Pramaathi Samavthsara Sri Raama navami celebrtions: part III: Dhivya Naama Krithis, an analysis

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

There are a total of 41 dhivya Naama krithis(DNK)

of Saint ThyagarAjA that are available now to us.

They are set in 22 Raagams, out of which nine are

mELa raagams ( 6 Suddha Madyama mELams

and 3 Prathimadhyama mELams)listed below :

 

Suddha Madyama mELams/their Janyams & number of DNKs

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(1) ThOdi ( Hanuma ThOdi): 8th mELam ( Total of 7 DNKs)

(2) Maayaa Maalava GouLai : 15th mELam ( Four DNKs)

(3) Soorya-Kaantham :17th mELam (two DNKs)

(4) Nata Bharavi: 20th mELam ( Six DNKs)

(5) Hari KaambhOji : 28th mELam (Two DNKs)

(6) SankarAbharaNam : 29th mELam ( Ten DNKs)

 

A total of 31 DNKs were thus set in either the Suddha-

Madhyama mEla karthAs and/or their Janya Raagams and

the remainig 10 belong to the Prathi-Madhyama mELams

and/or their Janya raagams.

 

Prathi Madhyama mELams:

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(7) VarALi /Jaala VarALi : 39th mELam (Five DNKs)

(8) PanthuvaraaLi : 51st mELam ((One DNK)

(9) KalyANi/mEsa KalyANi :65th mELam (Four DNKs)

 

Many of these Ragams like ThOdi , SanakarAbharaNam

are those , where our Sadhguru has composed many

krithis. For instance , Sadhguru Swamigal composed

31 krithis in ThOdi to bring out its multi-facted

Raaga svarUpam . One of the 31 ThOdi raaga krithi

is the dhivya naama krithi , "HariyanuvArI sari

yevvArE ". Sadhguru chose asAvEri and PunnAgavarALi,

the two Janya rAgams of ThOdi for two more DNKs

in asAvEri and four more in PunnaagavarALi. Thus,

there is a total of 7 DNKs relating to Hanuma ThOdi .

 

SankarAbharaNam was another mELa raagam that

was the home of 31 more krithis.Five of them

belong to the Dhivya Naama Krithi series .

The Janya Raagams of SankarAbharaNam chosen

for the DNKs with their numbers in paranthesis

are : Yadhukula KaambhOji (2),Aarabhi (2) ,

dEvaghAndhAri (1),PoorNachandrikA (1),and

Junjoodi (1). Thus , there are ten DNKs here .

 

Among the Nata Bhairavi mELa raaaga jnayams are

Bhairavi (3), MukhAri (1) and Aanandha Bhairavi (2),

a total of six DNKs.

 

SourAshtram , the janya raagam of the 17th mELam

Soorya-Kaantham was a very favorite mangaLa raagam of

Sadhguru SwamigaL .He composed 17 krithis in this

raagam and two of them are DNKs.

 

KalyANi was the home of one DNK .SwamigaL

had composed a total of 19 krithis to bring

out the svarUpam of KalyANi. Saaranga(1) ,

Mohanam (1) and YamunA KalyANi(1) were

the janya raagams of KalyANi that Swamigal

Chose for other DNKs.

 

The three Janya raagams of Maaya MaaLava Goulam ,

NaadhanAmakriyA(1) , SaavEri(2) and BhouLi (1),

house a total of four DNKs.

 

The amazing VarALi was the home of 15 krithis

by SwamigaL including the ghana raaga panchakam ,

" Kana Kana ruchirA " . Five of these 15 VarALi

krithis of SwamigaL belong to the DNK set.

 

In the next set of postings , we will cover a few

of these moving Dhivya Naama Krithis and

describe their Bhakthi-filled messages .

 

Sri Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SdaagOpan