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Pls check out the album of Sri Santhanagopalachariar, which has been
released in cd by HMV / sa re ga ma

Regards
s kumar

On 10/6/08, Premkumar Krishnamoorthy <krsnapremi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Om Namo Narayanaya!
>
> Dear Ones,
> Can anyone tell me where I can download Sri Srinivasa Gadyam - in mp3 format
>
> SiRiyEn
> Kishnamoorthy
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 6:52 AM, MG Vasudevan <vasudevanmg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>    Post 8
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
>>
>>
>>
>> We are studying the naama "vaarijaa sana aadhi vandhitha paadhaaya nama:"
>> and "Sanakaadhi yOgi brundha vandhya paadhAya nama:' together. We are
>> continuing with a few lines from Sri Subramania Bharathi, the national
>> poet
>> of India - on this 'paadham' or kaal - feet from his composition "kaNNan
>> en
>> arasan" – "KrishNa, my king" –
>>
>>
>>
>> kaalinaik kaiyinaal paRRik koNdu naam
>>
>> gathi enakku onRu kaattuvai enRittaal
>>
>> naalil onRu paliththidum kaaN enbaan
>>
>> naamach chollin poruL engu uNarvadhE?
>>
>> - kaNNan  en arasan - p 326 bharathi kavithaigal – vaanadhi padhippagam.
>>
>>
>>
>> meaning: When I catch his feet with both hands and plead to him, oh, my
>> lord, please show me a way or route or path of solution or salvation, He
>> replies "one in four will give you the fruit, you see for yourself", where
>> can I go to realise the meaning of this.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Points: *
>>
>> 1. Please think for a moment - when we feel depressed or dejected, what we
>> do - fold the legs with hands and sit in an isolated place, put the head
>> down between the legs and brood over the cause of that reason for
>> dejection
>> in the mind. This is nicely described as 'kaalainai kaiyinaal paRRik
>> koNdu'.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2. When we feel depressed, dejected, desolate, then only, we start
>> thinking
>> of God and then plead with him
>>
>> –        hey, I am helpless, please show me a way out
>>
>> –        hey tell me how to go about
>>
>> –        hey why not give me a solution?
>>
>> –        Hey what is the route out of this difficult situation" etc.
>>
>> oh god, krishNa, gathi enakku onRu kaattuvai?
>>
>>
>>
>> 3. When we want some favour from some body, please think- what we do?
>> Catch
>> hold of the legs of the person standing in front by falling at his feet -
>> saashtaangamaai oru namaskaaram paNNi - praNaamam paNNi - then put your
>> case
>> in his ears - fall flat at his feet and catch his feet - saying hey, you
>> only can save me and then plead your case to his ears. So that is what is
>> here in this - kaalinaik kaiyinaal paRRik koNdu naam gathi enakku onRu
>> kaattuvai enRu ittaal.
>>
>>
>>
>> 4. Krishna replies to that fall at his feet - says 'naalil onRu
>> paliththidum kaaN enbaan'- One of the four or one in four will give you
>> the
>> solution. What is naalil onRu - one in four – it is a "quarter" - in tamil
>> it is "kaal" - it is "legs" – the "feet" – the feet lotus – the vaarijaa
>> aasana vandhitha paadham of thyaagaraaja - vaarija sana aadhi vandhitha
>> paadham – that glorious "thiruvadi" .
>>
>>
>>
>> 5. The first step is to fall at his feet - oh my lord please show me a
>> way,
>> show me a path of realisation. He shows again the thiruvadi - yes, my
>> bhaktha, you have fallen at my feet, now, here is the solution – and this
>> is
>> the solution. It is my duty to save you, Yoga kshEmam vahaami aham - Maa
>> sucha: do not doubt. Your act of falling at my feet will give you the
>> fruits, solution for the problem - naalil onRu paliththidum.
>>
>>
>>
>> 6. Have I understood or realised what krishna tells me? No, otherwise why
>> should I say – 'naam ach chollin poruL engu uNarvadhE'? No, again and
>> again,
>> 'gathi onRu kaatuvai' - I plead please show me the way - but he has
>> already
>> shown the way - fall at my feet, I will show you the way.
>>
>>
>>
>> 7. "naamach chollin poruL engu uNarvadhE?- how to get in full the
>> 'mahimai'
>> of his 'naamam' - name - is it exhaustible enough - many have tried -
>> succeeded or failed? repeatedly telling that naamam – that itself makes
>> the
>> tongue sweet – "sonna naa inikkudhu sundharan naamam thannai" says mrs.
>> ambujam krishNa in her krithi - song.
>>
>>
>>
>> 7. Oh what great lines – my krishna, you have come and sat in these lines
>> and talked to this poet to give this to the world.
>>
>>
>>
>> 9. To look at that in another way - See how simply the poet has placed all
>> the saraNaagathy thathvam of sree vaishNavaas - he says - I am not going
>> use
>> 'aakinchanathvam - ananaya gathithvam' etc – which are all high sounding
>> words.
>>
>> I know my mother tongue and use it effectively.
>>
>> Has he done it? Oh bhakthaas, you can now vouch.
>>
>>
>>
>> 10. This "naalil onRu paliththidum kaaN enbaan" can also be taken as, "hey
>> I have already shown the way in my bhagavath geetha to my dear friend
>> arjuna". You also go through it - I have shown 'karma yOgam, gnaana yOgam,
>> bhakthi yOgam', if these three not possible then that fourth -
>> saranaagathy
>> principle – falling at my feet – that is there in the last chapter. So you
>> follow any one. That will give you the fruits.
>>
>>
>>
>> 11. Whether this act of falling at those paadham - feet gave fruits? Any
>> doubts – still lingers in your mind, dear bhakthaas of krishNa, or
>> naaraayaNa or raama as for thyaagaraaja?
>>
>>
>>
>> bharathi says in the same poem 'kaNNan en arasan'
>>
>>
>>
>> niththach chORinukku Eval seiyya vandhEn
>>
>> nigarilaap perum selvam udhavinaan
>>
>>
>>
>> vidhdhai nangu kallaadhavan ennuLE
>>
>> vEdha nutpam viLangidach cheidhittaan
>>
>>
>>
>> meaning: I came here to do errands for getting the daily food. My king
>> krishna gave me incomparable wealth. I am not a learned one. But he made
>> me
>> to understand the intricacies, subtleties, nuances, of the vEdham.
>>
>>
>>
>> So the fruits are for both the ikalOkam and paralOkam – here, not only in
>> this earthly world and for the other world also are given for that act of
>> saraNaagathy.
>>
>>
>>
>> "niththachorukku Eval" – called 'bhaktha dhaasa' – here the word 'bhakthi'
>> also means food as per Monier Williams Sanskrit English dictionary. So one
>> who does bhakthi is also doing niththach chORinukku Eval. 'ThoNdar adip
>> podi
>> says aazhvaar – that 'bhaktha dhaasa'.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dhasan
>>
>> Vasudevan MG
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> With best regards,
>
> Krishnamoorthy Premkumar
>
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