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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

We are continuing the discussion - "is seethaa not capable of eliminating 
raavaNa on her own?" We have seen that beautiful krithi of thyaagaraaja and 
about the raagam selection. Now let us see the meaning and some points on the 
krithi.

 

pallavi 

sreekaantha neeyeda bala athi bala chelangaga lEdhaa vaadhaa 

 

meaning: Oh consort of Lakshmi, were bala and athibala not with you in plenty? 
Any doubt? 

 

anupallavi 

paakaari nutha neevaari balaabalamunu theliyaga lEdhaa 

 

meaning: Oh Lord, praised by paaka + ari (paaka is a dhaithya slain by Indhra, 
ari is enemy, so paakaari is one who is enemy of paaka viz. indhra), don't you 
know the efficiencies and deficits of your subjects?

 

charaNam 

kaaka dhaithyu nEka saramuna nEya kajja jaasthramai baraga lEdhaa 

sreekara dhvijulai dhaari neruga lEni chintha neeku dhOchadhEmi 
thyaagaraajanutha 

 

meaning: You have done the deed of shooting an arrow at the kaakaasura (kaaka 
dhaithyu nEka saramuna is to be split as kaaka + dhaithyun + Eka Saramuna) and 
made him surrender to you. Oh Sreekara praised by thyAgarAja! Don't you feel 
like thinking of dhvijas [the twice born] who don't know the right path?

 

Points on the krithi now: 

1.      Why this krithi is inserted here in the write up on is she capable or 
not is that this krithi and the raagam selected by the poet thyaagaraaja suits 
well to the context of the discussion happening between seethaa and hanumaan in 
sundhara kaaNdam.  

 

2.      seethaa asks the question to hanumaan, as though she is asking raama, 
her sree kaantha. Hey raama, are you not having the bala and athibala, the 
manthraas which removes hunger, fatigue due to sleeplessness, etc given by sage 
visvaamithra - this is a reaction when she heard raama is not eating nor 
drinking nor sleeping - the slokams already quoted in previous posts - and 
seethaa reacting to hanumaan as 'amrutham visha sampruktham'.

 

3.      kaantha is husband, sreekaantha - is husband of mahaalakshmi - who else 
except sriman naaraayaNa - mahaa vishNu who has now come as raama. 

 

4.      paakaari nutha neevaari balaabalamunu theliyaga lEdhaa - dear 
bhakthaas, you may get a doubt when raama was praised by indhra. Yes please. 
The slOkams are quoted here. These are just after thaatakaa vadham. Indhra not 
only praises but also recommend raama may be given more.

 

thaam hathaam bheema sankaasaam dhrushtvaa surapathi: thadhaa || 1-26-26
saadhu saadhvithi kaakustham suraa: cha api abhipoojayan |

 

meaning: On seeing her who is horrendous in her shape is eliminated Indhra and 
other gods have highly esteemed Raama saying, "admirable, admirable is this 
act". 

 

uvaacha parama preetha: sahasraaksha: purandhara: || 1-26-27
suraa: cha sarvE samhrushtaa visvaamithram atha abruvan |

 

meaning: The thousand eyed and the destroyer of enemy's citadels Indhra then 
spoke with high satisfaction, and even all of the gods are gladdened and said 
to Visvaamithra this way. 

 

munE kausika bhadram thE saha indhraa: sarvE marudh gaNaa: || 1-26-28
thOshithaa: karmaNaa anEna snEham dharsaya raaghavE |

 

meaning: Oh, sage Visvamithra, you are blessed, all the groups of wind-gods 
along with Indhra are pleased, so you please show more concern for Raaghava.

 

prajaapathE: krusaasvasya puthraan sathya paraakramaan || 1-26-29
thapO bala bhruthO brahman raaghavaaya nivEdhaya |

 

meaning: The sons of prajaapathi krusasva who are valiant by their virtue and 
who possess ascetic strength, oh, Brahman, they may be offered to Raaghava. 

 

[These are the sons like missiles of krishaashava prajaapathi. About them, the 
divine weaponry and their birth, c.f. baalakaaNdam 21st sargam, verse 10 to 20 
in valmikiramayan.net website].

 

5.      So paakari the indhra has not only praised but also recommended that 
raama be given weaponry. Seethaa also knows about these weaponry plus what 
agasthya gave like Vishnu dhanus and pair of quivers etc, hence she reminds 
raama on that. 

 

6.      Seethaa says, 'Oh raama, Since you have all that why are you not using 
and rescue me, instead why you are suffering [even after having bhala and 
athibala] as well make me suffer here 'amrutham visha sampruktham' - is the 
point.

 

7.      Then she pours out the kaakaasura story, which she and her husband only 
know - which is now revealed to hanumaan as the evidence of he having met 
seethaa. 

 

8.      This word sreekara is so apt here used by thyaagaraaja. Sri bhattar 
when he comments on this naamaa in sri vishNu sahasra naama says "Sreekara: 
naamaa no. 618 occurring in slokam 65 -- he who causes lakshmi to incarnate 
along with him. lakshmi remains as his consort in his para aspect. Similarly he 
causes lakshmi to incarnate as the corresponding consort also in his vyuha 
descents in this world". By using this word sreekara, she also reminds raama 
through hanumaan 'hey time has come for you to act' - the avathaara kaaryam.

 

9.      In charaNam of the krithi - Now seethaa puts why you are not thinking 
about dhvijaas who are not on the right path. Dhvija is a bird as well the 
brahmaNa. Kaakaasuran is a dhvija who been set right. Similarly why are you not 
setting right this dhvija. Raavana being the son of rishi visravas and since 
did penance on brahma is considered as braahmaNa [(?) bhaagavathaas to comment 
on this] so hey raama why are you thinking about brahmanaas who do not know 
right path - who are thinking about other's wives. Means hey raama why you are 
not taking action to rescue me from this raakshasa who makes me cry. [raavana 
the very word means one who makes others cry].

 

10.  To interpret in another way - paaka is cooking digestion assimilation. 
Paaka ari means foe or enemy to digestion. This bala and athibala are enemy to 
digestion - means when they are recited by one who knows the manthraas then 
there is no hunger to him or her, thereby no need to eat, no need for any 
digestion, assimilation etc. so this bala athibala are paakari. Seethaa says 
when paakari is said or uttered or recited, then, oh raamaa, perhaps, your 
subjects [like this hanumaan] do not know your strength and weakness. That is 
why this hanumaan says like this that raama does not eat, drink or sleep.    

 

With this I conclude this topic. Enjoy the krithi [can listen to the krithi in 
karnatik.com website by choosing this krithi] and glory of seethaa and her 
sreekaantha, the sreekara.

dhasan

 vasudevan m.g.

 

 

Dhasan 

 

Vasudevan m.g.



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