Thirumalai Srinivasa and Purandara Dasa --Fourht Krithi (part 2 )
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• November 4, 1996
Dear Bahkthaas of Thirupathi VenkataramaNan : Dasar used Thodi Ragam to make saranaagathi to the Lakshmi RamaNan standing on the peak of the seven hills. Here he states that he has become blessed by the Darsana Bhagyam of His Subaasrayam . O Lord who has Vynatheya as your vehicle ( Pakshi Vahanaa) ! O Lord who destroys the Asuraas ! O lotus eyed one ! O KaruNaamurthy who took a message to Duryodhanaa's court and pleaded the case of the Paandavaas ! Please cast a glance on me and protect me . These thoughts are summarized in the following Pallavi and Anupallavi VAkyams: PALLAVI : NINNA NODI DHANYANAADENOH HEY SRINIVASA ! ANUPALLAVI : PAKSHIVAHANA LAKSHMI RAMANA LAKSHYA KOTTU NODO PAANDU PAKSHA SARVA DAITYA SIKSHA RAKSHISENNA KAMALAAKSHA ( NINNA NODI ) In the charana vaakyams , he asks a question of Sri Venkatesa consistent with the Daasa Vrutthi that he has chosen( Tamburi Meetithava --TaaLava tattitava--gejjaya kattitava --gaanava maaditava): O VenkataramaNaa! Govindaa! Am I not a servant of yours as I go from place to place singing your praise and being overcome by that moving experience ? Do not you know that in my heart of hearts I want to be protected by you from the Samsaaric ills ? Jagadheesaa ! Please show me the sanmaargam and get me across this fearsome ocean of Samsaaraa. Please have Dayaa and take me-- who is sinking in this ocean-- by Your hand and lift me up . Daasar performed SarANAgathi in this manner in the Thodi raga krithi . The charaNa vakhyams containing these thoughts are as follows : desa desa thirigi naanu aasa bhaddha naateh swami daasanu naanalava Jagadheesa kaayO srinivasa kanthu kanaka kelO yenna antharanga daasayennu antaravillateh paalisu SRIKAANTHA , Purandara VittalO Here , Daasar addresses the Lord on whose chest resides Sri Devi as Sri Kanthan in charaNam . Earlier in Anupallavi, he addressed Him as Lakshmi RamaNaa to remind himself and us about His status as the one who gives immense Joy to Sri Alamelu Mangaa presiding over Her temple at Thirucchaanur. Thus Daasar makes SaraNAgathi in the classical way prescribed by the Acharyas of one Sri Vaishnava sampradhaayam.This Prapatthi to Jaganmaathaa and Jagannaathan at the same time reminds us of the first two verses of Sri Venkatesa Prapatthi . The two verses are as follows : IsaaNaam Jagadhoasya venkatapathehr Vishno: parAm preyaseem tadh vakshasthala nityavaasa rasikAm tadhkshaanthi samvardhineem I Padmaalankrutha PaaNi pallava yugAm PadmAsanasthAm SriyAm vatsalyAdhi gunOjwalAm Bhagavtheem vandeh Jaganmaataram II Sriman KrupAjala Nideh sritha sarvaloka Sarvajna saktha natha vatsala sarvaseshin I Swaamin Suseela Sulabhaasrita PaarijAtha Sri Venkatesa charaNou saraNam Prapathyeh II The first Prapatthi slokam salutes the consort of Lord Srinivasa as PadmAsani , who resides in the chest of the Lord and increases His forbearance(Kshaanhti ) for our trespasses as our compassionate Mother . She is saluted here as the ocean of Vaatsalyam (endearing affection ) for us and is resplendent with that KalyANa gunam as the mother of ALL the beings of this Universe. After this salutation to Sri Devi in the traditional manner, The second slokam goes on to offer Prapatthi at the Lotus feet of the Lord. This slokam addresses the easily accessible Paarijaatha pushpam standing on the top of the seven Hills as Sarva Seshin , Sarvajnan , Krupaajala Nidhi , Sakthan and SwAmin . Each of the Naamas incorporated in this verse are powerful reminders of the Lord of Alamelu Mangaa , who has Dayaa as His cardinal Kalyaana GuNam. Each of these Naamaas can be connected to Dayaa DEvi saluted by Swami Desikan in his Daya Sathakam. Swami Desikan has invoked Lord Srinivasa's Dayaa as a Devi and conversed with Her through the Slokas of DayA sathakam. Purandara Daasa is one of the "KAMALA VAASA KAARUNYA EKAANTHINA : KRUTHINA : " . Swami Desikan had Azhwaars in mind , when he chose the above words to describe the twelve Bhagyasaalis some two hundred years before the birth of Purandara Daasa. Latter is indeed fit to be considered as one of the great devotees of Srinivasa , who immersed deeply (azhwaar ) in the Kaarunya Gangaa of Kamalaa Kanthan ( KAMALAA KAANTHA KAARUNYA GANGAA PLAVITHAR) . Daasar performed SaraNAgathi to that Sri Devi , the mother of the Universe in Her role as the embodiment of the Daya of Srinivasa ( SRYEASEEM SRINIVAASASYA KARUNAAMIVA RUPINEEM ) . In this Thodi krithi as well as in the earlier Bhairavi and Siva KalyAN krithis, Daasar captures the essence of the above two slokAs of Sri Venkatesa Prapatthi . He salutes the self-manifested ocean of KaruNaa , which is limitless and offers the bhagyam of Darsanam to us at the environs of Vrisha sailam in a manner evocative of Swami Desikan's ninth verse of Daya Satakam :: KAMAPYANAVADHIM VANDEH KARUNAAVARUNAALAYAM I VRISHA SAILA TATASTHAANAM SVAYAM VYAKTHIMUPAAGATHAM II SRI SRINIVASA CHARANOU SARANAM PRAPATHYE Oppiliappan Koil Vardachari Sadagopan
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