Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
It is generally said the moon is the beautiful one and thus becomes the object
of comparison for the faces of beautiful ladies. Generally males are not
compared having moon like faces. But if a male member is addressed 'chandhra
vadhanan' how do you react to that description?
Though 'raama:' is born in soorya kulam he is addressed by sage naaradha as
'vishNunaa sadhrusO veeryE sOmavath priya dharsana' [vaalmeeki - baala-1-18] -
'like the moon he is attractive to look at' while he talks about raama to
vaalmeeki, when sage vaalmeeki asked who is such a person in the world having
16 special characteristics. This is in the very first sargam of vaalmeeki
raamaayaNam.
But if his teeth is protruding like a 'boar' - varaaha - the giant pig and
those teeth carried the earth on it, then also can he be called chandra vadhana
and having a beautiful faced one? For we all know pig is a dirty and ugly
animal. Let it be a small pig or a giant boar. Ugly is ugly. But that lady
boodhEvi liked this varaaha roopam and married him in the divya kshEthram of
thiruvidaventhai near mahabalipuram, the 'nithya kalyana kshEthram' - a
marriage daily all the 365 days of a year [moolavar is boovaraahan, uthsavar
nithya kalyaaNar].
See here the krithi of saint thyaagaraaja combing the 'chandhra vadhanan raaman
and boar roopa lord varaahan.
raagam: kalyaaNa vasantam mELa kartha 21 - keeravaaNi janya
taaLam: roopakam
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu
Pallavi:
kanulu thaakani parakaanthala manasetulO raama
Meaning:
Oh raama! How are the minds of the women, which cannot be touched by eyes?
Anupallavi:
nanabONulapai nEramana nOrEmi raama
Meaning: Why the mouth is so bad, on so many ladies?
charaNam 1:
ghOra bhoopathini joochi dhaarukaaraNya sathulu
mEra meeri bhuvini apadhooru galga jEsirE
Meaning: The ladies of dhaarukaa forest have violated their code of conduct and
earned bad name, as they saw the fierce king.
charaNam 2:
mana mOhana aanandha madha chakOra nayana
kundharadhana chandhra vadhana sundharaanga thyaagaraaja vinutha
meaning: Oh Lord! Who attracts the mind and brings happiness, Who has got eyes
like the intoxicated chakOra bird, the big boar roopa having protruding teeth,
the moon-faced beautiful Lord praised by thyaagaraaja!
Dear bhakthaas, there are certain 'points' which have to be raised in detail in
this krithi.
1. First of all - raaman is 'Eka pathni vrathan' and he sees and
knows only one lady, seethaa, his wife, the beauty personification. He has not
even 'looked at' any other women [exception soorpanaka who has been defaced -
may be as a sort of punishment for raama was forced by her to look at her. For
forcing a person who is not willing to look at other ladies, this is punishment
meted out].
When he has not touched other ladies by even by the eyesight,
how can, such a raama, be questioned to give his viewpoints about their minds.
May be a major point for initiating a full-fledged debate - in the starting
line itself - in the pallavi line itself of the krithi ?
2. Second point - raama never talks ill about others. He
appreciates only the good points in them and forgets the bad points or does not
care about bad points. In that case, how can we expect raama to give an opinion
on others - that too about ladies - whom he even do not 'touch' by eyesight.
3. Third point is a sort of allegation about some 'ladies' to
raama. This episode of some ladies getting enchanted by a king in the dhaaruka
forest and going behind that person - who happened to be a king of that area.
Why the author of the krithi should inform raama about this? How can he expect
raama to comment or give a point on this?
4. Fourth point is a description about the beauty of raamaa - and
thyaagaraaja praises or describes or says - thyaagaraaja vinutha - Is it a sort
of appeasement of raama, for the poet has raised irrelevant points or questions
to raama? Then to describe him as "Who attracts the mind and brings happiness",
"Who has got eyes like the intoxicated chakOra bird", "the big boar roopa
having protruding teeth", "the moon-faced beautiful Lord" - a combination of
contrasting features - chandra vadhana on one side and a ugly boar having
protruding teeth on the other.
Thus this krithi appears to be full of contradictions or missed points? Is it
correct? Will such a raama bhaktha do that.
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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