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

guNijanakrutha Veda PaarAyanam

Guruguha Mudhitha NaarAyaNam

 

There are many deep meanings of the words

chosen by Sri Dikshithar , which show

his enormous insight into Sri VaishNava

doctrines. This posting will get too long

to explain the tatthvams behind Sri Dikshithar's

choice of Naamas for Lord RanganaathA.adiyEn will

take it up some time later .

 

Malladi Brother's Thodi Krithi On the Lord

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Malladi Brothers sang in perfect unison one

of the Sriranga pancha-rathna Krithis of Saint

ThyagarAjA ( JuthA murArE).AdiyEn has covered

extensively this Sriranga pancha-rahtna krithi

in a posting of April 27, 1998 in Bhakthi archives.

The other four Pancha-rathnams are also covered

in that posting:

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/apr98/0132.html

 

It was a beautiful anubhavam listening to them .

 

Sung Version of the Naayaki Krithi

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This krithi is sung beautifully by Sri TNS

as well as by SangItha KalAnidhi D.K.PattammAL.

BhakthAs can hear these renderings with real player

at this URL:

 

http://home.sprynet.com/~dsivakumar/music/intromus.htm

 

Nayaki raagam is the female counterpart of

DharbhAr raagam , which is the male raagam.

Naayaki is dhaivatha PrAdhanyam , where as

DharbhAr is Panchama prAdhAnyam.

 

For Lord RanganAthA in His DharbhAr with

Sri RanganAyaki the Naayaki Raaga Pallavi

seems to fit well:

 

" RanganAyakam BhavayE Sri Ranganaayaki SamEtham "

 

The Thodi Krithi that Malladi Brothers sang was

composed by Saint ThyAgarAjaa during his attendance

at the ChaithrOthsavam of Sri RanganAthA. Saint

ThyagarAjA was standing at 86 South Chithra Veedhi

while the Lord on Kuthirai Vaahanam was approaching.

The saint was moved by the beauty of the Lord and

invited one and all to come and have the SevA BhAgyam

of the the KasthUri Rangan on Veedhi Valam.Please refer

to the deeper meanings of this and other Sriranga

Pancharathna Krithis of Sri Thyaga Brahmam in

the April 98 Bhakthi archives.

 

Jayathu Sri RanganAyaki SamEtha Sri RanganAtha:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi,

Daasan Oppiliappan Koil VaradAhAri SatakOpan