SrI KrishNa KarNAmrutham : 2.5

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Dear All :

 

In this slOkam , LeelA Sukhar salutes the Lord

(VeNugOpAlan) playing on the flute on the banks

of the river YamunA . The salutation takes the form :

" BrundhAvana sucharitham NandhagOpAla--

Soonum vandEh " ( adiyEn salutes the son of

NandhagOpa , who travelled around joyously

in BrundhAvanam playing His flute ) .

 

SlOkam 2.5

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angulyagrai: aruNa-kiraNai: muktha-samruddha randhram

vAram vAram vadhana-maruta: vENum-Aapoorayantham

vyatyasthangrim vikacha kamalacchAya vistAra nEthram

vandhE BrundhAvana-sucharitham NandhagOpAla-soonum

 

Prose Order ( Anvaya Kramam)

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aruNa-kiraNai: angulyagrai: vAram vAram

muktha-samruddha randhram , vENum Vadhana-

marudhA Aapoorayantham vyathyastha angrim

vikasa kamalacchAya visthAra BrundhAvana

sucharitham NandhagOpAla soonum VandhEh

 

Meaning and Commentaries

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This slOkam is a summary of the 21st Chapter

of the Dasama skandham of Srimath BhAgavatham.

PeriyAzhwAr was inspired by the slOkams of this

21st Chapter and composed his beautiful Paasurams

that extoll the greatness of the Lord's VeNu GhAnam

and its impact on all those who expeienced it .

 

The magic of KrishNa's flute sounding in the glens

and dales of BrindhAvanam during the autumn season

is described in this chapter of Dasama Skandham .

The VeNu music was love-inspiring to the Vraja women .

They recalled the beauty of the limbs of their Lord adorning

a peacock feather as a plume in His hair , KarnikAra

flowers as a decoration in one of His ears , Vyjayanthi

maalai around His shoulders and filling the holes of His

divine flute with the nectar from His mouth that His Devis

long for . The cattle , the trees and the Gopis who

heard this divine VeNu Naadham were in a state of

blissful trance . The cows and the calves stood

pinned to the spot and shed tears of joy . The birds

perched on the closest branches to drink in the beauty

of the Lord engaged in playing the flute . The waters of

Yamuna stood still . The clouds provided shade for

their Lord as they stopped their movement .

 

Leelaa Sukhar enjoys the VeNu GhAnam of

the Lord in many of the KrishNa KarNAnrutha

slOkams and this slOkam is one of them .

 

The Flute playing son of NandagOpan

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The key words of this slOkam are :

" BrundhAvana sucharitham NandagOpAla-

soonum (aham) vandhE " ( adiyEn prostrates

before the son of NandagOpAlan , who delights in

roaming in the forests of BrundhAvanam herding

the cattle and playing His flute) .

 

The rest of the slOkam visualizes VeNugOpAlan

standing in the PrathyAleeDam pose with one ankle

crossing over the other ( vyathyastha angrim) and

alternately opening and closing the holes of

His flute ( muktha-samruddha randhram) with

the tips of His rosy red fingers resembling

the rising sun at dawn (aruNa kiraNai:

angulyagrai: ) to fill the flute with the air

from His mouth ( vENum vadhana marutha:

Aapoorayantham) . His beautiful eyes at

the time of His flute playing were captivating

and wide like fully blossomed lotus flowers

( vikacha kamalacchAya visthAra nEthram) .

 

LeelA Sukhar offers his salutations to this

MangaLa VeNugOpAla Murthy enchanting

the residents of BrundhAvanam with His

divine VeNu ghAnam .

 

KrishNAya Thubhyam Nama:

Oppiliappan Koil VaradachAri Sadagopan