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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

We are analyzing the charaNam 1 of that beautiful krithi on the 'hasthigiri

dheepam' composed by that mahaa krishNa bhaktha OVS.

 

navaneetham maNakka varum dheepam

naaradha gaanam kEttu thuLLi ezhum dheepam

kuvaLai malar neela dheepam

aayar kulam vaazha vandu ninRa

nalam tharum dheepam -- kunRin

 

taking up the second line now - 'naaradha gaanam kEttu thuLLI ezhum dheepam' -

on hearing 'The Migrant Maharshi's singing, this hasthi giri 'lamp' jumps up

from his bed - his yoga nidhra (?). That Krishna jumps up from his position -

for the naaradha gaanam is so enchanting. Just now we read from our dear sri

sadagopan iyengar of coimbatore, sage utters those two words [or naamaas?]

'naaraayaNa naaraayaNa'. Perhaps that uttering of the naamaa itself is the song,

and that he relishes much.

 

See here sri thyaagaraja addresses his ishta dheivam raamaa with the title

'naaradha gaana lOla' in the ataaNaa raaga krithi. In this song there is no

obvious reference to raamaa, so, dear readers, can I take or have the liberty to

say it is addressed to my Krishna, for he is also 'neeradha sama neela krishNa

[another OVS mahaan's krithi] and nirupama guNa seela' for that great

brahmachari bheeshma says his gunams in more than 1000 words called sri vishNu

sahasra naamam [commentary has the name bhagavath guNa dharpaNam by sri

bhattar].

 

pallavi

naaradha gaana lOla nathajana paripaala [naaradha]

 

anupallavi

neeradha sama neela nirupama guNa seela [naaradha]

 

charaNam

neevu lEka E thanuvulu nirathamugaa naduchunu

neevu lEka E tharuvulu nikkamugaa moluchunu

neevu lEka E vaanalu nithyamugaa guruchunu

neevu lEka thyaagaraaju nee guNamula nEtu baadunu [naaradha]

 

incidentally that 'neela' dheepam is also covered here in this krithi.

[since that is not the krithi which I wanted to elaborate I stop here. Another

time we will see detailed comments and points on this krithi in ataaNaa]

 

But why lord of hasthi giri is said as a lamp - dheepam - see below sri swamy

desikan calls varadhan as 'pagal viLakku' in mei viradha mahaathmyam - [extract

from our respected sri Sadagopan's article on rathnaangi kainkaryam] - so all

great bhakthaas talk in same language.

 

aaavirbhaavam of the Lord with puNyakOti vimaanam

 

sukalEsam yeNNiya soozhvinai theerkkath-thuNintha ayanaar

aghalaatha anbudan koNda ayamEdha vEdhiyin mEl

pugal Ongu pon malai anna Or puNNiya kODiyudan

pagalOn pagal viLakkaagap-param sudar thOnRiyathE

 

meaning: Thus, Brahma carried out the aswamEdha yaagam for destruction of his

karmaas that led him earlier to think that insignificant worldly pleasures are

great and lasting sukhams. At the conclusion of the aswamEdham with great

bhakthi for the Lord, brahma dhEvan performed the vapaa hOmam. It was then the

month of chitthirai, sukla paksham, chathurdhasi, Sunday morning and hastha

nakshathram, when Brahma completed the vapaa homam. Immediately thereafter, the

supreme radiance of the Lord arose from the middle of the yaaga kuntam shining

like 1000s of Suns. It was like the rise of a golden mountain surrounded by

puNya koti vimAnam, which made the regular Sun look like the lamp lit in a

bright day.

 

The words 'pagal viLakkaaip param sudar' is important - magnificent lamp

appeared as a lamp in broad day light - OVS also says repeatedly 'dheepam' - the

lamp only can have a sudar - not a yaaga kundam nor a major forest fire.

 

Oh a really great krithi. We will continue in next post also.

 

Dhasan

Vasudevan m.g.

 

 

 

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