19 September 04
Krishna Namaskara
वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम् ।
देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद् गुरुम् ॥५॥

Vasudeva sutam devam kamsa chanura mardhanam /
Devaki paramanandam krishnam vande jagad guram // 5 ii

Vasudeva sutam - the son of Vasudeva, devam - god, kamsachanura mardanam - the destroyer, of Kamsa and Chanura, devaki parama anandam - the supreme bliss of Devaki ( mother of Krishna), krishnam - to Krishna, vande - I salute, Jagatgurum - the world teacher.

I salute Lord Krishna, the world teacher, the son of Vasudeva, the destroyer of Kamsa and Chanura, the supreme bliss of Devaki.

I offer my namaskaras to Krishna, who is the son of Vasudeva - vasudeva sutham; who is also the son of Devaki - devaki nandana, Destroyer of Kamsa and Chanura - Kamsa Chanura mardanam. Jagat gurum - who is the teacher of the whole Universe (thro Arjuna -reported by Vyasacharya). Here Madusudhana Saraswathi indicates the three glories of Sri Krishna. Firstly he gave supreme joy to Devaki; He gave ananda to his parents. The first and foremost duty of an individual is his duty towards his parents, family and society. Second glory is that he destroyed adharmic people like Kamsa and Chanura. and protected dharmic people. 3rd glory is that Krishna personally taught Arjuna and Udhava. By this Krishna has taught both the contemporary society and the posterity also. To such Sri Krishna I offer my salutation.