sri guruguha murthe - udayaravichandrika - rupakam

 

Thiruththani tank
This is the eighth vibhakthi krithi on Lord Subrahmanya by sri Dikshithar .The first one invoked the Lord's blessings for the auspicious completion of this group krithis on Lord Muruga and after

completion of the same, in this krithi Dikshithar sings victory to the Lord for His sterling attributes
as a matter of thanksgiving.

Pallavi:=

Shri Guruguha Murthe chitshakthispurthe jaya:= Here Lord Guruguha is addressed as fulfiller of chit shakthi. Chit shakthi is the power of consciousness or subjectivity and identifies with the unmanifested absolute.This is opposite to maya shakthi which is the power of consciousness and objectivity which identifies with the world, the manifestation of absolute.Victory unto you!
Sishya janaavana keerthe sumuhurthe jaya:= Renowned for protecting the disciples, considered auspicious, victory unto you!

Anupallavi:=

Yogini hrudaya prakasa chitta vrutthe:= The yogini hrudaya belongs to what is known as kadi line of shri vidya. Kadi means the letter ka etc. and refers to the fifteen lettered mantra.The well known Shri yantra is considered to be one with the manthra and with the devatha known as shri maha thripura sundari. Guruguha enlightens this concept.

Yugapad mogha yoga pradaana nipuna shakte:= Unsurpassed in giving at a time objective pleasures or subjective spiritual pursuits

Aagama rahasya thathvaanusanthaana yukthe:= The one who is skilled in observing the secrets of the aagamas.

Aanandaanurakthe athi virakthe jaya jaya:= blissfully loving and very detached at the same time,victory unto you!

Charanam:=
Aathmeswara jeeva bhedaavarana nvrutte:= In the navaavarana the fifth avarana speaks about the imaginary distinction about jeeva and Easwara. The individualised consciousness itself is known as the jiva or individual soul, when the potentialities are in the extremely subtle state. When all this play of jiva ceases, that itself shines as the supreme self. The Lord takes jiva
to this nvrutti marga.(spiritual)

Aasritha sishyaanugraha kaarana pravrutte:= One who bestows His grace on His devoted desciples in an ever increasing way.

Aathma thatvaadi shodana saadana sampathte:=The One who bestows the tools of realising the self.

Aaraktha swetha misra charana pravruthte:= His lotus feet abound in the hue of mixture of red and white indicating the confluence of Shiva's white hue with Parvathi's reddish hue.

Aathma koti bhakthe anaadi maayothpathte:= The One with the loyal devotees of innumerable number and the One who generates the maya called the universe which is but a long dream.The ego sense and also the fancy that there are others are as real as dream objects.

Aathmanubhava saara santhrupthe nirmukthe:=Completely satisfied with the essence of self realisation and thereby completely freed from worldly attachments.

Madhyama kalam:=
Aathmodaya ravi chandrika sandeeptha:=With His all pervading self He enlightens the rising Sun and the Moon.

Paramaathma shri Chidaananda Natha namasthe jaya jaya:=The all pervading Supreme Self Shri Chidaananda Natha, Lord Subrahmanya, victory unto you!

The audio version of this song is available,as sung by smt.Vijayalakshmi. in arvindsdad.blogspot.com

Guruguhaswamini - Bhanumathi - khanda thriputa

This is the seventh(Sapthami) vibhakthi krithi of Lord Subrahmanya at thiruthani composed by Sri Muthuswami Dikshithar.

Pallavi:=

Guruguhaswamini Bhakthim karomi:= I am devoted to Lord Guruguha.

Nirupama sve mahimni para dhaamni:= Because He is unparalleled in His glory; He is unparalleled in the supreme state.

Anupallavi:=

Karunaakara chidaananda naathaathmani:= Lord Guruguha ,with His wealth of compassion resides in the cave of heart for each soul as personification of knowledge, tranquility and supreme peace.

Kara charaNadi avayava pariNamathmani:= Unlike the seed that creates the tree, brahman creates the world without destroying itself. Brahman is a nameless and formless being. In every atom there are countless world appearances. Time, space motion and matter are all different aspects of a single infinite consciousness. Only when the truth is perceived these appearances which are illusory will vanish and sarvam brahma mayam will be experienced. Until then Guruguha with His divine form with hands and feet appears for our worship.

Tharunollaasadi pujitha swaathmani:= Parasurama kalpa sutra speak about five stages for the yoga sadhaka which are as follows: Aarambha(beginning), taruna (youthful) yavvana (adolescent) praudha (mature), praudhantha(end of maturity) The sadhaka should practise samayacharya and when the sixth state of mindlessness is achieved all the restrictions are removed. Here Dikshithar says he worships Guruguha of such highest achievement.

Dharanyaadyakila thathvaatheethathmani :=The tatvas are the properties of human body and there are about ninety six of them. The Earth tatva comes under the heading Pancha bhuta and Guruguha is beyond these tatvas.

Charanam:=

Nijarupa jitha paavakendu bhanumathi:= The One Who outshines fire, moon, and the sun

Nirathisayaanande hamso viramathi:= Who revels in the blissful state of paramahamsas.

Aja sikshana rakshana vichakshana sumathi:= The One Who punished as well as protected Brahma the intelligent.

Hari Hayadi devatha gana pranamathi:= Worshipped by gods such as Hari and Shiva.

Madhyama kala:=

Yajanaadi karma niratha bhusura hithe:= The One who is dear to the brahmanas who perform sacrifices.

Yama niyamaadi ashtaanga yoga vihithe:= There are six systems constituting the vedic philosophy and Patanjali yoga is one of them. It is called Ashtanga yoga, yoga of eight parts or limbs.These are 1) restraint 2) observance 3) posture 4) breath control 5) sense withdrawal 6) concentration 7) meditative absorption 8) ecstasy(standing inside of).
The first two relate to yama and niyama.

Vijayavalli Devasena sahithe:= The victorious one with Valli and Devasena.

Veeraadi sannuthe vikalpa rahithe:=The One adored by bravehearts and the One Who is formless and thereby incomprehensible.

The audio link of this song as rendered by smt.R.Vedavalli is available in arvindsdadblogspot.com under Dikshithar krithis.

Guruguhasya daasoham - ragam Purvi - Thalam Misra chapu.

Thiruththani temple at present

This is the sixth vibhakthi krithi composed by Sri Dikshithar on Lord Muruga of Thiruthtani.

Pallavi:=

Shri Guruguhasya daasoham:= Dikshithar boldly declares " I am a slave of Sri Guruguha. Dikshithar justifies this statement by bringing out the glories of Guruguha in the entire song.

No cheth chit guruguha ekaaham:=  Otherwise I am one with Him in my mind.

Anu Pallavi:=

Bhoga Mokshaathmaka charaNasya:= His feet are capable of granting enjoyment as well as liberation

Bhupuraadi navavaraNasya:= The first avarana is known as Bhupura and the chakra is thrilokya mohana, enchanter of the three worlds. Mother Goddess Kamalamba is the mother of Guruguha. She is thripurasundari, whose beauty has no parallel in the three worlds.
The srichakra puja proceeds from the outer first avarana to the bindu in the ninth avarana and Dikshithar considers Guruguha as the Paramaathma who envelops all this.

Yogi brindhaantha:karaNasya:=The one who dwells in the heart of yogins

Yoga peetadhikaraNasya:= The one who is in the chief position of all yoga peetas.

CharaNam:=

Sanakaadi purvika munigana sannuthaananda vigrahasya:= There is a story about the saints. Sanakaadis in the eleventh canto of Srimad Bhagavatham. Lord Brahma sent His sons, Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanathana and Sanathkumara who were born out of His mind, to different directions to procreate in order to help the process of creation. They were enlightened souls who took a vow to remain as five year old celebates and brahmacharins in the service of God. When they wanted to learn about the thathva behind Radha-krishna leela, Hamsa bhagavan incarnated and explained to them and ultimately the Sanakadis incarnated as sakhis of Bhagavan. Guruguha exalted the happiness of Sanakadis by being with them.

Vanaja bhavaadi sakala sumano vaanchi thaarthaanugrahasya:= Fulfills the wishes of all good people like Brahma.

Janana layaadi rupa prapancha agnaana karya nigrahasya:= In this created world of name and form the agnaana or ignorance is to think that it is real. The moment the unreality of the existence of the objective world is realised as the blueness of the sky is unreal, the Lord is realised. Lord Guruguha destroys this ignorance.

Manana, dhyana, samaadhir nishta mahaanubhava hrudgrhasya:= One who grasps and reflects upon the purports of scriptures attains unfathomable wisdom,firm conviction and un perturbable coolness of spirit. Guruguha resides in the abodes of hearts of such mahaanubhavaas.

Madhyama kalam:=

Dinakara koti vibhaswarasya:= Guruguha resplendent with the shine of one crore suns.

Tejomaya jagadeeshwarasya:= Guruguha is the light in which the self and the world shine.

Janaranjanakarasya varasya:= ( By dispelling the ignorance) Guruguha bestows the boon of blissful existence to the people.

Sarvasmaath parasya harasya:= For all of us Guruguha is the giver and taker of everything.

This song as rendered by Smt.vijayalakshmi is available in arvindsdad.blogspot.com under Dikshithar krithis

Guruguhaadanyam na jaaneham - balahamsa ragam - jhampa thalam

Fifth vibhakthi krithi on Lord Subrahmanya at Tiruttani by Dikshithar.

Pallavi:=

Guruguhaadanyam na jaaneham:= I do not know anyone else other than Guruguha
(Of possesing the following attribute)

Gupthaagamaartha thathva prabhodhino:= With the great awakening of the philosophy and meaning of the agamas held in secret, Shakthi is known as thripura. Literally it means three cities. They are the states of wakeful, dream and deep sleep. The under current of consciousness in all of them which remains unaffected is metaphorically called Shri thripura. By giving the feminine concept of thripura, the care of loving mother for her created offsprings is established. The interest in thripura creates the zeal for knowing the Truth. This study is the essence of the study of all agamaas viz. vedic, vaishnava, shaiva, shaktha,and Pasupatha.

AnuPallavi:=

Arunodayaananda koti brahmaandaakaara shivaadi dharaantha thathva swaroopiNo:= Embodying the shiva, vishnu thathvas He is resplendant like sunrise in crores of universes at a time.

Charanam:=

Sahasra dala sarasija madhya nivaasino:=The atman the self in the form of Guruguha resides in the Sahasraara chakra which is above the head and known as the thousand petalled lotus.

Sakala chandra bhaskara teja prakaasino:= He is shining as all the moons and suns in the crores of universes put together.

Sahajaananda sthita daasa visvaasino:= The entire creation is like a stage on which each created being or matter exhibits certain characteristics of own and play their roles as per a natural order portraying various moods and which produces and removes various seasons accompanied by celestial music and roaring of the oceans.The stage is illuminated by the sun, moon and the stars, with its actors and actresses as living beings in all the worlds.These denizens of universe enjoying the bliss of the natural order stand in awe-stricken loyalty to Guruguha.The Lord is the silent witness to this cosmic dance.

Sacchith sukhaathmaka visva vilaasino:= The infinite consciousness is omnipresent and it is without beginning and end. It is pure , unmodified, undifferentiated being. It is known as existence, knowledge and bliss. The very same infinite consciousness fancied to create this universe with its vivid sentient beings and insentient matter.

Madhyama kaalam:=

Aharaha:prabhala hamsa prakaasaathmano:= In Srividya Shiva is known as prakaasa and Shakthi is called vimarsa i.e the opposite of prakaasa in the sense that it denotes reasoning due to the existence of doubts. Prakaasa is represented as 'ha' and vimarsa is represented as
'sa'. The principle that joins shiva kala 'ha' and shakthi kala 'sa' is called MUKHA AKSHARA
which is denoted by bindu (.) Therefore prakasa-bindu-vimarsa all the three combined becomes
HAMSA.

The chinmudra is the symbolic representation that jiva is shiva or prakasa swarupa.The thumb
in chin mudra stands for prakasa thathva and the index finger denotes jiva in thuria avastha.
When they both join they indicate both are one. Rest of the three fingers are separated to show that the three avasthas viz. jaagra, swapna, sushupthi. The jiva crossing these three stages becomes united with prakasa thathva in thuria avastha.Day in and day out Guruguha enlightens the liberated jivas of this thathva.

Dahara vidya pradaayaka paramaathmano:= In the eighth chapter of Chaandogya upanishad, Dahara vidya is termed as a meditation technique of concentrating in the cave of the heart about Brahman.The upanishads are the direct instructions of Paramaathma. Thus Guruguha is called by Dikshithar as the Paramathma offering dahara vidya.

JahadajahallakshaNaya jeevaikyaathmano:= What is jahallakshaNa? When we look at a statement that there is a village on the Ganges, the river Ganges (the primary meaning) is replaced by the idea that the village is on the banks of the Ganges.

Ajahallakshana:= When we say the spears are coming, we mean an army with spears are coming. Here the primary cause is retained.

Jahadajahallakshana:= When we say, the boy is a lion, we attribute the partial secondary nature of lion may be its power, strength or valour leaving other animal attributes.
Dikshithar praises the lord Guruguha as representing the oneness of jiva with Himself on the basis of Jahadajahallakshana.

Raha:pujitha chidananda nathaathmano:= As mentioned earlier Guruguha is the Paramathma offering dahara vidya in the cave of His heart in secret and enjoyer of self as the Lord of the mind full of bliss.

This krithi as rendered beautifully by Sri.R.Suryaprakash is available in arvindsdad.blogspot.com under the heading Dikshithar krithis.The blog further contains a treatise on the raga balahamsa.

Guruguhaaya - Ragam sama - Thalam - adi

Theppam at Thiruththani

This is the fourth vibhakthi krithi of Dikshithar on Lord Subrahmanya, the presiding deity of the
temple at ThiruttaNi.

Pallavi:=

Guruguhaaya bhakthaanugrahaaya kumaaraaya namo namasthe:=I prostrate again and again Lord Guruguha who readily fulfils the prayers of His devotees and who is famous for His youthful form.

Anupallavi:=

Guruguhaaya bhakthaanugrahaaya gunaatheethaaya ruparahithaaya:= Guruguha the great preceptor who is the benefactor of the devotees has transcended the three gunas,viz. sathva, rajas,and thamas as He is the Paramaathma. He is formless. He is pure consciousness.

Hari hara virinchi rupaaya,Sachidaananda swaroopaaya shivaaya:=He manifests in the forms of Hari, Hara and Brahma. His nature is sat, chit, Aananda. He is ever auspicious.

Charanam:=

Sakala agama manthra saaragnaaya:= He knows the purport of all aagamaas and manthraas.

Sat sampradaaya sarvagnaaya:= He is well versed in the path of righteousness.

Sakala nishkala prakaasakaaya:= He is manifest in the world as many, sentient and insentient and He is the pure consciousness on which the world is superimposed.

Saamarasya sampradaayakaaya:= The union of shakthi tathva with sadaashiva tathva leads to the blissful experince of the samara saadaakya sampradaya which is possible only when the kundalini shakthi reaches sahasraara chakra. Guruguha is the bestower of such experience to the saadhaka.

Madhyama kaala:=

Vikalebhara kaivalya daanaya:= Guruguha is the giver of videha mukthi for the sadakaas or aspirants who have become jeevanmukthaas. As a srividya upasaka Dikshithar experienced this.

Vikalpaheenaya vignaanaaya:= When one realizes the pure consciousness stage all the confusions regarding the world and ego vanish whereas Guruguha's very nature is that.

Shukha vaamadeva vanditha padaaya:=Sage Shukha is known as sukhabrahmam. There is a story extolling the nature of shukha. Once, when he was passing a river wherein young girls were bathing, even though the girls noticed him they never felt shy about his presence. Afterwards when Vyasa Bhagavan was passing by the same river the girls felt shy and searched for their clothes. When enquired by Vyasa the girls said sage shukha perceived the world as brahman and for him every thing was brahman. The unsullied notion of shukha was felt by the girls and they did not feel as though they were in the presence of a male member. Vamadeva,according to skanda purana was directly instructed by Guruguha on the secret of pranava manthra as the Lord was pleased with his sadhana in his search for brahman.

Shukha vamadeva mukthi pradaaya:= Guruguha bestowed mukthi on Shukha and Vamadeva. 

The audio version of the above krithi as rendered by smt.Nithyasri is available in arvindsdad.blogspot.com under dikshithar krithis.

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.

Manasa guruguha roopam-rupaka thaalam-aananda bhairavi

This is the second vibhakthi krithi on Lord Muruga composed by dikshithar at tiruthani.
Pallavi:
Maanasa guruguha roopam Bhaja re re := Oh mind, meditate on the form of guruguha and
Maayaa maya hrid thaapam thyaja re re := Cast off the sorrows created by delusion.
The raaga aananda bhairavi is aptly applied to this composition by dikshithar as it always leaves the listener with divine peace eliminating all the agitations from one's mind.
What is the delusion ?
What is seen here as human beings including you me, they,etc. are only apparitions.In reality they do not exist.Nothing has been created.Only the supreme paramaathma exists.The rest are illusions
of forms and names.Leave this.
If this ignorance or sorrow of delusion is not overcome it gives rise to interminable sufferings not only in this birth but also in the countless lifetimes to come.
Anu Pallavi:
Maanava janmani sampraapthe sathi paramaathmani nirathisaya sukham vraja re re :=
Having achieved human birth seek to obtain unsurpassed bliss in Paramaathma and avoid the mundane pleasures.
There is only one way to remove the ignorance i.e the conviction to renounce the cravings for sense pleasures.By doing this mind is cleansed of its agitations.Now it is fit to turn towards Paramaathma. For what purpose?
In order to obtain nirathisaya sukham which is unsurpassed bliss and which is not available
otherwise elsewhere.
Charanam:
Sathva guNopaathi sahitha sadaashivam:= Lord Shiva depicting the everlasting happiness
by His very name Sadaashiva accompanied by sattva guna or saatvic qualities.
Sva avidya sametha jeevodbhavam tathvam thaamasa yutha viswa vaibhavam:=All living things are born out of Him owing to their ignorance.The universe with its thaamasic qualities is again the manifestation of His greatness.
Thought and mind are one and the same.If thoughts are completely removed what is left out is none other than pure consciousness.The thoughts are nothing but the perception of the external world consisting of nama and roopa.In short experience is another name for the mind.
The world is entirely pervaded by pure consciousness including every atom there in.
Supposing we perceive a gold ornament and if we are immediately conscious of the gold in it and realise that the gold and the ornament are one and the same the object and subject become one.
The same rule applies to the perceived world.We realise the presence of pure consciousness
all around and we cease to be affected by love and hate likes and dislikes etc. and an ever lasting
peace dwells in our hearts.
Tharakeswaram Aananda bhairavam:=The one who annihilated Tharakaasura and the Bhairava
the annihilator brimming with eternal bliss.Here dikshithar merges Guruguha and Sadaashiva as one confirming the above philosophy.
Madhyama kaalam:
Nathwa sri guru charanam krthvaa naamasmaranam jithwa mohaavaranam mathwa thvadeka
saranam:=Prostrate at the feet of guru.repeat the bhagavan nama in the mind win over the cravings of the mind and surrender to Him as the only refuge.
This song's audio version available under dikshithar krithis in the blog"arvindsdad.blogspot.com
as rendered beautifully by smt.Bombay Jayashree.