Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
On this dheepaavaLi day, let me meditate on my krishNa, to shower his
blessings on all Sri vaishNavaas of the list. A krithi of
ooththukkaadu vEnkata subbu iyer, struck me today. That krishNa
bhaktha whose krithis strikes me many a times, like a lightning in my
eyes, and then makes me blind mentally for a while, but then leaves
me lifted up in krishNaa's thoughts. Since today's strike coincides
well with deepaavali, the festival of lights, I would like to share
with you all, that striking krithi. This krithi is on lord
varadharaaja of kaanchi but again his Krishna consciousness overtakes
the composer even though he starts on `hasthi giri eesan ? varadhan'.
Raagam: kaambhOji
ThaaLam: aadhi thaaLam
pallavi:
kunRin mEl itta dheepam engaL kuRai enum
iruL pOkkum varadharaaja dheepam - kunRin
meaning: the lamp named varadharaaja is lit on the hill top - that
light which removes the darkness ? the darkness of sins or wanting in
us.
anupallavi:
manRil maaNikka maragatha dheepam
engaL maadharasi dhEvaki ERRiya dheepam
meaning: the red ruby lamp or green emerald lamp is lit in a common
place ? our empress lady dhEvaki lit that lamp means brought into
this world. [manRil is podhu idam ? common place]
charanam:
navaneetham maNakka varum dheepam
naaradha gaanam kEttu thuLLi ezhum dheepam
kuvaLai malar neela dheepam
aayar kulam vaazha vandu ninRa
nalam tharum dheepam -- kunRin
avaiyilEp paanchaali azhaiththa dheepam
aayiram kOdi vaNNamaaip-pOi ezhundha dheepam
dhivi gaNa munivargaL kuviyum karam kaNdu
uvaghaiyoDu aruLum bhuvana dheepam
chiththamidai vandhu thava sudhDha saththuvam
kalandhu niththiyam idhai vazhangum aththi giri enum oru - kunRin
meaning: this lamp
§ comes smelling fresh butter,
§ jumps up on hearing rishi naaradhaa's singing
§ shines like that blossomed blue lily flowers
§ came here to enliven the vraja clan and offer welfare.
In the royal assembly paanchaali called this lamp
He went there as crores of colours ? viz clothes of crores of colours
That worldly lamp raises to shower its grace on the meditating
assembly of rishis in the upper regions.
This lamp comes in the mind and shines as the clear blissful
philosophy ? [sath chith aanandha roopam]. The lamp which grants
eternity is this one on the hasthi giri ? varadharaja lamp.
Enjoy the krithi first and let us see some points on the krithi in
next post.
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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