Sri Rama Navami Date and a special series on the glories of Sri Ramachandran

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs :

 

Yesterday , adiyEn had referred to Sri Rama Navami

falling on April 24 and expressed the hope that

the CD ROM Kaimkaryam on the revered AzhwArs and

the 108 Dhivya dEsam project fund raising would

be completed by that date through Bhagavath Sankalpam.

 

The actual date for Sri Rama Navami is April 12

this year , the day of the Tamil New Year .

The Navami thithi falls this year on April 12.

 

The date of April 24 coincides with the final

day of Sri Rama Navami Uthsavam at Oppiliappan

Koil , when Sri Rama PattAbhishEkam is celebrated

on a grand scale .That is why adiyEn had that date

of April 24 in my mind and the dhyAna slOkam of

PattabhirAman to bless these two kaimkaryams:

 

VaidEhI sahitham suradhrumatalE haimE mahAmaNDapE

madhyE PushpakAsanE MaNimayE VeerAsanE susthitham

agrE vaachayathi prabhanjanasuthE tattvam munibhya: param

vyAkhAyantham BharathAdhibhi: parivrutham RAAMAM bhajE shyAMaLam

 

During the previous Sri Rama Navami occasions , adiyEn

had the bhAgyam to post a series of articles on

the Vaibhavam of Sri RamachandrA :

 

(1) Sri Raghuveera Gadhyam of Swamy Desikan

(2) Sri RaamAshta Krithis of Sri Dikshithar

(3) Pancha Raama KshEthrams among the 108 dhivya desams

sung by AzhwArs in the form of four audio tapes.

 

AdiyEn got recently elected to serve as one of the Editors

of the Carnatic Music Association of North America.

It is in this context adiyEn is thinking about

posting a series of articles for this Raama Navami

uthsavam on the anubhavam of a great Raama BhakthA ,

Saint ThyagarAja , who celebrated with great joy ,

the uthsavam for His dear Lord at ThiruvaiyARu .

As he went around the streets of this town on

his daily unchivrutthi , his adhyantha Raama Bhakthi

poured out in the form of exquisite dhivya Naama

kruthis. At the end of the unchivrutthi for the day ,

he sat down and performed AarAdhanam for his dear

Lord Raamabhadran with shOdasOpachArams . The intensity

of his daily aarAdhanam reached its peak during

the Sri Rama Navami celebrations . The uthsava

sampradhAya Krithis sung during these occasions

are the distillation of the exquisite Bhakthi of

Saint ThyagarAjA had for his Sarvasvam ,

Sri SitA LakshmaNa Hanumath SamEtha

Sri Raamachandra Parabrahmam .

 

May this humble tribute on this Sri Rama Navami

season please Sri Raamachandran and bless us all in

the spirit of the slOkam :

 

Chartitham RaghunAthasya SathakODi pravistharam

yEkaikam aksharam prOktham MAHAAPAATHAKA NAASANAM

 

Kula dhaivatham asmAkam kOdhaNDa sara maNditham

Ishta dhaivatham asmAkam IshvAku Kula dhaivatham

 

May Sri SithA samEtha Sri Ramachandran's blessings

be with all the members of this blessed group of

BhakthAs during the occasion of the forthcoming

Sri Raama Navami celebrations and all the year around:

 

Sri Raamachandra ShrithapaarijAtha:

Samastha KalyANa GuNAmbhurAsi:

SeethAmukhAmbhOruha sancharIka:

NIRANTHARAM MANGALAMAATHANOTHU

 

adiyEn concludes this announcement about

the PramAthi Sri Raama Navami postings

with the saathvika ThyAgam :

 

kaayEna VaachA manasEndhriyairvA

bhudhyAthmanA vaa prakruthE: svabhAvAth

karOmi yadhyath SAKALAM parasmai

NAARAAYANAAYETHI SAMARPAYAAMI

 

AdiyEn, RaamAnuja Daasan, V.Sadagopan

 

KaayEna VaachA