Thursday, May 14, 2009

shri GuruNaa paalithosmi-raga-paadi-rupakam


This is the third vibhakthi krithi composed by dikshithar on Lord Subrahmanya at Thiruttani.
The krithi abounds in various philosophical terms depicting glimpses of Dikshithar's athmanubhava.
Pallavi:=
Shri guruNaa paalithosmi Sacchidaananda naathena:= The word shri has the same meaning as shiva.i.e auspicious.This auspiciousness does not depend on any external factors.It is self- effulgent
and thereby perfect and completely blissful. I am protected by such auspicious Guru who is sacchidaananda naatha. Here Dikshithar refers to Lord Guruguha who has taught Pranava manthra to Lord Shiva and who is the living principle of existence knowledge and bliss.
Anupallavi:=
Aagamaadi sannuthena:= Aagamas are the ritual aspects of the vedas.The one who is praised by the aagamas.
akhila viswa vandithena:= The one propitiated by all the sentient and insentient creatures and animate and inanimate objects.
Thiagaraja vibhaathena:= The one whose resplendence was caused by Thiagaraja.
Thaapa thrayaatheethena:= The one who is beyond thaapa thraya i.e. mental pains caused by
adhyaathmika viz.bodily and mental pains, adibhuthika viz. caused by external factors like men,
beast, reptiles, animate and inanimate objects and adhi dhaivika viz. planetary influence evil spirits etc.
Charanam:=
Vedaanthartha vedyena:= The very aim of vedantha is realisation of brahman.Here the very brahman is Guruguha who symbolises the oneness of the knowledge and the knower.
Vikalpa roga vaidyena:= The confusion in the mind of sadhaka is considered a disease and Guruguha is the doctor who cures the disease.
Naadaamritha supaadhyena:=whose sacred feet are washed by the nector of nada.Mahaanubhaavas like dikshithar compose music by way of melodious krithis on the glories of gods and these songs sung with great devotion provides the nadaamirtha.
Navanaathenaadhyena:=In the beginning through nine energy resources,the world was created.
what are they?
They are sound,air,fire,water, and the composition of all these.They are the cycles of whole creation.In the cycle of creation the steps of the creation are called nava nathaas.The chain of
various elements of the cosmos make up the whole of the universe in the following manner.
The sky is made from sound;the wind is made from sky;the fire is made fromwind;the water is made from fire;and the earth is made from water.
Sadaakhya kala kareNa:=The one who forms the Saadaakhya kala.Dikshithar explains the samaya worship which is a pure internal worship without any external rituals.They believe in realizing four kinds of identities
1) Identifying the six chakraas beginning with Muladhara and the six koNas or angles of Srichakra beginning with trikona.
2)Quadrilateral in which Bindu is located in the Srichakra with the middle of the thousand petalled lotus.
3) Identity between bindu and Shiva.
4) Totality of the Srichakra identifying with fifteen letters of Panchadasaakshari Mantra or
Sri mahatripurasundari standing for her fifteen kalaas.
It is said,that by meditating on these identities the aspirant's mind gets absorbed in Saadaakhya kala.
Sadaashivaavatharena:= The incarnation of ever auspicious parameshwara.
Nadantha vihaareNa:= Nada means sound and antha means essence or inside. Our minds become absorbed in sound and we listen to music of our choice.There are external and internal sounds called in sanskrit as Ahat and Anahat,struck and unstruck sounds.Yogis maintain that the seat of the self is the heart chakra or Anahatha chakra.This is the place from which unstruck sounds originate.During meditation the inner sounds can be heard and this is considered by many as due to the rising of kundalini shakthi.Therefore nadaantha vihaarena is the rising of Anahatha as this is caused by Parameswara who actually plays in bliss in sahasraara after crossing the six chakras from muladhara viz.swadishtana,manipura,anahatha,visuddi,ajna.
Navachakraadhaarena:= Srichakram consists of nine triangles.Five downward triangles known as shakthi chakras and four upward triangles known as shiva chakras.
As per Samayaachaara the centre triangle is drawn upward. These nine chakras indicate the
fundamental basis for the world or universe known as Brahmaanda and the body known as Pindaanda.They are known as the basic elements which comprise of bone marrow ,shukla or semen prana and jiva as shivaamsa and skin,blood, flesh,brain and bone termed as shakthi amsa
It is also said that the Pancha bhuthaas viz.earth,fire,water,air and ether are known as shakthi amsa and maya,shuddha vidya,maheswara and sadashiva are shivaamsa.The substratum for all the above is the pure consciousness and this is attributed to Lord Guruguha.
Paadaambhujena pareNa:=The supreme one with feet like lotus.
Bhedaadi vidaareNa:= The One who removes discrimination.The fact that nothing has ever been created at any time and nothing comes to an end either.The absolute Brahman is manifest in all beings, sentient and insentient. This is the unborn, ever existing supreme peace. Even in every
atom there are worlds within worlds.The moment one renounces the notions of I and the world
he experiences the bliss of infinite consciousness and liberated from births and deaths.
Adi guruguha vareNa:=The guha who is the first Guru the most distinguished one.
Kadi mathaanusaareNa:=The One who followed Kadi matha.The explanation for this is already
given in the krithi "shri naathaadi".
The audio version of this song as rendered by smt.vijayalakshmi is available with
arvindsdad.blogspot.com under Dikshithar krithis.


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