Sri:
SlOkam 2.4: PrAyascchittham
for offenses to Saraswathi Devi
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In this slOkam , LeelA Sukhar repents
over aparAdhams
committed to the Goddess of Learning
, Saraswathi Devi ,
and states the sins for such trespasses are going
to be
removed by his acts of
eulogizing Lord KrishNa's
guNa
GaNams ( assembly of auspicious
attributes) .
SlOkam 2.4
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Maatha: Paramanuchitham
yath-khalAnAm purasthaa-
dhasthASankam
jaThara-piTharee poorthayE narthithAsi
tath-kshanthavyam
sahaja-saralE VathsalE VaaNi kuryAm
prAyascchithtam
guNa-gaNanayaa gOpavEshasya VishNO:
Prose Ordwe/anvaya
kramam
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Maatha: sahaja saralE !
VathsalE ! VaaNi ! astha Aasankam
JaThara-piTharee poorthayE
! khalAnAm purasthAth narthithAsi
yath , atha: param
anuchitham na : Tath ( Thvam) Kshanthavyam .
gOpa-Veshasya VishNO:
guNa-gaNanayaa prAyaschittham kuryAm .
Meaning and commentary
:
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Oh Mother Saraswathy ( Maatha: VaaNi ) ! Oh Mother who has
intrinsic and svabhAvika
vaathsalyam towards Your children !
(
sahaja saralE ! vathsalE !) . There is nothing lower than my
tongue (atha: param anuchitham na) , which danced shamelessly
in front of
the rich and haughty and praised them for the sake of
filling my
stomach cavity ( astha Asankam jaThara-piThari
poorthayE , khalAnAm purasthAth narthithAsi
yath , atha:
param
na) . These are grave misdeeds to eke a livelihood
.
Oh most Merciful Mother !
You should forgive these trespasses
of mine ( tath Kshanthavyam) . adiyEn performs
prAyascchittham
( redemption) for these
sins committed by eulogising the auspicious
and limitless guNAs of
VishNu , who has taken the form of
the Child in the clan of
cowherds ( gOpa vEshasya
VishNO:
guNa gaNanayA
prAyascchittham kuryAm ) .
Poet Leela Sukhar states
here that the nirvEdham arising
from the times
wasted by
praising the haughty rich to fill
his stomach has led to
his seeking the forgivance of
Goddess Saraswathi .
The
poet acknowledges that
he is now engaged in an act
of penenance through
his acts of
keerthanam of the anantha klayANa guNams
of the Lord , who has
incarnated in
Gokulam as a child
in the clan of
cowherds .
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