Mallai sailendrakalpa sisu ritarajanaih pushpachaponnaganabhir
Gopaisthu prakrutatma Divi kulisabhruta viswa kayo prameyaha
Kruttah Kamsena kalo bhaya chakithadrusa yogibhir dhyeya murthir
Drushto rangavatare Hari ramaragana nandakruth pathu yushman!
When Krishna is engaged in playing on His flute, His head is slightly bent on the left side! As such the hangings on the left touch the back. One eye brow is also bent while the other looked long. Krishna's mouth was half open and His looks went across. He played on the flute with His tender and delicate fingers as the tender sprouting leaves! Krishna's person thus appeared with three bends! With that world enticing looks Krishna appeared under the Kalpa Vruksha! Leela Shuka says that he is always contemplating on such wonderful appearance of Krishna!
To the massive wrestlers like Chanura and others sent by Kamsa, Krishna appeared like the Himalaya mountains! But for all others who looked at Him, He was only a young lad! For all the beautiful young damsels He was Manmatha, the embodiment of beauty and love! For all the Gopalas, He looked like one among them! To Indra, king of Gods, Krishna appeared Omnipresent and bereft of all sensory tendencies! To Kamsa, stunned and petrfied by fear, Krishna looked like furious Yama, the God of Death! To all the Yogis, sages and saints, Krishna appeared as the object fit enough to be worshipped and meditated upon! For all the great Devas, Krishna was the bestower of happiness! Let that Krishna protect you always says Poet Leela Shuka in this beautiful sloka!
“Yada Yadahi dharmasya glanir bhavati Bharata abyuttana madharmasya tadatmanam srujamyaham” declares the Lord in the Bhagavadgita! When righteousness declines and adharma increases the Lord incarnates. The object of any incarnation or Avatar is to establish Dharma or righteousness and destroy evil. It’s also to protect the sadhus, sages and saints and kill the perpetrators of evil. “parithranaya sadhunam vinasayacha dushkrutam Dharma samsthapa narthaya sambhavami yuge yuge!” proclaims the Lord once again in the Gita! The very purpose of Krishnavatar was to rid the world of the transgressors of the accepted principles of Dharma. Kamsa, Sisupala, Jarasandha and others made life unbearable to people! Beating all these demonaic forces the Kauravas wanted to wipe out the Pandava clan. It was the opportune time for the Avatar of Krishna in Dwapara Yuga!
While that is one aspect of the Avatar, it is also to shower His Grace on His staunch Bhakthas or devotees. Both the acts have to be accomplished simultaneously! While the Avatar is deadly to His detractors and enemies, He is gentle, the embodiment of love, Grace and compassion to His devotees . The Cat is a terror to mice and tears it to pieces with its very sharp teeth! The same cat gently catches its kitten with the same sharp teeth and carries them from one place to another! This is called “ Marjara kisora nyaya!” God is terrible and deadly for His enemies and evildoers while He is all love and compassion to His devotees! Leela Shuka brings out very effectively this dual role of Krishnavatar as he describes how Krishna appeared to different people in different forms or ways!
Kamsa planned to kill Krishna by arranging a fight between his court wrestlers Chanura and Mushtika! To them Krishna seemed to be the Himalayas! Where is the Divine Child and the feeble mortal wrestlers? It is totally a mismatch and they were despatched to Yamaloka! But the people wondered how the innocent lad can cope with the terrible wrestlers. In their view Krishna was an ordinary boy innocent and likely to be badly beaten and vanquished! To the women assembled there to see the unequal fight, Krishna appeared like beautiful Manmatha! To the Gopis Krishna seemed to be one among them. To lndra Krishna looked Omnipresent,divested of mortal tendencies! To stunned Kamsa Krishna appeared like Yama, God of Death! To all the Yogis Krishna appeared as the object of worship and meditation! To all other Devas Krishna was the bestower of happiness! Let that Krishna who appears differently to different types of people protect us says the poet!
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