Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear Sriman Lakshmi Narasimhan & other bhAgavathAs, CAUTION:I haven't listened to any bhagavad viShaya. Accept my pranams. With my little knowledge in thamizh and analytical reasoning I would say that the word "enganE" also accounts for mistakes committed while chanting. Let us assume that it's only HOW EVER and not WHAT EVER as per your word. Even in that case,mistakes are allowed(the english word accounts for that. Sri soundararajan chanted NDP incorrectly;however the Lord enjoyed it- Dear Soundararajan,please forgive me for taking your case as an example:-)) and it does not harm the person who chants incorrectly nor does he have to do any prAyasciththam(it's like aShtAkshari). It is actually shaTakOpa but in thamizh we pronounce it as sadagopan even while chanting. When this mistake is allowed why can't other mistakes be allowed? Even when singing it,it may convey a different message because most singers(Rev. Balamurali Krishna and couple of others are exceptions)pause at all wrong places to maintain the "raaga". My father(who is very good in written and spoken telugu)cribs that my cousin(who is a disciple of the disciple of Sri Chemmangudi) spoils the beautiful meaning of thyagaraja krtis by splitting at odd places and my cousin says that it is done so(and very common)to maintain the raaga). Consider the famous krti with intense emotion (AbhEri) "nagumOmu ganalE ninajAli thelisi" (telugu speakers,please forgive my telugu) and many sing it as "nagumO mOganalEni najAli thelisi". One popular tamil musician(he may not know telugu) sings "bantu rIthi koluvu" as "pandu(fruit) rIthi" and we get a different meaning which is out of context. It is like putting a pause at the wrong place in Ramanuja nURRandhAdhi:7(pazhiyaik kadaththum irAmAnusan pugazhpAdi allA* vazhiyaik kadaththal enakku ini yAdhum varuththamanRE-- which would sound weird to the person who knows the in-depth meaning--instead of pazhiyaik kadaththum irAmAnusan pugazhpAdi* allA vazhiyaik kadaththal...anRE). In other words,in "HOW EVER" way also meaning can get distorted which is also a mistake. Even if one chants perfectly knowing the hidden meanings,in this mundane world/kali yuga, one can not say with 100% certainty that mind was only thinking about God and nothing else. So I feel that "HOW EVER" or "WHAT EVER"(with mistakes) way NDP is recited,the Lord still enjoys. But our intention should be to better ourselves wrt chanting it correctly(try to avoid mistakes as much as we can) with bhAva. Please feel free to correct me. AzhvAr EmperumAnAr JIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam NC Nappinnai
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