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Dear List Members :

You would enjoy additional reflections
on the Peacock feather on the tresses of
our KuttikkaNNan .

V.S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sudarshan madabushi" <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: [t'venkatam] Re: A question


>
> Dear friends,
>
> This is a good question full of intense
> "rasAnubhavam". Thanks to SrimAn Sadagopan for
> forwarding it to T'venkatam List. Sri Sadagopan makes
> wonderful allusions to other sources of devotional
> poetry describing the peacock-feather stuck to
> Krishna's locks.
>
> On reading the post, what instantly leapt to my mind,
> however, were the well-known lines from Swami
> Venkatanathan's wonderful 'stOtra', the
> "gOpAla-vimshati":
>
>      adharA'hita chAruvamsha nAlAh:
>       makutAlambhi mayUra-pinchamAlAh:
>      harIneela-shila vibhanga-neelAh:
>     pratibhA-santu mama-antima prayANE !
>
> (My translation):
>
> "As I lie on my death-bed
>   nearing the end of my life's journey,
> may my eyes feast upon
>   nothing else
> but the graceful form of my Krishna --
> Holding a slender flute to his lips,
> Peacock-feathers framing his lush hair-locks
>   curly and cute,
> All bathed in colors iridescent true,
> Bright, vivid and sapphire blue!"
>
>                **************
>
> Whenever I read the lines above, I am always left
> wondering which of the things adorning Krishna's
> beauteous and youthful form actually aroused the deep
> devotional feelings in Swami Desikan's heart? Which
> one made him wish for last moments on earth to pass
> away with Lord's image firmly arrested in the mind's
> inward eye? Was it the flute? Was it the lips
> ("adharappalavam")? Or was it the peacock-feather ---
> "mayUra-pincham" stuck above his head?
>
> Perhaps, only the old and venerable Bhishma can answer
> that question... It was he, isn't it, who actually
> experienced "antima-smirti" and actually died away
> while witnessing the beauteous form of Sri Krishna
> standing right beside him.
>
> Regrds,
>
> dAsan,
> Sudarshan
>
>
>
> --- sgopan <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "ArunKumar K" <arunkumar_k@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 6:35 PM
>> Subject: A question
>>
>>
>> > Dear Sadagopan Mama,
>> >
>> > What's the Sanskrit name for peacock feather worn
>> in Lord Krishna's head.
>> > What's the significance of the same ?
>> >
>> > Dasan
>> > Arun.
>>
>> Dear Arun : Other Members might be interested in
>> this question also.
>> Hence I am taking the liberty of copying my response
>> to
>> our group members .
>>
>> "Sikhipincham"  is one of the names for Peacock
>> feather worn in Lord's head
>> :
>> He is saluted as "Sikhipincha-moulinE Nama: " .
>> ThisSikhi pincham is a sign
>> of victory
>> for our Lord as the Guru (SikshA Guru) . A great
>> KrishNa bhakthar ,
>> Leela Sukhar (1220-1300 C.E) from Kerala visualized
>> this SikshA Guru
>> form of Bala GopAlan in the very first slOkam of Sri
>> KrishNa KarNAmrutham:
>> SikshA Guru is one , who tests the sishyan out for
>> his qualifications
>> and true desire for learning and then accepts him as
>> well as blesses
>> that chosen sishyan with true Jn~Anam . The second
>> line of that slOkam is:
>>
>> " SikshA-gurusccha BhagavAn Sikhi-pincha Mouli: "
>> Jayathi.
>>
>> BhagavAn KrishNa is revered as the most adorable
>> Tatthvam
>> in the form a small child ( Baala GopAlan ) . The
>> peacock feather
>> with its multiple colors( Mayil KaNNu ) is part of
>> the beautification
>> ( aabharaNam , alankAram) . He is a Jagan Mohanan .
>> He does not really
>> need any aabharaNam for beautifying Him ; these
>> aabharaNams gain
>> a status of distinction by sambhandham with His
>> Divine Suddha Satthva
>> ThirumEni . He charms every one with His divine
>> beauty ( From the Gopis to
>> His Mother YasOdha PirAtti and the whole world and
>> its beings ). Mother
>> YasOdhA
>> decorates his bluish black wavy tresses with Peacock
>> feather ( " Barha
>> utthamsa
>> kuntalalabharam ") to celebrate her son's
>> unsurpassable soundharyam .
>> He decorates also His beautiful assembly of hair
>> with the wild flowers that
>> His grateful playmates (GopAs) bring Him .  He
>> adorns the Laangali Pushpam
>> ( the flower of the shoot from the coconut tree)
>> over His ears
>> ( lAngalee karNapooram) ; on His hair , he fixes the
>> Mayil Peeli ( Barha
>> Utthamsa sphuritha chikura:  in Swamy Desikan's
>> words ) in His hair ;
>> He adds a red pushpam known as Bhandhujeevam
>> (Semparutthi Flower) .
>> He adorns a lovely KunthumaNi Maalai ( yellowish
>> beads with a black face)
>> around His neck ( gunjA-Bhatthaam laLithAm haara
>> yashtim urasi dhArayan ) .
>> In the uras ( Chest region) is KunthumaNi Maalai ;
>> in the Siras is
>> the Peacock feather ( Barha Utthamsa sphuritha
>> Chikura: ) .
>>
>> Thus this playful child-Lord has many aabharaNams
>> and alankArams
>> ( Chithra aakalpa: = vichithra alankArams ) to
>> captivate the onlookers
>> and steal their hearts . He is the unique and
>> incomparable embodiment of
>> youthful beauty ( JagathAm yEka abhirAma adhbhutham
>> in the words of
>> Leelasukhar ).
>>
>> The peacock feather in His hair and the Flute in His
>> hands are the lakshaNam
>> for Lord KrishNa as a child . That is why He is
>> saluted and meditated as
>> " Madha-SikhaNdi SikhaNda VibhUshaNan " ( One
>> adorning the feather of
>> a proud pacock) . As He walks down in the streets of
>> BrundhAvanam ,
>> these beauty marks become His defining features (
>> lakshmANi) .
>>
>> His dark, dense  and wavy (curly) hair are the right
>> home for
>> the multi-hued , iridiscent  peacock feather
>> according to
>> the KrishNa Bhakthar , LeelA Sukhar : "pinchAvatamsa
>> rachanOchitha
>> kEsapAsam  " . His "muktha vEsham " ( delectable
>> appearance) starts
>> from the dark hair assembly adorning the peacock
>> feather as a decoration
>> ( BhahuLa chikura bhAram Bhaddha pinchAvathamsam),
>> travels down
>> to his beautiful forehead like the ashtami chandran
>> , descends down to
>> the dark eye brows , long eyes , which are moving
>> briskly scanning
>> which of His bhaktha kOtis are there ; once He
>> recognizes them ,
>> his red  lips reminding one of the ripe BhimbhA
>> fruit  extend
>> a sweet smile of recognition and welcome .
>>
>> Describing the Lord's beauty as He walks down the
>> streets of
>> uncle Kamsan's capital , Mathurai , His beauty is
>> maddening every one .
>> The citizens of Mathurai ask each other : Who is
>> this Jagan Mohanan ?
>> His peacock feather ( chandraka bhUshaNam ) , His
>> distinguishing mark
>> gives them the clue . The peacock feather is the
>> aabharaNam of choice
>> for Him ( Barham naama vibhUshaNam bahumatham). It
>> is also a gOsha
>> uchitha bhUshaNam ( Fit for the kulam of cowherds) ,
>> who spend a lot of
>> time in the forests grazing their cows . This is
>> also the play ground of
>> the beautiful male peacocks that strut about
>> displaying their iridiscent
>> feathers . KaNNan's hue is like that of a dark blue
>> kind resembling
>> the rain bearing cloud . Peacocks spread their
>> feathers at the sight of
>> the dark bluish-black rainy cloud .  When they have
>> the darsanam of
>> the NeelOthpala hued KaNNan , they are reminded of
>> the monsoon clouds
>> and dance before Him with spread feathers . At the
>> end , they offer some of
>> their choicest feathers to Him as a samarpaNam just
>> as the lions of
>> Ahobilam do by offering the ivory tusks of the
>> elephants that they have
>> overpowered . Our Lord accepts these feathers of
>> peacock offered by
>> them with Bhakthi and places it on His black tresses
>> as an aabharaNam .
>> That explains in my imagination as to how the
>> Peacock feathers landed on
>> our Lord's chikuram . The TaitthirIya Upanishad
>> passage comes to our mind:
>> " rasO vai Sa: , rasam hyEvAyam labdhvA Aanandhee
>> bhavathy " ( His whole
>> form is an embodiment of bliss principle ; one
>> attains eternal bliss through
>> the taste of that Aanandham ) .
>>
>> During this KrishNa Jayanthy season , let us reflect
>> on the peacock feather
>> adorning Lord , who is the safe haven for all of us
>> as the SaraNAgatha
>> Rakshakan and celebrate Him as Sri LeelAsukhar did :
>>
>> SrungAra rasa sarvasvam Sikhipinchcha vibhUshaNam
>> angeekrutha narAkAram aaSrayE bhuvanAsrayam ---
>> KrishNa KarNAmrutham: I.92
>>
>> He is the perfect embodiment of SrungAra rasam
>> (SrungAra rasa sarvasvam) ;
>> That SrungAra rasam is enhanced by the peacock
>> feather adorned as
>> a special aabharaNam ( Sikhi-pincha vibhUshaNam ) ;
>> He has incarnated as
>> a human being out of His own will (angeekrutha nara
>> aakAram) . We seek
>> His protection as he is the refuge for the entire
>> world ( bhuvanAsrayam
>> aasrayE ).
>>
>> We will conclude this posting that got extended with
>> another slOkam from
>> Sri KrishNa KarNAmrutham ( I.108):
>>
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