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ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series: Part 54, KambhOji Krithi realting to "SeethAyanam "

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Sadagopan • Sun Apr 20 2003 - 16:29:19 PDT 


SrI:

Dear Sri Raamachandra BhakthAs:

Today , we will study together the KaambhOji Krithi,
where ThyAgarAja  SwamigaL reminds Lord Raamachandran 
about the secret behind His auspiciousness and when 
that Sarva MangaLathvam started to come His way .

The KaambhOji Krithi identifies the source of that
auspiciousness as Jaanaki PirAtti and that the Lord
Of AyOdhyA became celebrated as Sarva MangaLa paripoorNan
immediately after He held SitA PirAtti's hand during 
the PaaNigrahaNam stage of His Vaidhika VivAham 
at MithilApuri .

The krithi relating to this empowerment of the Lord 
is as follows:

Pallavi 
********
Maa Jaanaki cheDDa BaDDaga MahaarAja vaithivi

(meaning): Oh Lord Raamachandra! You transformed
in to such a fortunate man , when you held out Your hand 
and clasped the auspicious hand of our beloved Jaanaki
in holy matrimonial union. 

Anupallavi
**********
Raaja Raajavara RaajeevAksha vinu-
RaavANAri yani rAjillu keerthiyu ( Maa jaanaki)

Oh RaajAdhi Raaja( King of Kings)! Oh RaajeevAksha
(with eyes reminding one of the beauty and softness of
the  Lotus flower)! That act of Union of Your hand 
with that of our beloved Jaanaki PirAtti got you positioned
to earn later the title of RaavaNA's Vanquisher.  

CharaNam 
*********

kaanakEgi yAj~na meeraka mAyA-
kAra munichi sikhi-chenthanE yuNDi
dhAnavuni ventanE chani yasOkataru moolanUNDi
vaani maaDaluku gOpagimcha kaNDa 
vadhiyinchakanE yuNDi
SrI Naayaka ! yasamu neekE kalga-
jEya lEdhA? ThyagarAja-paripAla (Maa Jaanaki) 

SrIman PurusshOtthaman's translation of this passage 
from his ThyAgOpanishad monograph some 28 years ago
is most beautiful to refer to:

" Following You the forest faithfully , obeying Your 
behests implicitly , assuming a false form plausibly ,
staying the whilst with the Fire God purely , going with
RaakshasA mournfully , languishing under the AshOka tree 
despairingly , suffering the Raakshasan's (insulting)words 
stoically instead of finishing him off with one look 
instantly , Oh Lord of Lakshmi, did She not deny Herself of 
every thing and  reserve all glories for You and
for You alone to be saluted as Vijaya Raaghavan ? ". 

Addresssing the Lord in the most delectable manner as
" SrI NaayakA " ThyAgarAja SwamigaL asks the Lord the question:
" Oh King of Kings! Did n't Your Yasas (keerthi ) as
RaavaNAri ( the destroyer of RaavaNa) arise from the power
conferred on You by our Jaanaki PirAtti during the time
of Your PaaNigrahaNam ? Had that(association)  not happened , 
who could say confidently that You would become revered as 
the mighty slayer of the evil Raavana? That single sacred act 
of " Chetta battuta" ( Clasping of the hand of our princess 
Jaanaki thru paanigrahaNam )made You a maharaajA ( the Most  
fortunate man).That in turn paved the way for your reputation 
of being recognized as the Chathru/ari (foe) of RaavaNa.

In this krithi , Thyagabrahmam follows the version of
Aananda RaamAyaNam ( instead of VaalmIki RaamAyaNam) ,
when he refers to " Maayaakaaramunichi SikhichenthanE yuNDi". 
According to Aananda RaamaayaNam , SitA PirAtti assumes 
a Maaya (false) form and goes with RaavaNa , when he kidnaps Her ,
while Her real form stays back with Agni Devan until She
returns from LankA with Her vicorious Lord.She undergoes 
Agni Pravesam and returns to her Lord's side as 
the Nija SeethA.
 
Describing the PaaNigrahaNam scene on that Vijaya MuhUrtham,
day ,when Utthara Phalgumni Nakshathram was in ascendance ,
Sage Vaalmiki recalls the statement of the proud father Janaka :

"iyam SeethA mama suthA sahadharamacharI Tava
 pratheeccha chainAm bhadram tE PAANIM GRUHNEESHVA PAANINAA
 PathivrathA MahAbhAgA chAyEvAnugathA sadhaa
--SrImad RaamAyaNam : Baala KaaNDam: 73.26-27)

(Meaning): " This SitA , my daughter is going to be Your
helpmate in discharging Your sacred duties . Take Her hand
in Your own and accept Her as Your own . May  good betide You!
She is highly fortuante and will remain exclusively devoted
to You and will ever follow You as Your shadow".

The sorrows that SitA PirAtti suffered during her captivity in
Lanka at AshOka Vanam and Her patient  waiting for the Lord to 
rescue Her and resisting the temptation to reduce RaavaNa 
to ashes with Her own power of Paathivrathyam /Chastity 
(Sundara KaaNDam)and finally joining Her victorious Lord 
after the destruction of RaavaNa (Yuddha KaaNDam) are 
referred to in the charanam section of this
moving tribute to SitA PirAtti as the highest ideal 
of womanhood in the Indian tradition.      
 
SrI HemAbhja Valli SamEtha DevanAtha CharaNou 
Saranamaham PrapadhyE,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan    



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