Shyamala Dandakam, Sri Rajarjeshwari, And a discussion on Languages.

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Dear Shyamalaputras and putris,

 

Lalitha sahasranama in the phalasruthi extols the virtue stating that in kaliyuga one who remembers Godess Rajarajeshwari even in the form of Shayamala will be releived of all sins and negatives in his psyche.

Ten names have been given among which Shyamala and Rajarajeshwari devi are two.

Tradition has it that the Shyamala Dandakam was composed by kalidasa. Western Indologists have questioned it by stating that it expresses full blown kula Tantric thoughst that were absent in Kalidasa's days. So it is believed to be secondary attribution. I am not so sure of this argument because there could have been another Kalidasa as it was a common name in those days. But it definitely it shows signs of of the well-developed tripurasundari stream of the kula Tantrism. Shyamala is the prime minister and of the commanders of the army of Godess RajarajeshwariDevi who slew the asura Vishanga in the Bhandaasura war, riding on the car called the Geyachakra. Dandakam is usually applied to meters with irregular padas with syllable counts over 25. The Dandakam was obviously acquired by Telugu as a part of its Sanskritization that culminated during the Vijayanagaran period of Tenali Rama.The Anushtubh is the main meter of sholkas

classic sanskrit. It has 16+16 syllables and is very widely used in the epics, Puranas and tantras. It is also encountered in vedic in number of mantras.

Shyamala Dandakam

 

maaNikyaviiNaamupalaaLayantiiMmadaalasaaM maJNjuLavaagvilaasaam.h |maahendraniiladyutikomaLaaN^giiMmaataN^gakanyaaM manasaa smaraami || 1||chaturbhuje chandrakalaavataMsekuchonnate kuN^kumaraagashoNe |puNDrekshupaashaaN^kushapushhpabaaNa\-haste namaste jagadekamaataH || 2|||| viniyogaH ||

maataa maratakashyaamaa maataN^gii madashaalinii |kuryaat.h kaTaakshaM kalyaaNii kadaMbavanavaasinii || 3|||| stuti ||

jaya maataN^gatanaye jaya niilotpaladyute |jaya saN^giitarasike jaya liilaashukapriye || 4|||| daNDakam.h ||

jaya janani sudhaasamudraantarudyanmaNIdviipasaMruuDh \-bilvaaTaviimadhyakalpadrumaakalpakaadaMbakaantaaravaasapriyekR^ittivaasapriye sarvalokapriye

saadaraarabdhasaMgiitasaMbhaavanaasaMbhramaalola\-niipasragaabaddhachuuLiisanaathatrike saanumatputrike

shekhariibhuutashiitaaMshurekhaamayuukhaavaliibaddha\-susnigdhaniilaaLakashreNishR^iN^gaarite lokasaMbhaavitekaamaliilaadhanussannibhabhruulataapushhpasandohasandehakR^illochanevaaksudhaasechane chaarugorochanaapaN^kakeLiilalaamaabhiraame suraame rame

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vallakiivaadanaprakriyaalolataaLiidaLaabaddha\-taaTaN^kabhuushhaavisheshhaanvite siddhasammaanite

divyahaalaamadodvelahelaalasachchakshuraandoLanashriisamaakshiptakarNaika\-niilotpale shyaamaLe puuritaasheshhalokaabhivaaJNchhaaphale shriiphale

svedabinduullasadphaalalaavaNya nishhyandasandohasandehakR^innaasikaamauktikesarvavishvaatmike sarvasiddhyaatmike kaaLike mugddhamandasmitodaaravaktra\-sphurat.h puugataambuulakarpuurakhaNDotkare GYaanamudraakare sarvasaMpatkarepadmabhaasvatkare shriikare

kundapushhpadyutisnigdhadantaavaliinirmalaalolakallolasammeLanasmerashoNaadhare chaaruviiNaadhare pakvabiMbaadhare

sulalita navayauvanaaraMbhachandrodayodvelalaavaNyadugdhaarNavaavirbhavat.hkambubimbokabhR^itkanthare satkalaamandire manthare

divyaratnaprabhaabandhurachchhannahaaraadibhuushhaasamudyotamaanaanavadyaaN^ga\-shobhe shubhe

ratnakeyuurarashmichchhaTaapallavaprollasaddollataaraajiteyogibhiH puujite vishvadiN^maNDalavyaaptamaaNikyatejassphuratkaN^kaNaalaMkR^itevibhramaalaMkR^ite saadhubhiH puujite vaasaraaraMbhaveLaasamujjR^imbhamaaNaaravindapratidvandvapaaNidvaye santatodyaddaye advayedivyaratnormikaadiidhitistomasandhyaayamaanaaN^guLiipallavodyannakhenduprabhaamaNDale sannutaakhaNDale chitprabhaamaNDale prollasatkuNDale

taarakaaraajiniikaashahaaraavalismera chaarustanaabhogabhaaraanamanmadhya\-valliivalichchheda viichiisamudyatsamullaasasandarshitaakaarasaundaryaratnaakarevallakiibhR^itkare kiN^karashriikare

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chaarushiJNchatkaTiisuutranirbhatsitaanaN^galiiladhanushshiJNchiniiDaMbaredivyaratnaambare

padmaraagollasa nmekhalaamauktikashroNishobhaajitasvarNabhuubhR^ittalechandrikaashiitale vikasitanavakiMshukaataamradivyaamshukshchchannachaaruurushobhaaparaabhuutasinduurashoNaayamaanendramaataN^gahasmaarggaLe vaibhavaanarggaLe shyaamaLe komaLasnigddhaniilotpalotpaaditaanaN^gatuuNiirashaN^kaakarodaarajaMghaalate chaaruliilaagate namradikpaalasiimantiniikuntaLasnigddhaniilaprabhaapuJNchasaJNjaatadurvaaN^kuraashaN^kasaaraMgasaMyogariMkhannakhenduujjvale projjvalenirmale prahva devesha lakshmiisha bhuutesha toyesha vaaNiisha kiinaashadaityesha yakshesha vaayvagnikoTiiramaaNikya saMhR^ishhTabaalaatapoddaama\-laakshaarasaaruNyataaruNya lakshmiigR^ihitaaN^ghripadmme supadme ume

ratnapadmaasane ratnasimhaasane shaN^khapadmadvayopaashrite vishrutetatra vighneshadurgaavaTukshetrapaalairyute mattamaataN^gakanyaasamuuhaanvite bhairavairashhTabhirveshhitemaJNchuLaamenakaadyaN^ganaamaanite devi vaamaadibhiH shaktibhissevitedhaatri lakshmyaadishaktyaishhTakaiH saMyute maatR^ikaamaNDalairmaNDiteyakshagandharvasiddhaaN^ganaa maNDalairarchite

bhairavii saMvR^ite paJNchabaaNaatmike paJNchabaaNena ratyaa chasaMbhaavite priitibhaajaa vasantena chaanandite bhaktibhaajaM paraM shreyasekalpase yoginaaM maanase dyotase chhandasaamojase bhraajase giitavidyaavinodaati tR^ishhNena kR^ishhNena saMpuujyase bhaktimachchetasaa vedhasaastuuyase vishvahR^idyena vaadyena vidyaadharairgiiyase

shravaNaharadakshiNakvaaNayaa viiNayaa kinnarairggiiyaseyakshagandharvasiddhaaN^ganaa maNDalairarchyase

sarvasaubhaagyavaaJNchhaavatiibhir.h vadhuubhissuraaNaaM samaaraadhyasesarvavidyaavisheshhatmakaM chaaTugaathaa samuchchaaraNaakaNThamuulollasad\-varNaraajitrayaM komaLashyaamaLodaarapakshadvayaM tuNDashobhaatidhuuribhavat.hkiMshukaM taM shukaM lalayantiiparikriiDase

paaNipadmadvayenaakshamaalaamapi sphaaTakaM GYaanasaaraatmakaMpustakaJNchaN^kushaM paashamaabhibhrati tena saJNchintyase tasya vaktraantaraat.hgadyapadyaatmikaa bhaaratii nissaret.h yena vaadhvaMsanaadaakR^itirbhaavyase tasya vashyaa bhavantistiyaH purushhaaH yena vaashaatakaMbadyutirbhaavyase sopi lakshmiisahasraiH parikriiDate

kinna siddhyedvapuH shyaamaLaM komaLaM chandrachuuDaanvitaMtaavakaM dhyaayataH tasya liilaa sarovaaridhiiH tasya keLiivanaMnandanaM tasya bhadraasanaM bhuutalaM tasya giirdevataa kiN^karitasya chaaGYaakarii shrii svayaM

sarvatiirthaatmike sarva mantraatmikesarva yantraatmike sarva tantraatmikesarva chakraatmike sarva shaktyaatmikesarva piiThaatmike sarva vedaatmikesarva vidyaatmike sarva yogaatmikesarva varNaatmike sarvagiitaatmikesarva naadaatmike sarva shabdaatmikesarva vishvaatmike sarva vargaatmikesarva sarvaatmike sarvage sarva ruupejaganmaatR^ike paahi maaM paahi maaM paahi maaMdevi tubhyaM namo devi tubhyaM namo devi tubhyaM namo devi tubhyaM namaH

... iti shyaamaLaa daNDakam.h sampuurNam.h ||

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.medieval.org/music/world/cds/koe036.html (buying cassette on Shyamala Dandakam)

People who think Sanskrit is dead, should think again. Texts in Sanskrit have been composed continuously in India over the millenia and still do, although there has been a drop in last century.Think of a future 1000 years from hence. It is highly unlikely that any of the modern languages will remain in the present form. For an example, Hindi has evolved in so many different forms from the Hindi of early texts such as Prithviraj-Raso of Chand Bardai as to make it quite difficult to understand without help. In contrast Sanskrit hasn't. There are clear advantages to this. By learning Sanskrit I can connect easily with millenia of literary activity in India. But one who has learnt only the modern khari-boli hindi will have a hard time even with the hindi of Tulsidas etc.If I write a text in Sanskrit today, say about Indian music, I can be confident that that text will be seen and understood in the continuity of musical

texts even thousands of years from now. Sanskrit grammar and language, being highly codified, can be learnt withought significant distortions. That advantage doesn't belong to other languages. A text written in Hindi would perhaps be hard to interpret even for hindi speakers in remote future.I am 100% for Sanskrit as an official language. The usual argument about the difficulty of learning a new language like Sanskrit is dishonest, the difficulty applies equally well, if not more, to English, a foreign language.Just for a sense of perspective, English has been important in world affairs only for a few centuries. And when UK and USA decline in power, English as a language is quite likely to lose its primary position. I don't give more than a century (at most a couple of centuries) for English to remain predominant language in the world.Indians should learn English because it is important at current juncture of history. But Sanskrit has been around much longer

and is intertwined with India in a very deep manner. It is highly evolved language capable of great expressivity. Modern Indian language can't come even remotely close to the capabilities that Sanskrit possesses.

However I also like the 4 southIndian Languages not because I come from the land but because they are supposed to have emnated from the mouth of Lord shiva and transmuted to Sage Agasthya. Telugu later branched out from the single dravidian language and mixed lot of sanskrit(similarly Kannada). Malayalam is a branchout from Tamil with lot of orthodox Namboodhiri brahmins mixing Sanskrit to make it more mantreeka. Tamil of the current day is very much diffrent from the days of Sage Agasthya and has mixed with the local tribal languages to form what is the present Tamil.

O My mother, the source of the seven planes of existence, (the seven planes are from bhuH to satyam), I always contemplate on your glories, I learn your names to do your namasmarana, and I melt in devotion only to your lotus feet, day and night I seek the company of your devotees, for all this fortune, what good things did I do in my previous births!

At your Holy Feet Subodha

Shaakambhari, Shyamale',

Subodha

 

 

 

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shyamala dandakam is written by one ' Purantaka ' from dwaraka during 1101AD , according to one manuscript found out by Kuppusamy sastri from tanjore. the poet was awarded with villages and money by one bhoja raja who protected dwaraka from enemies.