Guest guest Posted July 11, 1997 Report Share Posted July 11, 1997 Satyan, Nagu on Fri, Jul 11, 1997 12:49 PM About Naamams bhakti digest As I read part 16 on Bhishma Stuthi by Sri Sudharshan, and specifically the reference to Sri Bhadrachala Ramadasa's composition, I am reminded of other krithis by Sri Papanasam Sivan and Sri Purandaradasa. I have a concert tape by Sri Madurai Seshagopalan in which he has excellently rendered the Mohana Ragam "NaaraayaNa Nin Divyanaamam" in Tamil composed by Sri Papanasam Sivan. This song by itself is very moving, and Seshagopalan makes it more appealing by his rendition. One of the compositions by Sri Purandaradasa is "Rama Nama paayasakke, Krishna naama sakkare". There are numerous songs similar to the ones indentified above stating the greatness of the Lord's names and the associated merits to the one who is singing (reciting, uttering et al) and the one who is hearing (listening et al). In fact, there are a few cassettes focused on a specific Avathara/NAma of Sriman Narayana. Sri Seshagopalan has a series called "Krishna Ganam" consisting of compositions by many great composers in Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu etc. Smt. Sowmya has a similar recording on Lord Rama. Even if one does not understand the word by word meaning, one can understand the lyrics at the summary level the greatness of Sriman Narayana. I am looking forward to Sri Sudharshan's next posting on the nAma "Vijaya SakhE'. Nagu Satyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 1997 Report Share Posted July 12, 1997 At 12:50 PM 7/11/97 -0600, Smt.Satyan Nagu wrote: > >Satyan, Nagu on Fri, Jul 11, 1997 12:49 PM >About Naamams >bhakti digest > >As I read part 16 on Bhishma Stuthi by Sri Sudharshan, and >specifically the reference to Sri Bhadrachala Ramadasa's composition, >I am reminded of other krithis by Sri Papanasam Sivan and Sri >Purandaradasa. > >I am looking forward to Sri Sudharshan's next posting on the nAma >"Vijaya SakhE'. > Dear Madam, Indeed ! You are absolutely right ! Most of the "kritis" of the great "sangeeta vAggeyakArA-s" center around hailing "bhagavan-nAmA" as "tAraka-mantram" ! That is precisely the point even modern pyschologists are making in a different sort of way : that "names" enable child pyschology to come to "grips" with the external world; and that "names" are very important for the adult psyche to preserve its inward sense of identity ! Our mystic saints like the "AzhwArs" and bards like "Thyagaraja or Ramadas" seemed to have intuitively understood the human mind as well, if not better, than modern pyschologists and psychiatrists, isn't it ?! adiyEn/dAsan, sudarshan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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