15.avyaajamanjula mukhaambujamugDhabhaavaih
aasvaadhyamaana nijaveNuvinodha naadham
aakreedathaam aruNapaadhasaroruhaabhyaam
aardhre madheeya hrdhaye bhuvanaardhram ojah
May the light, that is
Leelasuka expresses a wish that
16.maNinoopuravaachaalam vandhe taccharaNam vibhoH
lalithaani yadheeyaani lakshmaaNi vrajaveeThishu
I bow down to the feet of the Lord, which mark the streets of Gokula with His footsteps, accompanied with the eloquent sound of His anklets.
The streets of Gokula are marked with the footsteps of
Sri Yamunacharya in his sthothra rathna says,
Kadhaapunah shankha raThaanga kalpaka
Dhvaja aravindha ankuSa vajra laancChanam
thrivikrama thvaccharaNambujadhvayam
madheeyamoorDhaanam alamkarishyathi ( Alavandar sthothrarathnam-31)
When will thy lotus-feet adorn my head, Oh Lord Thrivikrama, the feet marked with the sign of, shankha, the conch, chakra, the disc, dhvaja, the flag, aravindha, the lotus, ankuSa, the goad and vajra, thunderbolt?
Periazvar says, describing the footsteps of
orukaaliRsangu orukaaliR chakkaram uLladi poRitthamaindha
irukaalum kondu angangu ezudhinaaRpOl ilacchinai pada nadandhu
The uLLadi, that is the under-feet are marked with shankha and chakra respectively and when he walks, he seems to put his seal on the floor.
Here an episode described by some upanyaasaka comes to the mind. When
Hearing this the mind wonders whether Balarama could have been that naïve not knowing what the sound was and therefore stopping to hear it. Then this sloka came to mind.
maNikuttimasThale gathavaan
kimidham ithi raamah achalan aaseeth
jaanuhasthaabhyaam chalathoh thayoh
noopuraDhvanim Srthvaa raamakrshNayoh
hasan gacchathi krshNah bruvan
achalanthou na Srooyaavah ithi
raamo naalpamathih kinthu aicChath
Srothum bhavagavathah hi noopuraSabdham
That is , Balarama was not naïve enough not to know that it was the sound of their anklets but he stopped purposely because he wanted to hear the eloquent sound of the anklets of the Lord.
17.mamachethasi sphurathu vallavee vibhoh
mani noopurapraNayimanju Sinjitham
kamalaavanechara kalindhakanyakaa
kalahamsakanTa kalakoojithaadhrtham
May the sweet sound of the anklets of
In this sloka Leelasuka continues to describe the sweet sound of the anklets of
The word kamalaavanam denotes that the assemblage of lotuses which are dear to Lakshmi , who resides in them. As Lakshmi always accompanies the Lord in all His incarnations, she must have been present among the lotuses in Yamuna river. Kamalaavana as the abode of Lakshmi also indicates the lord Himself as He is also a kamalavana, a forest of lotuses, His eyes, hands and feet resembling lotuses, a thaamaraikkaadu , to quote Kamban.
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