> Dear sri vaishNava perunthagiyeer,
>
> In a recent speech the President of India, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam quoted IBM
> founder> '> s vision statement > "> THINK> "> and went on to add > ">
> thinking provides knowledge and knowledge makes you great> "> .
>
> Of course, if there is no proper end goal in this > '> thinking> '> , perhaps
> this > '> thinking> '> and consequential attainment of knowledge and
> resulting greatness may all be useless.
>
> Knowledge on > '> god> '> or about > '> god> '> brings greatness, and that
> greatness when combined with humility is what we find in all aazhvaars,
> aachaaryaas, and bhakthaas. Saint Thyaagaraaja, the great raama bhaktha had
> his constant thinking on raama. And he had good knowledge on raamaayaNam
> [that is what we find from his krithis - compositions]. Thus his songs
> reflect that knowledge for us to understand his greatness - ST> '> s depth of
> knowledge both on Lord raama as well as his > '> history> '> > '> raama
> kathaa> '> -> '> his-story> '> raamaayaNam. ST> '> s simplicity and
> humility are also reflected in his songs.
>
> '> Greatness> '> also has inbuilt > '> excellence> '> . I read the following
> in a website about thyaagaraaja and thought the matter is worth to share. So
> I share this with you all --
> quote - > "> Either he soliloquizes or is in inspired, intimate conversation
> with Raama, who constitutes his
> - parent,
> - brother,
> - sister,
> - friend and
> - God all in one.
> This led him to recognize excellence, wherever it be, as excellence meant
> God> "> .
>
> As Y.Mahalinga Sastry in his 'Poetry of Tyagaraja' states, "Tyagaraja strove
> for a spiritual goal and in the end was happy in the realisation. But it is
> the effort and the struggle, and the hope and the disappointment, which it is
> given to us to follow...
> * the ardent passion,
> * the happy visions during day-dreaming,
> * the acute misery,
> * the abject helplessness,
> * the indignant challenge,
> * the pliant submission,
> * the perverted rejection,
> * the sweet recollections,
> * the bitter regrets,
> * the eloquent praise,
> * the incensed invective,
> * the proud interest,
> * the interim indifference,
> * the ecstatic delights and
> * the painful vacuity."
>
> -- unquote -
>
> Perhaps if we simply follow that > '> thinking> '> of raama, of thyaagaraja
> - or that goal of attaining raama through that > "> THINKING> "> as IBM
> founder said, ------
> I leave it to you, all, to conclude this statement.
>
> You may ask > "> Why all these prologues or circling to say what?> ">
> My point is to enjoy thyaagaraajaa> '> s > "> intimate conversation with
> Raama> "> in the krithi > "> ramaa ramaNa bhaaramaa nannu brOvumaa sreekara>
> "> in raagam vasantha bhairavi. Perhaps music experts of the lists can say
> who all have given this krithi in their concerts, but from my remembrance, I
> could recollect having heard the great MLV in her unique style [and Sudha
> later, since brought up in that school of and by MLV].
>
> Now the krithi and its meaning - of course a lengthy krithi -
>
> ramA ramaNa bhaarama raagam: vasantha bhairavi
> 14 vakulaabharaNam janyam
> Aa: S R1 G3 M1 D1 N2 S
> Av: S N2 D1 M1 G3 R1
> taaLam: aadi Composer:: thyaagaraaja Language:
> Telugu
>
> pallavi
> ramaa ramaNa bhaaramaa nannu brOvumaa sreekara - [ramaa]
>
> meaning: ramaa ramaNa = O Beloved of lakshmi
> sree kara = O Lord of that person who causes prosperity
> bhaaramaa = is it a burden?
> nannu brOvumaa = protect me [- since it is not a burden]
>
> anupallavi
> pumaanuDani gaadhani naathO dhelupumaa narOththama samaana rahitha - [ramaa]
>
> nara uththamaa = O Most Eminent of men
> naathO dhelpumaa = Please tell me
> ani = whether
> pumaanuDu gaadhu = you are not a man
> samaana rahitha = a peer of
>
> Point: But please do not take it straight the word-by-word meaning like this.
> But do a little anvayam - change to prose order as
> Naroththamaa, nathO dhelpumaa samaana rahitha pumaanuDani gaadhani
> - then the anupallavi means "Please tell me that You are the One who has no
> one equal or superior to you (now go to pallavi - as such is it a burden, so
> protect me)>
>
> charaNam 1
> sari neekevvaru dhorakani garvamu adhiyugaaka dharalO janulu marmamu
> erigi nammu konalEraNTi dharmaadhi mOksha varamulosangi
> bhakthavarula gaachina keerthi viNTi mari mari nannindharilO
> chEyi baTTi brOva saraNu jochchithinayya
> dhaari neevanu konnaanu charaNamE gathiyaNTi - [ramaa]
>
> garvamu = You are vanity filled
> ani = that
> evvaru = who
> sari neeku = equal to You
> dhorakani = can be found
>
> adhiyu gaaka = further
> viNTi = I heard
> keerthi = about your fame
> gaachina = in protecting
> varula bhaktha = the exalted devotees
> varamulu osangi = by conferring boons [on them]
>
> dharalO janulu = people in the Earth
> purushaartha = as a result of the objects of human pursuit
> dharmaadhi = of righteous conduct dharma etc (dharma, artha, kAma) and also
> mOksha = emancipation, liberation,
> marmamu erigi = by (simply) knowing the secrets of sAstras
> lEru = could not
> nammukona = believe
> aNTi = I said all these
>
> ayya = [as such] O Lord
> mari mari = again and again
> saraNu jochchithini = I sought your refuge
> brOva = to protect
> nannu baTTi jEyi = by holding my hand
> nannindharilO = in front of these people
>
> anukonnaanu = I am convinced
> neevu dhari = that You are my shelter
> charaNamE gathiyaNTi = I also considered that only Your feet as my refuge
>
> charaNam 2
> smaraNa dhelisi ElE paramaathmuDu neevE yannaanu
> paamarulathO sari bOyinaTulE nee gOcharamulanE
> balku konnaanu naa maaTalella karuNathO nijamu jEya varadhaa
> dhaNDamu leeDinaanu sree raama raama parama
> paavananaama sarOja lOchana
> nannaadharaNa jEyuTaku intha karuvaina vidhamu Emi - [ramaa]
>
> smaraNa dhelisi = From the days when I cognized myself
> neevE annaanu = I have considered (literally say) that only You
> paramaatmuDu ElE = to be the Supreme Lord who reigns over the Universe;
> balku konnAnu = I have been talking
> nee gOcharamulanE = about Your appearances (as if I am one)
> sari bOyinaTulE = like (literally be equal to)
> paamarulathO = ignorant people
>
> dhaNDamulu iDinaanu = I prostrated
> varadhaa = before You, O Lord who bestows boons
> karuNathO = so that You may have mercy
> jEya ella = on me to make
> naa maaTalu = my words
> nijamu = to come true O Lord sree raama! O Lord raama!
>
> naama = O Lord whose name
> parama paavana = which is supremely hallowed
> sarOja lOchana = O Lotus Eyed
> vidhamu Emi = what is reason [vidhamEmi (literally method)]
> intha = that You became so
> karuvaina = miserly (literally to go scarce)
> jEyuTaku intha = in showing
> aadharaNa nannu = affection towards me?
>
> charaNam 3
> vyaajamulaku nEnu raajaala naNTEnu gOpaala gatilEka neethO
> naajaali dhelupabOthE laajamulu vEgana nEla sree raama raama
> aajaanubaahu raajaraaja sakala lOkapaala vinu bhaktha
> thyaagaraajuni iNTa neevu raajillinaavu ganuka
> nee japamunu needdu poojala viDuva jaala -[ramaa]
>
> aNTEnu nEnu = when I have said that
> raa jaalanu = I can not come (literally will not come)
> vyaajamulaku = for your pretexts O Lord gOpaala!
> gathi lEka = having no other recourse
> dhelupa bOthE = if I tell
> neethO naa = you about my
> jaali = grief
> Ela laajamulu vEgaganu = do You get irritated
> sree raama! = O Lord raama! O Lord
> aajaanu baahu = whose hands reach to the knees
> raaja raaja = king of Kings, O Lord
> sakala lOka paala = who protects all Worlds
> vinu neevu = you please listen
> raajillinaavu ganuka = majestically appearing
> bhaktha thyaagaraajuni yiNTa = in the home of this thyaagaraaja Your devotee
>
> jaala viDuva = I shall not abandon
> nee japamunu = either chanting of Your names
> needhu poojala = Your worship
>
> Since length of the post applies brake here, let us see in next post more on
> this krithi.>
> Dhasan
> Vasudevan m.g.
>
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