Guest guest Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer, It is something natural or normal for all of us to hear that children are born naked. That means they wore nothing but a skin only as covering or dress, which comes as part of the body. That is common. It is the same case with all other living beings also. Similarly the born child has two legs, two hands, 20 fingers, one head with eyes, ears, mouth, nose etc are some thing normal. There is a film song also that reads "aadaiyinRip piRanthOmE aasaiyinRip piRanthOmaa?" by the famous lyricist kaNNadaasan. [born without dress but have we been born without any desire? sings the poet]. If there is any particular part in excess, like an extra finger [more than the normal 20], then such a child is seen as abnormal. There is also a proverb "aaRu viralkaaran adhrushtak kaaran - fellow who has 6 fingers is a lucky fellow. Whether he is really is something different. On the other side, if some thing short like a hand is missing or leg is short, then also that child is called abnormal. [nowadays a new term is used to denote them as physically challenged, not as physically handicapped]. When such a slight deviation in parts of the body itself is termed abnormal, if the child is born dressed with clothes etc, partly or fully then how to term it? Like how the mother decorates him/her child afterwards with all selected stuff, the child is decorates himself or herself in the womb itself and comes out into this world, then what you call that. Can we put it as "a wonderful wonder". Just guess or imagine what will be the reaction of such a mother who has given birth to such a "dressed" child? Will she be scared or wonder struck? If a child is born with an armour [kavacham], and ear rings [kuNdalam] inseparable from the body, then, what will be the reaction of that lady who has given birth to such a child. That way, maybe that exception in karNan, the son of sun, is itself one of the reasons for his mother to discard him, at the time of birth. May be she was scared so much with this kind of exceptional child, she did that act of 'discarding'. [other reasons are not considered here as they are out of context]. If that is the case, when a child is born with - four arms - colour of the body blue like a cloud - neither sigappu [reddish] nor karuppu [blackish] nor a maa niRam [moderate sigappu or karuppu mixture] - fully dressed with peethaambaram - yellow colour dress - different types of jewelry adorned in the body all glittering, - hair nicely dressed, - neck garlanded with flowers etc All these are noticed at the time of birth. Just imagine what will be the reaction of the mother. Guess the father's position that has a look at such his child. That too when both these parents are in 'constant fear' about begetting their next child, already having the experience of seven of their children getting killed immediately by none other than the children's own uncle. Perhaps in the history of mankind except these two children - 'karNan' and 'krishNan', no body else was born dressed with some thing. Perhaps one can advance an argument 'narasimhan' was born fully dressed. Out of a pillar, when he came out, he was fully dressed. Agreed, but narasimhan was 'fully grown' also and hence can not be counted as a 'born dressed' child. So narasimham is not to be included. bhagavathaas can give any other instances if available since this writer can not think more in this line. The reaction of the parents is fully described in sreemadh bhaagavatham as - slOkam 9, 10, and 11 of third chapter sreemadh bhaagavatham: tham adbhutham baalakam ambuja eekshaNam chathur bhujam sankha gadhaaryudha aayudham | sreevathsa lakshmam galasObhi kausthubham peethaambaram saandhra payOdha soubhagam || mahaarha vaidhoorya kireeta kuNdalathvishaa parishvaktha sahasra kunthalam | udhdhaama kaanchyangadha kankaNaadhibhir virOchamaanam vasudhEva aikshath || sa vismaya uthphulla vilOchanO harim sutham vilOkayaanaka dhundhubhisthadha | krishnaavathaarOthsava sambhramO ~sprusan mudhaa dhvijEbhyO~yuthamaapluthO gavaam || meaning: of slOkams 9 -10: That wonderful child was, resplendent with lotus-like eyes and four arms holding different weapons, decorated with the sreevathsam mark, the shining kausthubham around His neck, His yellow garments and a beautiful hue like that of rain clouds. Sri vasudhEva saw Him brilliantly decorated sparkling with a vaidooryam studded kreetam [head gear or helmet] and earrings to the beauty of profusely scattered locks of hair, an exquisite belt around the waist and bands and bracelets on His arms. [of slOkam 11] He, aanaka dundubhi, [vasudhEva's another name] struck with wonder upon seeing the beautiful countenance of the Lord as his son, at the time overwhelmed by great jubilation dreamt of holding a festival to the descendent of Krishna, at which he could distribute a ten thousand cows to the brahmaNaas who are twice born. Dear bhakthaas you all will wonder what this person wants to say on the birth of krishNa which every knows as many of you would have read sreemadh bhaagavatham [at least in translated form if not in sanskrit]. The main intention of me is to highlight a krithi of oothukkadu venkata subbu iyer [OVS mahan] which looks like a maNipravaLa extract of these slOkams of bhagavatham. Now read the krithi. Raagam: naattakurinji thaaLam: aadhi thaaLam pallavi: adbhuthanaam baalakanaam ambuja eekshaNaam ananthanaam nandha maayavanai vasudhEvan kaNdu koNdaan anupallavi: vathsamenum maruvum maalaiyum kausthubhamum maarbinilE viLanga moolath thaththuva sankhamum chakkaramum gadhaiyum thaamaraiyum naalu kaigaLil ilanga meththa oLi minnaladu naaNa peethaambaramum mEniyadhu kaarmukhilin neela niRamE thaghavum muththu navaratthina padhakka makutak-katakam munji puri noolum aparanji maNi takkaNamum kaatti pazha vinaigaL Otti karuNai vizhi kootti aanandham ootti bhakthi neRi naatti mandha naghai kaatti khara kamalam -aattiya paramEttiyavan karuNai koLum [adbhuthanaam] charaNam: kaNdaan kaNdu koNdaan aNdarum kaaNaadha athisaya maayavanaik karpakamum nava nidhiyum kaamadhEnuvum bhuvanangaLai oru kudaiyil kattik - kaavalooRum perum padhamum kaivalyamum indhirap - padhaviyOdu siddhigaL ettum idhO enavum paRai kotti muzhakkiyum avaigaLai oru kaNam ettik kasandhadhu ena veruththidum -uLam attiyillaadha aanandhamaaga neelath - thirumEniyanai nirmalanai niththiyanai niraakaaranai nirguNanai oru kaNa ninaivaarkada nenjam iruppavanait thaththuvanai dhaayakanaith- thaarakanai senthaamaraiyaaL aga naayakanai kaNNaarath-thaanavanai thaanavanai thaanavanai thaanavanaik- kaNdaan [adbhuthanaam] [Those who can not read and understand this krithi, please excuse me for the time being and wait till next post]. 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Guest guest Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Respected U.Ve Swami Vasudevan" Has any reputed singer has rendered this krithi in a cassette or CD? As you now know that I am ordent admirer of your talent on comparative svanubhava of leading composers and Bhgavatham and Naalayaradivya Prabandam but living in USA, I will see whether I can get this CD or cassette here? By the by, I would like to echo the sentiments expressed by Dr. V. Sadagopan on your Husanee Kriti of Thyaga raja Swami. May Lord Rama and Krishna bless you with long healthy, prosperous life so that we can enjoy your anuhavams. Thank you Nerur Rajagopalan - "M.G.Vasudevan" <mgv wrote: > Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer, > > It is something natural or normal for all of us to > hear that children are born naked. That means they > wore nothing but a skin only as covering or dress, > which comes as part of the body. That is common. It > is the same case with all other living beings also. > Similarly the born child has two legs, two hands, 20 > fingers, one head with eyes, ears, mouth, nose etc > are some thing normal. > > There is a film song also that reads "aadaiyinRip > piRanthOmE aasaiyinRip piRanthOmaa?" by the famous > lyricist kaNNadaasan. [born without dress but have > we been born without any desire? sings the poet]. > > If there is any particular part in excess, like an > extra finger [more than the normal 20], then such a > child is seen as abnormal. There is also a proverb > "aaRu viralkaaran adhrushtak kaaran - fellow who has > 6 fingers is a lucky fellow. Whether he is really is > something different. > > On the other side, if some thing short like a hand > is missing or leg is short, then also that child is > called abnormal. [nowadays a new term is used to > denote them as physically challenged, not as > physically handicapped]. > > When such a slight deviation in parts of the body > itself is termed abnormal, if the child is born > dressed with clothes etc, partly or fully then how > to term it? Like how the mother decorates him/her > child afterwards with all selected stuff, the child > is decorates himself or herself in the womb itself > and comes out into this world, then what you call > that. Can we put it as "a wonderful wonder". > > Just guess or imagine what will be the reaction of > such a mother who has given birth to such a > "dressed" child? Will she be scared or wonder > struck? If a child is born with an armour > [kavacham], and ear rings [kuNdalam] inseparable > from the body, then, what will be the reaction of > that lady who has given birth to such a child. That > way, maybe that exception in karNan, the son of sun, > is itself one of the reasons for his mother to > discard him, at the time of birth. May be she was > scared so much with this kind of exceptional child, > she did that act of 'discarding'. [other reasons are > not considered here as they are out of context]. > > If that is the case, when a child is born with > - four arms > - colour of the body blue like a cloud > - neither sigappu [reddish] nor karuppu [blackish] > nor a maa niRam [moderate sigappu or karuppu > mixture] > - fully dressed with peethaambaram - yellow colour > dress > - different types of jewelry adorned in the body > all glittering, > - hair nicely dressed, > - neck garlanded with flowers etc > > All these are noticed at the time of birth. Just > imagine what will be the reaction of the mother. > Guess the father's position that has a look at such > his child. That too when both these parents are in > 'constant fear' about begetting their next child, > already having the experience of seven of their > children getting killed immediately by none other > than the children's own uncle. > > Perhaps in the history of mankind except these two > children - 'karNan' and 'krishNan', no body else was > born dressed with some thing. Perhaps one can > advance an argument 'narasimhan' was born fully > dressed. Out of a pillar, when he came out, he was > fully dressed. Agreed, but narasimhan was 'fully > grown' also and hence can not be counted as a 'born > dressed' child. So narasimham is not to be included. > bhagavathaas can give any other instances if > available since this writer can not think more in > this line. > > The reaction of the parents is fully described in > sreemadh bhaagavatham as - > slOkam 9, 10, and 11 of third chapter sreemadh > bhaagavatham: > > tham adbhutham baalakam ambuja eekshaNam > chathur bhujam sankha gadhaaryudha aayudham | > sreevathsa lakshmam galasObhi kausthubham > peethaambaram saandhra payOdha soubhagam || > > mahaarha vaidhoorya kireeta kuNdalathvishaa > parishvaktha sahasra kunthalam | > udhdhaama kaanchyangadha kankaNaadhibhir > virOchamaanam vasudhEva aikshath || > > sa vismaya uthphulla vilOchanO harim > sutham vilOkayaanaka dhundhubhisthadha | > krishnaavathaarOthsava sambhramO ~sprusan > mudhaa dhvijEbhyO~yuthamaapluthO gavaam || > > meaning: of slOkams 9 -10: That wonderful child was, > resplendent with lotus-like eyes and four arms > holding different weapons, decorated with the > sreevathsam mark, the shining kausthubham around His > neck, His yellow garments and a beautiful hue like > that of rain clouds. Sri vasudhEva saw Him > brilliantly decorated sparkling with a vaidooryam > studded kreetam [head gear or helmet] and earrings > to the beauty of profusely scattered locks of hair, > an exquisite belt around the waist and bands and > bracelets on His arms. > > [of slOkam 11] He, aanaka dundubhi, [vasudhEva's > another name] struck with wonder upon seeing the > beautiful countenance of the Lord as his son, at the > time overwhelmed by great jubilation dreamt of > holding a festival to the descendent of Krishna, at > which he could distribute a ten thousand cows to the > brahmaNaas who are twice born. > > Dear bhakthaas you all will wonder what this person > wants to say on the birth of krishNa which every > knows as many of you would have read sreemadh > bhaagavatham [at least in translated form if not in > sanskrit]. > > The main intention of me is to highlight a krithi of > oothukkadu venkata subbu iyer [OVS mahan] which > looks like a maNipravaLa extract of these slOkams of > bhagavatham. > > Now read the krithi. > Raagam: naattakurinji thaaLam: aadhi thaaLam > > pallavi: > adbhuthanaam baalakanaam ambuja eekshaNaam > ananthanaam nandha maayavanai vasudhEvan kaNdu > koNdaan > > anupallavi: > vathsamenum maruvum maalaiyum kausthubhamum > maarbinilE viLanga moolath thaththuva sankhamum > chakkaramum gadhaiyum thaamaraiyum naalu kaigaLil > ilanga > meththa oLi minnaladu naaNa peethaambaramum > mEniyadhu kaarmukhilin neela niRamE thaghavum > > muththu navaratthina padhakka makutak-katakam > munji puri noolum aparanji maNi takkaNamum kaatti > pazha vinaigaL Otti karuNai vizhi kootti > aanandham ootti bhakthi neRi naatti mandha naghai > kaatti > khara kamalam -aattiya paramEttiyavan karuNai koLum > [adbhuthanaam] > > charaNam: > kaNdaan kaNdu koNdaan aNdarum kaaNaadha athisaya > maayavanaik > karpakamum nava nidhiyum kaamadhEnuvum bhuvanangaLai > oru > kudaiyil kattik - kaavalooRum perum padhamum > kaivalyamum > indhirap - padhaviyOdu siddhigaL ettum idhO enavum > > paRai kotti muzhakkiyum avaigaLai oru kaNam > ettik kasandhadhu ena veruththidum -uLam > attiyillaadha > aanandhamaaga neelath - thirumEniyanai nirmalanai > niththiyanai niraakaaranai nirguNanai oru kaNa > ninaivaarkada > nenjam iruppavanait thaththuvanai dhaayakanaith- > thaarakanai senthaamaraiyaaL aga naayakanai > kaNNaarath-thaanavanai thaanavanai > thaanavanai thaanavanaik- kaNdaan [adbhuthanaam] > > [Those who can not read and understand this krithi, > please excuse me for the time being and wait till > next post]. > > Dhasan > Vasudevan m.g. > > New and Improved Mail - Send 10MB messages! 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