SrI:
Dear All
:
In this slOkam , LeelA Sukhar
salutes the Lord
(VeNugOpAlan) playing on the
flute on the banks
of the river YamunA . The
salutation takes the form :
" BrundhAvana sucharitham
NandhagOpAla--
Soonum vandEh " ( adiyEn
salutes the son of
NandhagOpa , who
travelled around joyously
in BrundhAvanam playing His
flute ) .
SlOkam
2.5
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angulyagrai: aruNa-kiraNai:
muktha-samruddha randhram
vAram vAram
vadhana-maruta: vENum-Aapoorayantham
vyatyasthangrim vikacha
kamalacchAya vistAra nEthram
vandhE
BrundhAvana-sucharitham NandhagOpAla-soonum
Prose Order ( Anvaya
Kramam)
**************************************
aruNa-kiraNai: angulyagrai: vAram vAram
muktha-samruddha randhram , vENum
Vadhana-
marudhA Aapoorayantham vyathyastha angrim
vikasa kamalacchAya visthAra BrundhAvana
sucharitham NandhagOpAla soonum VandhEh
Meaning and Commentaries
***********************************
This slOkam is a summary of the 21st
Chapter
of the Dasama skandham of Srimath
BhAgavatham.
PeriyAzhwAr was inspired by the slOkams of
this
21st Chapter and composed his beautiful
Paasurams
that extoll the greatness of the Lord's
VeNu GhAnam
and its impact on all those who expeienced
it .
The magic of KrishNa's flute sounding in
the glens
and dales of BrindhAvanam during the autumn
season
is described in this chapter of Dasama
Skandham .
The VeNu music was
love-inspiring to the Vraja
women .
They recalled the beauty of the limbs of their Lord adorning
a peacock feather as a plume in His hair ,
KarnikAra
flowers as a decoration in one of His
ears , Vyjayanthi
maalai around His shoulders and filling the
holes of His
divine flute with the
nectar from His mouth that His Devis
long for . The cattle , the trees and the
Gopis who
heard this divine VeNu Naadham were in a
state of
blissful trance . The cows and the calves
stood
pinned to the spot and shed tears of joy .
The birds
perched on the closest branches to drink in
the beauty
of the Lord engaged in playing the flute .
The waters of
Yamuna stood still . The clouds provided
shade for
their Lord as they stopped their movement
.
Leelaa Sukhar enjoys the VeNu GhAnam of
the Lord in many of the KrishNa
KarNAnrutha
slOkams and this slOkam is one of them
.
The Flute playing son of
NandagOpan
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The key words of this slOkam
are :
" BrundhAvana sucharitham
NandagOpAla-
soonum (aham) vandhE
" ( adiyEn
prostrates
before the son of NandagOpAlan , who delights
in
roaming in the forests of BrundhAvanam
herding
the cattle and playing His flute)
.
The rest of the
slOkam visualizes VeNugOpAlan
standing in the PrathyAleeDam pose
with one ankle
crossing over the other ( vyathyastha angrim) and
alternately opening and closing the holes
of
His flute ( muktha-samruddha randhram) with
the tips of His rosy red fingers
resembling
the rising sun at dawn (aruNa kiraNai:
angulyagrai: )
to fill the flute with the
air
from His mouth ( vENum
vadhana marutha:
Aapoorayantham) .
His beautiful eyes
at
the time of His flute playing were
captivating
and wide like fully blossomed lotus
flowers
( vikacha kamalacchAya
visthAra nEthram) .
LeelA Sukhar offers his salutations to
this
MangaLa VeNugOpAla Murthy
enchanting
the residents of BrundhAvanam with
His
divine VeNu ghAnam
.
KrishNAya Thubhyam Nama:
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