angadhan thoodhu - post 4

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Post 4

 

Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

Continuing the study of sarasa saama dhaana krithi, the krithi is linked to

angadhan thoodhu. See here the words of raama to angadha - "please go and tell

raavaNan what I say". He also goes and tells as advised by raama.

 

gathvaa soumya dhasagreevam broohi madh vachanaath kapE || 5-41-60 b

langhayithvaa pureem lankaam bhayam thyakthvaa gathavyathha: | 5-41 -61 a

 

meaning: Hey angadha - please go to lanka without fear and by jumping across and

without any wavering in the mind, tell mildly to dhasagreeva the raavaNa what I

say.

 

thadh raama vachanam sarvam anyoona adhikam uththamam |

sa amaathyam sraavayaamaasa nivEdhya aathmaanam aathmanaa || 5-41-79

 

meaning: that angadhan told raavaNan who was sitting with his ministers what all

raama said without adding anything and deleting anything.

 

So the 'munnOr thoodhu avanE vaayil mozhindhu'. Angadhan did not change increase

or delete any word also. That is why "avanE vaayil mozhindhu"

 

Now see 'sarasa saama dhaana' krithi. The krithi is linked with angadhan

thoodhu. May be as we see in anupallavi hanumaan's envoy is also touched. [the

order of presenting in the krithi in charaNam is just reverse of raamaayaNam].

How it is linked - Let us see below.

 

bhrashtasreekam gatha aisvaryam mumoorshO nashta chEthana: || 5-41-61

risheeNaam dhEvathaanaam cha gandharva apsarasaam tathaa |

naagaanaam atha yakshaaNaam raajnaam cha rajaneechara || 5-41-62

 

yachcha paapam krutham mOhaath avalipthEna raakshasa |

noonam thE vigathO dharpa: svayambhoo varadhaaanaja: ||

thasya paapasya sampraapthaavyushtiradhya dhuraasadhaa ||| 5-41-63

 

yasya dhaNdaDharasthE aham dhaaraa haraNa karshitha: |

dhaNdam DhaarayamaaNasthu lankaadhvaarE vyavasthitha: || 5-41-64

 

meaning: hey raavaNaa, one who has lost his glory, one who has lost his kingdom,

one who has reached near death, one who has lost wisdom, the stealthy raakshasa,

the time has come to reap the fruits of your misdeeds you did by virtue of the

boons granted to you, by your idiosyncrasies and arrogance, to dhEvaas

gandharvaas, apsaras, yakshaas, naagaas, and different kings. I am ready at the

doorsteps of lanka to punish you for the guilt of stealing my wife. So the

results and fruits of brahma's boons are over.

 

Point: This is the last line of krithi- "raga hathamu jEsithivi" says

thyaagaraaja raaja = who is thyaagaraaja's raja - he is none else than kOsala

raajaa - the raama - whose words are as above. Also this 'raaga hathamu means

aasaiyinaal adam pidikkadhE - I will remove your adamancy.

 

See angadha's words also as per raamaayanam for this thyaagaraaja raaja.

 

dhoothO ~aham kOsalEndhrasya raamasya aaklishta karmaNa:

vaali puthrO angadhO naama yadhi thE srOthram aagatha: 5-41-80

 

third line in charaNam:

dharmaathmaa raakshasa srEshta: sampraapthO ~ayam vibheeshaNa: |

lankaa aisvaryam idham sreemaan dhruvam ayam praapnothi akaNtakam || 5-41-68

 

meaning: that dharmaathma and purest of the raakshasaas vibheeshaNan sought

asylum in me. So he, that sreemaan, gets lanka kingdom permanently without any

hindrance.

 

Point: see line 'natha sahOdharudanE raaji chEsithivi' - of thyaagaraaja. While

taking vibheeshaNa into his fold raama says I am even prepared to give ayOdhyaa

if raavaNan comes, so 'ayOdhyaan ichchEnantithivi' in second line of charaNam.

 

braveemi thvaam hitham vaakyam kriyathaam aurdhva dhEkikam |

sudhrushtaa kriyathaam lankaa jeevitham thE mayi sthitham || 5-41-72

 

meaning: I tell you one good thing which is a welfare word for you. Let the

lanka be seen well by you. Similarly do your final rites. For your life is in my

hands.

 

Point: see first line of charaNam "hithavu maatalenthO baaga balkithivi" of

thyaagaraaja. So the saamam - hithavu maatalu,

dhaanam - ayOdhyaa ichchEnantithivi

bhEdham - natha sahOdharudane

dhandam - I have come to punish you if you do not remove your hatam

chathuran - is raaman.

 

Earlier the hanumaan thoodhu is also linked in the anupallavi of sarasa saama -

 

Meaning of Anupallavi as we saw in earlier post: RaavaNa, the most devoted

bhaktha (devotee) of Lord Siva, could not understand the truth that in the garb

of hanumaan, siva himself came in front of him and talked to him [to return

seethaa etc].

 

so this krithi is highlight of thoodhu.

 

Also the raaga - kaapi naaraayaNi - ka + api + naaraayaNi

ka also means god of death [besides brahma, vishNu]

naaraayaNi is lakshmi as well durga, the god of death.

Api means with, also

So kaapi naaraayani - time has come for raama and seetha to join together.

Another way it indicates death of raavaNan since god of death siva [or rudhran]

and durga joining together.

 

Dear bhakthaas, Please see how thyaagaraaja has composed krithi based on

raamaayaNam lines only. Enjoy the krithis of thyaagaraaja with raamayanam as

background in mind. Then his music will be something greater, than ordinarily

enjoying his music for music's sake.

 

Dhaasan

 

Vasudevan m.g.

 

PS: Please excuse me for the poor drafting as I myself feel it has not come

presentable nicely, but please accept the points made.