikalayā|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||3||
muhuravalokanamaṇḍanalīlā madhuripurahamiti bhāvanaśīlā|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||4||
tvaritamupaiti na kathamabhisāraṁ hariritivadati sakhīmanuvāraṁ|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||5||
śliṣyati cuṁbati jaladharakalpaṁ harirupagata iti timiramanalpaṁ|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||6||
bhavati viḻambini vigaḻitalajjā vialpati roditi vāsakalajjā|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||7||
śrījayadevakaveridamuditaṁ rasikajanaṁ tanutāmatimuditam|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||8||
iti śrījayadevakavirājaviracite gītagovinde aṣṭapadī 12
This is a very beautiful song of separation from Jayadevas Giitagovinda.. Here Radha is undergoing the pangs of separation from Krishna and at the same time is in desperation and anger mixed with love for Krishna because she had been informed by her friends that the debonair lover is having a nice time with other girls. Radha is never pleased with such activities of Krishna but then her love for Him is eternal..So she is left in a state where she is smouldered by the fire of separation from Krishna.
The condition of Radha is explained to Madhava in detail by a friend and emissary who has approached the lover who has gone away in mock estrangement.
1. You Hari the master, Radha is visualizing that you are engaged in kissing and loving other girls in secret places and they are drinking the nectar of your lips. So she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart.
2. You Hari the master, Radha made a brave attempt to come in search of you, but out of sorrow and tiredness she has fallen down in her place even while she was taking a few steps towards your rendezvous. Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
3.You Hari the master, Radha is being burnt by the fire of love but she is just remaining alive in her place covering herself with cooling aids like covering her body with the stalks of the lotus, just keeping alive in the desperated hope that you will come back to her and love her to hear hearts content. Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
4. You Hari the master, she has adorned herself in exquisite clothes and jewellery in the expectation that she will be receiving you in her place, and she is hallucinating that the jewellery and other adornments represent you and so she is herself Madhava..Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
5.You Hari the master, as if in a stupour she is repeatedly asking the friends why You are not coming to her and giving her love. Thus she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
6. You Hari, the master, Radha, in her hallucination is seeing you in the darkness of her abode which is resembling the blackest cloud, you the personification of the beauty of blackness and is making mock embraces and giving kisses to that darkness. Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
7. You Hari, the master, she has kept her abode clean, and has adorned herself to the greatest beauty in the expectation that she will be receiving you immediately, but now desperate that you have not yet visited her, she is shedding tears. Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
8. May this beautiful song of Jayadeva describing the vipralamba state of Radha, please the hearts of all the readers and shower on them the blessings of Hari.
Gitagovindam can be taken as simply a series of songs describing the separation of two lovers who loved each other too warmly. But there is the undercurrent of the mundane bhakta seeking the Divine Madhava.. which idea has made the Kavya immortal.
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राधावदनविलोकनविकसित विविधविलास विभङ्गं
जलनिधिमिवविधुमण्डलदर्शन तरळिततुङ्गतरङ्गं
हरिमेकरसं चिरमभिलषित विलासं
सा ददर्श गुरुहर्षवशंवदहृदयमनङ्गविलासं॥१॥
हारममलतरमुरसि दधतं परिलम्ब्य विदूरं।
स्फुटतरफेनकदम्बकरम्बितमिव यमुनाजलपूरं॥२॥
श्यामळमृदुलकळेभरमण्डल परिहितगौरदुकूलम्
नीलनळिनमिव पीतपरागपटलभरपरिगतमूलं॥३॥
तरलद्ऱ्इगञ्चलचलनमनोहरवदनजनितरतिरागं
स्फुटकमलोदरखेलितखञ्जनयुगमिव शरदि तटाकं॥४
वदनकमलपरिशीलनमिळितमिहिरसमकुण्डल शोभं
स्मितरुचिरुचिरसमुज्ज्वलिताधरपल्लवकृतरतिलोभं॥५॥
शशिकिरणच्छुरितोदरसुन्दरसकुसुमकेशं
तिमिरोदितविधुमण्डलनिर्म्मलमलयजतिलकनिवेशं॥६॥
विपुलपुळकभरदन्तुरितं रतिकेलिकल्ल्भिधीरं
मणिगणकिरणसमूहसमुज्ज्वलभूषण्सुभगशरीरं॥७॥
श्रीजयदेवभणितविभवद्विगुणीकृतभूषणभारं
प्रणमत हृदि विनिधाय हरिं सुचिरं सुकृतोदयसारं॥८॥
श्रीजयदेवकृते गीतगोविन्दे अष्टपदी २२
rādhāvadanavilokanavikasita vividhavilāsa vibhaṅgaṁ
jalanidhimivavidhumaṇḍaladarśana taraḻitatuṅgataraṅgaṁ
harimekarasaṁ ciramabhilaṣita vilāsaṁ
sā dadarśa guruharṣavaśaṁvadahṛdayamanaṅgavilāsaṁ||1||
hāramamalataramurasi dadhataṁ parilambya vidūraṁ|
sphuṭataraphenakadambakarambitamiva yamunājalapūraṁ||2||
śyāmaḻamṛdulakaḻebharamaṇḍala parihitagauradukūlam
nīlanaḻinamiva pītaparāgapaṭalabharaparigatamūlaṁ||3||
taraladigañcalacalanamanoharavadanajanitaratirāgaṁ
sphuṭakamalodarakhelitakhañjanayugamiva śaradi taṭākaṁ||4
vadanakamalapariśīlanamiḻitamihirasamakuṇḍala śobhaṁ
smitarucirucirasamujjvalitādharapallavakṛtaratilobhaṁ||5||
śaśikiraṇacchuritodarasundarasakusumakeśaṁ
timiroditavidhumaṇḍalanirmmalamalayajatilakaniveśaṁ||6||
vipulapuḻakabharadanturitaṁ ratikelikallbhidhīraṁ
maṇigaṇakiraṇasamūhasamujjvalabhūṣaṇsubhagaśarīraṁ||7||
śrījayadevabhaṇitavibhavadviguṇīkṛtabhūṣaṇabhāraṁ
praṇamata hṛdi vinidhāya hariṁ suciraṁ sukṛtodayasāraṁ||8||
śrījayadevakṛte gītagovinde aṣṭapadī 22
श्रितकमलाकुचमण्डन धृतकुण्डल कलितलळितवनमाला जय जय देव हरे॥१॥
दिनमणि मण्डलमण्डन भवखण्डन मुनिजनमानस हंस जय जय देव हरे॥२॥
काळियविषधरभञ्जन जनरञ्जन यदुकुलनळिनदिनेश जय जय देव हरे॥३॥
मधु मुर नरक विनाशन गरुडासन सुरकुलकेळिनिधान जय जय देव हरे॥४॥
अमलकमलदळ लोचन भवमोचन त्रिभुवनभवन निधान जय जय देव हरे॥५॥
जनकसुताकुचभूषण जित दूषण समरशमितदशकण्ड जय जय देव हरे॥६॥
अभिनवजलधर सुन्दर धृतमन्दर श्रीमुख चन्द्रचकोर जय जय देव हरे॥७॥
श्रीजयदेवकवेरितं कुरुते मुदं मङ्गल्मुज्ज्वलगीतं जय जय देव हरे॥ ८॥
॥इति महाकवि श्रीजयदेव विरचिते गीतगोविन्दे सामोददामोदरे द्वितीय अष्टपदी॥
shritakamalaakuchamaNDana dhR^itakunDala kalitalaLitavanamaalaa jaya jaya deva hare ..1..
dinamaNi maNDalamaNDana bhavakhaNDana munijanamaanasa haMsa jaya jaya deva hare ..2..
kaaLiyaviSadharabha~njana janara~njana yadukulanaLinadinesha jaya jaya deva hare ..3..
madhu mura naraka vinaashana garuDaasana surakulakeLinidhaana jaya jaya deva hare ..4..
amalakamaladaLa lochana bhavamochana tribhuvanabhavana nidhaana jaya jaya deva hare ..5..
janakasutaakuchabhuuSaNa jita duuSaNa samarashamitadashakaNDa jaya jaya deva hare ..6..
abhinavajaladhara sundara dhR^itamandara shriimukha chandrachakora jaya jaya deva hare ..7..
shriijayadevakaveritaM kurute mudaM ma~NgalmujjwalagiitaM jaya jaya deva hare.. 8..
..iti mahaakavi shriijayadeva virachite giitagovinde saamodadaamodare dvitiiya aSTapadii ..
This is an Ashtapadi where Sri Jayadeva describes the whole glory of Maadhava.. in Sopana Sangeetham and great art forms like Kathakali, this ashtapadi is rendered as the mangalaslokam... Today is Guruvayurapaan's day.. his own Ekadasi.. my humble pranams for His welfare because the whole world can be in good stead only if that black fellow is happy.
Victory to you, Victory to you, Oh Lord Hari..
You the amorous lover holding the breast of Lakshmi the Kamala, you having your resplendent ear ornaments, adorning the beautiful garland of thulasi and other flowers,
you, the most exalted adornment for the orb of the sun, you, the remover of the mundane pathos of your devotees, you the swan shining in the lotus of the learned sages,
you, the shatterer of the poison fangs of Kaaliya the snake, you the rejoicer of the hearts of one and all with your glorious lore, you the sun for the lotus that is called the yadu clan,
you the destroyer or demons madhu, mura and naraka, you the occupant of the back of the lord of birds Garuda, you the sole cause for the rejoicing of the numerous gods and their clans,
you the possessor of eyes shaped like flawless petals of a fresh lotus, you the destroyer of the sins and sufferings of the devotees, you who contains and protects the three worlds in your belly during the deluges at the end of eons,
you, the playful handler of the breast of the daughter of Janaka, you the vanquisher or Dhooshana, you the slayer of the ten-headed Ravana at the end of a fierce battle,
you the possessor of freshly black beauty like the newly formed black cloud, you the supporter of Mandhara mountain during the churning of the milky ocean, you the chakora bird which drinks the face of the moon that is Lakshmi,
The above song which is sung by the Poet Jayadeva may endow all of us with happiness and mangalam
( there is no word to translate the meaning of this word to English)
The writing is by a poet who has realised Krishna and witnessed His playful activities. So whatever he writes, in devotion or in sringaararasam is equally sacred. The amorous union of prakriti and purusha is the basis for the existence of this world.. We are mere constituents and the exalted souls like this poet are well within their rights to describe their master in whatever way they want.
Sree Krishnaarapanam.
सञ्चरदधरसुधामधुरध्वनि मुखरितमोहनवंशं
the seven slokas of rukmini
with due apology I have to submit that there was some mistake in the last stanza of the pdf document. the correct document is uploadad. I have to state that my own fingering errors, added to some unstable behaviors of Itrans. difficulties in transliteration from malayalam to devanaagari all contributed to this. In my enthusiasm to circulate the heavenly stotra I did things in a hurry... but it is not an excuse. thanks. I am uploading the corrected version
श्रुत्वा गुणान् भुवनसुन्दर शृण्वतां ते
निर्विश्य कर्णविवरैर्हरतोऽङ्गतापं।
रूपं दृशं दृशिमतां अखिलार्थलाभं
त्वय्यच्युताविशति चित्तमपत्रपं मे॥१
śrutvā guṇān bhuvanasundara śṛṇvatāṁ te
nirviśya karṇavivarairharato'ṅgatāpaṁ|
rūpaṁ dṛśaṁ dṛśimatāṁ akhilārthalābhaṁ
tvayyacyutāviśati cittamapatrapaṁ me||1
का त्वा मुकुन्द महती कुलशीलरूप
विद्यावयोद्रविणदामभिरात्मतुल्यं।
धीरा पतिं कुलवती न वृणीत कन्या
काले नृसिंह नरलोकमनोऽभिरामं॥२
kā tvā mukunda mahatī kulaśīlarūpa
vidyāvayodraviṇadāmabhirātmatulyaṁ|
dhīrā patiṁ kulavatī na vṛṇīta kanyā
kāle nṛsiṁha naralokamano'bhirāmaṁ||2
तन्मे भवान् खलु वृतः पतिरङ्ग जाया-
मात्मार्पितश्च भवतोऽत्र विभो विधेहि।
मा वीरभागमभिमर्शतु चैद्य आरात्-
गोमायुवद् मृगपतेर्बलिमंबुजाक्ष॥३
tanme bhavān khalu vṛtaḥ patiraṅga jāyā-
mātmārpitaśca bhavato'tra vibho vidhehi|
mā vīrabhāgamabhimarśatu caidya ārat-
gomāyuvad mṛgapaterbalimaṁbujākṣa||3
पूर्तेष्टदत्तनियमव्रतदेवविप्र-
गुर्वर्च्चनादिभिरलं भगवान् परेशः।
आराधितो यदि गदाग्रज एत्य पाणिं
गृह्ण्णातु मे न दमघोषसुतादयोऽन्न्ये॥४
pūrteṣṭadattaniyamavratadevavipra-
gurvarccanādibhiralaṁ bhagavān pareśaḥ|
ārādhito yadi gadāgraja etya pāṇiṁ
gṛhṇṇātu me na damaghoṣasutādayo'nnye||4
श्वोभाविनि त्वमजितोद्वहने विदर्भान्
गुप्तः समेत्य पृतनपतिभिः परीतः।
निर्म्मथ्य चैद्यमगधेन्द्रबलं प्रसह्य
मां राक्षसेन विधिनोद्वह वीर्यशुल्कां॥५
śvobhāvini tvamajitodvahane vidarbhān
guptaḥ sametya pṛtanapatibhiḥ parītaḥ|
nirmmathya caidyamagadhendrabalaṁ prasahya
māṁ rākṣasena vidhinodvaha vīryaśulkāṁ||5
अन्तःपुरान्तरचरीमनिहत्य बन्धुं
स्त्वामुद्वहे कथमिति प्रवदाम्युपायं।
पूर्वेद्युरस्ति महती कुलदेवियात्रा
यस्यां बहिर्न्नवावधूर्ग्गिरिजामुपेयात्॥६
antaḥpurāntaracarīmanihatya bandhuṁ
stvāmudvahe kathamiti pravadāmyupāyaṁ|
pūrvedyurasti mahatī kuladeviyātrā
yasyāṁ bahirnnavāvadhūrggirijāmupeyāt||6
यस्याङ्घ्रिपङ्कजरजस्नपनं महान्तो
वाञ्चन्त्युमापतिरिव्वत्मतमोपहत्यै
यर्ह्यम्बुजाक्ष न लभेय भवत्प्रादं
जह्यामसून् व्रतकृशान् शतजन्मभिः स्यात्॥७
yasyāṅghripaṅkajarajasnapanaṁ mahānto
vāñcantyumāpatirivvatmatamopahatyai
yarhyambujākṣa na labheya bhavatprādaṁ
jahyāmasūn vratakṛśān śatajanmabhiḥ syāt||7
(Srimad Bhagavatamahapuranam Dashamaskanadm Chapter 52--slokas 37 to 43)
( श्रीमद भागवतमहापुराणे दशमस्कन्दे अध्यायः 52 श्लोकाः 37--43)
Meaning of the seven slokas which Rukmini sent to Krishna ( free translation avoiding technicalities to the extent possible)
Krishna, you are the most attractive person in the whole universe, and having listened to your glories which enter one's thought through the ears and destroys all woes of the body and mind, and Oh Achyutha, my shameless mind dwells upon you incapable of being wrenched away from your beautiful form which is the ultimate thing for anyone to set his eyes upon and that form bestows on all eternal fortune.
Oh Mukunda, which girl , who has some strength of mind, who is born of high family , and in at least some way comparable to you in upbringing, character beauty, education ,age, wealth and status would not simply woo you by mind, you who looks like a lion in human form (you were once Narasaimha) and who are simply enchanting to the minds of all the living beings in this world.
Therefore, you please accept me who has by my own will accepted you as my husband in mind and has simply placed my body and soul at your lotus feet, as you are the granter of all boons. Now I belong to you. Don't permit the king of Chedhi the Sisupala to take possession of me. It will be like a wily jackal stealing away the royal food earmarked for the consumption of the Lion.
If it a fact that you, the Lord of the Universe, have been worshiped by me with full devotion through good deeds like digging of ponds and lakes, offering to fire, through gifts to deserving people, through pilgrimages, through offerings to Brahmins on auspicious occasions, through worship of Brahmins, gods and preceptors, then you must immediately reach here and take possession of me through accepting my hands. My hands should not be dirtied by an evil fellow like sisupala.
You Krishna the unconquerable, you please come over to Vidharabha tomorrow itself without being noticed by anyone. You must annihilate or defeat the Sisupala and his retinue with your own valour and marry me through the rakshasa method as a prize for your valour.
If you are wondering how you can enter the palace at Vidarbha and accept me without causing damage to the lives of my relatives, I shall inform you the right way. On the eve of the marriage day there is a big procession to the Durga temple . Accompanying that procession, me the bride, will be going to the Parvati temple for worship.
My Krishna, gods like the husband of Uma are eagerly awaiting to bathe themselves in the dust of your feet so that their own weaknesses will be removed. If it is my fate that I am not fortunate to get the protection from such great Krishna, I will kill myself through severe austerities in this life and will be born in hundreds of future lives till I attain your company.
An important Note
In Bhagavatham, there is nowhere any indication that Rukmini sent a letter to Krishna..She only sent a brahmin as emissary with the above message.
But then there is an interesting story behind the theory that there was a letter. It concerns the celebrated devotee of Guruvayurappan, Poonthanam Nambuthiri. It is heard that Poonthanam, though an ardent devotee of Guruvayurappan, was not a scholar in Sankrit by any standards. However in his great devotion to Guruvayurappan, he used to narrate the story of Bhagavatham in the temple precincts at Guruvayur.. As an innocent remark, Poonthanam once stated during his narration that Rukmini sent a letter with the above message to Krishna through the brahmin. An intolerant brahmin scholar, intent on humiliating Poonthanam in pulic, raised the issue as to where it was written in Bhagavatham that there was a letter.
Then there came the voice of Guruvayurappan from His Sreekovil..
" Is it said in Bhagavatham that there is no such letter? I know there was a letter because I sent it"
This episode is narrated vividly in the Aitihyamala of Kottarathil Sankunni.
(chapter 45 --Poonthanathu Namboothiree)
Beauty of the Black
Beauty of the Black
Dark clouds are murmuring in the twilight sky..
The forest landscape is rendered black with thick growth of rosewood trees.
The cowherds, and that dark boy too, are assembled in those thickets
Nanda tells Radhika.. “This timid boy is afraid of darkness and the night.
.Therefore you carry him home”
That nubile damsel carries that ever naughty urchin on her laps and moves towards home.
On the way, in the banks of Yamuna with water flowing dark and deep
In the bowers adorned with dark shooting branches, the boy grows as a youth
And Radha and Madhava play there the secret games of love
May that love protect us
(From Gita Govindam)
मेघैर्मेदुरमंबरं वनभुवः श्यामाः तमालद्रुमैः
नक्तं भीरुरयं तदेव तमिमं राधे गृहं प्रापय
इत्थं नन्दनिदेषतः स्थलितयोः प्रत्यग्रकुञ्जद्रुमं
राधामाधवयोः जयन्ति यमुनाकूले रहः केळयः
meghair medhuram ambaram vanabhuvaH shyaamaaH tamaaldrumaiH
naktam bheerurayam tadeva tamimam raadhe griham praapaya
ittham nand nidesathasthalithayoh pratyagrakunjadrumam
raadhamaadhavayoh jayanti yamunaakooley rahah kelayaH..
Friday, August 10, 2012
Raadhe, you enter the presence of Maadhava
मञ्जुतरकुञ्जतलकेळिसदने इहविलसररतिरभसहसितवदने- प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं।१
नवभवदशोकदळशयनसारे इहविलसकुचकलशतरलहारे - प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं।२
मधुमुदितमधुपकुलकलितरावे इहविलसमदनरससरसभावे- प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ३
कुसुमचयरचितशुचिववासगेहे इहविलसकुसुमसुकुमारगेहे -प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ४
चलमलयमृदुपवनसुरभिशीते इहविलसरतिवलित लळितगीते -प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ५
मधुरतरपिकनिकरनिनदमुखरे इहविलस दशनरुचिविजितशिखरे॥प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ६
विततबहुवल्लिनव पल्लवघने इहविलस चिरमलसपीनजघने प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं।७
विहितपद्मावती सुखसमाजे भणति जयदेवकविराजराजे कुरुमुरारे मङ्गलशतानि।८
इति श्रीजयदेवकविराजविरचिते गीतगोविन्दमहाकव्ये अष्ठपदी २१
mañjutarakuñjatalakeḻisadane ihavilasararatirabhasahasitavadane- praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ |1
navabavadaśokadaḻaśayanasāre ihavilasakucakalaśataralahāre - praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ |2
madhumuditamadhupakulakalitarāve ihavilasamadanarasasarasabhāve- praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 3
kusumacayaracitaśucivavāsagehe ihavilasakusumasukumāragehe -praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 4
calamalayamṛdupavanasurabhiśīte ihavilasarativalita laḻitagītee -praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 5
madhuratarapikanikaraninadamukhare ihavilasa daśanarucivijitaśikhare|praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 6
vitatabahuvallinava pallavaghane ihavilasa ciramalasapīnajaghane praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ |7
vihitapadmāvatī sukhasamāje bhaṇati jayadevakavirājarāje kurumurāre maṅgalaśatāni|8
iti śrījayadevakavirājaviracite gītagovindamahākavye aṣṭhapadī 21
This the the 21st Astapadi in Jayadeva's Gitagovindam, the romantic fake quarrel between Radha and Krishna coming to an end and Radha is prodded to enter into a beautiful bower in the precincts of the bands of Yamuna.. Her Madhava is waiting for her all lovelorn.
Laughing excitedly in expectation of the consummation of your love with HIm, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower made of wild tendrils and leaves and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 1
With your your young breast throbbing under the garland of fresh pearls, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower adorned with ashoka flowers and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 2
With your mind full of erotic thought of His company, Radhe you enter the beautiful bower where the bramaras (beetles) drunk with the honey of the flowers decorating your rendezvous are flying around in intoxication. and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 3
With your body as beautiful and tender as a bunch of flowers, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower whose inside is built wit myriad fragrant flowers and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 4
With your sweet lips humming melodies of love, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower which is fragrant and with the gentle cool breeze of the mount Malaya
and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 5
With the lustre of your teeth defeaing the gem Manikyam (white or transparent ruby which shines in light ), Radhe you enter the beautiful bower of soft tendrils, which is reverberating with the song of groups of cuckoo birds, to enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 6
With your very heavy hips, you enter the beautiful bower which is shining with freshly grown tendrils and young leaves, to enjoy the company of your Mahdava.7
You Krishna the slayer of the demon Mura, may you pleased to to shower you Grace on all the devotes and singers of this lyric composed by Jayadeva the emporer of poets and dearest husband of Padmavati.8
The arrangement of words in this lyric.. both a love poem as well as a composition expectantly awaiting the union of Radha and Madhava, which union is the source of the whole universe.... is beautiful beyond description.. The beauty of the verse, sure, can never be captured in full after translation from Sanskrit to any other language.
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मधुमुदितमधुपकुलकलितरावे इहविलसमदनरससरसभावे- प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ३
कुसुमचयरचितशुचिववासगेहे इहविलसकुसुमसुकुमारगेहे -प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ४
चलमलयमृदुपवनसुरभिशीते इहविलसरतिवलित लळितगीते -प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ५
मधुरतरपिकनिकरनिनदमुखरे इहविलस दशनरुचिविजितशिखरे॥प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ६
विततबहुवल्लिनव पल्लवघने इहविलस चिरमलसपीनजघने प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं।७
विहितपद्मावती सुखसमाजे भणति जयदेवकविराजराजे कुरुमुरारे मङ्गलशतानि।८
इति श्रीजयदेवकविराजविरचिते गीतगोविन्दमहाकव्ये अष्ठपदी २१
mañjutarakuñjatalakeḻisadane ihavilasararatirabhasahasitavadane- praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ |1
navabavadaśokadaḻaśayanasāre ihavilasakucakalaśataralahāre - praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ |2
madhumuditamadhupakulakalitarāve ihavilasamadanarasasarasabhāve- praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 3
kusumacayaracitaśucivavāsagehe ihavilasakusumasukumāragehe -praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 4
calamalayamṛdupavanasurabhiśīte ihavilasarativalita laḻitagītee -praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 5
madhuratarapikanikaraninadamukhare ihavilasa daśanarucivijitaśikhare|praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 6
vitatabahuvallinava pallavaghane ihavilasa ciramalasapīnajaghane praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ |7
vihitapadmāvatī sukhasamāje bhaṇati jayadevakavirājarāje kurumurāre maṅgalaśatāni|8
iti śrījayadevakavirājaviracite gītagovindamahākavye aṣṭhapadī 21
This the the 21st Astapadi in Jayadeva's Gitagovindam, the romantic fake quarrel between Radha and Krishna coming to an end and Radha is prodded to enter into a beautiful bower in the precincts of the bands of Yamuna.. Her Madhava is waiting for her all lovelorn.
Laughing excitedly in expectation of the consummation of your love with HIm, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower made of wild tendrils and leaves and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 1
With your your young breast throbbing under the garland of fresh pearls, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower adorned with ashoka flowers and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 2
With your mind full of erotic thought of His company, Radhe you enter the beautiful bower where the bramaras (beetles) drunk with the honey of the flowers decorating your rendezvous are flying around in intoxication. and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 3
With your body as beautiful and tender as a bunch of flowers, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower whose inside is built wit myriad fragrant flowers and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 4
With your sweet lips humming melodies of love, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower which is fragrant and with the gentle cool breeze of the mount Malaya
and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 5
With the lustre of your teeth defeaing the gem Manikyam (white or transparent ruby which shines in light ), Radhe you enter the beautiful bower of soft tendrils, which is reverberating with the song of groups of cuckoo birds, to enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 6
With your very heavy hips, you enter the beautiful bower which is shining with freshly grown tendrils and young leaves, to enjoy the company of your Mahdava.7
You Krishna the slayer of the demon Mura, may you pleased to to shower you Grace on all the devotes and singers of this lyric composed by Jayadeva the emporer of poets and dearest husband of Padmavati.8
The arrangement of words in this lyric.. both a love poem as well as a composition expectantly awaiting the union of Radha and Madhava, which union is the source of the whole universe.... is beautiful beyond description.. The beauty of the verse, sure, can never be captured in full after translation from Sanskrit to any other language.
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Sunday, May 06, 2012
beauty of darkness and the black cloud
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥१
त्वदभिसरणरभसेन वलन्ती पतति पदानि कियन्ति चलन्ती।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥२॥
विहितविशदविसकिसलयवलया जीवति परमिह तवरतिकलया।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥३॥
मुहुरवलोकनमण्डनलीला मधुरिपुरहमिति भावनशीला।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥४॥
त्वरितमुपैति न कथमभिसारं हरिरितिवदति सखीमनुवारं।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥५॥
श्लिष्यति चुंबति जलधरकल्पं हरिरुपगत इति तिमिरमनल्पं।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥६॥
भवति विळम्बिनि विगळितलज्जा विलपति रोदिति वासकलज्जा।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥७॥
श्रीजयदेवकवेरिदमुदितं रसिकजनं तनुतामतिमुदितम्।
नाथ हरे! सीदति राधा वासगृहे॥८॥
इति श्रीजयदेवकविराजविरचिते गीतगोविन्दे अष्टपदी १२
paśyati diśi diśi rahasi bhavantaṁ tvadadharamadhuramadhūnipibantaṁ|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||1
tvadabhisaraṇarabhasena valantī patati padāni kiyanti calantī|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||2||
vihitaviśadavisakisalayavalayā jīvati paramiha tavaratikalayā|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||3||
muhuravalokanamaṇḍanalīlā madhuripurahamiti bhāvanaśīlā|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||4||
tvaritamupaiti na kathamabhisāraṁ hariritivadati sakhīmanuvāraṁ|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||5||
śliṣyati cuṁbati jaladharakalpaṁ harirupagata iti timiramanalpaṁ|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||6||
bhavati viḻambini vigaḻitalajjā vialpati roditi vāsakalajjā|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||7||
śrījayadevakaveridamuditaṁ rasikajanaṁ tanutāmatimuditam|
nātha hare sīdati rādhā vāsagṛhe||8||
iti śrījayadevakavirājaviracite gītagovinde aṣṭapadī 12
This is a very beautiful song of separation from Jayadevas Giitagovinda.. Here Radha is undergoing the pangs of separation from Krishna and at the same time is in desperation and anger mixed with love for Krishna because she had been informed by her friends that the debonair lover is having a nice time with other girls. Radha is never pleased with such activities of Krishna but then her love for Him is eternal..So she is left in a state where she is smouldered by the fire of separation from Krishna.
The condition of Radha is explained to Madhava in detail by a friend and emissary who has approached the lover who has gone away in mock estrangement.
1. You Hari the master, Radha is visualizing that you are engaged in kissing and loving other girls in secret places and they are drinking the nectar of your lips. So she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart.
2. You Hari the master, Radha made a brave attempt to come in search of you, but out of sorrow and tiredness she has fallen down in her place even while she was taking a few steps towards your rendezvous. Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
3.You Hari the master, Radha is being burnt by the fire of love but she is just remaining alive in her place covering herself with cooling aids like covering her body with the stalks of the lotus, just keeping alive in the desperated hope that you will come back to her and love her to hear hearts content. Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
4. You Hari the master, she has adorned herself in exquisite clothes and jewellery in the expectation that she will be receiving you in her place, and she is hallucinating that the jewellery and other adornments represent you and so she is herself Madhava..Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
5.You Hari the master, as if in a stupour she is repeatedly asking the friends why You are not coming to her and giving her love. Thus she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
6. You Hari, the master, Radha, in her hallucination is seeing you in the darkness of her abode which is resembling the blackest cloud, you the personification of the beauty of blackness and is making mock embraces and giving kisses to that darkness. Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
7. You Hari, the master, she has kept her abode clean, and has adorned herself to the greatest beauty in the expectation that she will be receiving you immediately, but now desperate that you have not yet visited her, she is shedding tears. Therefore she is sitting in her bower in utter sorrow with a broken heart
8. May this beautiful song of Jayadeva describing the vipralamba state of Radha, please the hearts of all the readers and shower on them the blessings of Hari.
Gitagovindam can be taken as simply a series of songs describing the separation of two lovers who loved each other too warmly. But there is the undercurrent of the mundane bhakta seeking the Divine Madhava.. which idea has made the Kavya immortal.
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Radha saw her Krishna
जलनिधिमिवविधुमण्डलदर्शन तरळिततुङ्गतरङ्गं
हरिमेकरसं चिरमभिलषित विलासं
सा ददर्श गुरुहर्षवशंवदहृदयमनङ्गविलासं॥१॥
हारममलतरमुरसि दधतं परिलम्ब्य विदूरं।
स्फुटतरफेनकदम्बकरम्बितमिव यमुनाजलपूरं॥२॥
श्यामळमृदुलकळेभरमण्डल परिहितगौरदुकूलम्
नीलनळिनमिव पीतपरागपटलभरपरिगतमूलं॥३॥
तरलद्ऱ्इगञ्चलचलनमनोहरवदनजनितरतिरागं
स्फुटकमलोदरखेलितखञ्जनयुगमिव शरदि तटाकं॥४
वदनकमलपरिशीलनमिळितमिहिरसमकुण्डल शोभं
स्मितरुचिरुचिरसमुज्ज्वलिताधरपल्लवकृतरतिलोभं॥५॥
शशिकिरणच्छुरितोदरसुन्दरसकुसुमकेशं
तिमिरोदितविधुमण्डलनिर्म्मलमलयजतिलकनिवेशं॥६॥
विपुलपुळकभरदन्तुरितं रतिकेलिकल्ल्भिधीरं
मणिगणकिरणसमूहसमुज्ज्वलभूषण्सुभगशरीरं॥७॥
श्रीजयदेवभणितविभवद्विगुणीकृतभूषणभारं
प्रणमत हृदि विनिधाय हरिं सुचिरं सुकृतोदयसारं॥८॥
श्रीजयदेवकृते गीतगोविन्दे अष्टपदी २२
rādhāvadanavilokanavikasita vividhavilāsa vibhaṅgaṁ
jalanidhimivavidhumaṇḍaladarśana taraḻitatuṅgataraṅgaṁ
harimekarasaṁ ciramabhilaṣita vilāsaṁ
sā dadarśa guruharṣavaśaṁvadahṛdayamanaṅgavilāsaṁ||1||
hāramamalataramurasi dadhataṁ parilambya vidūraṁ|
sphuṭataraphenakadambakarambitamiva yamunājalapūraṁ||2||
śyāmaḻamṛdulakaḻebharamaṇḍala parihitagauradukūlam
nīlanaḻinamiva pītaparāgapaṭalabharaparigatamūlaṁ||3||
taraladigañcalacalanamanoharavadanajanitaratirāgaṁ
sphuṭakamalodarakhelitakhañjanayugamiva śaradi taṭākaṁ||4
vadanakamalapariśīlanamiḻitamihirasamakuṇḍala śobhaṁ
smitarucirucirasamujjvalitādharapallavakṛtaratilobhaṁ||5||
śaśikiraṇacchuritodarasundarasakusumakeśaṁ
timiroditavidhumaṇḍalanirmmalamalayajatilakaniveśaṁ||6||
vipulapuḻakabharadanturitaṁ ratikelikallbhidhīraṁ
maṇigaṇakiraṇasamūhasamujjvalabhūṣaṇsubhagaśarīraṁ||7||
śrījayadevabhaṇitavibhavadviguṇīkṛtabhūṣaṇabhāraṁ
praṇamata hṛdi vinidhāya hariṁ suciraṁ sukṛtodayasāraṁ||8||
śrījayadevakṛte gītagovinde aṣṭapadī 22
Geetagovindam of Jayadeva is the description of the strange and sweet relationship of Radha and Krishna, full of yearning for each other and at the same time a saga of self-mortification through separation from one one another for frivolous causes with all eagerness to get united.. they seem very far from each other when they are near and they are so close to each other when they are separated. It is also the yearning of the seeker for the ultimate being sought after, the search of prakriti and purusha to unite with each other and make the universe perfect....
The twenty-second Ashtapadi is where after a lot of lovelorn reprimands and anxious separations Hari the lover and Radha his dearest, meet one another. How that Radha saw Hari in that state of near fulfilment is the content of this Kalyana Ashtapadi.
That Radha saw Hari whose only desire at that moment was to get united with her.. the moment He was awaiting with eagerness for a long time now..His only object of love at that moment was Radha.. on seeing her face, He is alternately subjected to myriad emotions like disability to move, sweating, raising goose pimples and so on..it like the ocean raising all its waves towards the full moon at the moment of tide.
He wore a long garland full of pearls that made His pitch-black body resemble the river Kalindi which is very murky and black but shines with pure white foam on its surface.
He shone like a black lily flower with dark and soft petals which was partially covered by a yellow silken cloth resembling yellow hued spores of that dark flower.
His dark pair of eyes were just wandering fast left to right having glimpse at the attractive face of Radha.. and he looked like a lake with a pair of Khanjanika birds swimming blissfully over its waters.
His face was like a red lotus ( for a dark face like His to become red like a lotus should definitely mean the intensity of his yearning for Radha), flanked by two earrings which shone like two suns and His lovesome lips were tremulous with the insatiable desire for union with His love...Radha
He was adoring his hair with pure white flowers and it gave an impression of the rays of moon peeping out of the covers of dark cloud. His face shone like the moon which had just come out fresh from out of a cover of dark clouds.
And to top it all, the lord of the whole universe in His excited state of mind in full expectation of an ideal communion with Radha, was totally bereft of any boldness... completely given to sweet anxiety of expectation.. Radha saw him adorned in all the valuable gems and other embellishments, eager to take possession of the real gem he yearned for .. Radha
This tribute of Jayadeva to the eager expectation of Krishna in His union with Radha is an additional ornament offered to Hari.
Let offer pranams to that Hari whose beauty is enhanced by the nearness of Radha and is further enhanced by the tribute of this Jayadeva.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
jaya jaya deva hare
श्रितकमलाकुचमण्डन धृतकुण्डल कलितलळितवनमाला जय जय देव हरे॥१॥
दिनमणि मण्डलमण्डन भवखण्डन मुनिजनमानस हंस जय जय देव हरे॥२॥
काळियविषधरभञ्जन जनरञ्जन यदुकुलनळिनदिनेश जय जय देव हरे॥३॥
मधु मुर नरक विनाशन गरुडासन सुरकुलकेळिनिधान जय जय देव हरे॥४॥
अमलकमलदळ लोचन भवमोचन त्रिभुवनभवन निधान जय जय देव हरे॥५॥
जनकसुताकुचभूषण जित दूषण समरशमितदशकण्ड जय जय देव हरे॥६॥
अभिनवजलधर सुन्दर धृतमन्दर श्रीमुख चन्द्रचकोर जय जय देव हरे॥७॥
श्रीजयदेवकवेरितं कुरुते मुदं मङ्गल्मुज्ज्वलगीतं जय जय देव हरे॥ ८॥
॥इति महाकवि श्रीजयदेव विरचिते गीतगोविन्दे सामोददामोदरे द्वितीय अष्टपदी॥
shritakamalaakuchamaNDana dhR^itakunDala kalitalaLitavanamaalaa jaya jaya deva hare ..1..
dinamaNi maNDalamaNDana bhavakhaNDana munijanamaanasa haMsa jaya jaya deva hare ..2..
kaaLiyaviSadharabha~njana janara~njana yadukulanaLinadinesha jaya jaya deva hare ..3..
madhu mura naraka vinaashana garuDaasana surakulakeLinidhaana jaya jaya deva hare ..4..
amalakamaladaLa lochana bhavamochana tribhuvanabhavana nidhaana jaya jaya deva hare ..5..
janakasutaakuchabhuuSaNa jita duuSaNa samarashamitadashakaNDa jaya jaya deva hare ..6..
abhinavajaladhara sundara dhR^itamandara shriimukha chandrachakora jaya jaya deva hare ..7..
shriijayadevakaveritaM kurute mudaM ma~NgalmujjwalagiitaM jaya jaya deva hare.. 8..
..iti mahaakavi shriijayadeva virachite giitagovinde saamodadaamodare dvitiiya aSTapadii ..
This is an Ashtapadi where Sri Jayadeva describes the whole glory of Maadhava.. in Sopana Sangeetham and great art forms like Kathakali, this ashtapadi is rendered as the mangalaslokam... Today is Guruvayurapaan's day.. his own Ekadasi.. my humble pranams for His welfare because the whole world can be in good stead only if that black fellow is happy.
Victory to you, Victory to you, Oh Lord Hari..
You the amorous lover holding the breast of Lakshmi the Kamala, you having your resplendent ear ornaments, adorning the beautiful garland of thulasi and other flowers,
you, the most exalted adornment for the orb of the sun, you, the remover of the mundane pathos of your devotees, you the swan shining in the lotus of the learned sages,
you, the shatterer of the poison fangs of Kaaliya the snake, you the rejoicer of the hearts of one and all with your glorious lore, you the sun for the lotus that is called the yadu clan,
you the destroyer or demons madhu, mura and naraka, you the occupant of the back of the lord of birds Garuda, you the sole cause for the rejoicing of the numerous gods and their clans,
you the possessor of eyes shaped like flawless petals of a fresh lotus, you the destroyer of the sins and sufferings of the devotees, you who contains and protects the three worlds in your belly during the deluges at the end of eons,
you, the playful handler of the breast of the daughter of Janaka, you the vanquisher or Dhooshana, you the slayer of the ten-headed Ravana at the end of a fierce battle,
you the possessor of freshly black beauty like the newly formed black cloud, you the supporter of Mandhara mountain during the churning of the milky ocean, you the chakora bird which drinks the face of the moon that is Lakshmi,
The above song which is sung by the Poet Jayadeva may endow all of us with happiness and mangalam
( there is no word to translate the meaning of this word to English)
The writing is by a poet who has realised Krishna and witnessed His playful activities. So whatever he writes, in devotion or in sringaararasam is equally sacred. The amorous union of prakriti and purusha is the basis for the existence of this world.. We are mere constituents and the exalted souls like this poet are well within their rights to describe their master in whatever way they want.
Sree Krishnaarapanam.
Monday, November 21, 2011
that Hari is playing flute and dancing...
सञ्चरदधरसुधामधुरध्वनि मुखरितमोहनवंशं
चलितदृगञ्चल चञ्चलमौलिकपोलविलोलवतंसं।
रासे हरिरिह विहितविलासं स्मरति मनो मम कृतपरिहासं॥
जयदेव विरचितं अष्टपदी ५--१
sañcaradadharasudhāmadhuradhva
calitadṛgañcala cañcalamaulikapolavilolavataṁs
rāse haririha vihitavilāsaṁ smarati mano mama kṛtaparihāsaṁ||
jayadeva viracitaṁ aṣṭapadi 5--1
With sweet vibrating lips He is playing that divine flute which gives out music more tasty than the ambrosia...
He brings out those enticing looks in His eyes which are binding all around Him in a mesmeric spell,
the attractive dark hair and the earrings touching His reddish blue cheeks also are moving to the rhythm..
and in His rasa lila, that naughty Hari is attracting my mind to Him against my own instincts..
and that smile which though sarcastic is prompting me to go beyond all limits to love Him...
my dear friend, please advice me if there is any way I will not fall like an intoxicated person to the enchanting love of that tricky debauch.. Hari..
so says Radha
Friday, May 20, 2011
Fine arts and music are divine
साहित्यसङ्गीतकलाविहीनः, साक्षात्पशुः पुच्छविषाणहीनः .
Lord Krishna's constant companion was his flute..He mesmerized the damsels and the mortals and in-animates in Brindavan and the whole universe with his sweet breath emanating through the divine flute. Leelasuka or Bilvamangala swamigal prays to this flute..
तृणं न खादन्नपि जीवमानः, तद्भागधेयं परमम्पशुनाम् .. १२..
saahityasangeethakalaavihiinah saakshaat pasuh puchchhavishaanahiinah
trinam na khadannapi jeevamaanah tad bhagadheyam paramam pasoonaam
a person with no taste for literature, music and fine arts is virtually a cow or some similar animal, with the only difference that the former has no tail or horns. It is indeed very fortunate for the animals that such persons do not start eating grass for food because if it happens the horned animals will have to die of starvation.
This sloka is found in some versions of Neetisatakam of Bharthruhari.
Our traditions are so great that every god in Hindu pantheon is adorned with a musical instrument. The lord of Lords, the Nataraja, is an adept in playing Dakkaa and Damaru... In fact the Indian alphabets are said to have emanated from the Lord Shiva's fingerings on the percussion instrument fourteen times. It is described as under.
नृत्तावसाने नटराजराजो ननाद ढक्कांनवपञ्चवारम्।
उद्धर्त्तुकामो सनकादिसिद्धादिनेतद्विमर्शेशिवसूत्रजालम्II
On conclusion of his tandavanritta, the emperor of dancers, Lord Nataraja with a view to enlighten the great sages like Sanaka, played nine and five times in his Dakka...(udukku the small drum held in his hand) and out came the shivasuutraas, which were later on adopted as the basis for the entire philology and phonetics of India.. The great grammarian Paanini starts his aphorisms with these suutras.
trinam na khadannapi jeevamaanah tad bhagadheyam paramam pasoonaam
a person with no taste for literature, music and fine arts is virtually a cow or some similar animal, with the only difference that the former has no tail or horns. It is indeed very fortunate for the animals that such persons do not start eating grass for food because if it happens the horned animals will have to die of starvation.
This sloka is found in some versions of Neetisatakam of Bharthruhari.
Our traditions are so great that every god in Hindu pantheon is adorned with a musical instrument. The lord of Lords, the Nataraja, is an adept in playing Dakkaa and Damaru... In fact the Indian alphabets are said to have emanated from the Lord Shiva's fingerings on the percussion instrument fourteen times. It is described as under.
नृत्तावसाने नटराजराजो ननाद ढक्कांनवपञ्चवारम्।
उद्धर्त्तुकामो सनकादिसिद्धादिनेतद्विमर्शेशिवसूत्रजालम्II
On conclusion of his tandavanritta, the emperor of dancers, Lord Nataraja with a view to enlighten the great sages like Sanaka, played nine and five times in his Dakka...(udukku the small drum held in his hand) and out came the shivasuutraas, which were later on adopted as the basis for the entire philology and phonetics of India.. The great grammarian Paanini starts his aphorisms with these suutras.
अक्षरसमाम्नाय:, शिवसूत्राणि
अ इ उण्
ऋ लृक्
ए ओंङ्
ऐ औच्
ह य व रट्
लण्
ञ म ङ ण नम्
झ भञ्
घ ढ धष्
ज ब ग ड दश्
ख फ छ ठ थ च ट तव्
कपय्
श ष सर्
हल्
इति माहेश्वराणि सूत्राणि अणादिसंज्ञार्थानि। एषामन्त्या इत:। हकारादिषु अकार: उच्चारणार्थ:। लण्मध्ये तु इत्संज्ञक:|
Lord Krishna's constant companion was his flute..He mesmerized the damsels and the mortals and in-animates in Brindavan and the whole universe with his sweet breath emanating through the divine flute. Leelasuka or Bilvamangala swamigal prays to this flute..
अयि मुरलि मुकुन्दस्मेरवक्त्रारविन्द
श्वसनमधुरसंज्ङे त्वाम् प्रणम्याद्य याचे।
अधरमणिसमीपम् प्राप्तवत्याम् भवत्याम्
कथय रहसि कर्णे मद्दशाम् नन्दसूनोः॥ २-११
श्वसनमधुरसंज्ङे त्वाम् प्रणम्याद्य याचे।
अधरमणिसमीपम् प्राप्तवत्याम् भवत्याम्
कथय रहसि कर्णे मद्दशाम् नन्दसूनोः॥ २-११
ayi murali mukundasmeravaktrāravinda
śvasanamadhurasaṁṅe tvām praṇamyādya yāce |
adharamaṇisamīpam prāptavatyām bhavatyām
kathaya rahasi karṇe maddaśām nandasūnoḥ || 2-11
śvasanamadhurasaṁṅe tvām praṇamyādya yāce |
adharamaṇisamīpam prāptavatyām bhavatyām
kathaya rahasi karṇe maddaśām nandasūnoḥ || 2-11
(Sree krishna karnamritham)
You sweet flute, you are in constant company with the sweet musical breath from Mukunda's lips at one tip of yours and you have his ears at the other tip. I offer pranams to you and beg to you.. When you are held near the gems of those lips, please be kind enough to whisper on His ears about the miserable state I am in.. so that He will shower his mercy upon me.
In Srimannaaraayaneeyam the Dashakam 69 on raasakriida is completely devoted to music and dance.
In Srimannaaraayaneeyam the Dashakam 69 on raasakriida is completely devoted to music and dance.
केशपाशधृतपिञ्छिकाविततिसञ्चलन्मकरकुण्डलं
हारजालवनमालिकाललितमङ्गरागघनसौरभम् ।
पीतचेलधृतकाञ्चिकाञ्चितमुदञ्चदंशुमणिनूपुरं
रासकेलिपरिभूषितं तव हि रूपमीश कलयामहे ॥१॥
हारजालवनमालिकाललितमङ्गरागघनसौरभम् ।
पीतचेलधृतकाञ्चिकाञ्चितमुदञ्चदंशुमणिनूपुरं
रासकेलिपरिभूषितं तव हि रूपमीश कलयामहे ॥१॥
A bunch of peacock feathers adorning the beautiful locks of hair; a pair of fish shaped earrings dangling from the ears; many necklaces intermingled with flower garlands adorning the neck; a golden girdle fastened to the yellow silk garment adorning the waist; sandal paste and other unguents smeared on the body emitting strong fragrance; gem studded anklets flashing forth a glow; on such a radiant form of Thee, with decorations appropriate for the Raasa, we meditate on.
Kaalidasa starts his Shyamalaa dandakam with a prayer to the Vaagdevata, Saraswathi.
माणिक्यवीणामुपलाळयन्तीं
मदालसां मञ्जुळ वाग्विलासां।
माहेन्द्रनीलद्युतिकोमळाङ्गीं
मातङ्गकन्यां मनसा स्मरामि॥
māṇikyavīṇāmupalāḻayantīṁ
madālasāṁ mañjuḻa vāgvilāsāṁ|
māhendranīladyutikomaḻāṅgīṁ
mātaṅgakanyāṁ manasā smarāmi||
I prostrate before Shyaamala, the daughter of maatanga....she nestles on her bosom a veena made of maanikya gem, she is supremely happy and relaxed , her words are very sweet and she is resplendent in the brighntess of indraneela (peacock blue).
The great poet Jayadeva is very vocal in describing the dance of Krishna in Gita govindam.
माणिक्यवीणामुपलाळयन्तीं
मदालसां मञ्जुळ वाग्विलासां।
माहेन्द्रनीलद्युतिकोमळाङ्गीं
मातङ्गकन्यां मनसा स्मरामि॥
māṇikyavīṇāmupalāḻayantīṁ
madālasāṁ mañjuḻa vāgvilāsāṁ|
māhendranīladyutikomaḻāṅgīṁ
mātaṅgakanyāṁ manasā smarāmi||
I prostrate before Shyaamala, the daughter of maatanga....she nestles on her bosom a veena made of maanikya gem, she is supremely happy and relaxed , her words are very sweet and she is resplendent in the brighntess of indraneela (peacock blue).
The great poet Jayadeva is very vocal in describing the dance of Krishna in Gita govindam.
ललितलवङ्गलतापरिशीलनकोमलमलयसमीरे ।
मधुकरनिकरकरम्बितकोकिलकूजितकुञ्जकुटीरे ।
विहरति हरिरिह सरसवसन्ते ।
नृत्यति युवतिजनेन समम् सखि विरहिजनस्य दुरन्ते धृवम्॥ अ प ३-१
मधुकरनिकरकरम्बितकोकिलकूजितकुञ्जकुटीरे ।
विहरति हरिरिह सरसवसन्ते ।
नृत्यति युवतिजनेन समम् सखि विरहिजनस्य दुरन्ते धृवम्॥ अ प ३-१
In this springtime gentle vernal breezes from Mount . M alaya, the abode of sandalwood trees, that swivel round the slim tendrils of clove gillyflower plants and the breeze hovers gently, interwoven with both the fragrances... in this springtime that has bowers made lively with the intermingled buzzes of honeybees swarm and croons of Kokila throngs... that Krishna whom you are seeking is gloriously frolicking and dancing with young girls in Brindavan right at this moment, for this is spring, isn't it... therefore, come on... let's go... lovelorn people are unrequited, otherwise... [astapadi 3-1]
The great tamil poet Arunagirinathar describes vividly the dance of Murugan, in Thiruppugazh :-
அதல சேட னாராட அகில மேரு மீதாட அபின காளி தானாட ...... அவளோடன் றதிர வீசி வாதாடும் விடையி லேறு வாராட அருகு பூத வேதாள ...... மவையாட மதுர வாணி தானாட மலரில் வேத னாராட மருவு வானு ளோராட ...... மதியாட வனச மாமி யாராட நெடிய மாம னாராட மயிலு மாடி நீயாடி ...... வரவேணும் கதைவி டாத தோள்வீம னெதிர்கொள் வாளி யால்நீடு கருத லார்கள் மாசேனை ...... பொடியாகக் கதறு காலி போய்மீள விஜய னேறு தேர்மீது கனக வேத கோடூதி ...... அலைமோதும் உததி மீதி லேசாயு முலக மூடு சீர்பாத உவண மூர்தி மாமாயன் ...... மருகோனே உதய தாம மார்பான ப்ரபுட தேவ மாராஜ னுளமு மாட வாழ்தேவர் ...... பெருமாளே. ......... சொல் விளக்கம் ......... அதல சேடனார் ... (பூமிக்கு கீழேயுள்ள) அதலத்தில் இருக்கும் ஆதிஸேஷன் ஆட ... நடனம் ஆடவும், அகில மேரு மீதாட ... பூமி மீதுள்ள மேருமலை அசைந்தாடவும், அபின (அபின்ன) ... மாறுபாடு இன்றி (சிவதாண்டவத்துக்கு) ஒற்றுமையாக காளி தானாட ... காளி தான் ஆடவும், அவளோ (டு) அன்(று) அதிர ... அக்காளியோடு அன்று அவள் அதிர்ந்து நடுங்கும்படி வீசி வாதாடும் ... (காலை ஊர்த்துவகோலத்தில்) வீசி போட்டியிட்டவரும் விடையில் ஏறுவார் ஆட ... ரிஷபத்தில் ஏறுவாரும் ஆகிய சிவனும் ஆடவும், அருகு பூத வேதாளம் அவையாட ... அருகில் பூதங்களும் பேய்களும் ஆடவும், மதுர வாணி தானாட ... இனிமை மிக்க ஸரஸ்வதியும் ஆடவும், மலரில் வேதனார் ஆட ... தாமரை மலரில் அமரும் பிரமனும் ஆடவும், மருவு வானு ளோராட ... அருகில் பொருந்திய தேவர்கள் எல்லாம் ஆடவும், மதியாட ... சந்திரன் ஆடவும், வனஜ மாமி யாராட ... தாமரையாள் நின் மாமியார் லக்ஷ்மியும் ஆடவும், நெடிய மாம னாராட ... விஸ்வரூபம் எடுத்த நின் மாமனார் விஷ்ணுவும் ஆடவும், மயிலும் ஆடி ... நீ ஏறிவரும் மயிலும் ஆடி, நீ ஆடி வரவேணும் ... நீ நடனம் ஆடி என்முன்னே வரவேண்டும்* கதை விடாத தோள் வீமன் ... கதாயுதத்தை தன் தோளினின்று அகற்றாத வீமன் எதிர்கொள் வாளியால் ... எதிர்த்துச் செலுத்திய அம்பு மழையில் நீடு கருதுலார்கள் ... பெரும் பகைவர்களின் (கெளரவர்கள்) மாசேனை பொடியாக ... பெரிய சேனை பொடிபட (உதவியவரும்), கதறு காலி போய்மீள ... கதறிச் சென்ற பசுக்கள் மீண்டுவரக் (குழலை ஊதியவரும்), விஜயன் ஏறு தேர்மீது ... அர்ச்சுனன் ஏறிய தேரின் பாகனாயிருந்து, கனக வேத கோடூதி ... தங்க மயமானதும், வேத ஒலியைத் தரும்சங்கை ஊதியவரும், அலைமோதும் உததி மீதிலே ... அலை வீசும் பாற்கடல் மீதிலே சாயும் ... (பாம்பணையில்) பள்ளி கொண்டவரும், உலக மூடு சீர்பாத ... (வாமனாவதாரத்தில்) உலகத்தை அளந்து மூடிய பாதத்தாரும், உவணம் ஊர்தி ... கருடனை வாகனமாகக் கொண்டவரும், மாமாயன் மருகோனே ... ஆன மாமாயன் திருமாலின் மருமகனே உதய தாம மார்பான ... அன்றலர்ந்த மலர் மாலையை அணிமார்பனாகிய ப்ரபுடதேவ மாராஜ ... (திருவண்ணாமலையை ஆண்ட) ப்ரபுட தேவ மஹாராஜனின் உளமும் ஆட ... உள்ளமும் மகிழ்ச்சியில் ஆடும் வண்ணம் வாழ் தேவர் பெருமாளே. ... அவனது நெஞ்சிலே வாழும் தேவர் பெருமாளே.
This song has great significance in the life of the great poet Arunagirinathar. The saint poet had a debate with one Sambanthaandan in the court of king Praputa Devaraya in Thiruvannamalai and when challenged to bring the Lord to the court failing which the saint's life was at stake, the poet sang his song and loving this Murugan appeared atop his peacock dancing merrily and gave darshan to all.
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