SrI:
Dear Raama BhakthAs :
Saint ThyagarAja is an epitome of Raama Bhakthi
in a line
of great Raama BhakthAs starting from AnajanEya
and Sage Vaalmiki
. Infact , the Saint from Panchanathapuram
( ThiruvayyARu)
is CONSIDERED AS an avathAram of Sage Vaalmiki .
He has blessed us
with so many Krithis , where His Raama Bhakthi
is abundantly
experienced . We will briefly touch upon them today .
He performed
Srimath RaamAyaNa PaarAyaNam every day as
a part of His
AarAdhanam for Sri SeethA Raaman .
He blessed us
with three krithis , which serve as SamkshEpa
RaamAyaNam : (1)
Vinayumu nannu Kausikuni ( SourAshtram)
(2) Sri Raama
RaghurAma ( Yadhukula KaambhOdhi)
(3) Sri
Raghukula ( Hamsadhwani) .
He used some
Vichitra RaagAs from SvarArNavam gifted to Him
by Sage NaradhA ,
which is a lexicon of RaagAs not prevalent
at the
traditional Raaga Lexicons ( Katakaas) . When the krithis
were composed
impromptu in the Sannidhi of Sri Raama during
the daily AarAdhanam and UpachAram times , the assembled
sishyAs
had no idea as to
what these raagAs were . Absolutely beautiful krithis
set in these
RaagAs (Vinta RaagAs) emerged . There was no
paper
in those days for
writing ; sishyAs had to use slate , take notations in
turn of the
Pallavi , anupallavi and CharaNams and reconstruct during
the evening and
sing it back to their AchAryan .All of the Apoorva Raaga
Krithis are
Janyams of well known MeLa Raagams .
Apoorva Raaga Krthis
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Two Dozen of more
than 80 krithis in these apoorva
Raagams
are listed below . One by one , we will
study the Bhakthi
bhAvam and artha gouravam in these
and other krithis
inlaid with unique Raama Bhakthi .
1. Raagam : BindumAlini :
Krithi
: Yentha MuddhO Yentha SogusO
celebrating
the extraordinary beauty of the Lord . Made famous by
Raadha & Jayalakshmi ,
disciples of Sri GNB .
2. Raagam
JingaLa : Krithi , AnAthudanugAnu , where He shares with
Raamaa
his feelings that he is fully blessed although
ordinary people think
that he is an anAthai ( orphan with no
one caring for him ).
Made Famous by Saxophone
VidvAn , Kadri Gopalnath .
3. Raagam KalyANa
Vasantham :
Krithi : Naadha lOludai
4. AbOgi : Manasu
nilpa
5. AabhEri:
Nagumomu
6. PoorNa Shadjam
: Laavanya Raama
7. Naadha
tarangiNi : KripAlavAla
8.
AandhOLikA/MayUradhwani: Raaga SudhArasa
9. Bhairavam :
MariyAdagAdayya
10.
SindhurAmakriyA : SudhA Maadhurya
11. JaganmOhini :
Sobillu Saptha Swara
12. Kalanidhi :
Chinnanade na
13. Phalaranjani
: SrI Narasimha
14. Navarasa
Kannada : Ninnuvina
15. NaagaswarALi
: SrI PathE
16. Garudadhvani
: Tatthvameruga
17. Ranjani :
DurmArgachara
18. HamsanAdham :
Banturiti kolu
19. Sarasvathy :
AnurAgamu
20. KOlAhalam :
MadhilOna
21. Svara
BhUshaNi : VaradarAja
22. Sruthi
Ranjani: E Dari Sancharinthu
23. Kaikavasi :
VaachamAgOcharamE
24. Janaranjani :
SmaraNE Sukhamu
Many Krithis in the same Raagaa
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Thyagaraja Swamy
blessed us with many krithis
in the same
Raagam and showed us the ways in which
the many moods of
the NaadhOpAsakan could be brought out
in the various
krithis composed in the same raaga .For instance ,
he composed many
krithis in Mohana Raagam Following are
the nine with
their own chiselled soundharyams :
1. Enduko bAga
teliyadu ( Aadhi Taalam), a shrewd observationn on
the sociology of the times and
upadEsam to the misers .
2. Raama ninu
nammina (Aadhi) about Mahaa Viswaasam in the Lord.
3. Evarura (
Chapu) : A desperate cry ( DhinAkrantham)
4. Nanu Paalimpa
( Aadhi): The joy on recieving
the besutiful picture of Lord Raamachandra
from
his sishya , Walajapet
Venkataramana BhAgavathA
as a present during the occasion
of the Marriage of
his daughter .Swamy asks in the
charaNam : " Did You
come all the way walking , to
protect me , Oh Lord" .
His sishya had walked all the
way from Wallajaapet to
ThiruvayyARu since there were no
trains or buses
in those days for
transport . Only bullock carts for
short distance travel .
The SishyA had carried this picture
on his head all the way .
Swamy addresses the Lord as
" PrANa nAthaa" ( dearest
Husband) in this krithi to show His adoration .
This picture can be
seen even today at the BrundhAvanam
shrine of the
Saint on the banks of Cauvery at ThiruvayyARu.
5. Bhaavnutha (
Aadhi) : This was composed to commemorate
the visit by Lord Raama ,
SithA PirAtti and HanumAn to his
house in the Thirumnajan Veddhi
of ThiruvayyARu . One night
around 10 PM , three pilgrims (
old person with a bundle on head ,
His wife and a servant ) arrived
at ThyagarAja Swamy's house
and rested for the night . The
servant cooked the night meal
and he lady served them all ;
after dinner ,the dampathis talked with ThyAgarAja
Swamy endearingly until dawn .
Swamy enjoyed the sathsangham.
As dawn broke the travellers
took leave ; swamy came to the door
to bid them good bye and right
before his eyes , the three disappeared .
In a divine revelation ,
Swamy recognized that It was Lord Raamachandra ,
SithA Piraatti and HanumAn as
their servant had come to
bless him
at his house .
Uniqueness of Thyaga
Brahmam's Krithis
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The musical intricacies and rhetorical
specialties of Swamy's
krithis to house his Raama Bhakthi are
to be left to Musicians
and poets to analyze .
The SabdhAlankArams , PrAsams ,
Yamakams , slEdai /Madakku , figures
of speech . His extraordinary
genius in portraying
the nava rasAs is revealed in many of his krithis:
Vira Rasam in DeavagAndhAri , AtANa
and Nattai raaga Krithis .
Swamy worshipped the Lord as the
embodiment of Naadha ( NaadhAthmakan) ,
and SangItha Rasikan as well as the
abode of dhivya soundharyam and
ananatha KalyANa guNams . With Bhaava
Thrayam ( SangItha , Saahithya
and Bhakthi BhAvam ) , beautifully
cjosen Raagams and appropriate TaaLams ,
Swamy blessed al his sishyAs and thru
them all of us with the boon of
Raama Bhakthi .
On this Sukla Paksha Navami day , when
the constellation of Punarvasu
in ascendance , adiyEn starts on the
venture to share some of the anubhavams
of the great Raama BhakthA like Saint
ThyagarAja .
Sri RaaghavAya Thubhyam Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
V.Sadagopan
addendum : Other Mohana Raaga Krithis
:
6. Mohana Raama (
Aadhi)
7. Veda
Vaakyamani (Chapu) : the surender of the haughty Gopis
at the feet of the Lord in NowkA
Charithram ( Opera) .
8. Jaya ManagaLam
( Jampa), One of the three MangaLa slOkams
of the PrahLAdha Bhaktha Vijayam
( Opera)
9. Daya Raani
(Aadhi) , PrahlAdha Bhakthi Vijya Naataka Krithi
sung by PrahlAdha appealing to the Lord to shower His
grace
on him .
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