MahA SamprOkshaNam of Sri RanganAtha temple: Part II--> Krithis sung before Lord RanganAthA by SangItha VidvAns Sri T.N.SeshagOpaalan & Malladi Brothers on May 27 , 2001

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Dear Sri RangaAtha BhakthAs:

 

After Periya Thirumanjanam for Lord RanganAthA ,

Srimans T.N.SeshagOpAlan (TNS)and Mallaadi Brothers

sang one song composed on Periya perumAL .These

were Naadha NaivEdhyams as adiyEn referred to earlier.

 

Sri TNS chose a Krithi of Sri MutthuswAmi Dikshithar

set in Raagam Naayaki : " Sri RanganAyakam BhAvayE-

Sri RangaNAYAKI samEtham ".

 

This is one of the Sriranga Pancharathna Keerthanams of

Sri Dikshithar . The other Four Sriranga Pancharathna

Krithis of Sri Dikshithar are:

 

Sri RanganAthAya ( DhanyAsi)

Rangapura VihAra ( BrundhAvana SaarangA)

Sri RanganAtham ( PoorNa ChandrikA)

Sri Bhargavi (MangaLa Kaisiki)

 

adiyEn has written extensively about the DhanyAsi and

BrundhAvana SaarangA krithis on Lord RanganAthA

during April 1998,which are archived in the Bhakthi

archives.Their relationship to Sri VaishNavite doctrines

have been brought out in these postings(April 10 & April 13):

http://www.ramanuj.org/sv/bhakti/archives/apr98/0044.html

 

Sri Bhargavi Krithi in MangaLa Kaisiki raagam has

been covered as a part of the Maha Lakshmi Krithis

of Sri Dikshithar and archived in Bhakthi archives.

 

Sri TNS sang the Naayaki Krithi with great Maadhurya

Bhakthi Bhavam. Naayaki raaga mudhrai is placed in

the pallavi section:

 

RanganAyakam BhAvayE Sri RangaNAAYAKI samEtham

 

The anupallavi & CharaNa Vaakhyams contain lofty

salutations with deep meanings :

 

Angaja taatham anantham adhItham

ajEndhrAdhya amaranutham sathatham

utthunga vihanga turangam

krupA paangam RamAntharangam (Sri RanganAyakam)

 

CharaNam:

 

PraNAvaakAra dhivya VimAnam

PrahlAdhAdhi BhakthAbhimAnam

GaNapathi SamAna VishvaksEnam

Gaja turaga padhAthi sEnam

dhinamaNi kulabhava RaaghavArAdhanam

maamaka VidEha mukthi Saadhanam

MaNimaya sadhanam sasi Vadhanam

PaNipathi Sayanam Padma Nayanam

agaNitha guNa gaNa VibhIshaNam

ghanatara Kousthubha maNi vibhUshanam

guNijanakrut