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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's
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-thiruvizhAvil
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@gmail.com>
To: <
RaamaBhakthi@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:48 PM
Subject: [RaamaBhakthi] Santhanamanjari by Living Legend TNS


 Hear this memorable Muthuswamy Dikshithar composition in raga
 "Santhanamanjari",rendered divinely by Maestro and Living
 Legend,Madhurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan.
 
Santhanamanjari is the janya of the 67th Melakartha "Sucharitra", with
 Aa/Av: SRGMPDS/SNDPMRS.
 
The download links are:
 
1)TNS.Alapanai.Santhana_Manjari.mp3.mp3
 
http://rapidshare.com/files/143526223/TNS.Alapanai.Santhana_Manjari.mp3.\
 mp3
 
2)TNS_Santhaana-Santhaanamanjari.mp3
 
http://rapidshare.com/files/143526224/TNS_Santhaana-Santhaanamanjari.mp3

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