Govindapattabhishekam
The rain continued for seven days and seven nightas nonstop. Even though Krishna could have dispersed the clouds at his will, he did not do so in order to humble Indra and stood there for seven days at the end of which Devendra was ashamed and stopped the clouds understanding the mercy of Krishna who did not destroy him.He became afraid thinking of his offense and came to Krishna on his white elephant, Airavatha.
Ekathra samrakshathi krshnamEghe
gOthreNa chaikEna gavAm kulAni
aSEsha gothrougha bhidha niyukthaih
meghAyuthaih mOghathamaih babhoove
When the dark,cloud-like Krishna (krishnamEgha -dark,rainbearing,cloud) was protecting the cattle with one mountain(gOthra),the more than ten thousand clouds sent by gOthrabidh, Indra (because he cut off the wings of mountains), became powerless.
The next scene is the Govindapattabhisheka by Indra.
Indra approached
nATha thvayAnarmavihArabhAja
vimohitho viprathisArithascha
akimchanah thvAm aham ASrithah san
kshipthApakArO na bahishkriyArhah
Oh Lord! Through your leela you made me deluded (into thinking that I am greater than you) and later you yourself made me repent. Now that I have come to you in helpless state banishing my sinful thought you should not discard me.
krthAparAdhEshvapi sanukampam
kshemamkaram kshEthra vivEchakanam
viSvOpakArADHvarabaddhadheeksham
vEdhyam param vedhavidho vidhusthvAm
It is known by those well versed in the vedas that you are merciful even towards wrongdoers, benificiary to those whe know the truth about you and has taken a vow in the yajna of protecting the whole word.
We are all inert like machines activated by you and to start the rain and stop it are all your leela.
gOpAyithum pArayathi thrilOkeem
gOpAyamAnadhapi na thvadhanyah
Though you are diguising yourself as a cowherd, who can protect the three worlds except you. The word thrilokee can also be construed to mean the three kinds of people, namely bhaktha,devotee dhvEshya,enemy and udhAseena,indifferent.
It is not a wonder that you lifted the mountain because you sustain the whole world through your svarupa viSEsha and vigraha viSEsha.
{ He is in everything and everything is in Him 'mayA thatham idham sarvam jagadhavyakthamoorthinA;mathsTHAni sarvabhoothAni, na chaham thEshvavasTHithah.,'(BG.9-4) The entire world is pervaded by Me, in my unmanifest form;All beings dwell in Me but I do not dwell in them."}
Then Indra told
He further said the name Govinda has been given already as the Lord retrieved the earth as Varaha.(the word go in sanskrit has many meanings besides cow and earth is one of them.)
The Kamadhenu came from the goloka , he said, pleased with
Indra performed the abhisheka with the water of the celestial
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