Additional Krthis on Sriman NaarAyaNan

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

I am delighted to receive the feedback from

Sri Vijayaraghavan . I will attempt to write

in future Bhajans and mangalam on our Pancha PirAttis

( Sri Devi , BhUmi Devi , NeeLA devi ,Godhai and DayA dEvi)

as identified by H.H. The Revered Jeeyar of Poundarikapuram

Aasramam in one of his Tele-UpanuyAsams .

May Sri Lakshmi HayagrIvan bless these efforts !

 

I travel some times from my home to New York City

by train to attend to the Business of my company .

During those trips , I compose krithis .This way .

my Thought is on Sriya: Pathi instead of ,

on something else ! I try to recite a sthOthram

or compose a krithi . This is the origin of these

krithis .

 

I continue to be inspired by my sister's moving

compositions on Sri Oppiliappan ( Some 200 of

them with 72 in MeLa karthA Raagams alone ).

 

In my head today were rolling two Krithis

composed by my sister. Their pallavis are :

 

1. karuNaikkadalE KaNN vaLarAi

(Oh Ocean of Mercy ! Please sleep

listening to my lullaby )

 

2. PathiyE nee gathiyE KaNNA

( Oh, KaNNA ! My Lord ! You are my refuge !)

 

They provided the inspiration to compose

the following two Krithis :

 

Neelaambhuri Raagam : TaalElO TaalElO

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Pallavi : Vadamathurai MyndhA !

VaasudEvA TaalElO

 

Anupallavi: VeNNai Thayir vENdi

ThAyidam Kenjia BalA ( TaalElO)

 

CharaNam : AayanAi MaayanAi

Godhai MaNavALanAi

YasOdhai KaNNmaNiyai

viLangum Sri RajagOpAlA ( TaalElO)

 

Notes: Vadamathurai Myndhan :

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Our Lord was born in Vadamathurai

( In uncle KamsA's prison ) as the Myndhan (child )

of King vasudEvan and His queen Devaki PirAtti .

 

Notes : Anupallavi--ThAyidam Kenjia Baalan :

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Swami Desikan's description of the navaneetha

naatyam in Nandha Bhavanam comes to our mind .

 

The fourth slOkam of Swami Desikan's

Gopala Vimsathi covers this delectable scene :

 

aavirbhavathu anibhrutha AbharaNam purasthAth

aakunchitha yEka CharaNam nibrutha anya paadham

dhadhnA nimatha mukarENa nibhaddha tALam

naatasya Nandha BhavanE NAVANEETHA NAATYAM

 

In NandhagOpan's house , YasOdhai is churning

the milk. Bala KrishNan pesters His mother for

VeNNai . She ignores Him and engages in her work .

The divine child comes in front of His mother again

and performs a dance to gain His prize .SarvEsvaran

begs in front of His mother for a ball of VeNNai .

He plants one foot firmly and bends the other and dances .

During those movements , His AabharaNams jingle

with a pattern that seems to serve as TaaLam for the

rhythmic sound of the churning of the Milk .

Swami Desikan prays for that Navaneetha Naatyam

scene in NandagOpan' house to appear before his

mental eyes .

 

Notes : Aayan

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The divya naamam of the EmperumAns at ThirukkOvilUr

and ThErazhundhUr is Aayan ( GopAlan or the divine cowherd).

 

Second Krithi to be sung in Raagam KunthalavarALi

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Pallavi : pathiyE neeyE gathiyE , Lakshmi ( pathiyE )

 

Anupallavi: IrEzhu lokamALum JagannAthA

Yemm ParanthAmA , malar Makal ( pathiyE )

 

CharaNam : Geethayai aruLiya PaarthasArathE

ThiruvalliKKENI Vaazh MaNivaNNaa

krupA nidhE ! Daasa vathsalA !

MaruL neengum aruL thArAi( pathiyE )

 

 

Notes : neeyE gathiyE

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The reference here is to ANDAL's

Sri Sookthi " NaarAyananE namakkE

PaRai tharuvAn ", the meanings of which

were explained by Sri sampath RengarAjan

in his recent scholarly postings .

 

Notes : pathi -gathi

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The DevAs eulogize the Lord in the UdhyOga parvam

of MahA Bharatham this way :

 

gathisccha nasthvam dEvEshu pUrvajO Jagadha: prabhu

rakshArtham sarvabhUthAnAm VISHNUTHVAM upajagmivAn

 

"Thou art our REFUGE (GATHI).Thou art the first-born

amongst the gods.Thou art the LORD (PATHI) of the Universe.

Thou didst assume the role of VishNu (VishNuthvam )

for the protection of the worlds " .

 

Notes : Lakshmi Pathi

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DamapthI JagadhAmpathi ;

The Lord is always associated with MahA Lakshmi .

That is why we salute Him as SrinivAsan , MaalOlan ,

Lakshmi HayagrIvan , Lakshmi NaarAyaNan ,

Lakshmi Varaahan and Lakshmi Narasimhan .

 

Notes : maruL neengum aruL thArAi

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NammAzhwAr's first ThiruvAimozhi Paasuram

comes to mind here :

 

uyarvaRa uyarnalam udayavan yavanavan

mayarvaRa mathinalam aruLinan yavanavan

ayarvaRum amararkal adhipathi yavanavan

thuyaraRu sudaradi thozhuthezhan mananE

 

(Meaning as per Sri V.N.vedAntha Desikan ):

 

" Oh, my Mind! Worship , for being elevated ,

the effulgent feet, which will remove our sufferings ,

of the One Lord , who possesses auspicious qualities

that can not at all be excelled .Who endowed us with

the Jn~Ana Bhakthi faculty , which effaces the weakness

of the intellect ( that doubts , confuses, argues and

fails to see what ought to be seen )and Who is the Lord of

the Nithyasooris and DevAs of unfailing knowledge

( or Who is Lord Devaraajan of Hasthigiri ).

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan