SrI:
Dear Raama BhakthAs:
In the context of the Creation of a special list
for saluting Raama ChaithanyAs like Saint ThyagraajA ,
adiyEn is copying the wider lists for one or two more
postings . After that , I will release the postings
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In this posting , adiyEn will cover the rest of
the twenty plus Dhivya Naama Krithis of Saint ThyAgarAja.
Prior to that , I would like to add a clarification
regarding Unchavrutthi practised by Saint ThyagarAja.
He belongs to the category of Unchavruthti BhAgavathars .
They are some times invited by devotees to grace their
villages to have the blessings of sambhandham with
such BhaagavathAs. Saint ThyagarAja was invited by
the residents of MaanambucchAvadi , KarumtattAngudi
et al for such Unchavrutthhi Bhaagavantha visits.
These are villages near Tanjore/ThiruvayyARu.
At his own home town of ThiruvayyARu, ThyAga Brahmmam
went once a week for Unchavrutthi around the Raaja
Veedhis of ThiruvayyARu , which was enough for him to
gather rice and other food materials to take care of
his family's jeevanam . The dhivya Naama krithis rose
on those occasions.
We will now continue with the next ten of the dhivya Naamaa
Krithis:
21) Yadhukula KaambhOji Raagam , Jampa TaaLam :
" SrI Raama raghurAma SrungAra Raamayani chinthinjarAdhE
oh manasaa with 9 charaNams.
Here ThyAga Brahmam asks his mind (Maanasa sambhOdhanam)
as to why it wont meditate upon SrI Raama , the beautiful.
He reflects on the great soubhAgyam of Mother Kausalya ,
DasaraTA , LakshmaNA , VisvAmithrA, AhalyA , SivA ,
King Janakaa, Jaanaki and Naaradha through their
various connections to Lord Raamachandra through
poorva janma sukruthams (Tapas)and longs for such
blessings.
KausalyA's soubhAgyam was the opportunity to
kiss the shining cheeks of her darling child
(TaLuku chekkalu muddhu BhEddu Kousalya munu
tapamEmi jEsinO teliya ). DasaraTaa had the soubhAgyam
of calling his dear son with affection as "Raamaa" .
Lakshmanan had ths great bhAgyam of serving his
brother exclusively ( tanivAra paricharya sEya
Soumithri munu tapamEmi jEsinO teliya). Sage VisvAmithra"s
soubhAgyam was to lead Raamachandran to SiddhAsramam
(KousikudutapamEmi jEsinO telita). AhalyA had the association
with the PaadhAngri rENu ( the speck of dust from the Lord's
Thiruvadi) ; SivA's bow had the sparsa soubhAgyam of
KalyANa Raaman; King Janaka had the good fortune of
giving away his daughter to the Lord as bride and feasting
his eyes on the beauty of the wedded couple; Jaanaki had
the MahA soubhAgyam of holding RaamA's hand with
ecstasy ( DaharamBhu karaga karamanu BhaDDa Jaanaki
tapamEmi jEsinO teliya).
22)Yadhukula KaambhOjI krithi with 9 charaNams: another
Maanasa SambhOdhana Krithi , where he begs his mind to
to meditate on the Lord : " ChinthithsarAdhE Oh Manasaa".
23)SankarAbharaNa krithi with 7 charaNams : The dhvani of
the krithi shows his joyous mood in celebrating the Lord's
dhivya NaamAs: " vara Leela GhAnalOla SurapAla GuNa Jaala
Bharitha neela gana hrudhAlaya sruthi moola sukaruNAlavAla
paalayAsumAm "
24)SankarAbharaNa krithi:" Gatha mOhA sritha BaalAdhbhutha
SeethA RamaNA " . RaamAyaNam is recognized by Sage VaalmIki
as " SeethaYaa: Charitham mahath" . Here , Saint ThyagarAjA,
who is an incarnation of Sage VaalmIki salutes Lord
Raamachandran appropriately as SeethA RamaNan.
25)SankarAbharaNa Krithi: "ParipAlaya DaasaraTE Raama mAm
paripAlaya DaasaraTE" with 7 charaNams.
26) SankarAbharana Krithi: Paahi Raamachandra Paalitha
SurEndhra " with 4 CharaNam.
27) SankaraAbharaNa Krihthi with 11 CharaNams: " SrI Raghuvara
DaasaraTE Raama".
28)Aarabhi Krithi : " Oh Raama Oh Raama OmkAradhAma
Oh Raama Oh Raama Onarinchu prEma" with 11 charaNam.
29) Aarabhi Krithiwith 10 CharaNams: " PalukavEmi Pathitha
Paaavana KaruNajilkavEmi sujana jeevana". The taaLam
is Tisralaghu. In a mood of dejection , ThyAga Brahmam
addresses the Lord as "Pathitha Paavan" ( Redeemer of
the Fallen). ThyagarAja SwamigaL questions the Lord
tightly : " How is it that You will not talk to me ,
nor display me even a little of Your abundant compassion ,
though I endure any amount of distress , though I weep
and cry aloud , though I study much about Your charithram,
though I contemplate on You constantly , though I perform
Kaimkaryams for You with affection , though I adore You
much , though I movingly appeal to You to come to my rescue,
though I follow the angAs of SaraNAgathi such as Aanukoolya
Sankalpam, PrAthikoolya Varjanam , KaarpaNyam , MahA VisvAsam
and GOpthruva VaraNam and Aathma samarpaNam , You do not
come to me quickly. Oh Ocean of DayA ! I am entirely Yours".
The dhvani of the krithi and the alliteration of
the Saahithya passages are moving :
"aaDina ninnu paaDina yEntha vEDina koniyADina,
kOrina marugu jErina ninnu dhUrina yEntha pOrina
telisina buddhi galsina joochi solasina pEru delisina
NaagarAja Sayana vEga raa SrI ThyAgarAjanutha gruNAsAgara "
30)DevagAndhAri Krithi with 7 charaNams : " Paalaya SrI
Raghuveera SukrupAlaya Raaja KumAra mAm"
31) PoorNachandrikA Raaga krithi with 6 charanams:
"SrI Raama Raama JagathAthma Raama
SrI Raama RaghurAma paahi ParamAthma"
The nAmAs by which ThyagarAja SwamigaL addresses
the Lord here in a mood of nirvEdha are moving :
JyOthirmayAkhaNda Roopa Paahi !
Sarva-grahAdhara bhUtha Paahi!
YOgijana HrudhayAbdha Mithra Paahi!
SrIdhAntha , BhOgisaayee ! Paahi
Saantha nirvANa Phaladha Paahi!
GeervANa Munivandhya ! sujanEshtadhAtha Paahi!
Dheera ! Bhava saagarOttharana Paahi!
He concludes in the fifth charaNam that there is
no one for him except the Lord :
Thvam vinA nAnyathra jaanE Raama
Thvam vinA kO gathirjAnakIjAnE ?
Oh Soul of the Universe ! I know of none
except You to protect me.I know of nothing
beyond You! Without You , what gathi (direction)
is for me ? Please come to my rescue .
32) Junjoodi Raagam with 12 charaNams:
" Raama Raama Raama Raama rArA SeethA Raama "
33) VarALi mELam with 6 CharaNams:
" Taranu Nee sari Dhaivamu ghAnara Raghuvara "
VarALi is an adhbhutha ghana Raagam chosen by
SwaamigaL for his Joyous Kana kana ruchira krithi.
He has composed 15 krithis in Raaga varALi and
five among them are Dhivya Naama krithis.In the other
MeLa Raagam of Dheera SankarAbharaNam , SwamigaL has
composed 31 krithis out of which five again are
Dhivya Naama krithis.
34) VarALi Krithi with 8 charaMams:"Paahi ParamAthma
Sathatham mAm"
35) VarALi Krithi with 8 CharaNams:" Paahi RamA Ramana
mAm pAhi , SathguNa GaNa harE Raama "
36) VarALi Krithi with 12 Charanams: " Raama SrIraama
jitha Raama gatha Kaama " The glories of PrAsam and
Laya Vimarisai of this krithi is exceptional to display
the genius of SrI ThyAga Brahmam as a Sahaja VaaggEyakArar
(Natural born composer) with a heart soaked in Raama Bhakthi.
37) VarALi Raaga krithi : SrI Raama Jaya Raama Sritha Jana
ripu bheema, srungAra guNa dhAma " with 11 charaNams.
38) Panthu VarALi (51st MeLam): " Param Paavana GuNasAli
nannu paalimpavE VanamAli"
39) SaarangA Krithi (MEcha KalyANi Janyam): with 6 charaNams:
" Maamava RaghurAma MaragathamaNi ShyAma " One of the 7 krithis
composed by the bard in this Raagam is this dhivya nAma krithi.
40) MOhana Raaga krithi with 11 charaNams : DayarAni DayarAni
DaasaraTE Raama"
The Bhagavd anubhavam expressed by the bard is exquisite:
" When the desire for You comes up in me , the whole
universe looks like a trifle as a blade of grass "
( " aasinchu vELa jagamantha thruNamAyEnu Raama").
Here SwamigaL begs for the Lord's grace to flow unto him.
When that grace flows , SwamigaL says that his bliss
would be indescribable ; his whole body will become
thrilled;tears of joy will roll down his eyes; all
my worries will disappear , when You are at my side.
41) KalyANi Raagam ( mEla Raagam ) . One of the 19 krithis
composed by Saint ThyAgarAja is this Dhivya Naama Krithi:
" BhajarE Raghuveeram Sara-bharitha DasaraTa KumAram" with 10
charaNams.
Here the athyantha Raama Bhakthan invites us us to worship
the Raghu Veeran , the RaajAthi Raajan , who has blessed
him with many boons.The UpadEsams of the Saint in this krithi
are universally appropriate as an AchAryan:
" Give up greed and unworthy desires; do not engage in
slander of others; control your five senses , deeeming
worldly happiness as nothing but poison;understand that
all things will not serve your purpose , but go their
own way , knocking about hither and thither; do not
engage yorself in other distracting work. Do not put on
false garbs to decieve the world , like the proverbial tiger
in cow's skin. Abandon all mischevous pursuits. Let the crossing
of the ocean of SamsAra be your sole aim. Take delight
in doing good deeds. Surrender all your actions to the Lord .
Join the company of true devotees and learn the path of
devotion. Have always in your mind SrI Raama ,who is
outside the three guNAs and worship Him. Subjugate lust
and other inner enemies and achieve your lofty goal
(parama PurushArTam)".
42) YamunA KalyANi Krithi with 3 charaNams: " Raama Raama
Raama mAm Paahi" . There are 5 krithis composed by the Saint
in this Raagam and this one is the only Dhivya nAma
krithi in this raagam.
There are number of other krithis , which will fit
the category of dhivya NaamAs on the basis of the assembly
of dhivya nAmAs in the Krithis. Few Examples are:
1)HusEni Krithi,RaamA ninnE namminAnu nijamukha SeethArAmaa"
2) KedAragowlai krithi , ChApu TaaLam: " KaruNAjaladhi!
DaasaraTE ! kamaneeya suguNa nidhi"
3) madhyamAvathi krithi : "Raama ! samayamu bhrOvarA
nApAli Dhaivama"
4) AsAvEri Krithi: " MaapAli vElasi"
The namskaraNams in this krithi suggest
that this krithi could easily be classed
as a dhivya Naama krithi :" DhIna Rakshaka! BhakthAdhIna!
SaakEthanagarAdhIsa! SamAna rahitha! BhavasAgarAnthaka!
SaraNAgathAptha! AapathbhAndhava! ThyAgarAja Vinutha! "
SrI Raamachandra ! Raksha mAm SaraNAgatham !
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