Guest guest Posted March 27, 2001 Report Share Posted March 27, 2001 Namaste Any where I can listen to these songs on the net....? (mp3 files......!) sreecharana Aravind Krishna [seeksha] Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:02 AM sarasvatii navaratna maalikaa ... OM shrimAtre namaH.. Let us contemplate on sarasvati devi during this 'vasanta navaratri'. I attempt to present a series on sarasvati kritis of Dikshitar and will resume other postings after this series. ..praNo devI sarasvatI .. yA kundendutushhAra-hAradhavalA yA shubhravastrAvR^itA yA vINAvaradaNDamaNDitakarA yA shvetapadmAsanA . yA brahmAchyutashaMkaraprabhR^itibhirdevaiH sadA pUjitA sA mAM pAtu sarasvatI bhagavatI niHsheShajADyApahA .. O! Supreme Goddess, who shine as resplendent as a Jasmine, Moon, and a camphor garland, who is decorated in splendid white attire, who gently bears the vINA in her hands, who is seated on a white lotus, Who is always worshipped by brahma, viShNu, shankara and other celestials, that Supreme Goddess 'sarasvati', who wipes off ignorance with out a trace, protect me. Sarasvatii navaratna maalikaa ---------------------------- An elementary throb occurs due to the self-will of the unmanifested absolute. It lingers as a series of vibrations creating 'nAda' resulting as the universe with names and forms. This primordial vibration 'Adya stamba' described as the very source of creation 'vAgeva vishvA bhuvanAni' forms the eternal Vedas. 'vAk' being the very element of the Vedic lore of knowledge becomes 'vagdevi' with immense compassion, to facilitate meditation on her divine form and to enable the meek to sing her glory. She blossoms from the Vedic lake as sarasvati - veda saro jAtA. She is veda mAtA, veda svarUpiNi as well as veda pratipAdyamAna brahma svarUpiNi (the source of Vedas, the Vedas themselves, as well as its subject matter 'brahman'). Needless to say of the diversified manifestations of the divine mother, sarasvati would be the closest to her absolute nature. Veda, Agama, itihAsa purAnA and other literary lore exult her with utmost veneration. She is identified as the shakti of the creator in purAnA and Agama shastra and revered as the Goddess of learning and fine arts. Vedas salute her as the supreme plane of truth; Goddess of revelation who confers the Divine Vision; Goddess of vastness; carrier of inspirations and as a mighty river nourishing life. Agamas convey yogic connections and salute her in further manifestations as nILA sarasvati or tAra. Drawing inspirations from this traditional lore, Sri Dikshitar has composed nine beautiful krithis on devi sarasvati and has offered a resplendent navaratnamaalikaa. 1. SarasvatyA BhavavatyA - ChAyA Gowla - Mishra Chapu 2. Bharati MaddhiShaNA - Devamanohari - Rupaka 3. KalAvati - KalAvati - Adi 4. Namo Namaste - GiirvANi - Mishra Chapu 5. Sarasvati - ChAyAtarangiNi - Adi 6. ViiNA Pustaka - VegavAhini - Jampa 7. Sarasvati Vidhiyuvati - Hindola - Rupaka 8. Sharavati taTa - Sharavati - Rupaka 9. Sri Sarasvati - Arabhi - Rupaka These nine krithis portray her beautiful form and salutes her divine glory. The navaratnamAlA echoes with Rig vedic mantras extolling her varied manifestations as sarasvati, bhArati, illa, mahi, vAk, medhA, shAradA, brAhmi and nadi-rUpA. Prathama ratnam ---------------- brahma svarUpA paramA jyotirUpA sanAtanI . sarvavidyAdhidevI yA tasyai vANyai namo namaH .. Dikshitar commences his first krithi saluting sarasvati as parabrahma-svarUpiNi with Rig-Vedic verses and delights that the Supreme Mother has provided eternal shelter to him. sarasvatyA bhagavatyA sa.mrakshitoham . chhAyAgauratarayA varayA shrI .. virinchi prANanAyikayA vINAvAdanotsukayA . sarasa saN^gIta sAhitya stanadvayayA parAdvayayA .. catushshaShTi kalAtmikayA samasta varNAtmikayA . shR^itajana pAlakayA sevaka bhUpAlakayA .. shruti pratipAditayA shubhra vastrAvR^itayA. natendrAdyakhila devatayA nandaguruguha susevitayA .. ratiramA girijArchitayA ratnAbharaNAlaN^kR^itayA . mati majjihvAgra sthitayA maN^gaLapradayA sadayayA.. Cont ... Aravind _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com AUM shrImAtre namaH Archives : http://www.ambaa.org/ (Edited) : /messages// Contact : help Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2001 Report Share Posted March 27, 2001 Namaste, The Arabhi kriti is on the myplay site under the albums "Dikshitar kritis on Ambaal". Please refer /message/1132 for details. The Chayagowla kriti (and the Arabhi kriti also) is on Shivkumar's page http://home.sprynet.com/~dsivakumar/music/intromus.htm Regards, Sridhar. , sreecharana <sreecharana@i...> wrote: > Namaste > Any where I can listen to these songs on the net....? > (mp3 files......!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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