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Dear sri vaishNavap perunthagaiyeer,

We are searching the meaning of the 'upanishadhs and vEdhaas tied in the 
grinding stones' lying in the houses of vallavees - the gOpees. These ladies 
tie that meaning, my krishNa, and then name him as 'dhoortha swamy'. Perhaps 
mother yasOdhaa leads these ladies, by example, in doing that act - of 
punishing her own son - that dhoortha swamy - that naughty krishNa. Since we 
are going to see more modern day management points from krishNa's child plays 
and from sreemadh bhaagavatham, I take this as the first point here. 'leading 
by example' is one of the pet jargons of the present day management experts - 
mother yasodha does that.

But, why all this tying in mortar etc, that too by that loving mother yasOdhaa, 
who loves her child most. Is it a punishment the lord gives to himself for he 
has done that mischief of stealing butter etc. Or is it punishment for that 
acts which earned him that name dhoortha swamy? Or is it a lesson to mother 
yasOdhaa and then as an extension, they're of to us? 

It was clear, there was the 'lapse of concentration' on yasOdhaa's part, in NOT 
doing one thing at a time. As present day management experts say - particularly 
while doing 'time management' lessons or in sessions - "do one thing at a time 
with full concentration and complete it", "then take up the next job" - or 
prioritize your job and do top most one first and then do the second etc, in 
the order going down in priorities. 

Now let us see the situation: One day, since maidservants were engaged in other 
woks, Mother yasOdhaa was boiling milk on the oven. Also she had the comb in 
her head tucked in along with flowers for she has not finished her work with 
the hair. Meanwhile she started on churning curd in the pot to get the butter. 
While she was busy churning, Krishna, the child, came nearby and wanted himself 
to be breastfed. As a mother, that too an affectionate mother, she started 
feeding Krishna, leaving that work of churning midway [incidentally the first 
work of boiling milk is in progress]. 

Dear sirs and madams, these are not all my imagination. Bhaagavatham slOkams 
are given below to prove this point. While the child krishNa was being fed, 
suddenly the hot milk started flowing out from the pot kept on oven. She rushed 
to the place of oven, leaving aside the child krishNa in the middle of feeding, 
to remove the pot from oven, or to save the milk from overflowing and oven 
getting quenched by milk. Meanwhile child krishNa got angry, broke the pot, 
taken the butter and gave to monkeys. 

That shows 
        -       she placed the milk pot on oven, - first job incomplete. 
        -       Comb kept in hair - that job is also incomplete.
        -       without completing these two jobs, she started churning curd. 
That job started also remained incomplete, because another priority came up. 
        -       Just stopping in the middle of churning, she started feeding 
the child, because he wanted feeding. 
        -       Has this been completed? No. For she has to rush suddenly to 
save milk from spilling away. 
        -       Has it fully done. Not sure - for - since krishNa got angry in 
the middle and started breaking the pot, she rushed back to see what happened.

Now analyse the results.
        1.      The hot milk kept for boiling spilt from pot on the oven- so 
milk lost.
        2.      The churning work was incomplete, as she left that in the 
middle to feed.
        3.      Feeding is also incomplete. Result is child krishna's anger. 
        4.      Consequence - the curd pot was broken and the total contents of 
churning pot is lost and also the pot.
        5.      The whole house is spread with spilled milk, buttermilk, and 
butter etc.
        6.      Since hair combing also not complete her hair became loose and 
flowers comb etc fell down when she searched for more ropes in the house to tie 
krishNa.

It is but natural for any child to be angry with mother, when he is suddenly 
stopped of being fed. For all her lapses, as above, the height of all her 
actions, is, in punishing Krishna, by tying him to mortar. As already written 
by sri sadagopan iyengar - Krishna became the scapegoat for his mother's 
inefficiencies or lapses of concentration to put it mildly. 

Since, she was not doing one at a time, she messed up a lot and also started 
punishing my poor krishNa. Has she succeeded at least in that with ease? NO. 
She had to undergo a lot of physical strain in searching for the ropes - since 
every time she tied the rope was less by 'dhvayangulam' - 2 inches or 2 finger 
width. - [that description of her difficulty is another beauty of description.]

Now the slokams. Slokam 1 and 2 et al from chapter 9 dhasama skandham - srimadh 
bhaagavatham.

Sri sukha uvaacha
Ekadha grha-dhaasisu yasOdhaa nandha-gEhinee
karmaanthara-niyukthaasu nirmamantha svayam dhaDhi
yaani yaaneeha geethaani thadh-baala-charithaani cha
dhadhi-nirmanthanE kaalE smaranthi thaany agaayatha

meaning: Sri Sukha maharshi said: One day when mother YasOdhaa saw that all the 
maidservants were engaged in other household affairs, she personally began to 
churn the yogurt. While churning, she remembered the childish activities of 
KrishNa, and in her own way she composed songs and enjoyed singing to herself 
about all those activities.

Slokam 4
thaam sthanya-kaama aasaadhya mathnantheem jananeem hari:
grhithvaa dhaDhi-manthanam nyasEDhath preethim aavahan ||

meaning: While mother YasOdhaa was churning butter, Lord KrishNa, desiring to 
drink the milk of her breast, appeared before her, and in order to increase her 
transcendental pleasure, He caught hold of the churning rod and began to 
prevent her from churning.

Slokam 5
tham ankam aaruDam apayayath sthanam snEha-snutham sa-smitham eekshathi mukham
athruptham uthsrjya javEna sa yayaav uthsichyamaanE payasi thvadhisrithE

meaning:  Mother YasOdhaa, then embraced Krsna, allowed Him to sit down on her 
lap, and began to look upon the face of the child krishNa with great love and 
affection. Because of her intense affection, milk was flowing from her breast. 
But when she saw that the milk pan on the oven was boiling over, she 
immediately left her son, to take care of the overflowing milk, although the 
child was not yet fully satisfied with drinking the milk of His mother's breast.

Slokam 6
sanjaatha-kOpa: sphuritha aruna adharam sandhasya dhadhbhir 
dhaDhi-mantha-bhaajanam
bhiththva mrsa asrur dhrsadh-asmana rahO jaghasaa haiyangavam antharam gatha:

meaning: Being very angry and biting His reddish lips with His teeth, Krsna, 
with false tears in His eyes, broke the container of yogurt with a piece of 
stone. Then He entered a room and began to eat the freshly churned butter in a 
solitary place.

Slokam 15
thadh dhaama badhyamaanasya svaarbhakasya krtha aagasa:
dhvyangulOnam abhoot thEna sandhaDhE'nyach cha gOpikaa

meaning: When mother YasOdhaa was trying to bind the offending child, she saw 
that the binding rope was short by a distance, the width of two fingers. Thus 
she brought another rope to join to it.

Slokam 16
yadhaaseeth thadh api nyoonam thEna anyadhapi sandhaDhE
thadh api dhvy-angulam nyoonam yadh yadh adhaththa bandhanam

meaning: This new rope also was short by a measurement of two fingers, and when 
another rope was joined to it, it was still two fingers too short. As many 
ropes as she joined, all of them failed; their shortness could not be overcome.

Slokam 17
Evam sva-gEha-dhaamani yasOdhaa sandhaDhathyapi
gOpeenaam susmayantheenaam smayanthi vismithaa abhavath
meaning:  Thus mother YasOdhaa joined whatever ropes were available in the 
household, but still she failed in her attempt to bind KrishNa. Mother 
YasOdhaa's friends, the elderly gOpees in the neighborhood, were smiling and 
enjoying the fun. Similarly, mother YasOdhaa, although laboring in that way, 
was also smiling. All of them were struck with wonder.

Point: The positive result came when she is focused fully - in that one act - 
that act of tying him. As modern management experts say - results are easy when 
work is done with full concentration and at full energy levels. 

So the best lesson for us while "searching in mortar" is "to do one thing at a 
time in full concentration - then success is assured. There also, yet another 
minor point is to be picked up - [- or major point?] He that supreme lord - 
krishNa - must also help us, for our success, by showering his grace - like 
helping his mother by allowing himself to be tied. 

Slokam 18
sva-maathu: svinna-gaathraya visrastha-kabaara-sraja:
dhrshtva parisramam krshNa: krpaayaa aaseeth sva-bandhanE ||

meaning: Because of mother YasOdhaa's hard labor, her whole body became covered 
with perspiration, and the flowers and comb were falling from her hair. When 
child KrishNa saw His mother thus fatigued, He became merciful to her and 
agreed to be bound.

Point: See that 'binding description' - he agreed to be bound. That is the 
result of focused attention. 

Is that all in searching? No sir we have not yet seen that dhaamOdhara 
vaibhavam. That is in next post.

Dhasan

Vasudevan m.g.



 
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