Friday, November 13, 2009

Darubhooto Murari

After narasimhavataram  in the subsequent incarnation as Srirama, the Lord destroyed Ravana who
committed the heinous crime of stealing
his wife among several others. Similarly to do away with Kamsa, who imprisoned
his parents and killed his siblings, He again took a human form. But
Hiranyakasipu�s offence was that he did not believe in the God nor did he allow
his own son or his subjects to believe in Him. The demon king never did any
harm directly to the God, other than discouraging and destroying those who
believed in Him . How could the All- compassionate, cleave the body of the king that too in the presence of his wife and
son? Only a wild animal could do such
act. That is why he had to partially become a wild animal with,

�Balalochanmu, bhayadogramukhamu, Jwalamaya
kesaramulanu.

Kalroudrasamkhaditha danthamulu, helalathy darinchu
niliche�

Kadhiri Nrisimhudu�"

Not inappropriately of course, every time I visit
the Padmanabha temple, I recapitulate the hilarious sloka of Murari, the predecessor of Kalidasa who
composed the incomparable mahakavyam
'Sreekrishna karnamritham?' which
is said to excel Kalidasa's works in sheer poetic beauty.

The story goes that as a boy, Murari always used to
get lost in thoughts and when he failed to answer a question in the class, his
teacher made a sarcastic remark, "dharubhoodho Murari" meaning Murari
has become (as immobile as) as a trunk.

The boy immediately, got up from his seat and
recited the following sloka, which he had instantaneously composed.:

(Murari is one of the
several names of Lord Mahavishnu, the God who is poetically described as
relaxing on a serpent bed in the ocean)

'Aeka bharya prakrithi- rachala, chanchala cha dwideeya,

Puthro- ananga, thribhuvna jayee, chandrasooryowcha nethran,

Bhoghee sayya, bhavanmudahi, vahanam pannagari,

Smaram,smaram swajnakalham, darubhootho Murari"

" His one wife (Bhoomi), doesn't move at all, whereas, the other one,
Lakshmi, is always on the move; His son Kama (despite having lost his physical
body), conquers the three worlds; sun and moon (with exactly opposite characters
) form His eyes ; His Vahanam, mount is Garuda, the celestial bird and his arch
enemy, (the great serpent Adisesh) is the bed; house is (the noisy and
turbulent) sea. Brooding over his family skirmish, Murari became a trunk."

(�Smaram, smaram swajana kalham�
ah, what a wonderful ex-pression! What else could he do other than becoming a
�daru� when His own people quarrel?)
knr
--
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.

 Every moment, thank God

1 comment:

  1. Darubhuto Daru means a Wood . Lord Jagannath idol made of Neem wood .Can we describe like this ??

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