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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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