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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

We saw a beautiful krithi on the `hasthigiri dheepam' on the `dheepa 
aavaLi' day composed by that mahhan krishNa bhaktha OVS. 

We all, very well, know generally a lamp, placed at a height, 
illuminates all places around it, except its own base. This lamp also 
guides all, who are able to identify the lamp, get or take that 
illumination provided by it, enroute and thereby helps these to reach 
their individual destination. If the same lamp is placed on a hilltop 
the visibility increases multifold and this lamp is able to guide 
quite a large number of people. Even ships sailing on sea also use 
such lamps placed on elevation ? the basic principle of providing 
lighthouses in the seashores. 

Think for a moment, if that lamp is also able to grant boons of these 
passers-by, who has taken that light in their stride, then, oh, what 
a great help this `lamp' provides? That is what the poet says in the 
pallavi 

kunRin mEl itta dheepam engaL kuRai enum 
iruL pOkkum varadharaaja dheepam  - kunRin

meaning: the lamp named varadharaaja is lit on the hill top - that 
light which removes the darkness ? the darkness of sins or wanting in 
us.

One, who grants boons, is `vara dha' ? dha is Sanskrit means `give' ? 
vara is boon ? amongst all boon granters, he is king  - so he is vara 
+ dha + raajaa. That person is in the hill top lamp, that savior and 
guiding lamp, on the hasthi giri. 
Swamy desikan says 
`kari giri mEl ninRu anaiththu ulagum kaakkinRaanE' [41- adhikaara 
sangraham] 
yes ? as already stated the base of the lamp becomes dark because the 
lamp is shining at top and it's rays does not illuminate its own 
base. So it is kari giri ? karuththa giri - dark hill. [also kari 
means hasthi ? elephant ? so kari giri is hasthi giri].

The anupallavi we saw in the krithi reads 
manRil maaNikka maragatha dheepam 
engaL maadhu arasi dhEvaki ERRiya dheepam

meaning: the red ruby lamp or green emerald lamp is lit in a common 
place ? our empress lady dhEvaki lit that lamp means brought into 
this world.

It is generally known that red colour when mixed with green becomes 
dark or black. Even when you place such a dark object in an open 
place, because of the brightness outside or surrounding that dark 
object, may be this object will appear comparatively darker. If that 
dark object [? or subject?] is kaNNan ? perhaps he will shine like a 
lamp, the dhEvaki's lamp. 
For aazhvaar also says `uruvu kariya oLi maNivaNNan' ? periyaazhvaar 
1-2-17 -
paruvam nirambaamE paar ellaam uyya 
thiruvin vadivu okkum dhEvaki peRRa
uruvu kariya oLi maNi vaNNan
puruvam irundhavaa kaaNeerE pooNmulaiyeer vandhu kaaNeerE

see that paar ellaam uyya ? engal kuRai ennum iruL pOkkum ? dhEvaki 
peRRa ? dhEvaki ERRiya ? thiruvin vadivu okkum dhEvaki ? engaL maadhu 
arasi ? maadhu means nobody else except that poo mannu maadhu ? that 
maha lakshmi ? is she not a `queen' when her husband is the lord. 
Style and placement of words differ but meaning one and same. Is it 
that aazhvaar influenced OVS ? or is it krishNa bhakthaas use similar 
words when it comes to singing his glory? 

Let us move on to charaNam ? 
navaneetham maNakka varum dheepam 
naaradha gaanam kEttu thuLLi ezhum dheepam
kuvaLai malar neela dheepam 
aayar kulam vaazha vandu ninRa 
nalam tharum dheepam -- kunRin

On this navaneetha smell ? aaNdaaL's chellap peyar to my krishNa ? 
pet name by aaNdaal is more appealing to me - that `kuNungu naaRik 
kuttERu' ? young bull smelling butter ? she says `vrindhaavanaththE 
kandOmE' ? I saw in the forest of brindhaavanam [kaNdOmE plural? or 
royal `we'? ? answer is yes- royal we - singular]. 

How can she see so easily a dark coloured person in a dark green 
forest? Because this person is like a bright shining light ? also 
smells butter - navaneetham maNakka varum dheepam ? this lamp comes 
smelling fresh butter. 
aaNdaaL also says `kaNangaLOdu min mEgham kalandhaarpOla' ? please do 
a small anvayam ? mEghak kaNangaLOdu min kalandhaarpOla' ? a 
lightning mixed amongst dark clouds ? there were two facilitators ? 
butter smell, light's[ning's] brightness ? so could easily see him. 
Oh what a taste ? navaneetham maNakka varum dheepam - krishNa 
krishNa.   
 
let us continue in next, since emotions are high here [due to that 
naaradha gaanam or butter smell of krishNa?] unable to distinguish

Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.








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