[RaamaBhakthi] Santhanamanjari by Living Legend TNS

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SrI:

 

Dear SrI Sivaraman : Thanks very much for the SanthAna Manjari Krithi of SrI Dikshithar . It was delightful to hear its rendering by Dr. TNS

 

Its MeLa Raagam , Sucharitra reminded me of a Krithi composed by my sister ,

VidvAmsini Padma VeerarAghavan in that 67th MeLa Raagam as one of the 72 MeLa Raaga Krithis on Oppiliappan , our Kula Dhaivam .

 

This is how the Sucharitra Krithi in Tamil goes :

 

Pallavi

 

Geethayin NaathanE Gothai MaNavALaa

Keerthi mEvum Thiru BhU dEvi ThiruvALaa

 

( Meaning) : Oh Master of Geethai ! Oh Dear

consort of Gothai ! Oh Lord of SrI BhUmi Devi

of enduring Fame !

 

Anupallavi

 

adutthAtkkoNDAi adiyEnai

aarukkum kidaikaa ariya bhAgyatthai( Geetayin)

 

(Meaning): You intervened and made adiyEn Your

servant. You blessed adiyEn thus with the rarest of

bhAgyam that is not easiest to gain by others .

The subtelty of the meaning "adutthu AatkoNDAi"

in comparison with "Tadutthu AatkkoNDAi"

has to be relished .

 

CharaNam

 

ThiruvONa ThiruvizhAvil ThiruviNNagaril

naRumthuzhAi MaNimArbhan dhivya Sucharitan

arumperum nidhiyAi AanandhasOthiyAi

Thiru BhUdEviudan tihazhnthu ilangida( Geetayin)

 

(Meaning): At ThiruviNNagar during the SravaNa

Utsavam , Oh GeethA Naathan adorning the fragrant

TuLasi garland on Your chest shine with BhUmi Devi

as the greatest of treasures and as the blissful jyOthi .

 

Comments :

 

1) The Raaga Mudhrai is in the second line of

the charaNam . The Lord of ThiruviNNagar

is addressed here as the divine Lord ( Dhivya

Sucharitan) celebrated for His auspicious

charitram( legend/history) as DasAvatAran ,

Bhakta rakshan and dhushta nigrahan.

Sucharitran stands for Subha charitran .

His subha charitram has been celebrated

by the VedAs, ItihAsAs, Saatvika PurANams

and the Prabhandhams of AzhwArs and stOtrams

of AchAryAs .

 

His vaibhavam as Ananta Roopan/asankhyEya

vigrahan( One of infinte forms ) ,Anantha Sree:

( One of immeasurable wealth that he shares

readily with the Mukta Jeevans and Nitya Sooris) ,

AnAdhi nidhanan ( One with no beginning or end) ,

AparAjitan ( One who is invincible ) and VaasudEvan

is indicated by the name Sucharitran .

 

2 . Geethayin NaathanE : He is the One who

used Arjunan as vyAjam (excuse) to bless us

with the Chaarama slOkam containing

the upadEsam of Prapatti to Him as

the means for enjoying Moksha sukham .

 

3. Godhai MaNavALaa : He is the Rangamannar

who arrived from Srirangam to wed Gothai

at Sri VilliputthUr .

 

4. Keerti mEvum Thiru BhUdEvi ThiruvALaa:

BhU devi and Her Kshamaa guNam has

enduring fame that spreads all around.

He is Sreekaran for BhUdEvi through

His wedding with Her on an Iyppasi

SravaNam day at ThiruviNNagar's

TuLasi Vanam .Swamy Desikan celebrates

the Vaibhavam of BhUmi Devi in His

BhU Stuti .

 

5. adiyEnai adutthAtkoNDAi : The main

message of the kriti is that the Sucharitran

stopped the soul , which was going astray

in SamsAram and showed the means for

freedom from the cycles of births and

deaths by pointing at His sacred feet as

the soul's unfailing and ultimate refuge .

 

6. Aarukkum kidaikkA ariya bhAgyam :

Such a rare bhAgyam of transforming

from a Bhadda Jeevan to a Prapannan

thru the anushtAnam of SaraNAgathy

is referred to here . BahUnAm JanmanAm

ante , the soul swirling in the fearsome

waves of samsAric ocean is lifted out of

its sufferings thru the observance of

Prapatthi and becomes blessed . That is

indeed a rare blessing ( ariya bhAgyam)

that is not attainable by many .

 

7. In the charaNa Vaakyam , the festive

mood prevailing during the celebration of

SravaNa dheepam at ThiruviNNagar

( AakAsa Nagaram/Oppiliappan Sannidhi)

is referred to ( ThiruvONat-thiruvizhAvil

ThiruviNNagaril) . At that time the dhivya

Sucharitan blesses the bhakthAs with

the glorious BhUmi Dvi at His side and

adorning the fragrant TuLasi maalai

around His chest . He gives us His

darsaNam as Svayam JyOthi ,Param

JyOthi and as "Aanandha JyOthi "

( AanandhO BrahmEti vyajn~At, Vijn~Anam

Aanandham BrahmA).He is the light of

lights ( " JyOtishAm JyOti: ").

 

8. Arum Perum Nidhi: He is the greatest

of all treasures ( Parama PurushArtham).

He is BhUman ( infinite wealth and bliss) .

 

Concluding Remarks : In this kriti in the mELa

Raagam of Sucharitra , the composer visualizes

ThiruviNNagrappan as GeethAchAryan as

He shows His sacred feet to illustrate

the charama slOka Vaakyam : " MaamEkam

SaraNam Vraja". ANdal is an incarnation of

BhUmi DEvi and hence the Lord is saluted as

Gothai MaNavALan . The key message is

that the Lord out of His dayaa guNam

related to the suffering soul and gave His

hand and lifted the soul out of its samsAric

miseries .His Achyuta tattvam is celebrated

here .

 

ThiruviNNagarappan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

 

 

- "T.M.Sivaraman" <sivaraman39<RaamaBhakthi >Monday, September 08, 2008 10:48 PM[RaamaBhakthi] Santhanamanjari by Living Legend TNS Hear this memorable Muthuswamy Dikshithar composition in raga "Santhanamanjari",rendered divinely by Maestro and Living Legend,Madhurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan. Santhanamanjari is the janya of the 67th Melakartha "Sucharitra", with Aa/Av: SRGMPDS/SNDPMRS. The download links are: 1)TNS.Alapanai.Santhana_Manjari.mp3.mp3