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Subject: [Oppiliappan] raama ashtOthram
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Post 16
Dear sri vaishNava
perunthagaiyeer,
Taking up the next naama, which
is "Sree pathayE nama:" in our sri sadagopan swamy's compilation of raama
ashtOthram on sree raama from thyaagaraaja krithis, this naama is from the
krithi in naagasvaraavaLi
raagam. The krithi reads
--
Pallavi
sreepathE nee padha
chinthanE jeevanamu [sree]
Anupallavi
nE para dhEsi naa gaasi
baapavE chanuvuna dhaya chEsi
[sree]
CharaNam
raajaadhi raaja ravi kOTi
thEja poojinchi ninnu indhraadhulu
dhigraajulai velaya lEdhaa
raajillu sree thyaagaraajuniki
[sree]
meaning summarized: Oh,
the shining consort of sree [or lakshmee]! Oh king of all kings! Oh Lord, who
has splendour of a crore suns [all together at a time]! Remembrance of Your
holy feet is my livelihood. I have no abode; kindly, having mercy, relieve my
distress. Is it not indhra and others shine as Lords of Cardinal Points by
worshipping You? To this thyaagaraaja, remembrance of Your holy feet is only
the livelihood.
Points: 1. the next two
naamaas "raajaathi raajaaya nama:" and "ravi kOTi thEjaaya nama:" are
also taken from same krithi. Hence I feel it is better to deal all three
together.
Comments first on sree
pathayE namah. In sree vishNu sahasra naamam SVSN, the naamaa
610 occurring in slOkam 65 reads "sree pathayE nama:" --meaning: husband of
lakshmi - the divine consort of lakshmi.
The other 'sree' related
naamaas in SVSN are
1. sree mathE nama: --
Naamaa no. 22 occurring in slOkam 2 [naama repeated thrice as per bhattar's
interpretation, 4 times for sankara]
Meaning: - who possesses
sree - of superb beautiful form - who is always with sree.
Naamaa. No. 180 - 19 -
meaning: who possesses beauty and splendour
- sree means aisvaryam -
who is constantly courted by glories is sreemaan
Naama no. 222 occurring
in slOkam 24 who is endowed with un-diminishing wealth
- sree also means light
effulgence, glory.
naamaa 613 [no. of naamaa
according to sri sankara- occurring in slOkam 65]
meaning: who possesses
all riches glories capacities and beauties
- abode of all splendour.
[this naamaa sreeman is
combined with previous naama shrEya and dealt by sri bhattar as "shrEya
sreemaan"]
2. sree nivaasaaya nama:
-- naamaa 185 occurring in slOkam 20.
also naama no. 614
occurring in slOkam 65
meaning: for naamaa 185
one who is the permanent abode of sree
for naamaa 614 - one who
dwells and manifests in good people
- those who have sree
with them.
3. sree garBhaaya nama:
-- naamaa 378 occurring in slOkam 41
meaning: he who has
lakshmi always with him - containing all glories within him.
4. sree vathsa vakshasE
nama: -- naamaa 608 occurring in slOkam 65
meaning: one who has the
mark sreevathsam in the chest - sage's foot mark he bears as his wealth -
sree.
5. sree vaasaaya nama: --
naamaa 609 occurring in slOkam 65
meaning: abode of lakshmi
- the wealth - or who is ever with lakshmi. sree vasathi asmin ithi sreevaasa:
6. sree mathaam varaaya
nama: -- naamaa 611 occurring in slOkam 65
meaning: foremost among
opulent divine personalities
- best among those who
give glory in life.
7. sree dhaaya nama: --
naamaa 612 occurring in slOkam 65
meaning: he bestows glory
to lakshmi herself - one who gives sree wealth to all his sincere devotees.
8. sree eesaaya nama: --
naamaa 613 occurring in slOkam 65
meaning: the lord of
lakshmi- the goddess of wealth.
9. sree niDhayE nama: --
naama no. 615 occurring in slOkam 65
Meaning: the treasure of
lakshmi- treasure house of lakshmi
10. sree viBhaavanaaya
nama: -- naamaa 616 occurring in slOkam 65
meaning: one who is
distributor of sree. - who owes his greatness to lakshmi
11. sree Dharaaya nama:
-- naamaa 617 occurring in slOkam 65
meaning: he who bears
lakshmi -the wealth within himself.
12. sree karaaya nama: --
naamaa 618 occurring in slOkam 65
meaning: he who causes
lakshmi to incarnate along with him
- one who confers wealth
upon his devotees. - sriyam karOthi ithi sreekara:
13. anantha sriyE nama:
-- naamaa 933 occurring in slOkam 100
Meaning: he who has
infinite wealth- one who is full of infinite glories.
Next point no 2:
Will thyaagaraaja, who is
a very ardent devotee of raama, ask his lord to releieve his distress – says
sree pathE nee padha chinthanE jeevanamu - Remembrance of Your holy feet is my
livelihood. Now my point is - in the next line will he ask "I have no abode;
kindly, having mercy, relieve my distress".
When one has his
continuous 'chinthanai' remembrance on his lord's feet – is not bhagavaan's
duty to take care of such a bhakthaa – and is it necessary to remind the
lord hey – relieve of my distress.
For it is as stated by
the lord in his bhagavadh geethaa – which thyaagaraaja knows well, for he
sings or says 'geetharthamu' in surati raga krithi – so it is clear he knows
geethaa and that slokam -
ananyaas chinthayanthO
maam yE janaah paryupaasathE |
thEshaam nithya
abhiyukthaanaam yOgakshEmam vahami aham ||
Will such a thyaagaraaja
ask raama to relieve his distress? In my opinion a firm 'NO', then why this?
Is it pointing to some incident in raamaayaNam – is it vibheeshaNa who asks
this – nE paradEsi – now I am in no man's land for I left lankaa? Or is it
sugreeva asking raama – hey I am in no man's land, my wife is also stolen?
Or is it vaali – having been beaten asks raama to take that aroow out so
that he can die fast? Or any other?
Dhasan
--
Vasudevan MG