Dear Sri Raama BhakthAs:
I had an excellent exchange of information
with my fellow co-editor of SangItham , the Jouranl
of the Carnatic Music Assoication of North America (CMANA)
on the topic of Saint ThyagarAjA in general and
ShOdasOpachAram in particular. I would like to
share with you his note because of its posisble
value to many of you .
The Sri VaishNavite AarAdhana Kramam and the various
Aasanmas and preliminaries are covered extensively
in the recently released CD ROM on AchArya RaamAnujA
(http://www.geocities.com/irscd). Please refer
to that CD ROM for additional information on
the details of the UpachArams to the Lord
offered in our daily AarAdhanam to Him
as per our Ahnika Granthams .
I will continue with the dhivya Naama and
the Uthsava sampradhAya Krithis of Saint ThyagarAjA
soon from where I left it off.
Raama , Raama , Raama,
V.Sadagopan
Here is Sri Aravind Krishnan's input:
" QUOTE: " The main sixteen upachArams are:
Avahanam
Asanam
pAdyam
argyam
AchamanIyam
snAnam
vastrAlaN^kAram
upavItam
gandham
puShpAxadAni
dUpam
dIpam
naivedyam
tAmbUlam
nIrAjanam
pradakshiNa namaskAram (mantra puShpam)
Sri AnnamAcharya has composed a beautiful song in rAga LalitA
incorporating all of these upachArams:
shODaSha kaLAnidhiki shODaShOpacAramulujADa
tODa niccalunu samarpayAmi
alaru viShvAtmukuna kAvAhanamitE sarva nilayuna
kAsanamu nemminidE alagangA janakuna karkkiya pAdyaAcamanAlu
varapItAmbarunaku vastrAlangkAra midEsari
ShRI mantunaku bhUshaNamulivE
dharaNI dharunaku gandha pushpa
dhUpamulutitamidE kOTi sUrya tEjUnaku dinamu
amruta mathanunaku nidivO
naivEdyamugamicandra nEtrunaku gapra viDemu
amarina ShRI vengkaTAdri mIdi dEvunikitamitO
pradakshiNAlu daNDamulu nuvigO
In have given the puruShasUkta vidhAna
shodashopachAra pujA below :
{1 Avahanam}
AUM sahasrashiirshhaa purushhaH sahasraaxaH sahasrapaat.h .
sa bhuumiM vishvato vR^itvaa atyatishhThad.hdashaaN^gulam.h ||
{2 aasanaM }
purushha evedagaM sarvam.h yad.hbhuutaM yachchha bhavyam.h .
utaamR^itatvasyeshaanaH yadannenaatirohati ||
{3 paadyaM }
etaavaanasya mahimaa ato jyaayaaga.nshcha puurushhaH .
paado.asya vishvaa bhuutaani tripaadasyaamR^itaM divi ||
{4 arghyaM }
tripaaduurdhva udaitpurushhaH paado.asyehaabhavaatpunaH .
tato vishvaN^vyakraamat.h saashanaanashane abhi ||
{ 5 aachamaniiyaM }
tasmaadviraaDajaayata viraajo adhi puurushhaH .
sa jaato atyatichyata pashchaad.hbhuumitatho puraH ||
{6 snaanaM }
yatpurushheNa havishhaa devaa yaGYamatanvata .
vasanto asyaasiidaajyam.h griishhma idhmashsharaddhaviH ||
{7 vastram}
saptaasyaasan.h paridhayaH trissapta samidhaH kR^itaaH .
devaa yadyaGYaM tanvaanaaH abadhnanpurushhaM pashum.h .
taM yaGYaM barhishhi prauxan.h purushhaM jaatamagrataH .
tena devaa ayajanta saadhyaa R^ishhayashcha ye
{8 yaGYopavItam }
tasmaadyaGYaatsarvahutaH saMbhR^itaM pR^ishhadaajyam.h .
pashuuga.Nstaaga.nshchakre vaayavyaan.h aaraNyaan.h graamyaashchaye
{9 dhivyaparimaLa gandham}
tasmaadyaGYaatsarvahutaH R^ichaH saamaani jaGYire .
chhandaa.Ngasi jaGYire tasmaat.h yajustasmaadajaayata ..
{10 axatAni}
tasmaadashvaa ajaayanta ye ke chobhayaadataH .
gaavo ha jaGYire tasmaat.h tasmaajjaataa ajaavayaH
{11 dhUpam}
yatpurushhaM vyadadhuH katidhaa vyakalpayan.h .
mukhaM kimasya kau baahuu kaavuuruu paadaavuchyete || 11||
{12 dIpam}
braahmaNosya mukhamaasiit.h baahuu raajanyaH kR^itaH .
uruu tadasya yadvaishyaH pad.hbhyaaM shuudro ajaayata || 12||
{13 naivedyam}
cha.ndramaa manaso jaataH chaxoH suuryo ajaayata .
mukhaadindrashchaagnishcha praaNaadvaayurajaayata || 13||
{14 tAmbUlam}
naabhyaa aasiidantarixam.h shiirshhNo dyauH samavartata .
padabhyaaM bhuumirdishaH shrotraat.h tathaa lokaa.nga akalpayan.h || 14||
{15 nIrAjanam}
vedaahametaM purushhaM mahaantam.h aadityavarNaM tamasastu paare .
sarvaaNi ruupaaNi vichitya dhiiraH naamaani kR^itvaa.abhivadan.h yadaaste ||
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{16 pradakshiNa namaskAram}
dhaataa purastaadyamudaajahaara shakraH pravidvaanpradishashchatastraH.
tamevaM vidyaanamR^ita iha bhavati naanyaH panthaa ayanaaya vidyate ||16||
{mantra puShpam}
yaGYena yaGYamayajanta devaaH taani dharmaaNi prathamaanyaasan.h .te ha
naakaM mahimaanaH sachante yatra puurve saadhyaaH santi devaaH || 17||
SrisUkta 16 rigs can be used for Mahaa Lakshmi .
I don't think ThyAgarAja swAmigal has composed on these
shodasOpachArams as such . He is said to have used
puruSha sUkta for his pUjA. He has some pushpArchana
krithis like 'tuLasI bhilva mallikArjuna',
'tuLasI daLa mulache sandOShamugA'..
Normally in bhajanOtsava sampradAyam to which
thyAgarAja swami belongs to, follow only this vaidIka
pUjA. That is one reason why thyAgarAja swamigal
reinstalled rAmA in the vigraham using hOmam
and other vaidIka karmA-s after he got him back
from kAvErI.
BhajanOtsava sanpradAjam uses songs for events
after these 16 upachArams.
Chatra chAmar vyagana sevas are performed with:
upachAra mula - bhairavi krithi.
kapaTa nATa .. - chatram
merugu tIkala .. - chAmaram
jAjulu .. - vyajanagam
and shyanOtsava kramam follows this " UNQUOTE ".
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