Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
We saw a beautiful krithi on the `hasthigiri dheepam' on the `dheepa
aavaLi' day composed by that mahhan krishNa bhaktha OVS.
We all, very well, know generally a lamp, placed at a height,
illuminates all places around it, except its own base. This lamp also
guides all, who are able to identify the lamp, get or take that
illumination provided by it, enroute and thereby helps these to reach
their individual destination. If the same lamp is placed on a hilltop
the visibility increases multifold and this lamp is able to guide
quite a large number of people. Even ships sailing on sea also use
such lamps placed on elevation ? the basic principle of providing
lighthouses in the seashores.
Think for a moment, if that lamp is also able to grant boons of these
passers-by, who has taken that light in their stride, then, oh, what
a great help this `lamp' provides? That is what the poet says in the
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.
One, who grants boons, is `vara dha' ? dha is Sanskrit means `give' ?
vara is boon ? amongst all boon granters, he is king - so he is vara
+ dha + raajaa. That person is in the hill top lamp, that savior and
guiding lamp, on the hasthi giri.
Swamy desikan says
`kari giri mEl ninRu anaiththu ulagum kaakkinRaanE' [41- adhikaara
sangraham]
yes ? as already stated the base of the lamp becomes dark because the
lamp is shining at top and it's rays does not illuminate its own
base. So it is kari giri ? karuththa giri - dark hill. [also kari
means hasthi ? elephant ? so kari giri is hasthi giri].
The anupallavi we saw in the krithi reads
manRil maaNikka maragatha dheepam
engaL maadhu arasi 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.
It is generally known that red colour when mixed with green becomes
dark or black. Even when you place such a dark object in an open
place, because of the brightness outside or surrounding that dark
object, may be this object will appear comparatively darker. If that
dark object [? or subject?] is kaNNan ? perhaps he will shine like a
lamp, the dhEvaki's lamp.
For aazhvaar also says `uruvu kariya oLi maNivaNNan' ? periyaazhvaar
1-2-17 -
paruvam nirambaamE paar ellaam uyya
thiruvin vadivu okkum dhEvaki peRRa
uruvu kariya oLi maNi vaNNan
puruvam irundhavaa kaaNeerE pooNmulaiyeer vandhu kaaNeerE
see that paar ellaam uyya ? engal kuRai ennum iruL pOkkum ? dhEvaki
peRRa ? dhEvaki ERRiya ? thiruvin vadivu okkum dhEvaki ? engaL maadhu
arasi ? maadhu means nobody else except that poo mannu maadhu ? that
maha lakshmi ? is she not a `queen' when her husband is the lord.
Style and placement of words differ but meaning one and same. Is it
that aazhvaar influenced OVS ? or is it krishNa bhakthaas use similar
words when it comes to singing his glory?
Let us move on to charaNam ?
navaneetham maNakka varum dheepam
naaradha gaanam kEttu thuLLi ezhum dheepam
kuvaLai malar neela dheepam
aayar kulam vaazha vandu ninRa
nalam tharum dheepam -- kunRin
On this navaneetha smell ? aaNdaaL's chellap peyar to my krishNa ?
pet name by aaNdaal is more appealing to me - that `kuNungu naaRik
kuttERu' ? young bull smelling butter ? she says `vrindhaavanaththE
kandOmE' ? I saw in the forest of brindhaavanam [kaNdOmE plural? or
royal `we'? ? answer is yes- royal we - singular].
How can she see so easily a dark coloured person in a dark green
forest? Because this person is like a bright shining light ? also
smells butter - navaneetham maNakka varum dheepam ? this lamp comes
smelling fresh butter.
aaNdaaL also says `kaNangaLOdu min mEgham kalandhaarpOla' ? please do
a small anvayam ? mEghak kaNangaLOdu min kalandhaarpOla' ? a
lightning mixed amongst dark clouds ? there were two facilitators ?
butter smell, light's[ning's] brightness ? so could easily see him.
Oh what a taste ? navaneetham maNakka varum dheepam - krishNa
krishNa.
let us continue in next, since emotions are high here [due to that
naaradha gaanam or butter smell of krishNa?] unable to distinguish
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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