SrI:
Dear SrI Sivaraman
: Thanks very much for the SanthAna Manjari Krithi of SrI Dikshithar . It
was delightful to hear its rendering by Dr. TNS
Its MeLa Raagam ,
Sucharitra reminded me of a Krithi composed by my sister ,
VidvAmsini Padma
VeerarAghavan in that 67th MeLa Raagam as one of the 72 MeLa Raaga Krithis on
Oppiliappan , our Kula Dhaivam .
This is how the Sucharitra
Krithi in Tamil goes :
Pallavi
Geethayin NaathanE
Gothai MaNavALaa
Keerthi mEvum Thiru
BhU dEvi ThiruvALaa
( Meaning) : Oh Master of Geethai ! Oh Dear
consort of Gothai ! Oh Lord of
SrI BhUmi Devi
of enduring Fame !
Anupallavi
adutthAtkkoNDAi
adiyEnai
aarukkum kidaikaa
ariya bhAgyatthai( Geetayin)
(Meaning): You intervened and made adiyEn Your
servant. You blessed adiyEn thus
with the rarest of
bhAgyam that is not easiest to
gain by others .
The subtelty of the meaning
"adutthu AatkoNDAi"
in comparison with "Tadutthu
AatkkoNDAi"
has to be relished
.
CharaNam
ThiruvONa
ThiruvizhAvil ThiruviNNagaril
naRumthuzhAi
MaNimArbhan dhivya Sucharitan
arumperum nidhiyAi
AanandhasOthiyAi
Thiru BhUdEviudan
tihazhnthu ilangida( Geetayin)
(Meaning): At ThiruviNNagar during the SravaNa
Utsavam , Oh GeethA Naathan
adorning the fragrant
TuLasi garland on Your chest
shine with BhUmi Devi
as the greatest
of treasures and
as the blissful jyOthi .
Comments :
1) The Raaga Mudhrai is in the
second line of
the charaNam . The Lord of
ThiruviNNagar
is addressed here as the
divine Lord ( Dhivya
Sucharitan)
celebrated
for His
auspicious
charitram( legend/history) as
DasAvatAran ,
Bhakta rakshan and dhushta
nigrahan.
Sucharitran stands for Subha
charitran .
His subha charitram has been
celebrated
by the VedAs,
ItihAsAs, Saatvika PurANams
and the Prabhandhams of AzhwArs
and stOtrams
of AchAryAs
.
His vaibhavam as Ananta
Roopan/asankhyEya
vigrahan( One of infinte forms )
,Anantha Sree:
( One of immeasurable wealth
that he shares
readily with the Mukta Jeevans
and Nitya Sooris) ,
AnAdhi nidhanan ( One with
no beginning or end)
,
AparAjitan ( One who is
invincible ) and
VaasudEvan
is indicated by the name
Sucharitran .
2 . Geethayin NaathanE : He is
the One who
used Arjunan as vyAjam (excuse)
to bless us
with the Chaarama slOkam
containing
the upadEsam of Prapatti to Him
as
the means for enjoying
Moksha sukham .
3. Godhai MaNavALaa : He is the
Rangamannar
who arrived from Srirangam to wed
Gothai
at Sri VilliputthUr
.
4. Keerti mEvum Thiru BhUdEvi
ThiruvALaa:
BhU devi and Her Kshamaa guNam
has
enduring fame that spreads all
around.
He is Sreekaran for BhUdEvi
through
His wedding with Her on an
Iyppasi
SravaNam day at
ThiruviNNagar'
TuLasi Vanam
.Swamy Desikan celebrates
the Vaibhavam of BhUmi Devi
in His
BhU Stuti
.
5. adiyEnai adutthAtkoNDAi :
The main
message of the kriti is that the
Sucharitran
stopped the soul , which was
going astray
in SamsAram and showed the means
for
freedom from the cycles of births
and
deaths by pointing at His sacred
feet as
the soul's unfailing and ultimate
refuge .
6. Aarukkum kidaikkA ariya
bhAgyam :
Such a rare bhAgyam of
transforming
from a Bhadda Jeevan to a
Prapannan
thru the anushtAnam of
SaraNAgathy
is referred to here . BahUnAm
JanmanAm
ante ,
the soul swirling in the fearsome
waves of samsAric ocean is lifted
out of
its sufferings thru the
observance of
Prapatthi and becomes blessed .
That is
indeed a rare blessing ( ariya
bhAgyam)
that is not attainable by many
.
7. In the charaNa Vaakyam ,
the festive
mood prevailing during the
celebration of
SravaNa dheepam at
ThiruviNNagar
( AakAsa Nagaram/Oppiliappan
Sannidhi)
is referred to (
ThiruvONat-thiruviz
ThiruviNNagaril) . At that time
the dhivya
Sucharitan blesses the bhakthAs
with
the glorious BhUmi Dvi
at His side and
adorning the fragrant TuLasi
maalai
around His chest . He gives us
His
darsaNam as Svayam JyOthi
,Param
JyOthi and as "Aanandha JyOthi
"
( AanandhO BrahmEti vyajn~At,
Vijn~Anam
Aanandham BrahmA).He is the light
of
lights ( " JyOtishAm JyOti: ").
8. Arum Perum Nidhi: He is the
greatest
of all treasures ( Parama
PurushArtham)
He is BhUman ( infinite wealth
and bliss) .
Concluding Remarks : In this
kriti in the mELa
Raagam of Sucharitra , the
composer visualizes
ThiruviNNagrappan as
GeethAchAryan as
He shows His sacred feet to
illustrate
the charama slOka Vaakyam : "
MaamEkam
SaraNam Vraja". ANdal is an
incarnation of
BhUmi DEvi and hence the Lord is
saluted as
Gothai MaNavALan . The key
message is
that the Lord out of His
dayaa guNam
related to the suffering
soul and gave His
hand and lifted the soul out of
its samsAric
miseries .His Achyuta tattvam is
celebrated
here .
ThiruviNNagarappan ThiruvadigaLE
SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
----- Original Message -----
From: "T.M.Sivaraman" <sivaraman39@ To: <RaamaBhakthi@ Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:48 PM Subject: [RaamaBhakthi] Santhanamanjari by Living Legend TNS Hear this memorable Muthuswamy Dikshithar composition in raga "Santhanamanjari" Legend,Madhurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan. Santhanamanjari is the janya of the 67th Melakartha "Sucharitra" Aa/Av: SRGMPDS/SNDPMRS. The download links are: 1)TNS.Alapanai. mp3 2)TNS_Santhaana-
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