Yashodi Sundari – Konkani Folksong

‘गणपतीचे लाडू’ एक सुंदर कोंकणी लोक गीत

ह्ये लोकगीत ‘यशोदी सुंदरी’, ‘गणपतीचे लाडू’, ‘यशोदाले संकष्ट चतुर्थी व्रत’ अशी तीन नांवान आयकूक येत्ता। केरळांतूय प्रचार आसा जाल्यालीय ह्यो गींतु उत्तर दिक्कारि थकून जन्मल्लो जाव्यात। थंय आजो प्रचारु चड आसा। कृष्णालि चोराय चड चड जावनु येंवचे कारणान गोपी सग मेळनु यशोदेक सांगताति संकष्ट चतुर्थी व्रत करी, चेल्याक गणपति चांगि बुद्धी दित्ता अशि म्हणु। 

संकष्ट चतुर्थी व्रत

संकष्ट चतुर्थी म्हळ्यार सग मासाचेय कृष्णपक्षांतु येंवची चतुर्थी। विघ्न नाशाचेय ऐश्वर्याचेय आत्मीय जावनु आसिल्लि वाडायेचेय खातीर ह्यें व्रत करताति। 

गणपतीक इकेवीस लाडू निवेदु करचे माहात्म्य
गणपतीले आराधनेंतु इकेवीस संख्येक व्हड महत्व आसा। पांच ज्ञानेन्द्रिय (दोळे, कान, नांक, जीब, सालि),  पांच कर्मेंद्रिय (उलोवणी, हात, पाय, मलद्वार, जननेन्द्रिय) पांच महाभूत ( उदाक, उज्जो, भूंय, वारें, आकाश) पांच तन्मात्रा (शब्दु, स्पर्श,सुवादु,गंध,आकार) आनी मन। ह्ये सग मेळनु इकेवीस जाता। एकेवीस मोदक जावनु जावो एकेवीस दर्बांकूर जावनु जावो गणेशाक अर्पण करतेरि आपण्याक स्वयं अर्पण करचे तुल्य म्हणु लेकीताय। आजान आमचे भीतरचे अहंकार, कोपु, उक्रोसु सग ना जाता म्हणु सांगताय। 

गींतु आनी ताजो अर्थु

Gopis come to Yashoda complaining about the deeds of her beloved son Krishna. He is such a thief! they say and advise her to observe fast on Sankastha Chathurthi. Sankastha Chathurthi is a day dedicated to Lord Ganesha,the remover of all obstacles, which falls on the 4th day of the Krishna paksha in every lunar month. Yashoda decides to observe the fast and prays to Lord Ganesha to bless her child with good intelligence and remove his mischief and thus starts the preparations for Sankashta Chathurthi Vritha. 

Krishna laughs to himself and doesn’t steal anything for the time being. Yashoda is happy that this plan might work out, so with utmost dedication, she immerses herself into the preparations. She makes modak made of jaggery for offering to Lord Ganesha and keeps it in front of the idol. Krishna upon seeing it, asks his mother when would he get to taste it to which Yashoda replies, just wait till the puja is over. Then she goes out to bring charcoal for puja.

Krishna who was standing near the laddus couldn’t resist them. He took a handful of laddus and started stuffing his mouth with it. He swallowed a few and just when he took a bite of the next one Yashoda came there only to see the plate empty!

 Krishna says “Listen to me, mother, just when you had gone out , thousands of big fat mice came here. Among them ,was a giant one on whose back a terrifying being was seated who had vermillion applied all over his body. He was holding noose and hook in his hands, do you know who he is???” He asks her. He goes on describing the giant figure thus “His trunk reached up to the floor. I screamed with fear upon seeing such a  figure. And now I am thirsty, could you give me some water, mother ??” He asks and also tells her to catch the laddu thief. “That thief stole Ganapathi ‘s ladu , I am innocent” he proclaims.

Yashoda sternly tells him, “you are the thief! No one else”. She slaps him and asks him to open his mouth  for proof to which Krishna agrees. When he opened his mouth wide,she saw the entire cosmos in it. Then she saw many Lord Ganeshas appear in it and they were all telling one and the same thing “Krishna is Lord Vishnu himself who has come to relieve the earth of its burden. Pray to him!

This article is written by Anjali Kini (Smrithi Kini), Konkani writer and poet.