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ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam series: Part 51: Jayantha SrI Raaga krithi of Saint ThyagarAja SwamigaL: Part II

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Sadagopan • April 19, 2003 


Dear BhakthAs of  SrI Raamachandra!

The Saahithyam Paasages for this Jayantha Sri 
Krithi are :

Pallavi:

MarugElaraa? Oh Raaghava!

Oh Raaghavaa! Why do You hide Yourself
from me ?

Anupallavi:

MarugEla ? CharAchara roopa! ParAthparaa!
Soorya-sudhAkara lOchana!

Being the indweller of all animate(ChEthanam)  and inanimate
(achEthanam) entities as Visvaroopan and shining as the Supreme
Most Lord with the very Sun and the Moon as Your two eyes , 
Oh Raama , why do You conceal Yourself from me ?

CharaNam:

anni neevanuchunantharangamuna
dhinnagA vEdaki telisikOntinayya
ninnEgAni madhi nEnnajAla nOrula
nannu BhrOvavayyaa , ThyagarAja-nutha
(MarugElaraa ? Oh Raaghava !) 

Searching my own heart and mind with assidious effort ,
I have realized that the whole Universe is nothing but
Yourself .I do not think of any one but You. I can not
even think of any one except You. Oh Raama ! Why hide
Yourself from me ? Oh Omnipresent Lord! Please come out 
and protect me .

Additional comments
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In this dhainyOkthi Krithi, ThyAgarAja SwamigaL 
touches on number of doctrines dear to SaraNAgathAs/
PrapannAs :

1. ananya gathithvam : Recognition that there is 
no one else except the Lord as the recourse and 
protector .

2. MahA VisvAsam: Total faith in that Lord as 
the Sole protector and SaraNAgatha Rakshakan. 

3.KaarpaNyam: Begging for that Lord's Mercy 
with immense humility in a spirit of total 
helplessness.

4. gOpthruva VaraNam: Soulful Prayer asking Him
to stand in the place of all UpAyams and protect. 

5. Parathvam: Recognition of the Lord Shining Supreme 
among all divinities and presenting Himself as the Visvaroopan , 
the indweller of all entities (chEthanams and achEthanams) of 
the world .

The Lord as Sarva VyApi
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"Charaachara Roopaa" is the address of ThyAgarAja SwamigL here.
"Anthar-Bhaisccha Tath Sarvam VyApya NaarAyaNa: sTitha:"
salutes the Upanishad. He pervades the sentients and 
the insentients  both inside and outside as VishNu NaarAyaNan. 

The Lord is present in the heart of the sentients with
the size of a thumb and rules the entire universe as
Prabhu.The PrANAgnihOthra Manthram housed in 
MahA NaarAyaNOpanishad refers to this angushta-mAthra 
Purushan , as the Self of all beings(Self of Selves) :

angushta-mAthra: PurushO-angushtasccha samAsritha:
Isa: Sarvasya Jagatha: Prabhu: preeNAthi Visvabhuk

Katopanishad points out that the person of the size
of the thumb residing in the middle part of the body
of the UpAsaka is the Lord of the past and the present
as well as the future. For fear of Him , the fire burns ,
for fear of Him , the Sun shines (TaittirIyam:II.8.1
and BruhadhAraNyakam:III.8.9).

Besides being the indweller, SwamigaL refers to
His CharAchara Roopathvam ( Visvaroopathvam) 
as seen by Arjuna in the middle of the battle field:

TathraikasTam jagath-kruthsnam pravibhakthamanEkadhA
apasyath DEvadEvasya SarIrE PaaNDavas-tadhA
--SrImad  Bhagavath GeethA; 11.13 

(Meaning): There ( in that form of Visvaroopan) ,
Arjuna saw the whole Universe , with its manifold 
divisions assembled together at one single spot 
with in the body of the God of all gods.

About His CharAchara Roopam , Our GeethAcharyan 
reminds us:

AhamAthmA GuDAkEsa sarvabhUthAsayasTitha:
Aham aadhisccha mahyam cha bhUthAnam anatha yEva cha
--Bhagavad Geethai: 10.20

(meaning ): Oh ArjunA! I am the Self dwelling in
the heart lotuses of all beings. I am the Beginning,
the Middle and the End of all beings.

yacchApi SarvabhUthAnAm Bheejam tadham Arjuna
na tadhasthi vinA yasyAn mayA  bhUtham CHARAACHARAM 
--Bhagavad Geethai: 10.39

(Meaning): I am also That which is the bheejam/seed of 
all beings.Oh ArjunA! Nothing that moves (ChEthanam )
or that deoes not move (achethanam), exists without Me.
Of all beings , whether they  exist in manifest 
(pratheeyamAnam) or unmanifest (avyaktham) , I am 
of that vyakthAvyaktha state.They do not exist without
Me, as their Self/antharAthmA.I am the Self of all 
things. 

In the next few GeethOpadEsams , the Lord describes
further His Visvaroopathvam ( CharAchara Roopathvam
and ParamAthmathvam saluted by ThyAgarAja SwamigaL 
in this Jayantha SrI Keethanam) this way:

" There is no limit ot my Divine manifestations
(nAnthOsthi Mama VibhUtheenAm Paranthapa).
Whatever being possessed of power, or a splendour,or 
of energy , know that as coming from a fragment of My 
Power(tEjOmsa Sambhavam)"... Bhagavad Geethai :10.40& 41.

This Jayantha SrI Raga krithi contains thus the seeds of
great doctrines associated with SaraNAgathy yOgam. 

Splendid indeed is the Raama  Bhakthi of SrI ThyAgarAja 
SwamigaL that created this and so many other gems of
Krithis and presented them as RaamArpanam. 

Please worship this Lord as Venakata Raaman at 
ThiruvahIndhrapuram.

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/temples/tiruvahindrapuram/index.html 

Please support this Kaimakryam for Lord DevanAthan and
Thank You all ! 

YentharO MahAnubhAvulu anthariki Vandhanamu,
SrI DevanAtha CharaNou Saranamaham PrapadhyE,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan    




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