3.10 Kalyani! You are the Kamadenu!

Sloka 10

श्रीवत्साङ्गं चिरतरमुरः सीमगोष्ठं मुरारेः

अध्यासीनां अनघ हरितोदारकान्त्याभिरामम्

कल्याणि त्वां सुलभममृतं संश्रितानां दुहानां

क्षीराम्भोधेः समुदितवतीं ब्रूमहे कामदेनुम्

śrīvatsāṅgaṁ cirataramuraḥ sīmagoṣṭhaṁ murāreḥ

adhyāsīnāṁ anagha haritodārakāntyābhirāmam

kalyāṇi tvāṁ sulabhamamṛtaṁ saṁśritānāṁ duhānāṁ

kṣīrāmbhodheḥ samuditavatīṁ brūmahe kāmadenum

ஶ்ரீவத்ஸாங்க₃ம் சிரதரமுர: ஸீமகோ₃ஷ்டம் முராரே:

அத்₄யாஸீனாம் அநக₄ ஹரிதோதா₃ரகாந்த்யாபி₄ராமம்

கல்யாணி த்வாம் ஸுலப₄மம்ருதம் ஸம்ஶ்ரிதானாம் து₃ஹானாம்

க்ஷீராம்போ₄தே₄: ஸமுதி₃தவதீம் ப்₃ரூமஹே காமதே₄னும்

Commentary:

The Auspicious One! We call you, the One who has remain on the effulgent and beautiful chest of Murari that is adorned by the dark green and faultless mole, Srivatsa (the cowshed that has the calf and the dark green grass),  the One who grants amrt easily (the one who grants milk easily), the One who emerged from the Milky Ocean as the Kamadhenu .

மங்களகரமானவளே (கல்யாணி)! அழகானதும் ஒளிபொருந்தியதும் ஸ்ரீவத்ஸம் என்ற ஆழ்ந்த பசுமையான மருவைக் கொண்டதுமான (அழகான கன்றையும் பசுமையான புல்லையும் கொண்டதுமான) மார்பில் (கொட்டிலில்) வெகுகாலமாக சரணடைந்து பலனை விரும்பி வருபவருக்கு எளிதாக அம்ருதத்தை (பாலை) தருபவளான பாற்கடலிலிருந்து தோன்றிய உன்னை காமதேனு என்று அழைக்கிறோம்.

From www.sadagopan.org alamelumanga series

This is a very endearing slokam for us, jIvAs. SrI VenkatAdhvari who is an advocate of prapatti as the moksha upAyam brings out the vAtsalyam and kAruNyam of PirAtti through this verse. When vAtsalyam is described, one frequently refers to a mother cow that disregards the crud on its just-born calf, licks it and very generously gives it its milk. If a cow in this world is so generous one can imagine how the holy cow Kaamedhenu will be. PirAtti is compared to

Kaamadhenu in this slokam. Her magnanimity supersedes all that is generous in any

world. Out of Her vAtsalyam, She overlooks our sins and very liberally grants us

moksham. The milk is called amrtam here. Amrtam grants eternal life to its consumer. The vAtsalyam of PirAtti grants us the everlasting bliss, kainkarya prApti. To achieve this She resides at EmperumAn’s chest that is compared to a meadow. When the grass grows very thickly, the meadow appears bluish green in colour. EmperumAn’s chest has the bluish green hue that is like a meadow where PirAtti, the Kaamadhenu resides. This poem reflects NammAzhvAr’s “agalagillEn” pAsuram where he does prapatti to Sriya:pati at ThiruvEnkatam.

A mother cow does not wait for the calf to seek the milk. It pours it out in great measures without asking. Similarly PirAtti does not wait for us to seek moksham. She does not expect us to perform the difficult bhakti yoga. She takes the initiative Herself and does everything needed to make us surrender at Her lotus feet and grants us moksham also in the end. She has the three “AkAram” or acts namely upAyam – the means, purushAkaram-mediation, and upeyam- She is the ultimate goal to be reached. She is the AkAratraya sampannai and Vakshasthala Vaasini, who is easy to seek refuge (samSrita sulabhA) and stays as the wish-granting KaamadhEnu for us that arose out of the Milky ocean (kshIrAmbhodhe: samudita kAmadhenuriva amrtam duhA).