Krishna Namaskara
प्रपन्नपारिजाताय तोत्रवेत्रैकपाणये ।
ज्ञानमुद्राय कृष्णाय गितामृतदुहे नमः ॥३॥
Prapanna parijataya totravetraika panaye /
Jnana mudraya krsnaya gitamrta duhe namah // 3 ii
Prapanna parijataya - the Parijata or the Kalpataru the bestower of all desires, for
those who take refuge in Him, totra vetra eka panaye - who holds a cane in one hand,
jnana mudraya - the holder of Knowledge symbol, krishnaya - to Krishna,
Gita amritha duhe - the milker of the Gita-nectar, namah -
salutations.
Salutation to Krishna, the Parijatha or the Kalpataru, the bestower of all desires of those
who take refuge in him, the holder of the cane in one hand, the holder of Jnanamudra (the
symbol of Knowledge) in the other hand, the milker of the Gita-nectar
Krshnaya namaha - salutations to Sri Krishna. There are two meaning for the word
Krishna. - Dark in complexion. The second meaning is one who attracts everyone towards
himself - karshathi sarvaan iti Krishna ;derived from the root kris -to
attract, to drag, to pull; in short one who has an attractive personality is
Krishna. There is only one thing which attracts people - anandah. Krishna is
Ananda Swarupa. He is capable of distributing Ananda to everyone. Black
colour also absorbs all the seven colours. Therefore it does not throw out any colour.
Krishna is sachidananda swaroopa.What are his glories? Prapanna parijathaya -
Parijatham and Kalpatharu are celestial trees in the heaven. They are born when the ocean
was churned. They will grant your wishes -`Wish yielding trees'.Sri Krishna will fulfill
the desires of the entire humanity if you approach Him - our efforts must be there.
Artha, Kama, Dharma and Moksha are our goals. He who is a Universal teacher will
tell us all the ways of reaching the four goals. Totra vetra eka panaye - In the
battle field Lord Krishna seated in the driver's seat of the chariot was teaching Arjuna
holding the handle of the whip; in the other hand he was holding the Mudra or the
symbol of Knowledge - Atmajnana mudra otherwise called Chinmudra. The index
finger, called darjani touches or joins the tip of the thump
called,angushtah. When you join these two fingers, they form a full circle
without a beginning or the end - the other three fingers gets separated from the index
finger.
The index finger represents the Jeevatma ahamkara - ego which is a threat to the
society. This ego is associated with these three fingers representing the Satva,
Rajas and Tamo gunas, and three avasthas and three sarirams.The
Jeevathma is suffering from Samsara. Separating oneself from the 3 fold body is the
Spiritual Life. Join with the Angusta, thumb which represents the
Paramatma your own higher nature - sthula sookshma karanad vyathiristhaha,
avasthatria sakshi, panchakosa vilakshana satchidananda swarupa is the
Angusta,Thumb. All the four fingers can function only with the support of the thumb.
It is the adharam.Like that God is also the adharam. The Jeevatma has to be joined with
Paramathma - jeevatma paramatma ikyam When the index finger touches the thumb, it
becomes a single circle. The circle has no beginning or end. It is purnah. It is
sweet; I am happy and make other also happy. Gita amrutha duhe - by extracting and
teaching to others. He is communicating and imparting Knowledge to Arjuna. He is milking
the nectar of Gita from the Vedic cow. To that Krishna, I give my namaskarams.