Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
In the management science across the corporate worlds, the yester
days maxims were "customer satisfaction is our motto,
customer satisfaction is our main focus" etc
Now those have changed and now are said as "customer delight is our
motto".
But, here is one, who delights, whether we are his customers or not.
He is raamaa ? on a raama navami day it is a delight to serve you
raama saying - the very meaning of your name is "ramayathi ithi
raama:" - since he delights without distinguishing as customers and
non customers, religious non religious, knowledgeable not so much
etc.
In the sree vishNu sahasra naamam SVSN - there is naama `Om raamaaya
nama:' - no. 396 in slOkam 43 Bhattar gives a meaning ? "he who
delights". Whether we are his customers or servants or bhakthaas or
for that matter his prapannaas or not, he simply delights everybody.
RaamO ramyathaam srEshta: says mahaa bharatham sabhaa parvam 58.42 ?
meaning - he is the greatest among all in delighting [others].
The very next naama is Om viraamaaya nama: 397 meaning ? he before
whom all become powerless. So he not only delights but also makes
others powerless before him. Such a raama is no one else but vishNu: -
- Om vishNavE nama: the second naama in SVSN.
Such a vishNu or raamaa is addressed by thyaagaraaja, the saint
musician ? how can I understand you and your thathvam ? raama or
viraama or vishNu - that `thathvamasi yani vaakyaarthamu neevani.
See krithi in the raagaa garuda dhvani.
On this raagaa garuda dhvani our respected sreeman anbil swamy writes
in one of the SRS journals: "GARUDA DWANI - A UNIQUE MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT! - As many as 16 auspicious musical instruments have been
identified and grouped into what is known as `AadOthyam'. The sound
of music emanating from these instruments in the form of a symphony
is said to represent the sound vibrations of Saama Veda and is also
known as `GaruDa Dwani". [got through a search in google with garuda
dwani as search matter. However I failed to note the date or
reference no. ? sorry for not noting that.]
The significance of this raagam is that when played with expertise,
it will sound as though an army is performing a march past with
music. garuda dhvani is a `march past' music.
Analyzing why thyaagaraaja selected this raagam ? the conclusion I
come to - is - The vaanaraa king sugreeva, and hanumaan, jaambavaan
and others, keep a close vigil on raama and lakshmaNa after having
been struck by indhrajith's naaga paasam ? the asthra with snakes at
its athi dhevathaa - thinking about how to treat these two to get rid
of that snake poison or binding effect of naaga paasam. Garuda, the
son of vinathaa, appears on the scene with a bang. So garuda dhwani.
Thyaagaraaja sings this krithi at that timely reference of garuda
coming ? first let us see the krithi and then the slokams from
vaalmeeki raamaayaNam connected.
raagam: garuDadhvani 29 dheera shankaraabharaNam janya
Aa: S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S
Av: S D2 P G3 R2 S
taaLam: roopakam
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu
pallavi
thathva meruga tharamaa para [thathva]
anupallavi
thathvamasi yani vaakyaarthamu raama neevanu para [thathva]
charaNam
thaamasa raajasa guNamula thannu kollu pOdayaa
raama bhakthudaina thyaagaraaja vinutha vEdha saasthra [thathva]
Meaning:
hey raamaa, one who is worshipped by [this] raama bhaktha, named
thyaagaraaja, is it possible to realize and experience the profundity
of the vedic declaration, `thathvam asi' "You are that"? With the
play of the thaamasa and raajasa guNaas on us, we cannot overcome
that play and then understand you.
Now the slokams ? sushENa, the doctor available in raamaa's army,
said "let this hanumaan go to the hills dhrOna and chandhra where the
milk ocean was churned to get nectar. In that sanjeevikaraNi and
visalyaa the two herbs which can cure raama & lakshmaNa are
available, let him bring these, then raama and lakshmana will be
alright".
At that time, with a bang, garuda appeared there why I repeat this
bang is vaalmeeki describes there was a big wind, trees fell etc.
At that instance of garudaa's appearance, all the snakes disappeared
from bodies of raama and lakshmaNa and they woke from as though from
a sleep. Then garuda did a healing touch on the faces of raama and
lakshmaNa [as per vaalmeeki ? just to save some space I am not giving
slokams.
Now, says raama, "hey who are you, we feel comfortable as though we
got back to father dhasaratha and grand father aja".
Garuda replies
aham sakhaa thE kaakuthsthha priya: praaNO bahischara:|| 6-50 -46
meaning: I am your friend, the life of you roaming outside.
na cha kouthoohalam kaaryam sakhithvam prathi raaghava |
krutha karmaa raNE veera sakhithvam anuvEthsyasi || 6-50 - 58
meaning: raama on the friendship front to know how why and all ? to
know completely is not fit now. You will know that after you finish
what is to be done.
Point: you will now ask the question ? how is that what garuda says
is relevant to what thyaagaraaja says as "thathvamasi" and
parathathva meruga tharama?
Is it that by seeing garuda, raama, that para thathvam, cannot
understand who garuda is? Or for that matter, For what he has come?
Then why this drama?
That raamaa - para thathva meruga tharamaa ? is now covered with
thaamasa, raajasa guNaas, just for other's sake ? as though he cannot
get out of those naaga paasams, he covers himself and lies down -
thaamasam. As soon as garuda appeared he comes out of the influence
and asks "hey who you are? Wherefrom you are coming? Then enjoys his
coming as though father has come" ? again expressing ignorance ?
thaamasa guNamu kollu pOdayya.
garuda also plays a beauty of a role ? thaamasa role ? ignorant role -
well - saying you will come to know when you have to ? sakhithvam
anuvEthsyasi ? about this friendship. Is it really friendship? or
that servitude ? dhaasathvam of periya thiruvadi?
Also advises raama - no enjoying now of that - no recognition now ?
when time comes you will know - till that time be ignorant ? thaamasa
guNam kollu pOdayya
? for you have to do a raajasa kaaryam ? hey veera ? hey raama
the fighter ? that is a raajasa kaaryam - raNe karmaa krutha
anuvEthsyasi ? after you finish your work you know who I am.
? Is it that then only raama can understand?
? Or is it all for us.
To describe that act of raama and as well garuda what else
thyaagaraaja ? that raama bhakthaa thyaagaraaja - can do or say -
except ? raama neevanu para thathvamasi yani meruga tharama - hey
raama you are that ? how to realize that `you are that' `that supreme
philosophy' ? which the vEdhaas and saasthraas say.
What this thaamasa guNa MGV can say except raamaa raamaa para
thathvameruga tharama - on a raama navami day ? can he understand
thathvamasi et al.
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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