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Estd : 07 05 -2004.
Issue dated 08-04-2012.
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Saint ThyagarajA's pancharahtnams: Part 31.2
I will cover the meanings and annotated observations on the Sriranga pancharathna Krithis in this posting before going for the final stretch of this kaimkaryam this week prior to concluding it on May 1 , AchArya RaamAnuja Jayanthi day . May Lord RanganathA confer His blesings on us to to raise successfuly the funds neeeded to complete His Temple construction at Pomona , New York . Please give generously for this temple for all bhakthAs of Sri RanganAthA so that ALL of His bahkthAs can come together and worship Him as at Srirangam .
The First Pancharathnam : Thodi Raaga DevathA performing SaraNAgathi The breeze from Cauveri banks was gently fanning Sri RanganAthA seated on His golden horse as he was being carried over the streets of Srirangam on that chitthirai day . Saint ThyagarAjA got a glimpse of the approaching Lord from his vantage point of 86 South Chittirai Veedhi next to VadampOkki Street . The naadhasvaram and the other MangaLa vaadhyams played . KattiyakkArars were shouting Sri RanganAthan's progress through the streets. KarpUrAratthi was taking place as the Lord received upachArams from each household . Saint ThyagarAja caught the beauty of the Lord illuminated by the theevattis of the night lighting the way of the Lord. The joyous saint drank deeply the anubhavam of that
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beauty . Thodi raaga dEvathai entered into him and emerged as " Raaju vedale jutAmu rArE " krithi . The sAhithya Vaakhyams are :
Pallavi: raaju vedalE juthAu rArE ; KasthUriranga
Anupallavi: tEjinEka samastha rAju lUDigamu jEya tEjarillu navarathnapu divya bhUshaNamu liDiranga
CharaNam: KaavEri theeramanu paavanamagu Rangapurini SrIvelayau CHITRA VEEDHILO vEkanga rAga sEvanu gani surulu virulachE prEmanu pujimchaga bhAvimchu ThyagarAju Baadaga VAIBHOGARANGA ( Raaju VedalE)
( Meaning and Comments ) : Saint ThyaarAja as a BhagavathA invites here other BhagavathAs and BhakthAs to enjoy the beautiful darsanam of the Lord and the sight of the Lord's progressing procession on Chitthirai veethi on horse back . He says : " Come one and All ! let us enjoy this auspicious sight ! Sri RangarAjA is bedecked with shining divya AabharaNams and is attended by the princes on horse back . He is travelling on Chitthira veedhi of His rAjadhAni made holy further by the flow of river KaavEri that washes His sacred feet . This Srirangam has been made fit by the Lord as the abode for His divine consort , Sri RanganAyaki , who is verily MahA Lakshmi . DevAs are enjoying this blessed scene and are showering pushpa vrushti on their Lord . Come one! Come All! Please woship the KasthUri Rangan as He celebrates His VaibhOgam during this chaitthrOtsavam .Come All ! Worship the Lord with devotion as ThyagarAja sings in this procession ( Veethi valam ) of the Lord in His sacred city 's streets .
I recall with nostalgia , Sangeetha KalAnidhi Sri Ariyakkui RaamAnuja Iyengar render this krithi with such bhAvam many times . I might even have his rendering in my audio archives. The Bombay sisters have recorded all of the Sriranga Panchrathnams with anugraha vachanmas (Savsthi vaachakams) from the Parama Padha Vaasi , His Holiness the 44th Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt during the occasion of his Raaja Gopura nirmANa kaimkaryam at Srirangam .
he Second Pancharathnam :DevagAndhAri Raaga Devathai's saraNAgathi Saint ThyagarAjA had composed earlier a majestic krithi entitled " Ksheera Saagara SayanA " in DevagAndhAri Raagam . As he stood in front of the house at Chitthirai veethi on that evening enjoying the Lord's beauty, he wanted so very much to get closer to the Lord and have a better sEvai . The crowd around him was making it difficult to come closer. He was sad to see the opportunity slip by. Suddenly, the procession stopped and the bearers of the Lord's Vaahanam could not move. There was a great concern about dhrushi dhOsham and the koil sippanthis ordered the deva daasis and raaja daasis to perform the appropriate dances at the junction of the streets of west and south chitthira veethi to propitaite the Lord. Even after that propitaitory act, the bearers of the Lord's vaahanam did not gain their strength to carry the Lord further. The ArchakA became possessed by the Lord and he spoke the Lord's words commanding the adhikhAris to bring His parama bhakthA closer to Him for a better darsanam and koil MariyAdhai .
Saint ThyagarAja was brouhgt closer and the DevaghAndhAri raaga devathai entered him through the krithi " vinarAdhA naa manavi " . This raagam competed with the other raaga devathAs to offer its saraNAgathi to the Ksheera Saagara Sayanan now resting on His serpent bed on the banks of KaavEri river. The saahithya vaakhyams are as follows :
Pallavi: VinarAdhA naa manavi
anupallavi: KanakAnga ! KaavEdi Ranga ! SrI Kaantha ! KaanthalElla kaamimchi pilachithE
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