Two more Small Krithis

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

I would like to share with you two more krithis

eulogizing Sriman NaarAyaNan .

 

The first one is to be sung in Raagam SimhEndra Madhyamam

or in ShaNmugha PriyA . The second one is to be sung in

Mohanam or Mohana KalyANi .

 

First Krithi

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Pallavi: ThAmatham yEnO DhAmOdharA ?

 

Anupallavi : pEthai yaan paDum thuyar

nee aRiyAyO ?( thAmatham yEno )

 

CharaNam : VantharuL VaradhA ,

TantharuL unn sEvai ,

KaattharuL KaNNA ,

MaNivaNNA YennappA (Thamatham yEnO)

 

The Meanings provided below will have

links to Swami Desikan's anubhavams

in Sri Varadha Raaja PanchAsath .

 

Pallavi:( ThAmatham yEnO DhAmOdharA ?).

Oh DhAmOdharA ! Why this delay

(in coming to my rescue )?

 

Anupallavi:Oh Supreme Lord , Oh Sarvaj~naa !

( all comprehending Lord ). Are You not aware of

the sufferings and tribulations that I am

undegoing in this SamsAric Life ? Why this delay

in coming to my rescue ?

 

CharaNam : First Line(VantharuL VaradhA )--Oh Karisaila NaathA !

Oh DevAthi DevA ! Oh VaradarAjA ! Oh AvyAja vathsala !

Kim VyAharAmi ( What can I say ?).Bhavathi kinchith

anIhamAnE kim vaa BhavEth?( When You do not have

the sankalpam to help , how can anything happen ?).

 

CharaNam :Second Line( TantharuL un sEvai): Oh Hasthi GirIsA !

PrabhO ! Please bless me with the boon of your darsanam .

 

Tam thvAm karIsa karuNA pariNaamathasthE

BhUthAni Hantha NikhilAni NisAmayanthi

 

( Oh Most Merciful VaradhA ! Because of the ripening

of Your KaruNai alone , all creatures have the blessings

of Your darsana soubhagyam , just as Brahma Devan feasted

His eyes on Your divya Soundharyam at the end of his

asvamEdha Yaj~nam ) .Please bless me with the same

SoubhAgyam .

 

Third Line of CharaNam : KaatharuL KaNNA :

Oh Divya mangaLa mUrthE ! Please protect me!

BhagayasAlis consider You as the one and only

Boat to cross the fearsome ocean of SamsAram .

 

( SambhAvayanthi HrudhayEna KarIsa DhanyA :

samsAra Vaari Nidhi santharaNaika pOtham )

 

Thou art indeed the anaatha rakshakan and Aapath BhAndhavan !

 

Fourth line of CharaNam : MaNiyappA ! YennappA !

Thaamatham yEnO ? yennappan YenakkAhiuLAi , Yennai

PeRRavaLAi ! MaNiyappA ! Maragatha MaNi VaNNA !Oh Lord

eulogized by Swami Desikan in Bhaurathna paddhathi !

You have the famous Kousthubha maNi on Your chest .

On Your feet is the MaNi Paadhukhai ( maNibhi: sitha

raktha peetha KrishNair Bhavathi).

 

Please wear those MaNi Paadhukhais and rush

to my side on the back of Periya Thiruvadi

and protect me from all of my samasaaric

afflictions .

 

Subhamasthu

 

Second Krithi : Mohanam or Mohana KalyANi Raagam

 

 

Pallavi : UnayallAl Gathi yEthu ? Oppiliappaa !

 

Anupallavi : SravaNa VenkatEsA ! Vaikunta NaathA !

 

CharaNam : BhU VallabhA ! parama pAvanA !

Bhaktha Vathsalaa ! Kamala LochanA !

PanchAvathArA ! Dhayaa jaladhE !

vENDuvathu Ini yEthu ? Vaazha nee aruLAi

( UnayallAl Gathi yEthu ?)

 

Notes :

 

Pallavi : As UpAyam and upEyam , there is no one in this

wide Universe except You !Oh OppiliappA ! You are my one

and only rakshakan .

 

Anupallavi : Oh Lord with Sravanam as Your Janma nakshathram !

Oh Lord Of ThiruviNnagar (Sri Vaikuntam )! Tvath Padha Padmou

SaraNam prapadhyE ." Ananya saraNa: tvath Paadharavindha Yugalam

SaraNamaham prapadhyE " .

 

Charanam : Oh Lord dear to BhUmi PirAtti ! Oh The Most Sacred One !

Oh Prabhu, who is very fond of Your BhakthAs ! Oh the Most

beautiful One with Lotus like eyes ! Oh Generous One who

prsented Himself to NammAzhwAr in five differnet forms

at Thiru viNNagar divya dEsam as Yennappan , Ponnappan ,

MaNiappan , Mutthappan and ThiruviNNagarappan ! Oh Ocean

of mercy ! There is nothing I desire anymore on this earth except

Nithya kaimkaryam to You ." AanDai unaik KaaNpathOr Arul Yenakku

arulithiyEl ,VendEn manai Vazhkai, ViNNagar MEyavanE !"

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Vardachari Sadagopan