pallavi
Em(E)mO teliyaka palikedaru celulAra
nA mIda daya lEka
caraNam
caraNam 1
munu mandara giri munuga 1kUrmamai
vIpuna 2tAlcaga lEdA (EmEmO)
pallavi
Emi-EmO teliyaka palikedaru celulAra
nA mIda daya lEka
O Damsels (celulAra)! You speak (palikedaru) a lot of things (Emi EmO) (EmEmO), unknowingly (teliyaka), without (lEka) having compassion (daya) on (mIda) me (nA).
caraNam
caraNam 1
munu mandara giri munuga kUrmamai
vIpuna tAlcaga lEdA (EmEmO)
Did I not (lEdA), by taking the form of tortoise (kUrmamai), bear (tAlcaga) mandara mountain (giri) on my back (vIpuna) when it, earlier (munu), sank (munuga) into the ocean?
O Damsels! You speak a lot of things, unknowingly, without having compassion on me.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
2 – tAlcaga lEdA – tAlcaga lEdA celulAra.
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References
1 – kUrmAvatAra – churning of Milk Ocean - SrImad bhAgavatam – 8.7 refers.
3 – kari rAju – gajEndra - SrImad bhAgavataM – 8.4 refers.
5 – sOmaka – This pertains to matsya avatAra of the Lord. As per SrImad bhAgavataM 8.24, the name of the demon who stole the vEdAs is hayagrIva and perceiving that action of hayagrIva, the Lord assumed the form of Fish. The demon was killed by the Lord in that avatAra. The following verse of SrImad bhAgavataM (8.24) is relevant –
atItapralayApAya utthitAya sa vEdhasE |
hatvAsuram hayagrIvaM vEdAn pratyAharaddhariH || 57 ||
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“Having killed the demon hayagrIva, He restored the vEdAs to brahmA when the latter rose at the end of the pralaya (dissolution).”
However, a different version is found in SrImad bhAgavataM 5.18 as under –
vEdAn yugAntE tamasA tiraskRtAn
rasAtalAdyO nRturaGa-vigrahaH |
pratyAdadE vai kavayE(a)bhiyAcatE
tasmai namastE(a)vitathEhitAya iti || 6 ||
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“At the end of the millennium, ignorance personified assumed the form of a demon, stole all the vEdAs and took them down to the planet of rasAtala. The Supreme Lord, however, in His form of hayagrIva retrieved the vEdAs and returned them to Lord brahmA when he begged for them. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, whose determination never fails.”
“The purpose for which the advent of matsya avatAra took place was the restoration of vEdas from the hands of the demon sOmakAsura, who stole them from brahmA and hid them in the sea. dharma is based on the vEdas, so the protection of the vEdas was the avatAric task. [SB, 8:24]”
“hayagrIvAya namaH : One who took the hayagrIva avatAra with horse's neck and a human body to restore vEdas from the asuras (madhu and kaiTabha), who stole the vEdas from brahmA” – SrI venkaTESvara ashThOttaram.
There is an apparent contradiction as to who stole vEdAs – whether it is sOmakAsura or hayagrIva. There is also an apparent contradiction as to the avatar of the Lord for restoration of vEdas – whether it is matsya or hayagrIva. Therefore, readers may draw their own conclusions.
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6 – kALindi – kALiya mardana - SrImad bhAgavataM – 10.16 refers.
7 – guru putra – restoring the son of His guru - SrImad bhAgavataM - 10.45 refers.
English rendition of SrImad bhAgavatam
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Comments
4 – veravaka – fearlessly – this can either be applied to demon sOmaka or to the Lord. From the context, as the Lord is trying to convince gOpis of His capabilities, this has been applied to the Lord.
This kRti forms part of the dance-drama ‘nauka caritraM’ – The Boat Story.
Background –gOpis meet kRshNa at yamunA river and contemplate travel in a boat. kRshNa says that it is not within the capacity of the women to steer boat and says he will do the job; however, the gOpis do not believe Him and think that He is upto some trick. In this kRti, the Lord tries to convince gOpis of His prowess by citing His previous exploits.
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