raama ashtothram 21

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Post 21

 

Dear sri vaishNava

perunthagaiyeer,

 

On the naama "sanaathanaaya

nama:" we saw a few questions being raised to understand who is receipient of

the 'fruits in a bunch' – phala manjari, which is the name of raagam which

thyaagaraaja uses for hs krithi 'sanaathana'. I will wait for clues from you

all before we decide on who that beneficiary is and praise raama as

'sanaathana'. This krithi is usually sung in thuritha kaalam – fast pace.

 

The SVSN has this naama as 'sanaathana thama' - supremely old. As such

we move on to next naama – 'Parama PaavanAya nama: " paavana means purity.

 

293 paavanaaya namah - In the earlier term " Pavanah " the Lord is indicated as

the One who has, in the form of the atmospheric air, filled the universe. He is

the One who sustains life in all living creatures as the life-giving

atmospheric air. Here, the present term " Paavanah " means the One who

gives this life-sustaining power to the atmospheric air. It is very wellknown

that the moving air (Breeze) purifies more than any other known thing in the

world. The atmosphere by His Grace acquires this purifying power. In short, He

is the secret glory that lends the atmosphere, the very life-sustaining

property for the air, and He is the dynamism that moves the air.

 

[just for reference -- 292. Pavanah – means air or vaayu - One who

purifies everything? Or one who manifests as the life-giving atmosphere around

the world and sustains the existence everywhere].

 

In sree vishNu sahsra naamam we

have this naama. 'Parama' is a superlative degree word. So he is not only a

simple 'purifier' but a supreme purifier.

This naama also brings

me the reference of a krithi starting with parama paavana raamaa – which runs

like this -

 

Composer: Raamanaadhapuram

(Poochi) Sreenivaasa Aiyyangaar

Raagam: poorvi kalyaaNi.

 

pallavi

parama paavana raamaa paapa

vimOchanaa

paarajoochi nannu

paalimpumayya -- parama

 

anupallavi

vara maruT-paalanuta vaarija

lOchana

vaaraNa aarthi haraNa vaanchitha

phala pradhaa -- parama

 

charaNam

kanaka ambara dhara karuNa anvitha

vara

kaama janaka narakaanthaka

murahara

vanaja aasana sannutha vaaridhi

kanyaa priya

vaamana roopa sreenivaasa vara

naayaka -- parama

 

Please note here that words 'vaaridhi kanyaa priya'. That

attracts me.

vaaridhi is ocean.

vaaridhi kanyaa is mahaa lakshmee – for she is born from

ocean – when the milk ocean is churned in that amrutha mathanam episode.

[sree leela sukhar calles krishNa as 'sindhu kanyaa pathE'

in krishNa karNaamrutham]

that vaaridhi kanyaa priya is naaraayaNa – or

 

when krithi is talking about raama – then seethaa is that

'vaaridhi kanyaa' – mahaa lakshmee – now seethaa – her priya is raama - so that

raama is 'seethaa manOhara' for she wanted HIM only, and liked HIM as her

husband – so he is her manah harah – seethaa manOhara - the very first naama in

this series.

 

We will continue with more in next post.

Dhasan

-- Vasudevan MG