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ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam :Part XIX/SrI Raama Navami series for ChithrabhAnu Year

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Sadagopan • March 30, 2003 


SrI:

Dear BhakthAs: 

SrI Raama navami at ThiruvahIndhrapuram and elsewhere 
is approaching (April 10 ,2003). At ThiruvahIndhrapuram , 
there is a sannidhi for Lord Raamachandra with Lakshmana Swamy, 
SithA PirAtti and HanumAn. Swamy Desikan was so captivated by 
the darsana soubhAgyam of this Raamachandra Moorthy and His valour 
that he composed a brilliant Sanskrit SthOthram on Lord
Raamachandra  and named it SrI Raghu Veera gadhyam 
( Mahaa Veera  vaibhavam). It is in the gadhyam (prose)
format instead of in the padhyam (poetry)format.

The annotated meanings of the 94 gadhyam pasaages of Swamy Desikan's  
Raghuveera  Gadhyam have been posted by adiyEn seven years ago
in the Bhakthi List and are archived there. Perhaps a Raama bhakthA
can unite them into one PDF Text for easy readability and make it
available to all the others . The first of those postings 
(Introduction) appeared on September 10 , 1996 and the last 
in this series on SrI Raghu Veera Gadhyam was posted on 
January 8 , 1997 in the Bahkthi list .

The URL for the First Raghuveera Gadhyam posting is:

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/sep96/0007.html

These postings on SrI Raghu Veera Gadhyam have inside them
copious references to the Bhakthi-laden Krithis of Saint
ThyagarAja SwaamigaL .Please refer to them during the upcoming
SrIraama Navami uthsava season .

Additional tributes by SrI Mutthuswamy Dikshithar to
Lord Raamachandra are housed in his 14 bhakthi-filled 
krithis  set in the follwing RaagAs:

1) SrI Ranjanai (2)NaaraayaNa  GowLai (3) Maanji 
(4) ThOdi (5) DhanyAsi (6) Dharmavathi (7)VasanthA
(8) JyOthi SvaroopiNi (9) Raama Kali (10) Hejjaji /
GaayakapriyA (11)DevagAndhAri (12) MaNirangu 
(13)KokilapriyA and (14) Maahuri/HarikhAmbOji Janyam.

The first 8 of the above 14 krithis are in a set
known as SrIRaamAshtaka Krithis.Each of these 8 krithis 
is set in a  particular vibhakthi (case) starting from 
prathamA (First)Vibhakthi to Ashtami (Eighth)Vibakthi. 

The postings related to these RaamAshtaka Krithis are 
available at Bhakti archives in the september 10 
to October 15 postings:

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/sep96/0007.html
http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/oct96/0088.html

The theme for the SrI Raama Navami Postings this year
******************************************************
adiyEn has selected the SrI Sookthi of "Abhaya PradhAna Saaram " 
of Swamy Desikan for this year's postings , which will start
from tomorrow and conclude on April 10. 

Nedumtheru VidvAn SrI Kannan Swamy has made an interesting  
observation about Dasaratha Raaman , the One to be understood
through the eternal VedAs ( veda vEdhyE ParEpumsi
DasarathAthmajE jaathE) as follows::

He says SrImad  RaamAyaNam is an Utthama Kaavyam;
it is about Dharma Saasthram;it is all about SaraNAgathy
Saasthram. The central figure (Naayakan ) of SrImad
RaamAyaNam is the Parama Purushan , the abode of anantha
KalyANa guNams, Lord Raamabhadran .The Naayaki for this 
Utthama Kaavyam none other than SaakshAth MahA Lakshmi.
The scope of the Utthama Kaavyam is about upadEsam
on all PurushArTams .

The Baala KaaNDam according to SrIman KaNNan Swamy 
points out that the Lord is the Jagath KaaraNan 
( Cause for all the universe and its beings); 
AyOdhyA KaaNDam teaches us that He is the Protector 
(Rakshakan) of this Universe;AaraNya KaaNDam reveals 
that He is the grantor of Moksham;KishkindhA KaaNDam 
assures us that Lord Raamachandran is KalyANa GuNa 
ParipoorNan; Sundara KaaNDam lets us know that 
He is the samhAra Moorthy of all unrighteous;
Yuddha KaaNDam reminds us that He is the Supreme Being
(Parama Purushan) , whose glory is sung by the VedAs.

The genius of Swamy Desikan focuses on SrImad RaamAyaNam
and demonstrates brilliantly that it is SaraNAgathy 
Saasthram personified . With abundant citations from 
SrImad  RaamAyaNam , Swamy Desikan instructs us about 
the subtle aspects of the profound upAyam of SaraNAgathy:
The ten individual chapters of this brilliant SrI Sookthi
are:

1. Prabhandha AvathAram

2. Para Tatthva NirNayam

3. SaraNAgathy Taathparya Prapancham

4. PrakaraNa Taathparya NirNayam

5. SaraNya Seela PrakAsam

6. SaraNya Vaibhava PrakAsam

7. Parama Dharma NirNayam

8. SaraNya Vratha VisEsha PrakAsam

9. SaraNya-SaraNAgatha Sangama Laabham

10. PrApthi PrakAra  Prapancham 

The subject matter is the central doctrine 
of SaraNagathy. The author of SrI Sookthi is
the sarva Tanthra Svathanthra NigamAntha 
MahA Desikan. The writer about this extraordinary
SrI Sookthi is a dullard like adiyEn .Please bear
with me about adiyEn's profound deficencies in understanding.
The intense desire to know more about this SrI Sookthi from
earlier AchArya UpadEsams propels me to take the bold step of
attempting to write about this great SrI Sookthi.
adiyEn seeks Swamy  Desikan's blessings to enter into
this kaimkaryam during this SrI Raama Navami Uthsava
Kaalam.

SrI Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 

   



 

 
  


 




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