mātuḥ stanau iva śiśooḥ amṛtāyamānau

 

मातुः स्तनौ इव शिशोः अमृतायमानौ

श्रीवेङ्कटेशचरणौ शरणं प्रपद्ये

mātuḥ stanau iva śiśooḥ amṛtāyamānau

śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṁ prapadye

I have been listening to Sri Venkatesa Prapatti, a part of Suprabhatam by Manavala Mamuni for how many years...? Yes, we have out of the world Divine experience listening to the rendering of M S Subbalakshmi and the rhythm of words. However, two lines stuck me like a torrent of ambrosia.

While speaking of the glory of the lotus feet of the Lord, the poet says..." I take refuge on the pair of holy feet of Sri Venkatesa, which are like the life-giving pair of source of Amrutham, like the pair of breasts of the mother for the newly born baby.

These two lines declare the ultimate in the glory of the divine feet and the glory of Motherhood for an infant, which has reached the world just now the elixir for survival is stored in the pair of breasts of its mother. No one has ever discovered or devised anything that would match that..

Just like that no one can ever think of anything greater than the safety and security that a devotee can attain by taking ultimate refuge to the lotus feet of Krishna. I love you Krishna