Brindhavana Saarangathi Krithi : Commentary on CharaNa Vaakhyams

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This completes the commentary on

the Brundhavana SaarangA Krithi on Lord

Ranganatha .

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Sri RanganAthar Temple construction : Part 4 - Deekshithar's krithi

Sadagopan (sgopan_at_computer.net)Fri Apr 03 1998 - 19:05:52 PST

 

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Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] Dear BhakthAs of Sri RanganAthA : I will cover the charaNa vAkhyams of this

powerful krithi of Sri Deekshithar in this posting .

CharaNa Vaakhyams of the BrindhAvana SaarangA krithi

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The charaNam is a big one and runs as follows :

pankajAptha kula jala nidhi sOma vara pankaja mukha PattabhirAma padha pankaja jitha kaama RaghurAma

VaamAnga gatha SitA vara vEsha sEshAnga sayana Bhaktha Santhosha yENAnga Ravi nayana mrudhutara bhAsha akaLanga darpaNa

VEnkataramaNa Mukhundha SankarshaNa

mUlakandha Sankara GuruguhAnandha ( Sri Rangapura-

Vihara Jaya) These charaNa vAkhyams can be split as follows :

1. PankajAptha kula jalanidhi sOma Jaya Jaya ! Sri Ramachandra belongs to SUrya vamsam ( kulam ) .

SUryan is the friend of pankajam ( lotus) . The lotus

blossoms on the sight of the rising Sun . Hence , He is PankajApthan and His kulam is DinamaNi Vamsam

or SUrya Kulam . Sri RaamA was one of the scions of that kulam ( PankajAptha Kulam) .

If the Surya Vamsam is equated to an Ocean ( Jalanidhi),

then Sri RaamA is like the moon to that Ocean .

He makes that Ocean of Surya Kulam rise with Joy , just as the sea has high tides on full moon days ( PankajAptha kula JALANIDHI SOMAA) .

It is remarkable that Saint ThyagarAjaa in his Brindhavana Saarangaa Raaga Krithi on Sri RaamA used the same analogy : " KamalAptha KalasAbdhi Chandra " . The minds of Raama chaithanyAs seem

to run alike in their devotion . Their minds rose in joy like the Ocean experiencing the PourNami Chandran .

2. Vara Pankaja mukha PattabhirAma Jaya Jaya !

In this second set of salutations , Deekshithar ,

who composed another moving krithi on Pattabhi Raaman

in the Raagam MaNirangu experiences fondly the Lord

who sat in DarbAr in VeerAsanam with Sri JanakI mAthaa

as PattAbhirAman . Our Lord was beaming with Joy at the sight of His dear wife next to Him , His brothers

and bhakthAs all around His throne . His face was resplendent in lustre like a fully blossomed special lotus

( Vara Pankaja Mukha PatbhirAMan ) . This great scene elaborated by Sri Deekshithar in his maNirangu krithi

is as follows :

chathra sAmara kara dhrutha Bharatha LakshmaNa

Sathrugna VibheeshaNa Sugreeva pramukAthi sEvitha Adhri VasishTAdhyanugraha paathra Dasaratha Puthra MaNirangavalyAlankrutha nava rathna mantapE vichithra

maNimaya SimhAsanE SeethayA saha samsthitha sucharithra parama pavithra Guruguha mithra Pankaja mithra vamsa sudhAmbhudhi Chandra mEdhini pAla Raamachandra ( Maamava

PattabhirAmA ) In his own exquisite Sanskrit diction , Sri Deekshithar

explains the scene at the DarbAr of Sri PattAbhirAman and the reason for His joy , which reminded him of the fully

blossomed Lotus flower . The poet in Sri Deekshithar saw that " neela SarOja kOmaLa ruchi , Raaman " as the one , who was joyously seated on the gem-studded throne

on the day of His coronation .

3. " Padha Pankaja jitha kAma RaghurAma Jaya Jaya " is the third salutation . The nirmala guNAkara Raaman's

beauty is of the kind that drove away the ego of Manmathan known for his beauty ( Kandharpa tarppa hara Sundara Divya mUrthy ) .By the beauty of His lotus feet

alone , Sri RanganAthA defeated the claims for the beauty

of Manmathan .

In Sri Bhagavadh DhyAna sOPAnam , Swami Desikan goes

one step further in praising the lotus feet of the Lord as not only defeating Manmathan in their beauty , but also

as being forever fragrant with the Veda manthrams and adorning the siras of His son, Brahma dEvan .They are the ones that are pressed gently by His dear consorts ,

while He rests on the bank of CAuvEry river at Srirangam .

4." VaamAnga gatha SitA vara vEsha Jaya Jaya " is the fourth pallaNDu of Sri Deekshithar . He was reminded

of the passage in Raama dhyAnam ( VaamE BhUmi suthA ) and chose the above matching words to hail PattaabhirAman .

5. " sEshAnga sayana Bhaktha SanthOsha Jaya Jaya " is the next

salutation . While that SithA Raaman rests under the Veda

Srunga VimAnam at Srirangam , he takes note of the managaLAsAsanam of His bhakthAs like Naatha Muni, ALavanthAr ,

RaamAnujA , ParAsara Bhattar , PiLLai LOkAcchAr and Swami

Desikan and a host of others and is filled with SanthOsham .

6. " yENAnga Ravi Nayana Jaya Jaya " follows as the next

namaskAram . That the Lord's two eyes are the Sun and the Moon is a taatuvam that is commonly referred to in SaasthrAs .

7-8 . Mrudhutara Bhaasha Jaya Jaya , akaLanga DarpaNa jaya

jaya are the next two salutations . Sri RanganAthA's sweet speech and the shining cheeks of His without any blemishes and reminding one of a spotless mirror

is referred to here . "9. VenkataramaNa Mukhundha SankarshaNa mUlakantha jaya Jaya " are the series of dovetailed salutaions here . Sri RanganAthA is recognized here as the destroyer of our sins ( VenaktaramaNan ),who sports on top of the saptha giris ; He is also remembered with gratitude as the one , who confers the boon of Moksham ( Mukhundan ) .

He is Vyuha mUrthi.Hence , SankarshaNa svarUpam is invoked next . ArchA , Para , VyUha rUpams are saluted so far . That Sri RanganAthA as para VaasudEvan standing guard on the PraNavAkruthi , Veda Srungha VimAnam with its four kalasams of the four Vedams is recognized here as the root cause of all of the above three and two more forms ( antharyAmi and Vibhavam ) . 10." GuruguhAnandha Sri Rangapura VihAra Jaya " is the final salutation of the charaNa vAkhyams . Here Sri Deekshithar introduces his nAma mudrai and recognizes Sri RanganAthA as the uncle , who gladdens

the heart of His nephew , Guhan ( SubramaNyan ) . Sri Deekshithar was so fascinated by the BrindhAvana

SaarangA raagam he chose to eulogize Sri RanganAtha , that he stayed with the same raagam to show His VishNu

bhakthi by selecting once again this raagam to salute

another ArchA mUrthy nearby at Thiru Naahai ( naaga

pattiNam ) saluted by the Sri VaishNavite Community as Soundara Raajan ( Soundara Raajam aasrayE ).

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri Ranganaatha SwaminE Nama :

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan

 

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