THirumangai"s Ninda Sthuthi in Thirumadal and elsewhere !

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Dear Members of the Prapatti group;

 

I am delighted to read the many responses

to Sri Varadhan"s query on the Ninda Sthuthi

aspects of the Eros or Madal Literature of

Thirumangai. The most recent posting of Sri Badri

has cleared up many of the points . Hence I will

focus on yet another aspect of this Azhwaar"s

mercurial moods, when he does not hesitate to offer

Ninda Sthuthi to The Lord, when he gets frustrated.

 

This is the case, when Thirumangai arrives at

IndaLoor with great expectation to have the

Darsanam of Parimala Ranganathan in the

Veera Saynam pose. He does not get the

Darsanam and feels spurned. He heckles the

Lord , who was not responsive to his passion to

enjoy Him and says :

 

AASAI VAZHUVAATHU YETTHUM EMAKKU

INGHU IZHUKKU AAYTTHU ADIYORKKU

DESAM ARIYA UMAKKEH AALAAY TIRIHINROMUKKU

KAASIN OLIYIL THIHAZHUM VANNAM KATTER

EMPERUMAAN VAASI VALLER INDALUREER

VAZHNTEH POM NEEREH

 

We are totally dedicated to your service and

we are travelling from place to place singing

your glory and doing Kaimkaryam to you .The

whole nation knows of our disposition as

your servants. In this Ksethram of Yours celebrated

as IndaLur , please show/bless us with the

sight of your golden hue.You know very well

the difference between the qualities of devotion

of your Bhakthas . Why wont you bless us with

your Darsanam? When You can not bless us

who are dear to you, what is the point of You

being here in Archa ? You may as well join

with your Para Rupam and stay in Sri Vaikuntam.

There you can stay happily ever after . Why does such

misfortune come our way? what did we do to

deserve such treatment. He gushes forth additional

harsh words to the reluctant Lord and continues in a

mood of Ninda Sthuthi at Indaloor.

 

The spirit here is the same as in the Madal ,where

"an ardent love that lays bare its whole heart is spurned "

and thus takes the lover (Azhwar ) to dramatize the acute

"Psychosis set up by his faith in Saranagathi " and

eggs him on to engage in Ninda Sthuthi.

 

Bards engaged in Bhagavad Anubhavam never "composed

anything in any meter or in any Raga (melody or tune) unless it

expressed the sentiment fully."Thirumangai's composition

of the Madals in Kali Vemba fits this describtion.

 

Another Bard, who spent in his days on this earth in the

Anubhavam of Sri Ramachandra chose a specific raga

reserved for expressing Ninda Sthuthi in a state of dejection

over the Lord turning a deaf ear to his appeal.

This Raga is Hameer Kalyani .The two krithis of

Saint Thyagaraja illustrate the use of Hameer Kalyani for

capturing the mood of Ninda Sthuthi.These songs are:

 

1. MANAMU LEDHA ? TANAVAADANI ABHIMANAMU LEDHA?

KAANAMURAA NEEVELA NIRMOHINI

KAANA RUCHI TELIYU KUSA LAVA JANAKA.

 

O Father of Lava and Kusa! Do n't you have any

shame? Do not you have any affection for me

as one belonging to You? It is rare to see some one

like you, who have no attachment and who are

hard hearted.

 

2 NEE DAASAANU DASUDANANI PEREH YEMI BHALAMU?

BEDHA DAASULENTHU NEEKU PREMA LEKA POYEH

SARIVAARILO NANNU CHOWKA JESITHIVI GAANI

KARUNIMPA LEKA NEETHU KARMAMA NEVU GAANI

ROSAMU LESAMU LETHAAYA RUCHIRA VAKKULA POYEH

DAASULA PROCHITIVATA THYAGARAJILALOH

 

"No doubt I am known well as the humblest

of your devotees; but of what good is it?

You have lost all love for the poor and holy !

You have slighted me among my compeers.

while not showing me your grace, You callously

dispose of me by attributing my difficulties to

my Karma.

Have You not in the least any feeling of

indignation? All sweet words have abandoned You. Still

they say that You protected devotes in the Past.

 

Thus goes the Ninda Sthuthi of the two great

Saranaagathas in their mood of anger and

frustration at the delay of the Lord not

listening to their sincere appeals.

 

Sri Ramachandra Para Brahmaneh Nama:

 

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari sadagopan

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