among the devotees Will become a devotee and remain as one forever In Brindavan, Krishna played the flute The melody of the flute made the cowherd women and celestial maidens forget their tasks.

They await the sound of your flute, their senses entirely fixated on you. So, play your flute, Parāṅguṣa Nāyakī suggests. Consequently, he initiates playing the flute right there. [through your divine flute music]. Let me sing while remaining right here," and he begins playing the flute.

Should Gopāl's enchanting flute tempt my heart and steal it, while His heart turns to stone? Pity! But she couldn’t, having been attracted by the sweet strains from His magic flute, conveying, as it were All these were conveyed by Him through the flute, which naturally put the Nāyakī back into the picture - **"avan ..."** - The sweet sound of his flute does not allow me to retreat, thinking that he has now His flute seems to convey, "I was separated from you all day; my arrival is delayed; I cannot endure

When Govindan takes his flute in his hands, bends his eyebrows, blows the air from his stomach and plays and leaning towards the left shoulder, irukai — and with both hands come together, kūṭa — holding the flute upward, kuṭa vayiṟu paṭa — stomach resemble a pot, kovintaṉ — Kannan's, vāy kaṭai kūṭa — lips meet the flute , kuḻal kŏṭu ūtiṉa potu — when He plays the flute, maṅkaimārkal̤ — the beautiful women, maṭa mayilkal̤ŏṭu

The cool, pleasant sandalwood and the sweet, amorous notes from Kaṇṇaṉ's flute, played for the shepherd her and makes her feel that His deeds are even more cruel than Himself, the enchanting melody of His flute - **Āycchiyarkkē Ūdhum** - That is, the sound of this flute will lull those elders, who are on guard Even if I survived the other tormenting elements, I would not withstand this sound of the flute. If the torments of all those elements combined are at one level, the torment by the flute sound alone

The lord who plays sweet music on his flute is the god of Thiruvenkatam where gypsies plant millet seeds skies, vĕngadam — thiruvĕngadam, mĕl oru nāl̤ ­ — at an earlier point of time, thīm kuzhal — the sweet flute , vāy vaiththān — kaṇṇapirān (krishṇa) who kept [that flute] on his divine lips, silambu — his divine

Puduvai composed pāsurams about how music flowed like a flood of nectar from the holes of the bamboo flute kuñci — that flows on His forehead, ūṭu kumiḻttuk — through, kuḻal muḻaiñcukal̤iṉ — the holes of the flute chief of Srivilliputhur, kul̤ir vāyiṉarāki — will develop sweet speech, kuḻalai vĕṉṟa — winning the flute

with red eyes and strong shoulders a lion among the gods, who was born to Devaki as a child plays his flute wandering in the sky, Fascinated by the nectar-like music, they say, “He, the highest, is playing the flute nam paramaṉ — He is like a Lion, tevarkal̤ ciṅkam — among gods, innāl̤ kuḻal ūta — when He plays the flute

When she hears the sweet sound of the flute, she thinks of her wondrous Kaṇṇaṉ and goes into raptures The sweet strain from a wayfarer’s flute electrifies the Nāyakī who sees in it Kṛṣṇa Himself, who was known to go round the Gopīs, playing on His enchanting Flute meaningful songs, meant to placate the , kĕtkil — if she hears, māyavan — krishṇa (who is amaśing at playing the flute to console the cowherd " - **vāyttha kuzhal Ōsai kētkil** - When the enchanting melody of the flute, which captivates all,

king of Madhura, Govindan, the princely son of Nandagopan the little child of the cowherds plays his flute their foreheads sweat and they close their ears to everything else and hear only the music of his flute kovalar kuṭṭaṉ — the Child of, nantakopaṉ — Nandagopar, kovintaṉ — when Kannan, kuḻal kŏṭu — took his flute

When Govindan plays the flute holding it in his small fingers, as his beautiful eyes close, his red They bend their heads, listening to the music of the flute and move their ears as if they are dancing taṭavip parimāṟa — Govindan plays the flute holding it, ciṟu viralkal̤ — in His small fingers, cĕṅkaṇ

adorned with a bunch of flowers, and wearing beautiful, bright clothes , You played sweet music on the flute Won't you come and play music on your flute one day to enthrall us?"

They will not understand the beauty of the sweet music of the flutes of the cowherds, or the suffering irangādhār — those who are not disheartened after hearing the sweet music played by the shepherd on his flute

He plays the flute sweetly, leads cows to pasture, and embraces the fish-eyed Piṉṉai, whose locks are been devoted by Periyāḻvār to a thrilling description of the enthralling strains from Lord Kṛṣṇā’s flute kuzhal — flute, ūdhiṝum — played, nirai — cattle, mĕyththadhum — herded, keṇdai — like keṇdai [a dark Here, it conveys that He would play sweet melodies on the flute, which resonate with the names of the - **nirai mēytthadhum**: Utilizing the same instrument, the flute, for dual purposes: to gather the

The sapphire-colored Kannan who grazed the cows and played the flute killed the Asuran when it came in mĕyththu — graśing them (by taking them to places which have grass and water), kuzhal ūdhi — playing the flute

cowherds to see, He climbed on a sand hillock, danced a village dance (Koothu) with glee and played on the flute kūttu uvantu āṭi — and danced a village dance with glee, icaipāṭi — He played music, kuḻalāl — with His flute

The potent Lord goes with the cowherds, protecting the cattle and playing on the flute wonderfully. cows, vittakaṉāy niṉṟa — He stands as magnificent figure and, aṇi veyiṉ kuḻalūti — plays the beautiful flute

Kālingā's hood and danced fiercely as the bells on His anklets sounded and played melodious tune on His flute cilampu ārkka — and His anklets made sounds, kuḻal ūti — He played melodious music, veyiṉ — with His flute

The lord with a conch in his left hand that sounds in victory and plays delightful music on his flute ūtu caṅkam — the conch that he blows, mĕccu — to everyone's admiration, nal vey ūti — He plays the flute

Kannan who fought, conquered and destroyed the evil Asuras Thenuhan, Pilamban and Kaliyan, plays his flute thenuhan, pilamban, kāl̤iyaṉ ĕṉṉum — and naragasuran called kaliyan, kuḻal ūtiṉa potu — when He played the flute