Post 10
Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
 
We are continuing the study on seethaa’s lakshaNa saasthra knowledge, her 
beauty as said and seen by her ownself, raavaNan, hanumaan, and may be in this 
post or in next, how raama reacts while he misses her and goes on describing her 
beauty. First let us see a few points on that beautiful krithi ‘kanugonu’ of 
thyaagaraaja - ST. 
 
Some variations are also available on the krithi and hence I will add 
points on that also.
 
1.      
On the raagam selection by ST – it is naayaki – as I mentioned earlier 
and repeated it many a times, here also thyaagaraaja uses very apt raagams to 
suit to the situation in raamaayaNam what he wants to link his krithi. 
 
2.      
That raagam name itself to a large extent suggests what portion of 
raamaayaNam is linked to his krithi. This krithi kanugonu is in ‘naayaki’ raagam 
- hanumaan is just finding seethaa the ‘heroine’- the naayaki of the ‘story’, in 
sundhara kaaNdam of raamaayaNam. So yet another instance of apt selection of 
raagam for the krithi.
 
3.      
The 
book of AK Gopalan publishers gives meaning of this krithi as  “raakshasargaLukkup pagaivan aana sree 
raamanudaiya karuNaiyudaiyavan oruvanukku anRi thyaagaraajanukkuk kidaiththa 
indha inbam brahmanukkum kidaikkumaa? Oridaththil dhEhamum, maRROr idaththil 
manamum vELaikkuth thakka vEsham thariththu janangaLai EmaaRRubavargaLukku veRRi 
kidaikkumaa?”
 
4.      
Given 
the situation of hanumaan having seen seethaa and raavaNan appearing in asOka 
vanam at that time to see seethaa in the early morning, perhaps hanumaan may 
think or say ‘hey raavaNa are you going to get victory by using all your 
disguises?’ 
 
5.      
But what 
raavaNan is interested is - in seethaa. She is just in front of her – his mind 
is also on her and his body desires her. Earlier at the abduction time only he 
had a different disguise. Further hanumaan may / does not know in which disguise 
raavaNan came and abducted seethaa. 
 
6.      
If that 
is the case, where is the need for hanumaan to think this way – that hey 
raavaNaa your body is in one place, your mind in another place and you puts on 
various disguises to suit time. [as stated by ST] [Actually now also raavaNan 
has come in his royal dress only and not a disguise – for hanumaan has already 
seen him in his bed while searching in the palace].  
 
7.      
The 
charaNam line has to be ‘niDi janulanu 
Eluvaariki jayamoune thyaagaraaju’ and I have given 
meaning as in previous post – just repeated here - According 
to Tyagaraja, all glories happen to those who have their body at one place, mind 
at other place, and appropriate attire at some other place, yet rule all living 
beings. 
 
8.      
But if 
we consider “Echuvaariki” this means deceiving and the meaning given as above in 
AKG book seems ok. One more thing on this word ‘Echuvaariki’ – this word appears 
to be a bit more conversational, colloquial and native. Whereas ST’s telugu 
diction is always superb. I do not think suddenly he will go for a usage in a 
native way. That is why I take here as ‘Eluvaariki’ and meaning is as given. 
Learned people of the lists can comment on this. 
 
9.      
Sree 
bhadraachala raamadhaas in his krithis sometimes uses a colloquial word and that 
is commented by authors as slightly different and native, but not 
thyaagaraaja.
 
10.  Now let us see vaalmeeki’s 
slOkams describing hanumaan’s reactions in finding seethaa, then we will 
understand the krithi better. 
 
Evam seethaam thadhaa dhrushTvaa hrushTa: pavana sambhava: 
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jagaama manasaa raamam prasasamsa cha tham prabhum || 
5-15-54
meaning: Hanumaan, then seeing Seethaa became happy thus and went by mind to Raama 
and also praised that Lord.
 
11.  
ST asks 
‘kanugonu 
soukhyamu kamalajukaina galgunaa’ – since hanumaan has struggled a lot to cross 
ocean and went to the extent of thinking ‘if he misses in his achievement of 
locating seethaa, then what all will happen – that he will become the reason for 
entire kula naasam of ikshvaaku and vaanaraas’ – naturally he is happy 
now that he found seethaa. So thinks even brahmaa cannot have this pleasure 
of seeing the dhEvi.
 
12.  
Next look at the words of vaalmeeki – hanumaan went by mind to raama and 
praised the lord. So hanumaan’s body is here in asOka vanam – mind in aaraNyam 
where raama is – now he is disguised in small form – as a small monkey hiding 
himself in simsubhaa tree – hiding behind leaves - not to show his real big 
gigantic roopam. That is what ST says - 
thanu vOkachO, manasu OkachO, thagina vEsham 
OkachO,
niDi janulanu Eluvaariki jayamounE thyaagaraaju - kanugonu 
 
13.  
Also he has all blessings of raama - so naturally all success is 
hanumaan’s. again that is what ST says in anupallavi as 
-
dhanuja vairiyagu raamuni dhaya galgina nathani vinaa - 
kanugonu
[So please consider ‘where is the question somebody cheating with 
different disguises’ as in the meaning given in book]. 
 
14.  
Further who rules – in aaraNyam raama and here seethaa – even in lanka 
seethaa is ruling – raavaNan in front of her - that poor fellow doing all 
begging – genjal – ‘hey seethaa please accept me, why not you accept me’ 
etc.   
 
15.  Another 
slOkam of vaalmeeki - See here hanumaan not only went by mind to raama but also 
talked to him --
thaam 
dhrushTvaa nava hEma aabhaam lOka kaanthaam iva sriyam 
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jagaama manasaa raamam vachanam cha idham abraveeth || 
5-16-6
 
meaning: Seeing that Seethaa with the radiance of new 
gold, like the goddess Lakshmi, delightful to the world, Hanumaan went by heart 
to Sri Raama, spoke these words also.
 
16.  To 
reinforce hanumaan’s happiness in seeing seethaa, and our topic of seethaa’s 
beauty, in turn, on her lakshaNa saasthram learnings, see few more 
slokams.
 
malinEna thu vasthrENa pariklishTEna bhaamineem || 
5-17-26
samvruthaam 
mruga saavaaksheem 
dhadharsa 
hanumaan kapi: |
thaam dhEveem dheena vadhanaam adheenaam bharthru 
thEjasaa || 5-17-27
rakshithaam 
svEna seelEna 
seethaam asitha lOchanaam |
 
meaning: The monkey Hanumaan saw that Seethaa, with great 
beauty, with black eyes, covered by a cloth which was creased and dirty, with 
eyes of a deer, with a pitiful face, not depressed due to the brilliance of her 
husband, protected by her own character.
 
thaam 
dhrushTvaa hanumaan seethaam mruga saaba 
nibha eekshaNaam |
mruga kanyaam iva thrasthaam veekshamaaNaam samanthatha: 
|| 5-17-28
dhahantheem 
iva ni:svaasai: 
vrukshaan pallava dhaariNa: |
samghaatham 
iva sOkaanaam 
dhu:khasya oormim iva uthithaam || 5-17-29
 
meaning: Hanumaan became happy on seeing Seethaa 
with eyes of a fawn, fearful like a she-deer, seeing trees with young shoots, as 
though being burnt by sighs, like a bundle of grief, with a wave of sorrow risen 
up.
 
thaam 
kshamaam suvibhakthaangeem vinaa aabharaNa sObhineem 
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praharsham athulam lEbhE maaruthi: prEkshya maithileem || 
5-17-30
 
meaning: Hanumaan, the son of wind god, on seeing 
Seethaa, that Seethaa like the goddess earth, with well divided body parts 
shining even without ornaments, obtained great 
joy.
 
harshajaani 
cha sO~asrooNi 
thaam dhrushTvaa madhirEkshaNaam |
mumuchE 
hanumaan thathra namaschakrE 
cha raaghavam || 5-17-31
 
meaning: Hanumaan on seeing Seethaa there with 
intoxicating eyes, shed tears of joy and also paid obeisance to Sri 
Raama.
 
Point:  that is what ST puts as ‘kanugonu 
soukhyamu kamalajukaina galgunaa’ – oh great. This bliss of finding or seeing 
and shedding tears of joy even brahmaa cannot get. True. 
 
namaskruthvaa raamaaya lakshmaNaaya cha veeryavaan 
|
seethaa 
darsana 
samhrushTO hanumaan samvruthO~abhavath || 5-17-32
 
meaning: Being joyful on seeing Seethaa, Hanumaan, 
the mighty one, paid obeisance to Sri Raama and to LakshmaNa and became covered 
with leaves.
 
17.  
This is 
what ST asks kanugonu soukhyamu kamalajukaina galgunaa. Further we have 
already seen ST considers hanumaan as sivan – here in this world as sivan, he has seen vishNu – raama, now lakshmi – seethaa. So he thinks, 
‘hey that brahma – can he have this bliss of seeing seethaa here and now in this 
world. I have already seen raama and had his blessing. . 
With all this enjoy reading the krithi once again and we will continue on 
the topic more in next post.
 
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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