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.