Gita
Dhyanam - 5
वसुदेवसुतं
देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम्
।
देवकी
परमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥ 5
Vasudevasutam
devam kamsacAnUramardanam .
devakI
paramAnandam krishnam vande jagadgurum .. 5 ..
वसुदेवसुतं to the Son of Vasudeva
देवं
to the Supreme Lord
कंस –
चाणूर Kamsa
and ChAnUra
मर्दनम्
to the destroyer
of
देवकी
mother Devaki
परमानन्दं
to the bliss of
कृष्णं
to Krishna
वन्दे
Salutations
जगद्गुरुम्
to
the Guru of the entire Universe
Meaning:
Salutations to Krishna, who is the son of Vasudeva, who is the
Supreme Lord, who is the destroyer of Kamsa and ChAnUra, who is the bliss of
mother DevakI, who is the Guru of the entire Universe.
Significance:
In this verse we come across three names - Kamsa , chAnUra and
Krishna. Krishna is the destroyer of Kamsa and Chanura. All the Indian texts
convey great messages in the form of stories. Each story can be related to our
day to day life. Here the three characters are our own characteristics . Kamsa
is the epitome of greediness. Due to greediness he imprisoned his own father, he
troubled his own sister, he killed infants and what not. ChAnUra is an epitome
of injustice. He is a well known wrestler , but he always broke the rules for
Kamsa. He fed his greediness by killing innocent people.
Krishna the Supreme
Lord destroyed both of them, the first one to fall is the one who went in the
path of injustice. We should always follow the path of righteousness. Else it
will lead to greed and eventually to destruction. It is said rightly said - अतितृष्णा विनाशाय by our ancestors. To
destroy our wrong thoughts, intentions and to help us to lead a life in the
path of Dharma , we all need a Guru. Thus the Lord himself took an avatara as
Jagat-Guru , the Guru of the Universe. Guru of not one person but for the entire
universe which is constantly moving , in which change is the only thing that doesn’t
change. It is always a tough task for a teacher to handle a kid who keeps moving
in the class. Krishna comes to us, whose minds are preoccupied, whose minds are
constantly moving towards worldly pleasures as our Guru . He helps us to take
the path of Dharma by destroying the greediness and adharma in us.
Mother Devaki is the personification of love
when we nurture love, when we show love to everyone around us , the divinity
grows within us. We can see God in everything . Krishna when seen as a threat
to kamsa he is the bliss for mother Devaki. Happiness , Which is the ultimate goal
of human life, is given as the constant state of mind by Him, for who spreads
love wherever he goes.
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