Guest guest Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer, All are aware that aaNdaal called all young women folk, 'hey girls, come let us do congregate and enjoy the lord krishNa – 'koodi yirundhu kuLirndhu' krishNa bhajanam - a principle in line with the gOpees of krishNa's period. In the same traditional line, here is one staunch raama bhaktha calling all of us to do raama pradhakshiNam - enjoy raama by going around him – see his krithi 'lakshhaNamulu gala' – in raagam: sudda saavEri, thaaLam: aadhi 29 dheera shankaraabharaNam janya Aa: S R2 M1 P D2 S Av: S D2 P M1 R2 S Composer: Thyaagaraaja Language: Telugu pallavi lakshaNamulu gala sree raamuniki pradhakshiNa monarinthumu raarE [lakshaNamulu] meaning: Come, let us perform circumambulation of lord sree raama – who is endowed with divine and auspicious form and qualities. anupallavi kukshiNi brahmaaNDamu lunnavaTa vi-chakshuNuDaTa dheeksha guruDaTa subha [lakshaNamulu] meaning: It is heard [from Vedhaas, and or itihaasams, etc.] that – there are many universes in His stomach;He is a connoisseur or discriminating or differentiates between things; He is the preceptor who initiates his devotees. Note: Here, the last word 'Subha' goes with starting word of the krithi 'lakshaNamulu' and hence it is 'Subha lakshaNamulu'- since this is anu pallavi. The differentiation can mean many things, differentiates between right and wrong, gives individual identities to each jeeva, etc. etc. charaNam lakshaNa lakshyamu gala sruthulaku prathyakshambounaTa aksharasthulaina bhajana parulakE antharanguDaunaTa sishabaDi sabhanu meppincu bhaktha rakshakuDaunaTa saakshiyai velayu thyaagaraaja pakshakuDaunaTa muppadhi reNDu [lakshaNamulu] meaning: It is said that – He shall be directly perceivable to those well-versed in vEdhaas or sruthi, who know definitions and aim (of mahaa vaakyams); He dwells in heart of devotees, and shall be the protector of those devotees who, being erudite bring fame to the assembly;He shall be perceivable in oneself only to those who are dedicated to chanting names being established in the imperishable brahman;He shall be always taking the side of this thyaagaraaja. Come, let us perform circumambulation of lord sree raama - one who shines as a mere witness and endowed with the thirty-two auspicious body marks (characteristics). Points on this krithi and on the raagam selection: 1. Raagam is sudhdhha saavEri – clean and clear saavEri – since this krithi is linked to sreemadh raamaayaNam episode of sree hanumaan describing all the subha lakshaNams of sree raama and his sudhdham – not thinking about any other woman – and his pure qualities - to his consort sudhdha seethaa – pathivrathaa seethaa – the seethaa the clean and pure. 2. Another krithi by thyaagaraaja is there when hanumaan informs raama 'kaNdEn seethaiyai' – that krithi 'jaanakee ramaNa' is in raagam 'sudhdha seemanthini' the raagam itself says she is pure – unadulterated even though in a kaamukan's place. So thyaagaraaja's raagam selection itself plays a very important role and gives a clear lead. 3. There are lot of clear and clean things indicating things to come - § thrijata has already expressed her dream, § hanumaan expresses that the subha sakunam of the dawn has come, § hanumaan has reached seethaa and identified her, § hanumaan conveys the message of raama's welfare, his wait and anxieties for welfare of seethaa and all that So it is all clear and clean signals of 'subham' for seethaa, the saavEri – the ladylove of lord. 4. For all times for hanumaan it is raama smaraNam – so even while describing his raama's subha lakshaNams to seethaa, hanumaan says 'let us do pradhakshiNam and sing about his auspicious form'. 5. In any sthOthram like 'sree vishNu sahasra naamam SVSN', what we do by way of sthOthram - is to list out mainly the following three -- a. his names - naamam b. his physical attributes – description about the physical features c. his qualitative attributes and deeds – vivid description of guNam and his actions in saving his bhakthaas – which again is his gunam Many examples can be given from SVSN a. on names – vishNu, kEsava, krishNa, vaasudhEva, naaraayaNa, achyutha, gOvindha, anantha, vaamana, b. on physical attributes – hEma anga, suvarNa varNa, chathur dhamshtra, chathur bhuja, lohitha aksha, c. vrusha priya, amitha vikarama, ugra, kruth jnaaya etc. [this is only sample]. In same way thyaagaraaja also wants to sing on his ishta dheivam raama's lakshaNams – 32 in number – as per chaamudhrika lakshNa saasthram 32 aspects make a perfect male – which vaalmeeki lists out. Those aspects we will see in next post. Dhasan -- Vasudevan MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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