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Dear All :

I depely appreciate the contribution of Sri Govindhan of
the Raama Bhakthi group moderated by me .

The purpose of this group is to study the Raama Bhakthi soaked
Krithis of great composers like Saint ThyagrAja , BhadrAchala Rama Das
and others .

Sri Govindhan's coverage of the text and context for the MikhAri
Raaga Kruthi of Saint ThyAgarAjaa in the mood of adhisayOkthi
is excellent .

On Jan 19 , 2006 , the book I wrote 14 years ago  on the Ghana Raaga Pancha 
Rathnams of
Saint ThyagarAja is being released during the BaguLa Panchami AarAdhana
dinam at the BrundhAvanam of the Saint on the banks of Cauvery river
at ThiRuvayyAru . I am thankful to Sri B.Sreenivas of Bangalore for its 
release
with images and audio files of a previous Aaradhanam day in the Multimedia
Format as a CD and as a book .

Gana Raaga Pancharathnams are great treasures to study and listen to .

Sri Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE Nama:

V.Sadagopan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "vgvindan" <vgvindan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <RaamaBhakthi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:13 AM
Subject: [RaamaBhakthi] Re : Thyagaraja Kriti - Chintistunnade Yamudu - Raga 
Mukhari


Transliteration-Telugu
_______________________________________________________
Transliteration as per Harvard-Kyoto (HK) Convention
(including Telugu letters - Short e, Short o) -

a   A     i    I     u   U
R  RR  lR  lRR
e  E   ai  o  O   au  M (H or :)

(e - short | E - Long |  o - short | O - Long)

k    kh  g  gh  G
c    ch  j  jh  J             (jn - as in jnAna)
T    Th  D  Dh  N
t    th  d  dh  n
p    ph  b  bh  m
y    r   l  L   v
z    zh  S  s   h

rAma bhakti - cintistustunnADE yamuDu

In the kRti `cintistunnADE yamuDu' - rAga mukhAri, zrI
tyAgarAja says that the Lord of Death is worried because people had
taken to chanting of names of Lord.

P cintistunnADE yamuDu

A santatamu sujanul(e)lla sadbhajana jEyuTa jUci (cintistu)

C1 zUla pAza dhRta bhaTa jAlamula jUci mari mI
kOlAhalamul(u)DigE kAlam(A)yenE(y)anucu (cintistu)

C2 vAridhi zOSimpa jEyu krUra kumbhajuni rIti
ghOra narak(A)dul(a)NacE tAraka nAmamunu dalaci
(cintistu)

C3 dAri teliya lEka tiruguvAral(ai)na cAlun(a)NTE
sAram(a)ni tyAgarAju saMkIrtanamu bADEr(a)nucu (cintistu)

P The Lord of Death is anxious.

A Looking at all pious people ever involved in singing names of
Lord, the Lord of Death is anxious.

C1 Looking again at the multitude of warriors wielding trident
and noose, telling them that time has come for abatement of your
uproar, the Lord of Death is anxious.

C2 In the same manner as the ferocious sage agastya dried up the
ocean, thinking of the sacred name of the Lord which subdues even the
terrible hell etc. , the Lord of Death is anxious.

C3 (He thought that) it would be sufficient if atleast there are
people who wander about without knowing the path (of salvation) (so
that he could lay hand on them), but noting that they also are
singing the songs of the tyAgarAja considering them to be the essence
(of the tAraka nAma), the Lord of Death is anxious.

Word-by-word Meaning

P The Lord of Death (yamuDu) is anxious (cintistunnADE).

A Looking (jUci) at all (ella) pious people (sujanulu)
(sujanulella) ever (santatamu) involved in (jEyuTa) singing names of
Lord (sadbhajana),
the Lord of Death is anxious.

C1 Looking again (mari) at (jUci) the multitude (jAlamula) of
warriors (bhaTa) wielding (dhRta) trident (zUla) and noose (pAza),
telling (anucu) them that time (kAlamu) has come (AyenE)
(kAlamAyenEyanucu) for abatement (uDigE) of your (mI) uproar
(kOlAhalamulu) (kOlAhalamuluDigE),
the Lord of Death is anxious.

C2 In the same manner (rItI) as the ferocious (krUra) sage
agastya - one born of pitcher (kumbhaja) (kumbhajuni) - dried up
(zOSimpa jEyu) the ocean (vAridhi),
thinking (dalaci) of the sacred (tAraka) (literally to cross
over) name (nAma) of the Lord which subdues (aNacE) even the terrible
(ghOra) hell (naraka) etc. (Adulu) (narakAdulu),
the Lord of Death is anxious.

C3 (He thought that) it would be sufficient (cAlunu) if (aNTE)
(cAlunaNTE) atleast there are (aina) people (vAralu) who wander about
(tirugu) (tiruguvAralaina) without (lEka) knowing (teliya) the path
(dAri) (of salvation) (so that he could lay hand on them), but
noting (anucu) that they also are singing (bADEru)
(bADEranucu) the songs (saMkIrtanamu) of the tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju)
considering them (ani) to be the essence (sAramu) (sAramani) (of the
tAraka nAma),
  the Lord of Death is anxious.

 Notes -
C2 - vAridhi zOSimpa - The episode of sage agastya drinking
up the ocean is found in mahAbhArata, Book 3 - Vana Parva - Sections
104 and 105. Please visit web site for full translation of
mahAbharata -
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/index.htm
C2 - tAraka nAma - the name `rAma'. Please refer to discourse
of kAJci paramAcArya on the subject reproduced below.
C3 - sAramani - zrI tyAgarAja states that his songs are the
essence of the name of the `rAma' which is a tAraka nAma.

tAraka nAma - Discourse by kAJci paramAcArya -
candrazEkharEndra sarasvati -
The derivation of words from their root syllables each of
which is the root of a verb signifying an action, is, in the Sanskrit
language a very instructive excercise. Hindu religious literature is
replete with such derivations for almost every word that it uses.
Each of the names of God like Rama, Krishna, Siva , Narayana, etc. -- 
in fact, each one of the names of God in the various lists of
thousand names of God (= sahasra-naamas) has been assigned several
derivations from their root syllables. 'The one in whose memory yogis
revel in the bliss of brahman' -- is the meaning of the word Rama.
ramante yogino-nante brahmaanande chidaatmani -- is the declaration
in the Padma-purana. 'ramante' (they revel, enjoy) is the action
which forms the root verb for 'Rama'. The greatness of the
word 'Rama' is not just because what the son of Dasaratha did what he
did. Preceptor Vasishta hit upon the name for the child of Dasaratha
because he knew that it was already a 'taaraka-mantra' -- that is,
the mantra which takes you across the ocean of samsaara.  And that is
why the name Rama has been isolated and earmarked to be equivalent to
the whole of Vishnu sahasra-naama.
There are only two mantras, in the whole of Hindu religious
tradition, which get the epithet 'taaraka' (that which can ferry you
across); and these are the syllable OM, and the name Rama. This
single fact epitomises the importance associated with Rama, the name
as well as the Godhead, in the entire Hindu cultural milieu. The sage
Valmiki before he became a Maharshi, recited the name of Rama,
several thousands of years and attained the status of a maharshi.
The syllable 'ra' comes from the eight-lettered mantra of
Narayana and the syllable 'ma' comes from the five lettered mantra of
Siva. Both are the life-giving letters (= jiiva-aksharas) of the
respective mantras; because without them the two mantras become a
curse. Without these letters, the mantra naraayanaaya becomes na
ayanaaya - meaning, not for good;
and namas-sivaaya becomes na sivaaya - meaning, again, not for good.
Thus the word Rama combines in itself the life-giving letters
of the two most important mantras of the Hindu religion . The
syllable 'ra' the moment it comes out of the tongue purifies you from
all the sins by the very fact that
it comes from the mantra of the protector, Naaraayana. On the other
hand, the syllable 'ma' burns all the sins by the very fact that it
comes from the mantra of Siva, the destroyer. This is therefore the
King of all mantras, the holy jewel of mantras, as is rightly sung by
Saint Thiagaraja, who is one of the most famous recent historical
examples of persons who attained the jivan-mukti stage - the released
stage even while alive - by the sheer repetition of the Rama name.
Source - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/2952/mantra3.html

This Kriti is available as a MS Word or (Acrobat) PDF file in
Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, Assamese, Bengali,
Gujarati, Oriya, Punjabi scripts. The meaning of the Kriti is also
available in Tamil. If anyone is interested to receive the same by e-
maill, please contact me at vgvindan@xxxxxxxx specifying the format
required - MS Word or Acrobat PDF. Fonts for viewing the document in
MS Word may be downloaded free from www.cdac.in






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