32.ananyasaaDhaaraNa kaanthi kaantham
aakraantha gopeenayanaaravindham
pumsaH puraaNasya navam vilaasam
puNyena poorNena vilokayishye
I will see the new leela of the ancient purusha, who is possessed of a luster unseen in others, and who has taken possession of the lotus-like eyes of the gopis, owing to my abundant merit earned by my good deeds.
Leelasuka calls
33. saashtaangapaadham abhivandhya samasthabhaavaiH
sarvaan surendhra nikaraan idhameva yaache
mandhasmithaardhra maDhuraananachandhrabimbe
nandhasya punyanichaye mamabhakthirasthu
I beseech all the deities by bowing down to them with my whole body and mind, and beg them to give me this one boon. Let me have devotion in
Gita says, `vaasudhevassarvam ithi sa mahathma sudhurlabhaH,' Leelasuka refers to ananyabhakthi in
This is the paryer of all the devotee even when the Lord Himself appears in front and ready to grant the boons as in the case of Prahlada who asked the Lord nothing else but undying devotion at His lotus feet, when the Lord asked him what he wanted.
Kulasekhara in his Mukundamala says,
Ethath praarThyam mamabahumatham
janmajanmaanthre api
Thavath paadhaambhoruhayugagathaa
niSchalaa bhakthirasthu
meaning that the greatest wish to be prayed for is that, in all the lives to come he should have steady devotion to the lotus-feet of the Lord.
34.eshu pravaheshu sa eva manye
kshaNopi gaNyaH purushaayusheshu
aasvaadhyathe yathra kayaapi bhakthyaa
neelasya balasya nijam charithram
In the life that flows fast like a stream, eshu pravaaheshu, I consider only that moment, sa eva manye, in which the stories of Krishna, the blue boy, neelasya baalasya nijam charithram, is enjoyed with devotion bhakthyaa aasvaadhitham, in some manner, kayaapi, as the only moment in life that counts, kshNopi gaNyah.
The life flows like a stream , every moment taking us nearer and nearer to the end. Men waste the precious moments thinking that they will never end, fulfilling the desires which are never-ending and forgetting the purpose for which they have been given the human life. Leelasuka says that if one spends even one moment in thinking and hearing and talking about the stories of
Sankara says in his Mohamudgara, otherwise known as Bajagovindam,
kaalo kreedathi gacChathi aayuH
thadhapi na munchathi aaSaa vaayuH
meaning, the time plays on and the life expires. Even when the life breath leaves the body the wind of desire never leaves which causes the cycle of birth and death again and again. The only way to get rid of this is to have devotion towards the Lord and to attain His lotus feet which alone is the purpose of human life. Even to do it for one moment, says Leelasuka, makes our life worthwhile. All the other moments of our life are wasted.
LKulasekhara says in his Mukundamala, praying to the Lord,
Dhivi vaa bhuvi vaa mama asthu vaaso
Narake vaa narakaanthaka prakaamam
avaDheeritha Sardhaaraindhou
charaNou the maraNe api chinthayaami
"Whether I am in heaven or on earth, or in hell, Oh the destroyer of Narakasura, I will be thinking of Your feet, which excelled lotus, at the time of my death.
35. nisarga sarasa aDharam
nijadhayaardhra dhivyekshaNam
manojna mukhapankajam
maDhurasa ardhra mandhasmitham
rasajna hrdhayaaspadham
ramitha vallavee lochanam
punaH punaH Upaasmahe
bhuvanalobhaneeyam mahaH
We worship again and again the light, mahaH, that is
The form of
36. sa kopi baalaH saraseeruhaaKshaH
saa cha vrajasthreejana paadhaDhooliH
muhuH thadhethath yugae madheeye
momuhyamaanopi manasi udhethu
Even at the time when my consciousness leaves me, momuhyamaano api, at the end of my life, let these two, thadhethath yugale, frequently, muhuH, appear in my mind, manasi udhethu, namely ,the lotus-eyed boy, kopi baalaH saraseeruhaakshaH, who is beyond description and the dust of the feet of the gopis, vrajasthreejana paadhaDhoolih.
Leelasuka prays that when he is nearing the end and all his faculties fail him, only the form of
The love of gopis to
As
This means " When I am ailing in my last days I will not think about You, so I am telling you now itself and You must come and save me then."
Leelasuka has expressed this wish in few slokas already in the part 1 and Part2 of his work.
37. mayi prayaaNaabhimukhe cha vallavee
sthanadhvayeedhurlalithaH saH baalakaH
SanaiH SanaiH Sraavitha veNunissvano
vilaasavesheNa puraH pratheeyathaam
May that boy saH baalakaH, who has been fondled overly by the gopis, vallavee sthanadhvayee dhurlalaithaH, appear in front of me, mayi puraH pratheeyathaam, with his enchanting form, vilaasaveshena, making his music from the flute heard slowly, SanaiH SanaiH Sraavitha veNunissvano, at the time of my departure from this world, mayi prayaaNaabhimukhe
The idea of the previous sloka is continued in this also.
38. athibhoomim abhoomim eva vaa
vachasam vaasitha vallavee sthanam
manasaam abharama rasaayanam
madhura adhvaitham upaasmahe mahaH
We worship the light that is
Krishna, ever lives in the gopis, is the supreme reality, Brahman of the Upanishats, Narayana of visishtdvaita, is beyond mind and intellect and hence cannot be described by words nor become an object of description because as the upanishat declares, `yatho vaacho nivarthanthe apraapye mansasaa saha,' from which (Brahman) speech returns with the mind not able to reach it. But it is the elixir incomparable to the mind, says Leelasuka because the incomprehensible Brahman appears as the cowherd boy for all to see and love.
Desika says in his Yadhavbhyudhaya that all the vedas , like the bards, starting to describe the glory of the Lord, become fatigued even after singing about one of His gunas. That is the vaachaam agocharathvam, or vachasaam athibhoomithvam or abhoomithvam mentioned by Leelasuka here.
39. jananaanthare api jagadhekamandane
kamaneeya Dhaamni kamalaayathekshaNe
vrajasundhareejana vilochanaamrthe
chapalaani santhu sakalendhriyaaNi me
Let my senses be attracted, chapalaani santhu sakalendhriyaaNi me, towards that beautiful light, kamaneeya Dhaamni, that is Krishna, who is the ornament to the whole world, jagadhaikamandane, who has long lotus-like eyes, kamalaayathekshaNe, and is the nectar for the eyes of gopis, vrajasundhareejana vilochanaamrthe, in my next life also, janmaanthare api..
The devotee is not averse to be born again if only he will sustain the devotion to the lotus feet of the Lord. Andaal prays to
40. muniSreNeevandhyam
madhabharalasathvallavavaDhoo
sthanaSroNeebimbasthimitha
nayanaambhojasubhagam
punaH Slaaghaabhoomim
pulakithagiraam naigamagiraam
ghanSyaamam vandhe
kimapi kamaneeyaakrthi mahaH
I worship the attractive and magnificent light kamaneeyaakrthiH mahaH, that is Krishna,ghanshyama, who is worshipped by the host of sages, muniSreNee vandhyam, whose beautiful lotus-like eyes, nayanaambhoja subhagam, is ever fastened on the beauty of the gopis and who is the praiseworthy landing place, Slaaghabhoomim, of all the ecstatic praises, pulakithagiraam, of the devotees and the scriptural laudation, naigamagiraam.
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