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 SrI:
Dear Sriman Vasudevan :

I am delighted to recieve the first of the postings 
on this series on ' Prahalada Bhaktha Vijayam " on this 
Revathi avathAra dinam  of Periya perumAl dealing with 
the DayA Moorthy , Periya Periya perumAL of Ahobilam .
Thank you and all best wishes to every one of the Mewbers of 
Oppiliappan and Saranagathy Lists for a Healthy , Happy New Year !

Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

 Post 1
 
 Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
 
 Towards the end of the tamil year thaaraNa, we await the welcome of 
 the tamil new year. Also our much celebrated raama navami is just 
 round the corner. But I am not touching all these but going back to 
 prahlaadha who was the reason for the avathaaram of nrusimha - the 
 man lion god who is the presiding deity for our sampradhaayam in 
 ahobila mutt. [I am also a mutt sishyan].
 
 Sri thyaagaraaja swamy [ST], the staunch raama bhaktha has written an 
 opera named `sri prahlaadha bhaktha vijayam [or bhakti vijayam] and 
 that is the topic for me. It is natural for us to expect that the 
 poet will deal about prahlaadha suffering at the hands of his father 
 and nrusimha appearing etc as we already know these from srimadh 
 bhagavatham. ST deviates so much that prahlaadha pleads, talks, and 
 sings about raama through this bhaktha vijayam drama. 
 
 In that opera, a particular krithi dhayaraani in raagam mOhanam 
 caught my mind and is now being shared with all of you. Our respected 
 Sri V.Sadagopan in an earlier mail has written that this opera is 
 a `gadhya padhya' mixture etc [available in bhakti-list 1998 archives]
 
 Sri hari wants to check the bhakthi of prahlaadha and asks
 Gadhyam- 
 gouravamani laaghavamani saarekunencheti natatha sannudhikaanE
 vaaramu samami natacheti
 vaarini neRuka jaala vasudhaasthalilOna
 aapaaraadheechukaina sadhaa
 bEdhabudhdhinolla thathva anubhavam
 pE bhakthi sidhdhayuthamO
 yaa bhakthiki kattupadukanathatE nEnuna
 
 ivvithambalikina sree hari ni joochi prahlaadhuNtu
 thanayanthara anubavampu thelijEyuna thettulanina
 
 andharilOpala neevai nandhaarchitha 
 naathu manasu naLinadhaLaaksha
 munthu nerungalEdhaaa sundhara 
 lOkOpakaara sudhdhulu kakun
 
 sree hari says to prahlaadhan - at one time one particular act of 
 human is considered acceptable. At another same act is being 
 considered bad. This is natural. But I have not seen elsewhere like 
 the balanced act of yours, oh prahlaadhaa. I do not accept, even if 
 it brahma, of a wavering personality. I get bound only to the true 
 and sincere bhakthi. I, and that bhaktha, are one and same and not 
 separate.
 Prahlaadha replies to hari from his heart, `hey sundhara - lord 
 beauty personified, you, who has lotus eyes, already my mind is 
 attached to you and only you. This you also know very well'. 
 
 Then prahlaadha says `hey, though you said as above, you are not 
 showing your grace on me'. That asking for the grace is through 
 Padhyam: - a krithi - in raagam `mOhanam'
 
 pallavi
 dhayaraanee, dhayaraanee, dhaasarathee raamaa
 
 meaning: hey raamaa, lord dhaasarathee, the One, Who is not showing 
 your mercy on me!
 
 charaNam 1
 vivarimpa tharamaa raghuveera aanandha `munu raamaa'
 
 meaning: The acts done by you, Oh bliss personified, raghu veeraa, am 
 I competent to explain them?
 
 charaNam 2
 thalachithE mEnella pulakarinchEnu raama
 
 meaning: If I think of your leelaas, Oh raamaa,  my entire body 
 horripillates.
 
 charaNam 3
 kanugonan aanandhamai kanneeru nindhEnu raamaa
 
 meaning: As I found your glory, I became blissful, my eyes are filled 
 with tears. 
 
 charaNam 4
 charaNa kaugili vELa chelagi mai marachEnu raama
 
 meaning: At the time of embracing your feet, I forget myself. 
  
 charaNam 5
 chenthanuNdaga naadhu chinthalu tholagEnu raamaa
 
 meaning: The day you were with me, my worries are no more.
 
 charaNam 6
 aasinchu vELa jagamantha thruNamaayEnu raama
 
 meaning: When I wanted something [from you suddenly], entire world 
 appeared to be a blade of grass.
 
 charaNam 7
 marma heenula gooDa karmamana naiyyEni
 
 meaning: my joining  those, who do not understand the secrets of you, 
 is due to my old bad deeds.
 
 charaNam 8
 thanakai sree raamavathaaram eththithivO
 
 meaning: Whether you incarnated as raama for that person? [one who 
 has secret karmas as stated above]
 
 charaNam 9
 naavaNti dhaasula brOva vedhalithivO
 
 meaning: Or whether you want to protect people like adiyEn?
 
 charaNam 10
 moodu moorthulakaadhi moolamu neevE raamaa
 
 meaning: The origin of thrimoorthi [s] is You only.
 
 charaNam 11
 sree thyaagaraajuni chelikaadu neevE raamaa
 
 meaning: the friend of thyaagaraaja is You only, raamaa!
 
 On this krithi sri sadagopan writes further "40) MOhana Raaga krithi 
 with 11 charaNams: DayarAni DayarAni  DaasaraTE Raama" . The Bhagavad 
 anubhavam expressed by the bard is exquisite: "When the desire for 
 You comes up in me, the whole universe looks like a trifle as a blade 
 of grass" ("aasinchu vELa jagamantha thruNamAyEnu Raama"). Here 
 SwamigaL begs for the Lord's grace to flow unto him. When that grace 
 flows, SwamigaL says that his bliss would be indescribable; his whole 
 body will become thrilled; tears of joy will roll down his eyes; all 
 my worries will disappear, when You are at my side". 
 Why I quote these is I have `as usual' some doubts on the lines of 
 krithi.
 1. why ST should put the addressee as raamaa, when he is 
 actually talking about prahalaadha - it has to be either `naaraayaNa 
 or nrusimha'. For prahlaadha stands in front of nruhari, when lady 
 mahalakshmi is also on the lap of the lord. So wherefrom raama came? 
 To describe about his `munu raamaa'
 2. prahlaadha has `gooDa karmam'? - bad deeds, acts  which makes 
 him join those who do not know the lord's secrets. For we know he is 
 blessed even while he had garbha vaasam in such a way that naaradha, 
 the guru, came and taught him and his mother at the same time.
 3. `thanakai sree raamavathaaram eththithivO' - while hari is 
 talking with prahlaadha, he says you have taken the raama avathaaram -
 which is a humanly avathaaram and not ferocious like nrusimha. Some 
 mismatch somewhere?
 
 Any comments or help to understand this krithi `in its entirety' 
 please?
 
 Dhaasan
 
 Vasudevan m.g.
 
 






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