chiMte yAke mADuttiddi - Devaranama by Sri Purandara Dasaru

January 13, 2009

Hare Srinivasa!

chiMte

yAke mADuthiddi chinmayaniddAne

chiMtA ratnaveMbo

anaMtaniddhAne

Sri

Purandara Dasaru's beautiful devaranama on the futility of worry and

anxiety when there is actually nothing to be gained from it. People

always undertake an activity to accomplish something worthy,and worry

about its successful accomplishment, but as we are all aware, it is

absolutely useless to worry. Forecasting a gloomy future regarding

what may happen or what may not happen is the usual scenario for most

of us.

Dasaru

gives one and all a reassurance about the Lord's benevolence in

granting the wishes according to the eligibility of the soul . He

says "Just as the chiMtamANi is a wonderful gem which can grant

any wish to the one who possesses it, so also the Lord's name and

presence on one's tongue and mind can grant any wish to the one who

chants and thinks of Him. The possessor of the gem 'chiMtAmANi is

none other than the Lord which is also befitting, because He is the

original cause for the granting of ALL wishes, whosoever maybe the

visible fulfiller or granter.

In

these present times of financial unrest ,it is very necessary for us

to maintain our peace of mind by understanding this concept that the

Lord will take care and steer the path of the devotee in a way so as

to improve the sadhana aspect always.

goptA

trijagadvyAptA bhajakara Aptanenisi

staMbadalli

prAptanAda prahlAda paramAptanidAne

He

is anaMta- an infinitely powerful personality whereas the jiva is of

an infnitesmal power and that too completely dependent entity. If one

has a doubt regarding " How and why will the Lord know about the

specific problems encountered by His individual devotees?" To

that Dasaru answers that He is extremely minute(gopta) and at the

same time extremely huge(trijagadvyApta) and not just that but He is

Apta(the refuge for His devotees). Contradicting attributes of large

and tiny sit well with Him. He appears as He pleases. So one might

have a doubt ,"Space is also there everywhere and it can be tiny

inside a small container and huge in the atmosphere but it is not

responsive to one's cries for help.What about the Lord?'

To

that Dasaru says, He is "Apta" means He is ever ready to

aid His devotee. Just being present is not His attribute, He is

present and fully independent to act as He chooses. He always chooses

to protect His true devotees.

If

one has thoughts of the many occassions when one has begged the Lord

for a thing to happen or not to happen and the reverse occurred,

Dasaru clarifies the position of a true devotee. He says, "An

ideal devotee should be like Prahlada who did not even scringe when

his father tried all the ways in the world to hurt his physical

body." He never had a doubt about the Lord's presence and

control. When Prahlad's father mockingly asked about the presence of

the Lord in a pillar in his palace, Prahlad clearly assented to His

presence without a doubt. When this statement of his devotee's was to

be tested the Lord decided that He should appear.He showed the

"Narasimha" form of Himself and emerged with a loud roar

which seered the heart of the enemy of His devotee. He is called as

krodhaH in VSN because He shows His righteous anger to those who have

committed severe injustice.

If

one observes the Prahlada episode of the Bhagavatham carefully one

can see that the ratio of the instances when Hiranyakashipu tried to

commit attrocities against Prahlada were innumerable and notice that

Prahalad did not feel dissappointment about the Lord's silence in

this matter . He had a conviction that the events were directed by

the Lord and though they appeared to be troubling him on the surface

they were just events leading to the final anugraha.

This

is the attitude that one should have regarding the discomforting

events in our life. They are all events to be expereinced with the

faith that they lead to better things in the long journey of the

soul.

Dasaru

says 'Anyway it is the Lord who is there controlling each and every

inch of movement of body,mind,intellect and speech of every soul then

what is the use of worrying."

eLLu

moNeya muLLu koNeya biDade oLage horage

ella

Davinalli lakuminallaniddAne prANi

He

exists in the edge of a small grain of till and also on the edge of

pointed thorn. The jiva is also very minute and the Lord exists

inside the jiva too. Without any exemption He exists inside and

outside of everything and is in the tiniest sub-atomic particles

which cannot be cognised by human beings. But irresepective of the

place or thing in which He exists ie irrespective of the size of the

object ,He is always the provider of bliss to Lakshmi. He does this

lovingly as He does all the other things. The word 'nalla' shows the

soft and pliant love of the Lord who by His benevolence gives to each

that which makes them blissful.

He

is everready to come to the aid of His devotee. Sri Jaganntha Dasaru in the HKAS says :

kaNNigeve

aMdadali kaimai tinnigodaguva teradi

palgalu

hannu phalagalanagidu jihvege rasvIvaMte

puMya

phalagala vIvaMdadali nuDiveNNinAMmAMDadolu

lakshmaNana

aNNa odaguva bhakutara avasarake amaragaNa sahita ||2.27||

Dasaru

tries to make us understand the timely protection provided by the

Lord by giving different examples of the various organs of the body.

"Just

as the eye lids are ever ready to safegaurd the eye by shutting them

the instant there is a gust of wind or dust or a loud noise etc. A

small signal of impending danger launches the autonomous nervous

system to close the eye instantaneously. The hands rush to push away

an ant or insect which may have climbed on the feet instantaneously .

The teeth crush the fruits and provides the juice to the tongue for

tasting. All these are leading to show the unselfishness as well as

the ingrained natural attribute of the Lord's benevolence towards His

devotees.

hiMde

ninna salahidavarAru muMde ninna kolluvavarAru

aMdigiMdige

gOviMdaniddAne prANi

Dasaru

asks everyone to stop and think . He asks ," Who took care of

you previously? Who will see that your life on earth comes to an end

at the appropriate time?" He asserts that both these conflicting

acts for a jiva are controlled entirely by the Lord. What does this

previously mean?

It

could mean - previous birth or any number of previous births or it

could be in this birth when one was in womb of the mother, when one

was a helpless baby in need of another person to care for every

little need. If one thinks back then one feels the utter wonder

worked by the Lord. He induces the feeling of love in the mother and

father and makes them care for the baby willingly ,sacrificing many

comforts for its well-being. He gives them the happiness of seeing

the child grow and motivates them to provide a suitable environment

to grow intellectually,physically and spiritually.

gOviMdA

is a most apt address for the Lord here. Why? - The Lord herded the

cows early in the morning from the cowshed to the pastuer and back

taking them in the correct direction all the time. Here Dasaru

implies that He is the Lord who herds the jiva from the beginning of

a brith to the end ,all the time inspiring it to perform karma that

will take it in a certain set direction.

mukkaNNa

devarkage sikkida sereya paridu

chikkavaMge

achala padaviya dakkisidAne prANi

We

have instances of different devathas being rescued by Paramatma.

Shiva was rescued from Bhasmasura by Lord Vishnu who assumed the form

of Mohini and challenged the demon to imitate all His dance moves.

When the demon agreed the Lord as Mohini made him put his palm on his

head itself thereby getting burnt to ashes before he could harm

Shiva.

Indra

was rescued by the Lord many a time. The story of Vritraasura, the

story of Bali and others show how Indra was rescued by the Lord. Not

only does He protect devotees ,He also sees that each one gets what

they deserve as shown by the story of Dhruva. He was pleased with

Dhruva's penance and devotion when even at a young age he ventured to

the forest to please the Lord. He was given a permenant place as the

ruler of the Dhruva nakshatraloka. "Dhruva' means that which is

firm. True to his name Dhruva was firm in his resolve and overcame

all obstacles in sadhana and thereby was bestowed an

unshakable(achala),immortal position .

nAnu

nannadeMbuda biTTu hIna vishayaMgala jaridu

jNAnagamya

kAyO enalu pUrNaniddAne prANi

The

Lord has said in the bhagavad gita that

"vihAya

kAmAn yaH sarvAn pumAmscharati niHsprihaH

nirmamo

nirahaMkaraH sa shaMtimadhigachchati || 2.71

"He

who abjures all disallowed appetites and has overcome the feeling of

me and mine in enjoying the legitimate objects alone and has the

understanding that all that one enjoys is the abundance of the Lord

attains eternal peace."

When

Dasaru says that one has to pray to the Lord by glorifying Him as the

one who is known by knowledge, who is the personification of

knowledge and can be known only by the wise. Does it mean that the

Lord is incompetent to disclose Himself to those who are not wise?

Not at all!. Dasaru says that He is always complete and fully pUrna .

He can do anything but He is just and ensures that everyone receives

His due.

In

one devaranama Sri Purandara Dasaru says,

huvva

taruvara manege hulla taruva

avva

lakumi ramaNa ivagilla garuva

paMdavara

maneyolage......................................

saribAga

koDuva tanna aramaneyolage"

"He

gives every devotee a deserving position in Moksha."

suttali

baMda duritagaleLLa kattarisi kaDidu hAkuva

hetta

tAyi taMde tavaru hettiganiddAne prANi

If

one says, " I am not worried about the future and moksha looks

very far away. What about my day to day problems ?"

Dasaru

says, " He gaurds the devotee all round. Anything detrimental to

the devotee is cut off by the Lord. "

If

one says ," I was struck with high fever and my mother took care

of me. I had some problems in the office and my father gave me timely

advice. Everytime there is a problem someone helps me. It is always

those who are my relatives and friends who help and it is not God who

helps me."

To

that Dasaru says, "O prANi , who created your father,mother and

other relations?"

Dasaru

gives us an alert by asking us to reflect on our own situation in

life. Did we choose our parents? Did we choose where we were to be

born and did we choose who should be our brother or sister ?

.........The list is endless. If we contemplate on these questions,

the answer that the Lord is behind all these becomes evident.

Every

relative, every friend is there for us in times of need because the

Lord gives the prerane to the person to go and help. The feeling of

me and mine stops us from recoginising the hand of God in everything.

It is only when we understand that

"nAham

karta hari karta....."

"I

am not the doer, Lord Hari is the doer." and implement it slowly

into our everyday life ,that we can slowly begin to understand His

overlordship in all actions of the world.

ballida

bhajakara hrudayadalli niMtu puraMdara viTTala

sollasolligavara

bayake sallisuttidAne prANi

The

shvetAshwara upanishad says

'ekO

dEva sarva bhutEshu guDaH sarvavyApI sarvabhUtAMtarAtma

karmAdyakshaH

sarvalOkAdivAsaH sAkshi chetO kevalo nirguNashcha ||

The

Lord is the only independent one, who resides in the the heart lotus

of all the jivas and is thier antaratma controlling every action, who

exists everywhere and is the sakshi for all the actions, is bereft of

all prakritic guNas that is the cause of bondage ,inspite of being

existent in each and every subatomic particles of the universe."

In

line with the above, Dasaru calls the people who do upasana of the

Lord as described above fully aware of thier total dependence all the

time as 'ballida bhajakaru".

Dasaru

finally concludes ." To those who have shed thier ego and accept

wholeheartedly every expereince sent by the Lord as gift, who

tolerate hardships as those that have to expereinced without

complaining, who enjoy the good things of life as gifts of God to

them the Lord discloses Himself in thier heart lotus . He fuffills

thier every wish without a doubt . Such is the benevolence of the

Lord Purandara viTTala."

As

Jagannatha Dasaru says,

biTTavara

bhavapAshadiMdali kaTTuvanu bahukaTinaniva

sishTeshTaneMdanavarata

satbhakthipAshadali

kaTTuvara

bhavakaTTu biDisuva siTTinava ivanalla

kAmadakoTTu

kAvanu sakala soukya iha paraMgalali

"

Those who have left the Lord, ie who do not acknowledge His

independence, He ties them in tight knots of bondage without any

feeling of pity. He

is not one to get angry unless it is absolutely called for. Those

who understand that He loves His devotees and are always devoted to

Him are released from bondage and also bestows such a person's wish

both in this world and the next."sri krishnArpaNamastuI am not the doer, Lord Hari is the doerEven so, whatever He makes me do is His worship by His graceR.Parimala

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January 13, 2009

To the extent that I remember, this dEvaranAma is composed by mudduviTThala. (I remember only his ankitanAma, not his real name.) I don't think this is a purandaradAsa composition. Shreekrishna.

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Parimala Raghavendran <ravipari01 wrote:

Hare Srinivasa!

chiMte

yAke mADuthiddi chinmayaniddAne

chiMtA ratnaveMbo

anaMtaniddhAne

Sri

Purandara Dasaru's beautiful devaranama on the futility of worry and

anxiety when there is actually nothing to be gained from it. People

always undertake an activity to accomplish something worthy,and worry

about its successful accomplishment, but as we are all aware, it is

absolutely useless to worry. Forecasting a gloomy future regarding

what may happen or what may not happen is the usual scenario for most

of us.

Dasaru

gives one and all a reassurance about the Lord's benevolence in

granting the wishes according to the eligibility of the soul . He

says " Just as the chiMtamANi is a wonderful gem which can grant

any wish to the one who possesses it, so also the Lord's name and

presence on one's tongue and mind can grant any wish to the one who

chants and thinks of Him. The possessor of the gem 'chiMtAmANi is

none other than the Lord which is also befitting, because He is the

original cause for the granting of ALL wishes, whosoever maybe the

visible fulfiller or granter.

In

these present times of financial unrest ,it is very necessary for us

to maintain our peace of mind by understanding this concept that the

Lord will take care and steer the path of the devotee in a way so as

to improve the sadhana aspect always.

goptA

trijagadvyAptA bhajakara Aptanenisi

staMbadalli

prAptanAda prahlAda paramAptanidAne

He

is anaMta- an infinitely powerful personality whereas the jiva is of

an infnitesmal power and that too completely dependent entity. If one

has a doubt regarding " How and why will the Lord know about the

specific problems encountered by His individual devotees? " To

that Dasaru answers that He is extremely minute(gopta) and at the

same time extremely huge(trijagadvyApta) and not just that but He is

Apta(the refuge for His devotees). Contradicting attributes of large

and tiny sit well with Him. He appears as He pleases. So one might

have a doubt , " Space is also there everywhere and it can be tiny

inside a small container and huge in the atmosphere but it is not

responsive to one's cries for help.What about the Lord?'

To

that Dasaru says, He is " Apta " means He is ever ready to

aid His devotee. Just being present is not His attribute, He is

present and fully independent to act as He chooses. He always chooses

to protect His true devotees.

If

one has thoughts of the many occassions when one has begged the Lord

for a thing to happen or not to happen and the reverse occurred,

Dasaru clarifies the position of a true devotee. He says, " An

ideal devotee should be like Prahlada who did not even scringe when

his father tried all the ways in the world to hurt his physical

body. " He never had a doubt about the Lord's presence and

control. When Prahlad's father mockingly asked about the presence of

the Lord in a pillar in his palace, Prahlad clearly assented to His

presence without a doubt. When this statement of his devotee's was to

be tested the Lord decided that He should appear.He showed the

" Narasimha " form of Himself and emerged with a loud roar

which seered the heart of the enemy of His devotee. He is called as

krodhaH in VSN because He shows His righteous anger to those who have

committed severe injustice.

If

one observes the Prahlada episode of the Bhagavatham carefully one

can see that the ratio of the instances when Hiranyakashipu tried to

commit attrocities against Prahlada were innumerable and notice that

Prahalad did not feel dissappointment about the Lord's silence in

this matter . He had a conviction that the events were directed by

the Lord and though they appeared to be troubling him on the surface

they were just events leading to the final anugraha.

This

is the attitude that one should have regarding the discomforting

events in our life. They are all events to be expereinced with the

faith that they lead to better things in the long journey of the

soul.

Dasaru

says 'Anyway it is the Lord who is there controlling each and every

inch of movement of body,mind,intellect and speech of every soul then

what is the use of worrying. "