Post 10
Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
We are continuing the study on seethaa’s lakshaNa saasthra knowledge, her
beauty as said and seen by her ownself, raavaNan, hanumaan, and may be in this
post or in next, how raama reacts while he misses her and goes on describing her
beauty. First let us see a few points on that beautiful krithi ‘kanugonu’ of
thyaagaraaja - ST.
Some variations are also available on the krithi and hence I will add
points on that also.
1.
On the raagam selection by ST – it is naayaki – as I mentioned earlier
and repeated it many a times, here also thyaagaraaja uses very apt raagams to
suit to the situation in raamaayaNam what he wants to link his krithi.
2.
That raagam name itself to a large extent suggests what portion of
raamaayaNam is linked to his krithi. This krithi kanugonu is in ‘naayaki’ raagam
- hanumaan is just finding seethaa the ‘heroine’- the naayaki of the ‘story’, in
sundhara kaaNdam of raamaayaNam. So yet another instance of apt selection of
raagam for the krithi.
3.
The
book of AK Gopalan publishers gives meaning of this krithi as “raakshasargaLukkup pagaivan aana sree
raamanudaiya karuNaiyudaiyavan oruvanukku anRi thyaagaraajanukkuk kidaiththa
indha inbam brahmanukkum kidaikkumaa? Oridaththil dhEhamum, maRROr idaththil
manamum vELaikkuth thakka vEsham thariththu janangaLai EmaaRRubavargaLukku veRRi
kidaikkumaa?”
4.
Given
the situation of hanumaan having seen seethaa and raavaNan appearing in asOka
vanam at that time to see seethaa in the early morning, perhaps hanumaan may
think or say ‘hey raavaNa are you going to get victory by using all your
disguises?’
5.
But what
raavaNan is interested is - in seethaa. She is just in front of her – his mind
is also on her and his body desires her. Earlier at the abduction time only he
had a different disguise. Further hanumaan may / does not know in which disguise
raavaNan came and abducted seethaa.
6.
If that
is the case, where is the need for hanumaan to think this way – that hey
raavaNaa your body is in one place, your mind in another place and you puts on
various disguises to suit time. [as stated by ST] [Actually now also raavaNan
has come in his royal dress only and not a disguise – for hanumaan has already
seen him in his bed while searching in the palace].
7.
The
charaNam line has to be ‘niDi janulanu
Eluvaariki jayamoune thyaagaraaju’ and I have given
meaning as in previous post – just repeated here - According
to Tyagaraja, all glories happen to those who have their body at one place, mind
at other place, and appropriate attire at some other place, yet rule all living
beings.
8.
But if
we consider “Echuvaariki” this means deceiving and the meaning given as above in
AKG book seems ok. One more thing on this word ‘Echuvaariki’ – this word appears
to be a bit more conversational, colloquial and native. Whereas ST’s telugu
diction is always superb. I do not think suddenly he will go for a usage in a
native way. That is why I take here as ‘Eluvaariki’ and meaning is as given.
Learned people of the lists can comment on this.
9.
Sree
bhadraachala raamadhaas in his krithis sometimes uses a colloquial word and that
is commented by authors as slightly different and native, but not
thyaagaraaja.
10. Now let us see vaalmeeki’s
slOkams describing hanumaan’s reactions in finding seethaa, then we will
understand the krithi better.
Evam seethaam thadhaa dhrushTvaa hrushTa: pavana sambhava:
|
jagaama manasaa raamam prasasamsa cha tham prabhum ||
5-15-54
meaning: Hanumaan, then seeing Seethaa became happy thus and went by mind to Raama
and also praised that Lord.
11.
ST asks
‘kanugonu
soukhyamu kamalajukaina galgunaa’ – since hanumaan has struggled a lot to cross
ocean and went to the extent of thinking ‘if he misses in his achievement of
locating seethaa, then what all will happen – that he will become the reason for
entire kula naasam of ikshvaaku and vaanaraas’ – naturally he is happy
now that he found seethaa. So thinks even brahmaa cannot have this pleasure
of seeing the dhEvi.
12.
Next look at the words of vaalmeeki – hanumaan went by mind to raama and
praised the lord. So hanumaan’s body is here in asOka vanam – mind in aaraNyam
where raama is – now he is disguised in small form – as a small monkey hiding
himself in simsubhaa tree – hiding behind leaves - not to show his real big
gigantic roopam. That is what ST says -
thanu vOkachO, manasu OkachO, thagina vEsham
OkachO,
niDi janulanu Eluvaariki jayamounE thyaagaraaju - kanugonu
13.
Also he has all blessings of raama - so naturally all success is
hanumaan’s. again that is what ST says in anupallavi as
-
dhanuja vairiyagu raamuni dhaya galgina nathani vinaa -
kanugonu
[So please consider ‘where is the question somebody cheating with
different disguises’ as in the meaning given in book].
14.
Further who rules – in aaraNyam raama and here seethaa – even in lanka
seethaa is ruling – raavaNan in front of her - that poor fellow doing all
begging – genjal – ‘hey seethaa please accept me, why not you accept me’
etc.
15. Another
slOkam of vaalmeeki - See here hanumaan not only went by mind to raama but also
talked to him --
thaam
dhrushTvaa nava hEma aabhaam lOka kaanthaam iva sriyam
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jagaama manasaa raamam vachanam cha idham abraveeth ||
5-16-6
meaning: Seeing that Seethaa with the radiance of new
gold, like the goddess Lakshmi, delightful to the world, Hanumaan went by heart
to Sri Raama, spoke these words also.
16. To
reinforce hanumaan’s happiness in seeing seethaa, and our topic of seethaa’s
beauty, in turn, on her lakshaNa saasthram learnings, see few more
slokams.
malinEna thu vasthrENa pariklishTEna bhaamineem ||
5-17-26
samvruthaam
mruga saavaaksheem
dhadharsa
hanumaan kapi: |
thaam dhEveem dheena vadhanaam adheenaam bharthru
thEjasaa || 5-17-27
rakshithaam
svEna seelEna
seethaam asitha lOchanaam |
meaning: The monkey Hanumaan saw that Seethaa, with great
beauty, with black eyes, covered by a cloth which was creased and dirty, with
eyes of a deer, with a pitiful face, not depressed due to the brilliance of her
husband, protected by her own character.
thaam
dhrushTvaa hanumaan seethaam mruga saaba
nibha eekshaNaam |
mruga kanyaam iva thrasthaam veekshamaaNaam samanthatha:
|| 5-17-28
dhahantheem
iva ni:svaasai:
vrukshaan pallava dhaariNa: |
samghaatham
iva sOkaanaam
dhu:khasya oormim iva uthithaam || 5-17-29
meaning: Hanumaan became happy on seeing Seethaa
with eyes of a fawn, fearful like a she-deer, seeing trees with young shoots, as
though being burnt by sighs, like a bundle of grief, with a wave of sorrow risen
up.
thaam
kshamaam suvibhakthaangeem vinaa aabharaNa sObhineem
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praharsham athulam lEbhE maaruthi: prEkshya maithileem ||
5-17-30
meaning: Hanumaan, the son of wind god, on seeing
Seethaa, that Seethaa like the goddess earth, with well divided body parts
shining even without ornaments, obtained great
joy.
harshajaani
cha sO~asrooNi
thaam dhrushTvaa madhirEkshaNaam |
mumuchE
hanumaan thathra namaschakrE
cha raaghavam || 5-17-31
meaning: Hanumaan on seeing Seethaa there with
intoxicating eyes, shed tears of joy and also paid obeisance to Sri
Raama.
Point: that is what ST puts as ‘kanugonu
soukhyamu kamalajukaina galgunaa’ – oh great. This bliss of finding or seeing
and shedding tears of joy even brahmaa cannot get. True.
namaskruthvaa raamaaya lakshmaNaaya cha veeryavaan
|
seethaa
darsana
samhrushTO hanumaan samvruthO~abhavath || 5-17-32
meaning: Being joyful on seeing Seethaa, Hanumaan,
the mighty one, paid obeisance to Sri Raama and to LakshmaNa and became covered
with leaves.
17.
This is
what ST asks kanugonu soukhyamu kamalajukaina galgunaa. Further we have
already seen ST considers hanumaan as sivan – here in this world as sivan, he has seen vishNu – raama, now lakshmi – seethaa. So he thinks,
‘hey that brahma – can he have this bliss of seeing seethaa here and now in this
world. I have already seen raama and had his blessing. .
With all this enjoy reading the krithi once again and we will continue on
the topic more in next post.
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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