> 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. > DISCLAIMER: This Message and its contents is intended solely for the addressee and is proprietary.Information in this mail is for L&T Business Usage only. Any Use to other than the addressee is misuse and infringement to Proprietorship of L&T ECC.If you are not the addressee please return the mail to the sender.L&T ECC DIVISION [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! 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