Sri Hanumantha Jayanthi

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Dear BhagavathAs :

 

Sri Anbil Swamy's comprehensive posting on Sri AnjanEyA

has covered in an engaging and beautiful manner

His mahimai .I must confess that I had forgotten

that today is Hanumath Jayanthi and Sri Anbil Swamy's

posting was a timely reminder .I hasten to add

my humble tribute in a complimentary

manner a la Saint ThyagarAja SwamigaL

and Sri Purandara Daasar .

 

The key aspect of AnjanEyA's glory is as

a Raama Bhaktha par excellence .Great

Raama BhakthAs like Saint ThyagarAjA have

saluted HanumAn's Raama Bhakthi and wanted

to emulate Him .

 

On this occasion , I would like to share with

You the two krithis of Saint ThyagarAjA saluting

Sri AnajnEyA's Raama Bhakthi and Kaimkaryam .

One is set in RaagA vasanathavarALi ( Paahi Raama

DhUtha ) and the other is in Raagam Purna Lalitha

( KalugunA ) .They cover the svarUpa , GuNa lakshaNams of

this great Raama BhakthA , Sri AnjanEyA .

They are set in beautiful Sanskrit vAkhyams ,

although Saint ThyagarAjA composed mostly in Sundara Telengu ,

a highly sanskritized version of colloquial Telegu .

 

VasanthavarALi krithi

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Palalvi: Paahi Raama dhUtha

JagathprANa KumAra ! maam (paahi)

 

Anupallavi : vAhinisataraNa!Dasavadhana sUnutanuharaNa !

 

CharaNam 1:

taruNAruNa vadhanAbhja tapana kOti SankAsa !

Karadhrutha Raguvara SucharaNa ! kalimalAbhra gandhavAha !

 

CharaNam 2:

goOrAsuravAraannidhi kumbhatanaya krutha Kaarya !

PaarijAtha TarunivAsa ! Pavana Tulya vEgha !

 

CharaNam 3:

Paadha Vijitha dhushta graha! Pathitha lOka paavana!

vEda saasthra nipuNavarya ! Vimala chitha sathatham !

 

CharaNam 4:

KaruNArasa paripUrNa ! KaanchanAdhri SamadEha!

PARAMA BHAAGAVATHA VARENYA ! Varadha ! ThyagarAjanutha !

 

This krithi is like a Archanaa for

Sri AnajnEyA . Just as the Nattai pancharathnam ,

JagadhAnandhakAraka is linked together as the

AshtOthra Satha NaamAvaLi starting with (praNavam )

JagadhAnandhakAraakaya Nama: , (PraNavam ) JaanakI

PrANa nAthAya nama ; et al , this krithi can also

be considered as a limited Vimsathi (20) nAmAvaLi

for the use of AnjanEya BhakthAs :

 

Pallavi NaamAs (2)

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1. Raama dhUthAya nama: ( Salutations to the messenger

of Sri RaamachandrA )

 

2. JagathprANa KumArAya nama:( Salutations to the son

of the mukhya PrANan of the world ; the reference is

to the incident ,when the broken-hearted Vaayu ,

the father of AnjanEyA retreatd into a cave with his

stricken son and the whole world came to a standstill

and could not breath )

 

Anupallavi NaamAs (2)

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1. VaahiIsa TaraNaaya Nama: ( Salutations to the one

who jumped over the immense ocean: Reference is to

Sundra KhAndam , first sargam , Saagara Lankhanam )

 

2. Dasavadhana sUnutanUharaNaaya nama: ( Salutations to You ,

who killed in battle effortlessly the son of the ten-headed

RaavaNA , Aksha KumAran :Reference is to Sundara KhAndam ,

Entire Sargam 47 )

 

Four CharaNams 16)

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1. TaruNAruNa VadhanAbhjaaya nama: ( Salutations

to the one with a countenance that shines like the fully

risen Sun )

 

2. tapana kOti SankAsAya nama: ( NamaskArams to

the One , who is resplendent like the crores of

Suns that have risen together ; this naama is from

the HanumAn's dhAyana slOkam :

 

SarvArishta nivArakam Subhakaram PinkAkshamakshApaham

SitAnvEshaNa Tathparam Kapivaram KOTEENTHUSURYA PRABHAM

LankhA dhvipa Bayankaram Sakaladham Sugriva SammAnitham

dEvEndhrAdhi Samastha dEva vinutham KAAKUTHSTHA DHUTHAM BHAJE )

 

3. Kara Dhrutha Raghuvara SucharaNaaya nama:

( Salutations to the One , who holds the sacred

feet of Sri Raamachandra in his hands with reverence).

 

4. KalimalAbhra GandhavAhaaya nama: (Salutations to

the One , who serves as the powerful wind that disperses

the cloud of Kali dhOshams ).

 

5. gOrAsura vArAnnidhi Kumbha TanayAya nama:

( Salutations to the one , who is a veritable

AgasthyA/Kumbha Muni to the ocean of fearsome

RaakshasAs : References to Incidents in

Sundara KhAndam and Yuddha KhAndam )

 

6. Krutha Kaaryaaya nama: ( Salutations to

the One who always carries out successfully

the tasks assigned by His king , SugrivA or His

Lord, Sri RaamachandrA : Saagara lankhanam ,

Bringing of SanjIvi parvatham et al )

 

7. PaarijAtha tarunivAsaya nama: ( Salutations

to the One , who dwells under the PaarijAthA tree

and performs Sri Raama Naama Japam incessantly .

The reference here is to another Hanumath DhyAna SlOkam :

 

AnjanEyam athipaatalAlanam

KaanchanAdhri kamanIya Vigraham

PAARIJAATHA TARUMOOLA VAASINAM

bhAvayAmi PavamAna Nandhanam )

 

8.Pavana tulya vEghAya nama: ( salutations to

the One , who moves as fast as the Vaayu BhagavAn !

His father gave him this power , which he used

in crossing over the Ocean to reach LankhA as

Raama dhUthA ).

 

9. Paadha Vijitha Dhushta grahaaya nama:

(Salutations to You , who defeat the evil spirits

or the ill effects of nava grahams with Your feet

(i-e) those , who worship your feet are protected

from the Graha dhOshams ).

 

10. Pathitha lOkapAvanAya nama:( Salutations

to the One , who is th eredeemer of the fallen )

 

11. VedasAsthra nipuNa varyaaya nama: ( Salutations

to the One , who is in the front rank of those ,

who are proficient in Vedams and Saasthrams)

 

12. sathatham vimala chitthAya nama:( Salutations

to the One , who is always pure-minded )

 

13. KaruNarasa pUrNAya nama:( Salutations to

the One , whose mind is filled with compassion

for Raama BhakthAs )

 

14. KaanchanAdhri Sama dEhAya nama:( Salutations

to the One , who has an immense , resplendent

body like the golden Mount Meru : This name is from

the DhyAna slOkam referred above ).

 

15. Parama Bhaagavatha VarENyaaya nama: ( Salutations

to the One , who is the foremost among the Lord's

devotees )

 

16. VaradhAya nama: ( Salutations to the One ,

who is the munificient grantor of auspicious

boons ).

 

Saint ThyagarAjA read everyday Srimadh

Vaalmiki RaamAyaNam and performed in his life

96 crores of Sri Raama naama japam . He aspired to

serve Sri Raama like AnjanEya .This aspiration

is set in the next krithi set in pUrNalalithA

raagam :KalugunA padhaneerajasEva ? GandhavAha Tanaya .

 

I will sumamrize the meaning alone here .

 

Oh GandhavAha Tanaya ( Vaayu PuthrA )! Shall I ever

be blessed with the Bhaagyam of witnessing Your service

to Sri RamachandrA ? You are indeed the foremost among

the Lord's bhakthAs and Your face shines with BrahmAnandham

as a result of Your frequent darsanam of Sri RamachandrA .

 

Oh Bhaktha SirOmaNi AnjanEyA ! Can I ever have

the good fortune of have the direct darsanam of

the Lord of the Universe , Sri RaamA , observing His

daily anushtAnams , getting up at Brahma muhUrtham ,

enjoying His amrutha snAnam , holding Your hand ,

performing AarAdhanam to Sri RanganAthA , presenting

BhOgyams , partaking Bhagavadh prsAdhams through Devi SitA's

blessed hands and commanding You to read the holy purANAs ?

 

As Sri Anbil mentioned , Sudara KhAndam is

AnjanEya KhAndam . Saptha sarga PaarAyaNm of

Sundara KhAndam ( 7 sargams per day until

completion ) concluding with Sri Raama

PattAbhishEkam and TadhIyArAdhanam for

BhaagavathAs is known to confer all blessings .

 

There are specific sargAs that have been recited to

overcome specific apachArams . For instance , the 38th

sarga paarAyaNam is recommended for conscious or

unmeant apachAram to our Lord and His BhagavathAs.

Nava graha dasA bhuktidhOsha parihAra PaarAyaNa

kramams have been in vogue for those seeking

these kinds of relief .For instance,the 48th sargam is

recommended for Sani DOshA parihAram.ParamaikAnthins

just do paarAyaNam without specific desires

to overcome one or other calamities and leave

the burden of their protection to the SaraNAgatha Vrathi ,

Sri SitA dEvi samEtha Sri SaakEtha nagarIsan .

 

Sri Purandara Daasar was a great AnjanEya BhakthA .

He composed number of krithis eulogising AnjanEyA .

Some of them are :

 

1. PrANa nAtha Paaliso : Raagam NaagasvarALi

2. Mukhya PrANa yenna Moola GuravE : Raagam ReethigowLai

3. Koosina KaNTIrA,Mukhya PrANana KaNTirA?--SaarangA Raagam

4. Anjikke YaathakaiyyA SajjanarikE-KalyANi Raagam

5. getthayO HanumamthA--Mohana Raagam

 

Inview of the Maadhva SampradhAyam to which

Sri Purandara DaasA belonged , Sri AnjanEyA

is a very important deity for worship to him .

 

I conclude this posting with a prayer

to Sri AnjanEyA's Lord and sarvasvam .

 

Sri Raamachandra ; Sritha paarijAtha:

Samastha KalyANa GuNAmBhurAsi:I

SeethA mukhAmbhOruha sancharIka:

Nirantharam MangaLam aathanOthu II

 

may the Lord RamachandrA remove all avinayam

(immodesty& arrogance)arising out of presumption

of Scholarship and grow th respect for all BhagavathALs

and their well-meant kaimkaryams (*).

 

Satyam satyam Puna; Satyam, YathirAjO Jagath Guru:(*)

Daasaanu Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

 

(*)Our Jagath Guru spelled out for us what is

BhagavathApachAram .As we post in this public net

and blithely make sweeping statements , it is important

to recall and reflect on YathirAjA's listing of the 12

Kinds of BhagavathApachArams:

 

1. Janma NirUpaNam ( Haughtiness from the thought that

one belongs to a higher janmam ; saathina mudali

versus saathAtha mudali et al )

2. Sarira NirUpaNam( The differentiation and discrimation

like Man , Women , Tiryak et al )

3.Bhaava nirUpaNam ( Differentiation at a superficial

level that one is young and the other is old ; young

do not know and the old age is synnonomus with wisdom )

4.Aasrama nirUpaNam ( BrahmachAri, SanyAsi et al )

5. Avayava nirUpaNam ( One is lame , deaf, dumb et al)

6. Aalasya nirUpaNam (ViNNappam seyvAr , seyaa theriyAthavr

yenRa paahupADu)

7.Vaasa nirUpaNam ( I am from Srirangam, Kaanchi,

Thirumalai and claiming superiority on that basis)

8.Bhandhu nirUpanam ( He is related to me,

She is not related to me and this kind of

discriminatory apachArams to BhagavathAs )

9. PrakAsa nirUpaNam ( Equating AchAryAs and those who

perform Kaimkaryam to them as equal )

10. prakaara nirUpaNam ( Considering the kaimkaryaparALs ,

who perform nandavana kaimkaryam for the Divya dampathis

as lowly and inconsequential ones ).

11. Vardhaka NirUpaNam

12.DhOsha nirUpaNam ( Looking out for mistakes in

others' humble kaimkaryams in the spirit of

"PandithA; dhOsha Darsina:" ).

 

Bhaagavatha apachAram is worse than BhagavathapachAram

in YathirAjA's views .

 

KUdi Irunthu KuLirnthElOrempAvaai would be the mesage

from ANDAL for us in this month of Marghazhi .

AdiyEn , SadagOpan