Fifth day of Sri Raama Navami celebration

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Dear Devotees of Sri Raamaa :

 

Pallavi of Naatai Krithi :

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The pallavi begins with two majestic salutations .

 

" JAGADHAANANDHAKAARAKA JAYA JAANAKEE

PRAANA NAYAKA "

 

Sri Raamaa is the sarva rakshaka , satya vratha ,

dharma vigrahan . He accepts the saraNaagathi

performed by even those , who have committed

apacharams to Him and he removes their fears

and blesses them with aanandham . Saint Thyagaraajaa

introduces his ishta daivatham as that aanandha kaarakan

or producer of aanandham for all the jeevans of world .

The saint salutes Raamaa as the Jagadhaanandhakaarakan ,

who treated his devotees ( VibhishaNan ) and enemies

( kaakasuran ) alike , once they sought His protection

and gives them aanandham through freedom from fear .

 

This Jagadhaananthakaarakan removed the fear of Sugreevaa

and made him the king of Kishkindhaa . He accepted the

saraNAgathi of VibhishaNan and blessed him with the kingdom

of Lankhaa . He is the one , who made the whole world happy

by using His thunderous Kodhandam and sent swift moving

arrows to destroy the evil RaavaNaa .He is the producer of

aanandham as Ramachandraa for the ocean of Raghu vamsam .

He is the cause of aanandham for the kumudha pushpam

(night blooming blue lotus ) of Sitaa Devi by being the moon

to her and make her blossom with happiness and joy .

He is also like the moon for the neelothpala pushpam

--another flower that blooms at the sight of the moon --

of Sugreevaa's heart .

 

Sri Raamaa's Jagadhaanandhakaarakathvam is captured

well in one of the slokams of BhodEndraaL .

He was a great sanyasi and Raama chaitanyaa .

BodendhraaL was a Sankaraacchaaryaa of Kanchi

Kamakoti peetam . He renounced his post as Achaarya

and retired to a village on the banks of Cauveri to meditate on

the glories of Raama naamam and blessed us withthe most

sonorous poem known as Raama KarNaamrutham .

The particular slokam capturing the jagadhaanandha

svarupam of Sri Raamaa is as follows :

 

Sri Ramachandra karuNaakara RaghavEndra

rajEndrachandra Raghuvamsa samudrachandra I

Sugreeva nethtra yugaLothpala poorNachandra

Sitaamana: kumudha chandra namO namasthE II

 

The first naamaa , " Om Jagadhaanandhakaarakaaya nama: "

fits very well with the thoughts contained in the above slokam .

 

The second naama of the Nattai krithi is : Om Jaya Janaki

praaNa nayakaaya nama: " . Here , the sadhguru salutes

Seethaaraaman as Jaanaki RamaNan . O the life breath

and Lord of the auspicious Jaanaki devi ! May all mangaLams

befall you ! You are victorious due to the sambhandham of

Janakee maathaa . PallaaNdu , PallaaNdu pallaayiratthaaNdu

to You ! Thus , the saint of Thiruvaiyaaru performed

mangalAsAsanam for Jaanaki praaNa nathan . This pallaaNdu

is an echo of the portion of dhyaana slokam of Sri Raama :

" Seethaa mukhaambhOruha sanchareeka: nirantharam

mangaLam aatanOthu " . This benedictory salutation

equates Sri Raama as the bramaram ( King bee ) that circles

around the lotus-like face of Jaanaki devi .

 

ANUPALLAVI VAAKYAMS

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gaganaathipa sathkulaja raaja raajEsvara !

sugunaakara sura sEvya bhavya dhaayaka sadhaa sakala

(Jagadhaananthakaaraka )

 

Gaganam means heaven or sky. The Lord (athipan )

of the sky(gaganaathipan ) is Suryan . Sri Raamabhadran

was born in the auspicious vamsam of Surya devan (sathkulajan ) .

Hence Sri Raama is saluted here as " Om gaganaathipa

sathkulajaaya nama: " . Sri AnjanEyan in his Sitaa-Raama

sthothram salutes Sri Raamaa's and Sitaas" vamsams

alternatively in this way :

 

RaghooNaam Kuladeepam cha

nimeenaam kuladeepikaam I

Soorya vamsa samuthbhoothaam

soma vamsa samudhbhavaam II

 

The next three salutations of the anupallavi

vaakyams are :

 

Om sugaNaakaraaya nama :

Om sura sEvyaaya nama :

Om bhavya sadhaa sakala daayakaaya nama:

 

Sri Raama is the treasure house of all auspicious

attributes (guNaas ) befitting the definition of His name

as " RamayatE ithi Raama : " . He generates joy and bliss

in the world through his suguNaas and thus has earned

the title as Jagadhaanandhakaarakan . This suguNaakaran

and His anantha kalyaaNa guNaas have been described

by the following salutation of adhi kavi , Valmeeki this way :

 

tvam hi satyavratha soorO dharmikO dhruta vikrama : I

pareeshyakaari smruthimaan nisrushtaathmaa suhrudhsu cha II

 

Sage Valmiki's description of Ramaa as the one , who never breaks

his word(satyavratha: ) , valorous ( soora: ) , the observer

of dharmaa (dhaarmika : ) , one with the firm and unfailing power in

the battle field (dhruta vikrama : ) , one who arrives at the right

conclusion by examining all aspects of a question (pareeshyakaari ) ,

one who remembers His friends and who is indebted to those ,

who helped Him are the special attributes that earn Him the title

given by Saint Thyagaraajaa as "suguNaakaran " .

 

The next salutation of the Saint is : " Om sura sevyaaya nama: " .

Sura means the devaas . He was sought by the devAs ,who

begged for His intercession to ward off the injustices caused by

the evil RaavaNaa . The reference is to the beginning sections

of Baala khaandam , where the devaas assemble on the banks of

the milky ocean and pray to Sriman NaarAyaNaa to save them

from the akramams of RavaNaa . The Lord listened to them

and agreed to descend on earth (avathaaram ) as the son

of Dasarathaa to destroy RavaNaa .

 

The final salutation of the anupallavi section is :

" Om bhavya sadhaa sakala daayakaaya nama : " .

This salutation relates to the inner meaning of the name

Raama and the blessings that accrue to one , who meditates

on that Taaraka naamam . For those Bhavyaaas , who prostrate

before Him or hold both their hands together in anjali mudraa

or perform saraNaagathi , the natha sathyan showers all of His

choicest blessings on them without let (sadhaa sakal daayakan ) .

In this regard , He is the Achyutha Varadaraajan .

 

The following 35 Raamaashtotthara naamaas are very close

to the meanings to the 8 naamaas used by Saint Thyagaraajaa

in his pallavi and anupallavi ashtottharams :

 

Om jithaamithraaya nama: (11th naamam of the AshtOttharam )

Om dhaanthaaya nama: (14th naamam )

Om vaagminE nama: ( 17th naamam )

Om sathya vaachE nama: ( 18th naamam )

Om sathya vikramaaya nama: ( 19th naamam )

Om sathyavrathaaya nama; (20th naamam )

Om vratha dharaaya nama : ( 21st naamam )

Om VibhishaNa paritaathrE nama: ( 26th naamam )

Om bhavarOgasya bheshajaaya nama : ( 34th naamam )

Om thrilokha rakshakaaya nama: ( 41st naamam )

Om Ahalyaasaapa samanaaya nama: ( 44th naamam )

Om pithru bhakthaaya nama: ( 45th naamam )

Om vara pradhaaya nama: ( 46th naamam )

Om jithEndriyaaya nama: ( 47th naamam )

Om jitha krodhaaya nama: ( 48th naamam )

Om mahaa dEvaaya nama: ( 58th naamam )

Om mahaa bhujaaya nama: ( 59th naamam )

Om sarva dEvasthuthaaya nama: ( 60th naamam )

Om mahaa yOginE nama: ( 64th naamam )

Om sugreevEpsitha raajyadhaaya nama: ( 66th naamam )

Om sarva puNyaadhikapalaaya nama: ( 67th naamam )

Om smrutha sarva agha naasaaya nama: ( 68th naamam )

Om puNyOdhayayaa nama: ( 73rd naamam )

Om smitha vakthraaya nama: ( 76th naamam )

Om mitha bhaashiNE nama; ( 77th naamam )

Om poorva bhaashiNE nama: ( 78th naamam )

Om DhirOdhaattha gunOttharaaya nama : ( 80th naamam )

Om SarvaapaguNa varjithaaya nama: ( 96th naamam )

Om Sacchidhaanantha Vigrahaaya nama: ( 99 th naamam )

Om param jyOthishE nama : ( 100th naamam )

Om ParamdhaamnE nama: ( 101st naamam )

Om paraakaasaaya nama : ( 102nd naamam )

Om paraathparaaya nama : ( 103rd naamam )

Om parEsaaya nama: ( 104th naamam )

Om parasmai nama: (108th naamam )

 

asmaakam Jaanaki kaantha smaraNam sadhaa bhavEth

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchaari Sadagopan