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CHAPTER3

        At the time of the birth of Krishna the whole world seemed to 
be happy. The directions looked bright  devoid of darkness as though 
the day is born. This implies that the manifestation of the Lord 
dispelled the darkness in the mind caused by ragadvesha and the 
hearts of the good became filled with the joy arising out of the 
understanding of the truth about the manifestation. Among the usual 
paraphernalia that is described in the puranas and ithihasas when 
some divine or extraordinary event happens, such as the apsars 
dancing the trumpets sounding the kinnaras singing in the 
devaloka,there was cool breeze blowing from the quarters and the 
clouds thundered  which was like the jayagosha by the devas.

        Here we see the poetic skill of Desika  who says that all the 
anxieties in the minds of all the people joined together like rivers 
and fell into the mind of Kamsa, who was the only one agitated to the 
utmost. Andal addresses the Lord as 'kamsan vayittril neruppenne 
ninra nedumaalE', the one who stood like fire in the stomach of Kamsa.

        Vasudeva became free from his shackles.'Rnaadhiva 
devakipathih amuchyatha srnkalathah' saysa Desika, comparingthe 
release from srnkala to that from debt. In fact the word 'rna' could 
mean debt as well as prarabdhakarma as the saying 
goes 'rnaanubandhasaarena pasupatni suthaalayaa,' ones acquisition of 
wealth ,son and property is according to prarabdhakarma. Desika 
asks, 'what is so wonderful about this in front of one who removes 
the shackles of all bondage?'

        Devaki was having Krishna on her lap and shone like a golden 
mountain which had a peak of indraneelamani,sapphire.Vasudeva saw 
Him, who had the colour of the sea, carrying sanka, conch, chakra the 
disc, gada,the mace and ambuja, a lotus. Vasudeva prayed to Him to 
hide His divine form lest Kamsa will come to know His true identity. 
He praised the Lord as the embodiment of the  veda, who had come to 
be born as his son due to his prayers in the previous birth. At the 
same time he was worried about His safety and begs Him to diguise 
Himself. That is the maya of the Lord!

        Then the Lord instructed Vasudeva to take Him to Gokula and 
leave Him there and bring the female child born to Yasodha to 
Mathura. Vasudeva took the infant , which the Lord changed Himself 
into, as requested and the prison gate opened and the guards were 
fast asleep. When he approached the street the  quarters became 
lighter due to the luster of the body of Krishna. Garuda circled 
around to ward off the evil forces and Adisesha followed spreading 
his hoods as an umbrella to protect from the rain.'sruthimayo vihagah 
parithah prabhum vyacharadhaasu vidhoothanisaacharah; anujagaama cha 
bhoodharapannagahsphuta phanamanidheepaganodvahah.' Garuda is 
sruthimaya , the personification of vedas, as Yamunacharya calls 
him 'vedhaathmaa vihagesvarah,' and the Sesha is referred to as 
Bhoodharapannaga, who followed giving light by the gems on his 
thousand hoods as though thinking that the Lord needed some light as 
He had contracted His own tejas.The significance of the word 
Bhoodharapannaga by Desika is that the Krishnavathara was for the 
purpose of lightening the burden of the earth which will also lighten 
the burden on the head os Sesha who is bhoodhara, bearer of the earth.

        Vasudeva carried Krishna as though on the gurudavahana and 
reached river Yamnna, directed by the moonlight. The land near Yamuna 
seemed to welcome Vasudeva  by its cool breeze to remove the fatigue 
and the buzzing of the bees, serving as the welcome song.

        The description of Yamauna when Vasudeva  approached the 
river  with Krishna brings the poetic fervour of Desika. He says that 
it looked as though the river is bemoaning the plight of the Lord 
which made Him take the guise of a mortal, feigning 
weakness, 'kuhakadhainyam.' The  lilies, 'asithaneeraja' were closing 
its eyes, petals, as the morning was approaching and the lotuses had 
not yet  started to bloom and the chakravaka couple, a kind of birds 
which become blind in the nigh,t were wailing , not being able to see 
one another. All this seemrd to indicate the mental anguish of 
Yamuna, savithuh sutha, the daughter of the Sun.' 
Nimishithaasithaneerajalochanaa mukulithaabjamukhee 
savithussuthaa;lulithadheenarathaangayugasvanaa kuhakadhainyam 
asochatheeva prabhoh.'

        The river throwing its waves here  and there looked as 
though, Yamuna , without knowing that all is the leela of the Lord, 
was throwing up her arms in distress, fearing Kamsa. Yamuna gave way 
to Vasudeva, looking high in the east and almost dry in the west. It 
makes the kavi wonder whether she wanted to ascend the vishnupada or 
was going to the Kalinda mountain, her father's abode. Thus vasudva 
crossed the river as if it was  jananasindhu, sea of birth, which he 
would cross obtaing the Lord as his offspring.


        





        

        

        

                







 
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