Unceasing meditation on Lord Sri Krishna

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Unceasing meditation on Lord Sri Krishna

cintayAmi harim Eva santatam
mandamanda hasitAnAmbujam |
nanda-gOpa-tanayam parAt param
nAradAdi-muni-bRnda-vanditam || 8

Here, Kulasekhara states that he meditates always on Hari, the destroyer of all of our sins. That Hari worshipped by celebrated saints like Naaradhaa has a radiant smile like a blossoming lotus. He is the supreme most among the Gods and that Hari is none other than Krishna, who came down to this world as the son of Nandagopa of Gokulam.

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VERSE 9:

Hari as the cool pond removing the heat of Samsaaram

kara-caraNa-sarOjE kAntiman-nEtra-mInE
Srama-mushi bhuja-vIci-vyAkulE'gAdha-mArgE |
hari-sarasi vigAhyApIya tEjO-jalaugham
bhava-maru-parikhinna: khEdamadya tyajAmi || 9

Here, Kulasekhara is nourished by the meditation on the beautiful limbs of the Lord and equates that invigorating experience to that of taking a deep dip in a cool pond in the middle of scorching summer. He compares the hands and feet of the Lord to lotuses blooming in that cool pond. He recognizes the fish swimming in the pond as the two eyes of the Lord. The waves of the pond remind him of the inviting shoulders of the Lord. He is reminded of the deep Bhagavat Tatvam, when he thinks about the depth of the pond.

The refreshing and joyous experience of immersing in that pond known as Hari and drinking its nourishing waters makes him think that, that experience is comparable to the state of a traveller in the torrid and dry desert sighting a cool pond in the middle of all of that waste land and getting relief from his sufferings by dipping into that inviting waters. His afflictions are gone. The afflictions are the sorrows of samsaric life caused by the Taapa Thrayam. Dipping in the Hari Saras is the sure way to quench those Taapaas. Kulasekhara states that the dip in the cool emerald pond (Hari Saras) has cured him of the afflictions. Poets have used the analogy of a cool emerald pond in a summer to describe the invigorating and relief giving qualities of the meditation on the Lord.

Following this tradition, Swami Desikan states in Devanayaka Panchaasat,

"mama dhee: bhavantam greeshmeh tataakamiva seetham anupravishtaa".

He states that his mind attained rest and vigour through meditation on the auspicious attributes of the Lord of Thiruvahindrapuram, just a sone gets relief from the scorching summer heat by the act of dipping in a cool pond. One Azhwaar has described Rama as "Dayarathan Perra Maragada Mani Thatam ( Rama, the emerald pond born as the son of Dasaratha ) ".

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VERSE 10:

Exhortation to the mind:

sarasija-nayanE sa-Sankha-cakrE
mura-bhidi mA viramasva citta rantum |
sukha-taram aparam na jAtu jAnE
hari-caraNa-smaraNAmRtEna tulyam || 10

In this beautiful verse, Kulasekharaa reveals that the thought of the holy feet of the Lord is similar to the joyous experience of drinking nectar. It is an experience that is not surpassed in its Sukham by any other experience. Therefore, he appeals to his mind to dwell on the lotus eyed Lord bearing the disc and the conch, who destroyed the evil Muraasura. He asserts that there is no joy that can match the exhilarating joy of meditation of the Lord’s lotus feet.

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