26.goDhooli Dhoosaritha komala kunthalaagram
govarDhanodDharaNa kelikrthaprayaasam
gopeejanasya kuchakumkuma mudhrithaangam
govindham indhuvadhanam saraNam bajaamaH
We surrender to Govindha, with moon-like face, indhuvadhanam, with his tender hair-ends, komalakunthalaagram, covered with the dust from the feet of the cows, goDhooli Dhoosaritha, and who lifted the Govardhana mountain, govarDhanodDharaNa, effortlessly, kelikrthaprayaasam, and whose body is marked with the kumkuma mudhrithanga, from that of the gopis.
Leelasuka describes
27.yadhromaranDhra paripoorthiviDhou adhakshaaH
vaaraahajanmani babhoovuH amee samudhraaH
tham naama naaTham aravindhadhrSam yasodhaa
paaNidhvayaantharajalaiH snapayaam babhoova
Yasodha bathed the lotus-eyed Lord, to fill whose pores all the seas were not able to, in His incarnation as the Boar, with water out of her cupped hands.
When the Lord took the incarnation as Varaha, vaaraahajanmani, the boar, He was so huge that all the seas, samudhraaH were not enough to fill, paripoorthiviDhou adhakshaaH, even the pores, romaranDhra, on His skin. Leelasuka marvels at the fact that Yasodha was able to bathe Him, snapayaam babhoova, in His incarnation as
28. varam imam upadhesam aadhriyaDhavam
nigamavaneshu nithaanthachaarakhinnaaH
vichinutha bhavaneshu vallaveenaam
upanishadharTham ulookhale nibadDham
Those who are tired after wandering in the forests of Vedas, listen to this advice .Look for the import of the Upanishads in the houses of gopis where it is bound to the mortar.
Leela sukha asks those, who try to understand the Brahman by extensive study of the vedas and become fatigued by wandering in the forest of vedas, to stop their effort and come to Gokula where the essence of the upanishads is found tied to a mortor, 'upanishadhartham ulookale nibaddham.'
Vedantadesika says in his Gopalavimsathi,
nikateshu nisaamayaami nithyam nigamaantharairadhunaapi mrgyamaanam
yamalaarjuna dhrshtabaalakelim yamunaasaakshikayouvanam kumaaram
(Gopalavimsathi-8)
Let me observe everywhere near me, Him, who is inquired by the vedas even now and eternal, whose childhood sport is witnessed by the twin trees and whose boyhood is witnessed by the river Yamuna.
Madhusudhanasarasvathi, a great exponent of advaita philosophy, who at the same time a devotee of
yenaabhyaasena vaseekrthena manasaa yannirguNam nishkriyam
jyothih kimchana yoginahyadhi param pasyanthi pasyanthu the
asmaakam thu thadheva lochanachamathkaaraaya bhooyaath chiram
kaalindhee pulineshu kimapi yanneelam maho dhaavathi
Let those yogis see that supreme light, (Brahman) which is actionless and attributeless, with their mind controlled through practice. As far as we are concerned the same Brahman, as a blue light, is running here on the banks of Yamuna to the delight of our eyes.
29. dhevakeethanayapoojanapoothaH
poothanaari charaNodhakaDhouthaH
yadhyaham smrthaDhananjayasoothaH
kim karishyathi sa me yamadhoothaH
If I become pure by worshipping the son of Devaki, dhevakithanayapoojanapoothaH, and cleanse my sins by the water from the feet of the destroyer of Poothana, poothanaari charaNodhaka DhouthaH, and have the charioteer of Arjuna firm in my mind, smrthaDhananjayasoothaH, what can the messenger of death yamadhoothaH do to me?
The parallel idea is found in Sankara's Mohamudgara, otherwise known as Bajagovinda,
Bhagavatgeethaa kimchidhadheethaa
gangaajalalava kanikaa peethaa
sakrdhapi yena muraari samarchaa
kriyathe thasya yamena na charchaa.' (Moh.Mud. 20)
Even a little knowledge of Bhagavatgita, drinking a few drops of the
Kulasekhara also tells his mind to cast off the fear of death and of the torments of hell which are enemies of the sinners only, because the Lord Hari is our saviour.
mAbheermandhamano vichinthya bahudhA
yAmeeschiram yAthanAH
nAmee na prabhavanthi pAparipavaH
swAmee nanu Sreedharah
(Mukundama-
30.bhaasathaam bhavabhayaikabheshajam
maanase mama muhur muhur muhuH
gopavesham upasedhushaH svayam
yaa api kaa api ramaNeeyathaa vibhoH
May the beautiful and most wonderful form of a cowherd, put on by Himself, of the Lord, the only remedy for the fear of transmigration, shine in my mind again and again and again
Leelasuka extols the Srikrishnadhivyoushadha, as the Lord is called by Kulasekhara in Mukundamala, which removes the fear of samsara, bhavabhayapraDhvamsanam, and the remedy of the disease called birth and death, prasoothimaranavyaadheH chikithsaa, Leelasuka says that the form of Lord Krishna is the only medicine, ekabheshajam, for the bavabhaya, the fear of samsara, because He is in reality the all pervading Lord, vibhu, who has donned, upasedhushaH, the costume of a cowherd, gopavesham, by His own will. "Let that indescribably wonderful beauty, yaa api kaa api ramaNeeyathaa, shine in my mind," says Leelasuka, again and again and again, muhurmuhurmuhuH.
Desika calls
Natavath bhoomikaabhedhaih
naaTha dheevyan prThakviDhaiH
pumsaam ananya bhaavaanaam
pushNaathi rasam adhbhutham (Yad.1.49)
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