SrI:
Dear Sri Raama BhakthAs:
Today is the sacred BaguLa Panchami day , when the annual AarAdhanam at
the BrundhAvanam ( Place of internment of the mortal remains) of Saint
ThyagarAja
takes place at Pancha Nadheeswara KshEthram ( ThiruvayyARu) , where
the Saint spent most of His life worshipping His Ishta Dhaivam , Sri SeethA
SamEtha Sri Raamachandran .
Book and CD ROM relese today at ThiruvayyARu
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At the BrundhAvanam of Saint ThyagarAja , a monograph that adiyEn
released in 1989 on the Gana Raaga Pancharathnams of Saint ThyagrAja
is being released to the public. The proceeds from the sale of this book
and
Multimedia CD ROM containing the ghoshti rendering of Pancha Rathnams
from a previous year will be presented to the Sanskrit College of
ThiruvayyARu ,
an organization , which has excelleced in training many scholars and
AchAryAs
for the past 125 years .
adiyEn is grateful to Sri B.Sreenivas of Bangalore for taking the initative
to
release the newer version of the monograph and release the Multi,edia
CD Rom version as well .Those interested in supporting the ThiruvayyARu
Sanskrit college are requested to contact Sri B.Sreenivas .
The Power of Raama Naama Japam
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Thyagabrahmam recited 1,25,000 Raama NaamAs every day and in his
life time completed the japam of 96 crores of Raama NaamAs and as a result
had the bhAgyam of visualizing the Lord with His family at his house
at Thirumanjana Veethi of ThiruvayyARu more than once .
AarAdhanam of Sri Raamachandran
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Thyagabrahmam's Naama KusumAnjali of Sri Raamachandran every day
from ThirupaLLiyezucchi (SuprabhAdham ) in the morning hours to
SayanOthsavam
at night is well recorded in the ever-fragrant garlands strung together
with
common and uncommon Raagas , which were created by Him as He sang
extempore before the Lord's sannidhi at His home .
Naadha NaivEdhyam with two kinds of Sangathis in Krithis
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Saint ThyagarAjA's krithis were adorned with Raaga BhAva Sangathis
( NaajeevAdhaara in raaga Bilahari) or Saahithya BhAva Sangathis
( KaalaharaNa mElarA in Raaga Suddha SaavEri) .
In the Raaga BhAva Sangathi , Thyagabrahmam was immersed in the ocean of
bliss in bringing out the multi-facted and radiant aspects of " the
nAdhAthma
forms of the Raaga". "Oh RangasAyee" in KaambhOdhi is another classic
instance of expression of Raaga BhAva Sangathis .
In the Saahithya BhAva Sangathi , " the finer and the delicate shades of
meaning impied in the Saahityam are powerfully portrayed by the sangathis
grafted on to the fundamental theme " of the Krithi . Thyagabrahmam was
deeply immersed in NaadhOpAsana at all times .
Thyagabrahmam's choice of RaagAs for Naadha NaivEdhyam
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His Raama Bhakthi was expressed in Krithis set in Ghana Raagams some times (
Ghana Raaga Pancha Rathnam) or in popular Raagams or Vichithra Raagams . He
revealed " the melodic personalities" of the vichithra rAgams as He sang before
his Raama extempore . Some of these Vichithra Raagams handled by Saint
ThygarAja are RasAvaLi (AparAdhamula) , Kalakanti (Sri Janaka TanayE) ,
BindumAlini ( Enta MUddhO) , KOkilavarALI ( SamukhAnu nilva) , JingaLa (
anaathudugAnu), PoorNa shadjam( LaavaNya Raama) , ManOhari ( ParitApamu) ,
Manjari ( PattividuvarAdhu made famous by Semmangudi ) Kokiladhvani ( KOniyAdE
made famous by Musiri ) , BahudhAri ( Brova bhaaramA RaghurAmA), NaagasvarALi (
SrI PathE made famous by KVN ), Garuda dhvani (Tatthvameruga TaramA ) , Chandra
JyOthi ( ( BaagayanayyA made famous by Bala MuraliKrishNa) , Sruthi Ranjani (
yE dhAri sancharithu intorduced by Bala MuraLi KrishNa) ,SupOshi!
Ni ( RaminchuvArevarurA) and so many others. We will discuss some
otherVichithra Raagams used by Saint ThyagarAja later . Saint ThyagarAja and
Srimath RaamAyaNam **********************************************************
On this sacred day , let us reflect on Saint ThyagarAja based on His deepstudy
of Srimath RaamAyaNam .Every day , the Saint had PaarAyaNam of SrimathVaalmiki
RaamAyaNam .He comes from a family of KaalakshEpa AdhikAris on Sri Vaaiki
BhagavAn's Aadhi Kaavyam . Sri RaamachandrA's sacred MahAthmyam and anantha
KalyANa GuNams inspired ThyagarAja SwamigaL from his childhood days to be
absorbed in Raama Bhakthi . As he gathered flowers for his father'sdaily
worship of Sri Raama , the boy's mind lingered over the Sundara Raaman and His
LaavaNyam and anugraha Balam . He developed MahA VisvAsam in Raama as
ParamAthma and as One in His form as NaadhAthmakan (Embodiment of NaadhA ) can
be approached easily through NaadhOpAsana to recieve Hisanugraham . Therefore
Thya!
garAjA performed Naadha KusumAnjali with choice RaagAs and left behind
for us soul stirring KeerthanAs drenched with Raama Bhakthi . RaamAyaNams
other than Srimath VaalmIki RaamAyaNam as a source book
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ThyagarAjA was not only blessed with a deep knowledge of VaalmIkiRaamAyaNam
but he was also familiar with Tulasi Das and Kambar's version of RaamAyaNam. He
chose many sweet incidents from these sources to delineate the divinebeauty and
the limitless auspicious attributes ( anantha KlayANa guNams ) of
LordRaamachandra , and SithA Piratti ; he also saluted those who were blessed
to serve theLord such as LakshmaNa Swamy , AnjanEya and Sabari . He was also
familiar with Aanandha RaamAyaNam . Late Professor Sambhamoorthy (1901-1973
C.E) has saluted ThyagarAjaSwamigaL as a "Sahaja VaaggEyakArar " ( Born
Composer ) and as one" who reachedHimAlayan heights in the realm of pure
melody ". The Saint is said to have 1,25,000Raama NaamAs per day and in his li!
fe time had 96 crores of Raama Naama Japam , which ledto his physical
visualization of the Lord with His family at his home more thanonce . Technical
and Rhetorical specialties in the Saint's Krithis
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RaagAs: He performed Nadha NaivEdhyam to His UpAsanA Moorthy , Raamachandra not
only in old , well established raagAs but he also created new raagaaslike
DEvAmrutha VarshiNi , Garudadhvani , Chenju KaambhOdhi , Gambheera VaaNi ,
BahudhAri , Saaramathi , UmAbharaNam , Phala Ranjani and others . He
sangextempore before His AarAdhana Moorthy and conducted elaborate Raama Navami
Uthsavam every year at His house. Many of the Krithis were born during
thoseoccasions . The RaagAs of the rare krithis were determined later by
sihyAs and rasikAs, when they sang them back to their great teacher later. He
lived on thisearth from 4th May 1767 C.E. and reached His Lord's sacred feet on
the BaguLa Panchami day in J!
anuary 1847 C.E .Today , we have approximately 1,000 of his Krithis av
ailable to us althought he is said to have composed many thousands .
SvarAksharis: The svara aksharam (solfa Letter ) is part of the words fornd in
Saahithyam : Maarubhalgaset in Sri Ranjani starts with Ma or MadhyamaSvaram .
Ni Bhgakthi BhAgya Sudha set in Jaya ManOhari Raagam starts with nishAdham.
There are many such instances assembled by Professor SaambhamUrthy : Sangitha
Jn~Anamu in DhanyAsi starting with Shadjam, ParidhApum in ManOhari starting
with Panchamam, Ni dhaya Raadha in Vasantha Bhairavi starting with NishAdham
and Sri Raama Paadama in AmruthavAhini having Panchama/Dhaivatha/ Madhyama
svarams connected with the word "paadhama " Literary Excellences: Professor
SaambhamUrthy cites SabdhAlankArams ,anuprAsa , antyaprAsa, Yamakams (Suddha
and Bhinna Yamakams) , apt UpamAs (Similies ) and other forms of poetic
excellence . Adhisaya RasOkthis : Thyaagabrahmam's skills in portrayal of
single ormultiple RasAs in the same Raaga or using one RasA as the main RasA
and !
the other as auxillary ( Upa) RasA has been well discussed . Some times ,
there is theRasa Mudhra as in the krithi , "Saantamu lEkA ". SringAra,
adhbhutha , Vira rasams arewoven into the RaagAs chosen fr the krithis ( Veera
Rasam and RaagAs like Naattai,AtANA and Deva GaandhAri ). The portrayal of
Raama as Naadha Brahmam , SaraNAgatha Rakshakan ,ParamAthmA , one of unmatched
eloquence and smooth speech , authority on Raaja Needhi , abode of all KalyANA
guNams have been extensively studied by scholars . Saint ThyagarAja had many
talented SishyAs like VeeNai Kuppaiyer ,TillaisTanam Raama IyengAr ,
UmayALpuram KrishNa and Sundara BhAgavathars , WaalAjapet VenkataramaNayyA
and others , who in turn passed on this divine treasuresto the next generation
of SishyAs . ThyAga Brahmam's Final Days : On a Dasami day ( 27th of Deecember
, 1846 Thygabrahmam had a dream in which Raama appeared and assured that He
will take his bhakthan to His Supreme abode as recorded in the SahAna Kri!
thi , " Giripainela " . On the EkAdasi day ( 28th DEc , 1846), the trs
aditionalEkAdasi Bhajanai was special , where Saint THyagarAja announced that
He will join His Lord's sacred feet on Pushya BaguLa Panchami day ( 6th January
, 1847). On the 5th of January , Saint ThyagarAja elected to become a SanyAsi (
TuriyAsramam) to gurantee that there will be no more births and was given the
naamam of "NaadhabrahmAnandhA ). On the predicted day of 6th January ,
NaadhabrahmAnanandhA attained siddhi . Right in front of all the assembled
sishyAs and devotees , a bright jyOthi broke out of His head and entered the
sacred feet of His AarAdhana Moorthy . It was amiracle that was witnessed by
all in that ghOshti . Saint was embraced by the Lord and taken to Sri Vaikuntam
.Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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