𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞

 

मयि प्रसादं मधुरैः कटाक्षैर्वंशीनिनादानुचरैर्विदेहि।

त्वयि प्रसन्ने किमिहापरैर्नः त्वय्यप्रसन्ने किमिहापरैर्नः॥

श्रीकृष्णकर्णामृते १-२९

mayi prasādaṁ madhuraiḥ kaṭākṣairvaṁśīninādānucarairvidehi|

tvayi prasanne kimihāparairnaḥ tvayyaprasanne kimihāparairnaḥ||

śrīkṛṣṇakarṇāmṛte 1-29

From leelashukas Krishna Karnamrutham

𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞? 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬.

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚.. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮.. 𝐖𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞.. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚.

K v ananthanarayanan

वंशी निनाद sweet melodious reverberating music of the flute अनुचरै accompanied मधुरैः delicious कटाक्षैः side glances मयि on me प्रसादं shower your merciful attention विदेहि कृष्ण send may Lovely Lord Krishnaत्वयि प्रसन्ने सति if you are pleased with me अपरैः किं I have no need for the love of any other person, object or thing त्वयि अप्रसन्ने if you are not pleased with me इह here अपरैः किं what is the use or purpose for anything else in this universe

𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲

वचने नवनीत गन्धवाहं वचनतस्कर चातुरि धुरीणम्।

नयने कुहनाश्रुमाश्रयेथाश्चरणे कोमल ताण्डवं कुमारम्॥

श्रीकृष्णकर्णामृते

vacane navanīta gandhavāhaṁ vacanataskara cāturi dhurīṇam|

nayane kuhanāśrumāśrayethāścaraṇe komal tāṇḍavaṁ kumāram||

srīkṛṣṇakarṇāmṛte

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 standing 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬…

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐲..

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦

 

Reminded ever of Krishna.. that impish but resourceful one..

Reminded ever of Krishna.. that impish but resourceful one..

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Once the boy Krishna entered the neighbour's house in stealth and tried to reach the pot of butter and curd suspended from the ceiling.

He tried to stand on a shaky stool and reached the rope holding the suspended pot.

As luck would have it the rickety stool moved off and fell away leaving the boy dangling from the rope.

No way to reach the floor. The lady of the house came in and saw everything..

The pots of butter the ropes and the imp suspended in the air.

Of course even in that state of suspended animation the tiny tot had managed to help himself to his tummy's content the available dairy products.

The auntie asked "who is there"

"The brother of Balarama"

(To implicate the brother too?)

"Why are you here?"

"Searching for a little calf which is missing from yesterday "

"Did you find it there in the pot of butter?

"No auntie. I was just waiting here for you to arrive.. So that I could tell you and go back home"

What an innocence?

The auntie brought him down.

His body was slippery with butter.

He slithered away from the grip of the auntie and ran away..

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I have adapted this story from an age old Sanskrit Slokam..

The slokam coming in Srivaadiraaja yatis ukti pratyukti stotram is as follows.

कस्त्वं बाल बलानुजः किमिह ते मन्मन्दिराशङ्कया।

युक्तं तन्नवनीतपात्रविवरे हस्तं किमर्थं न्यसेः॥

मातः कञ्चन वत्सकं मृगयितुं मा गा विषादं क्षणात्

इत्येवं वरवल्लवी प्रतिवचः कृष्णस्य पुष्णातु नः॥

श्रीवादिराजयतिकृते उक्तिप्रत्युक्ति स्तोत्रे॥

kastvaṁ bāla balānujaḥ kimiha te manmandirāśaṅkayā|

yuktaṁ tannavanītapātravivare hastaṁ kimarthaṁ nyaseḥ||

mātaḥ kañcana vatsakaṁ mṛgayituṁ mā gā viṣādaṁ kṣaṇāt

ityevaṁ varavallavī prativacaḥ kṛṣṇasya puṣṇātu naḥ||

śrīvādirājayatikṛte uktipratyukti stotre||

this slokam is found in some versions of Srikrishna Karnamrutham of Leelashuka too.

The gopi asks the little Krishna who has sneaked into her house.. "Who are you, boy"

Krishna Replies " The brother of Balarama"

Gopi " How come you are in this house"

Krishna.. " I mistook it to be my own house "

Gopi.. " Okay, but why have you put your hand in that pot containing butter ?"

Krishna.." Mother, I was searching for a calf, which is missing.. So please do not mistake me and get angry with me and do not be sad "

May the conversation as reported above between that Lad Krishna and that nice lady of Gokulam protect us for ever...

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.

nothing to equal His music.. nor His smile..

nothing to equal His music.. 

nor His smile..

te te bhaavaah sakalajagatee lobhaneeyaprahaavaah

naanaa trishana suhridi hridi me kaamamaavirbhavanthu veenaavenukwanithalasithasmeravakthraaravinadaan-

naaham jaane madhuramaparam nandapunayaambhpoorat

ते ते भावाः सकलजगती लोभनीयप्रभावाः।

नाना तृष्णासुहृदि हृदि मे काममाविर्भवन्तु।

वीणावेणुक्वणितलसितस्मेरवक्त्रारविन्दा-

न्नाहं जाने मधुरमपरंनन्दपुण्याम्बुपूरात्॥

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ലീലാശുകന്റെ  ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണകര്‍ണ്ണാമൃതം

 

It is possible that all the desires for worldly enjoyment, 

cravings for power and pelf,

 which are tempting to the heart, 

will arise and push me to the world of sensuous pleasures.. 

Maybe, those pleasures are sweet to contemplate on and sweeter to enjoy

But I do not know or could think of anything sweeter than  

that the divine music emanating from the flute 

kissing that ever smiling lotus-like face of 

that Concentrated Good Fortune of Nanda 

( our Lord Krishna) , 

the music that is reaching me to accompaniment of the music of veena.

I love you Krishna 

Do not let that black treasure who is also called Krishna leave your heart even for a split second

Do not let that black treasure who is also called Krishna leave your heart even for a split second 

अस्ति स्वस्तरुणीकराग्रविगलत्कल्पप्रसूनाप्ळुतं
वस्तु प्रस्तुतवेणुनादलहरीनिर्वाणनिर्व्याकुलं।
स्रस्त स्रस्त निरुद्धनीविविलसद्गोपीसहस्रावृतं
हस्तन्यस्तनतापवर्गमखिलोदारं किशोरकृतिः॥१-२॥
श्रीकृष्णकर्णामृतं   लीलाशुककृतं
asti svastaruṇīkarāgravigalatkalpaprasūnāpḻutaṁ
vastu prastutaveṇunādalaharīnirvāṇanirvyākulaṁ|
srasta srasta niruddhanīvivilasadgopīsahasrāvṛtaṁ
hastanyastanatāpavargamakhilodāraṁ kiśorakṛtiḥ||1-2||
śrīkṛṣṇakarṇāmṛtaṁ   līlāśukakṛtaṁ

There shines forth the supreme object manifest in the shape of an adolescent youth holding in His hands all the benevolence, Grace  and  path to heavenly abode  to be  granted to all who just bow before Him. 

He is filling the universe with ecstasy in the form of divine music  flowing from the flute held on his lips uplifting all to the state of Nirvana and absence of any worldly woes.  

He is surrounded by thousand  beautiful girls of cowherd clan (Gopis)  whose upper clothes are repeatedly sliding  down from the places they are supposed to cover  and are repeatedly held back by the girls with their tender hands  

 He is deluged with the flowers being showered on him by the celestial Kalpaka tree through the hands of the daughters of heaven, the Apsaraas.


The infinite being that is Krishna is seen in His  earthly form  by one of His fervent devotees,  Bilvamangala or Leelashuka. 
This is the enigma of Krishna.  
His staunchest devotees know that 
He is, and nothing else is, the Supreme being ..formless, infinite,  the Parabrahma   But still they love to portray Him in an earthly form.  
Sadasiva Brahmendra, a recluse who simply walked all along the  banks of Kaveri river,  without covering his body with even  scant clothing and always in delirious contemplation of the Supreme Soul, requests his own mind to dwell upon the Parabrahama which Graces the earth with its hair adorning the feather of an intoxicated peacock, its cheeks challenging the newly sprouted leaf with its nascent hue,  whose eyes hover with desire around the ample bosom of the goddess of wealth, and who is growing as the divine tree in the humble abodes of his devout servants.
( मदशिखिपिञ्चालंकृतचिकुरे महनीयकपोलविजितमुकुरे श्रीरमणीकुचदुर्गविहारे सेवकजनमन्दिरमन्दारे मानस सञ्चर रे ब्रह्मणि मानस सञ्चर रे madaśikhipiñcālaṁkṛtacikure mahanīyakapolavijitamukure śrīramaṇīkucadurgavihāre sevakajanamandiramandāre mānasa sañcara re brahmaṇi mānasa sañcara re)

May Krishna bless us

Sadasiva Brahmendra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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