raama ashtothram 24

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Post 24

 

Dear sri vaishNava

perunthagaiyeer,

 

Before we proceed

further with next naama, it is necessary to clarify on the 'pleading' of

thyaagaraaja in the krithi 'sanaathanaa' in phala manjari – is it a real

pleading? The answer is 'NO'.

 

In anupallavi thyaagaraaja

says "thana vaaDanee abhimaanamu dhaivamaina neekEla kalugadhu" meaning

- You, being the supreme God, Why don't you consider me as your intimate one? When such words are there how is that krithi

applicable to samudhra raajan episode – may be such a doubt will come to any

body - because when and where samudhra

raajan is pleading to raama to consider him as a person in raama's side.

 

vaalmeeki's lines say --

na

kaamaan na cha lobhaadh vaa na bhayaath paarthiva aathmaja |

raagaath

nakraakula jalam sthambhayeyam kathamchana || 6-22-27

 

meaning:

samudhra rajan says to raama "O, prince! Neither from desire, nor from

ambition, nor from fear, nor from affection, I am able to solidify my waters

inhabited by alligators."

 

This inner meaning is – hey lord raama, even though you

are my lord, I cannot change my nature due to any of the above as stated -- but

I am in your side, why don't you consider me as your dhaasan. To prove that

already the ocean has washed the feet of raama with its waters. And when ocean

king appeared in person, he did an anjali and started speaking 'oh raama'.

 

Then he says – 'I shall make it possible to see that you

are able to cross over me and reach other side. I will arrange a place for your

army of the monkeys to cross me and bear it' – says vaalmeeki in 6-22-28 – that

slokam we have already seen. So it is a sort of informing 'why don't you

consider me I am in your side and be a helping hand in your army crossing the

ocean' – this information, in his poetic license, thyaagaraaja places as 'thana

vaaDanee abhimaanamu dhaivamaina neekEla kalugadhu'. So it is not a real

pleading and /or begging to his raama by thyaagaraaja.

 

That is what I said in the other krithi also – atrue

bhakthaa knows what and when the god will act and does not plead for this or

that thing - which our respected sadagopan swamy commented as 'moving'. With

that the points on phala manjari krithi is concluded.

 

The next naama is "aaaptha sulabhaaya nama:". This naama

is taken from krithi indukA

puTTinchithivi – in bhairavi raagam – in third charaNam this naama is

available. The meaning of this naama is "Oh Lord, who is easily approachable (sulabha) to those who are dear

(aapthah) to You!". The charaNam reads

--

 

[C 3] bhOgadhaa

aaptha sulabhaa aga dharaNa

Bhava rOga haraNa

sree thyaagaraaja nutha

sOga kanulathO baagu meeranu

vEga jooDa raadhaa

aagama chara nannu (indhukaa)

 

In sree vishNu

sahasra naamam there are two naamaas which are opposites to each other or self

contradicting – one is 'sulabhaaya namah' while other is 'dhurlabhaya namah'.

 

Om su

laBhaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 823 occurring in slOkam 88

meaning: he who is easily accessible.

 

opposite - Om dhur laBhaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 783 occurring in

slOkam 83

meaning: who is difficult to obtain.

 

Whereas here

thyaagaraaja says, raama is 'aaptha sulabhaaya namah'. This naturally means for

raama bhakthaas or one who loves raama, it is easy for him to get that raama,

for he has become an 'aapthan' to the lord and for others raama is difficult to

obtain.

 

Dhasan

-- Vasudevan MG