Monday, June 17, 2019

the naked truth....

अत्यन्तबालं अतसीकुसुमप्रकाशं दिग्वाससं कनकभूषण भुषिताङ्गम्।
विस्रस्तकेशं अरुणाधरं आयताक्षं कृष्णं नमामि मनसा वसुदेवसूनुम्॥
श्रीकृष्णकर्णामृते॥

atyantabālaṁ atasīkusumaprakāśaṁ digvāsasaṁ kanakabhūṣaṇa bhuṣitāṅgam|
visrastakeśaṁ aruṇādharaṁ āyatākṣaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ namāmi manasā vasudevasūnum||
śrīkṛṣṇakarṇāmṛte||

A graphic description of Krishna the Child.
 perhaps as he was seen by Vasudeva when the naughty imp was born.
Would almost be like the Krishna of Udupi
or our own Guruvayurappan when He is decorated as a child
( But Guruvayurappan wears a red pattu konakam..)

From Sreekrishna karnaamrutam.  of Lilashuka 

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Meaning
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I offer my humble pranams to Krishna through meditation
to ..
Krishna who is just a child, a newborn one, the infant
Krishna who shines in the dark blue hue of Atasee flower (Atasi is Cheruchana in Malayalam...some say this colour is that of Kaayaampoo)
Krishna who is lying stark naked (puppy shame) having the sky and air and the cardinal directions only covering him as if they are his clothes
Krishna the child whose body is decorated all over with various beautiful gold ornaments
Krishna whose hair is just flying free.. being gently blown by the cool breeze (from river Yamuna)
Krishna who looks at the world with wide eyes ( what is there for Him to see? He made all that is seen and all that is unseen)
Krishna who has dark red pouting lips ( who will not fall in love with those lips.. who can resist the urge to kiss those full red lips?)
Krishna the darling child of Vasudeva ( can there be a father who is luckier?)

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word analysis
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अत्यन्तबालं very very young boy, infant, newborn boy
अतसीकुसुम प्रकाशं having the shine of the dark blue atasee or flax flower ( the plant is called cheruchana in Malayalam)
दिग्वाससं who is having only the sky or all the cardinal directions as his cloth.. naked, wearing no clothes
कनकभूषण भुषिताङ्गं Krishna whose whole body is decorated with gold ornaments
विस्रस्त केशं Krishna with free flowing hair
अरुणाधरं Krishna with dark red lips
आयताक्षं Krishna with wide eyes
वसुदेवसूनुं Krishna who is the son of Vasudeva
अहं कृष्णं मनसा नमामि   I am offering my pranams to Krishna through meditation.

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