SuklAmbaradaram vishNum SasivarNam chathurbujam
Prasannavadanam dhyAyEth sarva vignopashAnthayE |
We should pray to Lord GaNapathy to remove all obstacles when we start any plan of action. He is all pervading, wears white dress, possesses moon like lustre, has four hands and has ever bliss radiating face. ( the Lord GaNapathy chooses to present before his ardent devotees, in a form suited for their heart's desire.)
Sri ThyAgaraja swAmigaL in his kruthi, "Shri GaNapati ni sEvimparE,.......". in rAgam, sourAshtram and ThaLam- Adi,, ethusiastically invites all devotees to adore Lord GaNapati, when He is coming dancing gloriously after being worshipped by Brahma.This kruthi forms the first kruthi sung before the "pancharathna kruthis"-( 5gems like kruthis composed by Thyagaraja swAmigal). These are sung When SwAmigaL's ArAdana is offered in different karnAtic music-centres and by groups of musicians all over India and abroad too.
The context chosen by our SwAmigaL, to worship Lord GaNapati with other devotees is a special occasion. Swamigal gives a picture of GaNapati thus:-" Brahma has worshipped Lord GaNapathy. After accepting that worship, GaNapati is coming out gLoriously dancing. The Lord part-took the offerings, jack fruit coconuts, jambu fruits, and then comes to earth treading with his heavy resounding steps.Lord GaNapati Himself has installed the holi feet of Hari in His heart.He also comes out dancing in a variety of rhythms.Lord GaNapati is also praised by ThyAgaraja swAmigal in all humility."
We will go through the text-sAhithyam of the kruthi with the meaning. That is an interesting experience as well enlightening experience. Next time one hears the kruthi, is definitely going to enjoy the music-ragam along with the meaning, the thoughts expressed by Sri ThyAgarAja swAmigaL. He-swAmigaL invites devotees who usually adore Lord GaNapati to join himself in worshiping the Lord in a special context.
P. ShrigaNapatini sEvimparE, shritamAnavulArA!........... (Shri)
AP.VAgAdipAdi supUjala chEkoni
BAga natimpuchu vedalina......................... (Shri)
In the pallavi, swAmigaL calls out"oh men of devotion! come and adore, worship Lord GaNapati."
In anupallavi swamigaL describes the context, as well the Lord's captivating appearance.
"Adore GaNapati, who, having received the worship of BrahmA, is coming, dancing gloriously!"
ch. Panasa-nArikElAdi-jambU-palamulAraginchi
Ganatarambuganu mahipai padamulu
Gallugallana nunchi
anayamu HaricharaNayugamulanu hruda-
yAmbujamuna nunchi
vinayamunanu ThyAgarAja vinuthudu
vividagatula dalangumani vEdalina................................. (Shri)
Here, swAmigaL further explains thus in the charaNam:-" Lord GaNapati, after partaking of the offering of jack-fruit, coconuts, jambu fruit etc., is coming treading the earth with his heavy resounding steps! Who, with the holy feet of Hari installed in His heart, comes out dancing in a variety of rhythms! GaNapaty whom TyAgaraja praises in all humility."
This kruti on Lord GaNapati is one among the many krutis on Lord GaNapati. In general any
kruti by Sri TyAgarAja SwAmigaL is fully charged with pure devotion, bakti. They are, if sung with
pure devotion, in one's family-altar, the kruti of the saint-singer is capable of earning the grace of the
divinity. To earn the divine grace, one's concentrated thought of the divinity with the yearning to worship, offer a prayer are the powerful tools that are capable of guiding one nearer to ones adored
deity.When I say nearer, it means one will be shaped to mentally spend more time in god-thought, as well an interest to offer scheduled, unfailing prayer routine, which is the first platform for our progress.
Our India/BhArath is blessed with many, many saints and saint singers who who spent their whole lives in working out their spiritual unity with the Supreme Being. They were all born, understood the goal of the human birth, and worked out their salvation, in their own way. There are innumerable realised souls from time unknown, in all the yugas. They all loved humanity at large, and left ways and means, for every human being born, to seek the same goal.Once we understand the purpose of human birth, one day or other every one of us will start working along the spiritual path laid down by their personal experience.
Sangeetam-karnatic music is one vidya, a divine art. Any knowledge or art has it's source only in and from the supreme Being. So they all should be dedicated only to Divinity. Dance, sangeetam, painting, sculpture, knowledge of any branch are all to be dedicated only to Divinity. If we and our society are to flourish, we have to follow these creative guidelines, and consciously honour them for our own good.
Dr.RadakrishNan in his foreword to"The Spiritual Heritage of TyAgaraja", says" We have had in our country from the time of the Rg Veda down to our own days a long line of torch bearers who stress the primacy of spiritual values, who point out that even as the human being is above the animal, the spiritual man is above the human. We are not yet; we hope to be."....."it is good to be reminded of the supreme values of knowledge, discipline and devotion..... We have had a few great spirits in the last century who emphasised the ideals of the race and demonstrated their vitality and power of survival and one of the most notable of these saint-singers was TyAgarAjA"
Around 800 krutis of Sri TyAgarAja SwAmigaL have been collected, saved and brought out as books with text(sahityam), commentry in tamil/english, and even with swara notations. Each kruti is a gem of it's own kind,a treat for the ear through it's sangeetam-dimension; in their thought force, pregnant with puranic-itihasic-epic-links, they educate and uplift our inner core to unimaginable fields of refinement and bliss.The love, intimacy, purity of the right claimed by a deeply sincere devotee are all a welcome treat for one's soul.
There is an introductory thesis by Sri.V.Raghavan. It helps us to educate ourselves, to deeply understand the life, dedicated by Sri ThyAgarAja swamigal purely for adoration and love of Sri RAma. Sri Raghavan details for us thus:- "One of the distinguishing characteristics of ThyAgarAjA
as a composer is the large number of songs he has given us on the noble art that he handled, and the many references he has made to it in his other songs. These songs and references cover every aspect
of the art, musical criticism, elucidation of musical concepts, the best way to practise music, music as a help to spiritual effort and above all, music itself as a Yoga and a siddhi, a path and a realisation."
The 206 pages of the thesis is a constant enlightening guidance for an enthusiastic aspirant; one can become a sincere student, why even a sishyan /sishyai too of ThyAgarAja SwAmigal.For one interested in learning enthusiastically, about the saint singer, his musical thesis on bakti/devotion, and Sri Rama, a university, of oceanic dimension is awaiting. Fortunate souls will surely awaken themselves to start their exploration. It is my sincere prayer and authentic dream that more younger generation should educate themselves about all the eternal saints, saint-singers, and the heritage they have bequeathed for the posterity, with universal love; what do they expect from all of us? Nothing
but spiritual upliftment of one and all. We all owe it as duty towards our great realised souls.
Note. In anupallavi- the text is "VAgAdipAdi"=VAgAdipa+Adi ;This means, Brahma and other devas. SwAmigaL tells here that we are having darshan of Lord GaNapati right after He received worship from Brahma and other Devas, Indra,Vayu, Agni, VaruNa, and other devas.
Prasannavadanam dhyAyEth sarva vignopashAnthayE |
We should pray to Lord GaNapathy to remove all obstacles when we start any plan of action. He is all pervading, wears white dress, possesses moon like lustre, has four hands and has ever bliss radiating face. ( the Lord GaNapathy chooses to present before his ardent devotees, in a form suited for their heart's desire.)
Sri ThyAgaraja swAmigaL in his kruthi, "Shri GaNapati ni sEvimparE,.......". in rAgam, sourAshtram and ThaLam- Adi,, ethusiastically invites all devotees to adore Lord GaNapati, when He is coming dancing gloriously after being worshipped by Brahma.This kruthi forms the first kruthi sung before the "pancharathna kruthis"-( 5gems like kruthis composed by Thyagaraja swAmigal). These are sung When SwAmigaL's ArAdana is offered in different karnAtic music-centres and by groups of musicians all over India and abroad too.
The context chosen by our SwAmigaL, to worship Lord GaNapati with other devotees is a special occasion. Swamigal gives a picture of GaNapati thus:-" Brahma has worshipped Lord GaNapathy. After accepting that worship, GaNapati is coming out gLoriously dancing. The Lord part-took the offerings, jack fruit coconuts, jambu fruits, and then comes to earth treading with his heavy resounding steps.Lord GaNapati Himself has installed the holi feet of Hari in His heart.He also comes out dancing in a variety of rhythms.Lord GaNapati is also praised by ThyAgaraja swAmigal in all humility."
We will go through the text-sAhithyam of the kruthi with the meaning. That is an interesting experience as well enlightening experience. Next time one hears the kruthi, is definitely going to enjoy the music-ragam along with the meaning, the thoughts expressed by Sri ThyAgarAja swAmigaL. He-swAmigaL invites devotees who usually adore Lord GaNapati to join himself in worshiping the Lord in a special context.
P. ShrigaNapatini sEvimparE, shritamAnavulArA!........... (Shri)
AP.VAgAdipAdi supUjala chEkoni
BAga natimpuchu vedalina......................... (Shri)
In the pallavi, swAmigaL calls out"oh men of devotion! come and adore, worship Lord GaNapati."
In anupallavi swamigaL describes the context, as well the Lord's captivating appearance.
"Adore GaNapati, who, having received the worship of BrahmA, is coming, dancing gloriously!"
ch. Panasa-nArikElAdi-jambU-palamulAraginchi
Ganatarambuganu mahipai padamulu
Gallugallana nunchi
anayamu HaricharaNayugamulanu hruda-
yAmbujamuna nunchi
vinayamunanu ThyAgarAja vinuthudu
vividagatula dalangumani vEdalina................................. (Shri)
Here, swAmigaL further explains thus in the charaNam:-" Lord GaNapati, after partaking of the offering of jack-fruit, coconuts, jambu fruit etc., is coming treading the earth with his heavy resounding steps! Who, with the holy feet of Hari installed in His heart, comes out dancing in a variety of rhythms! GaNapaty whom TyAgaraja praises in all humility."
This kruti on Lord GaNapati is one among the many krutis on Lord GaNapati. In general any
kruti by Sri TyAgarAja SwAmigaL is fully charged with pure devotion, bakti. They are, if sung with
pure devotion, in one's family-altar, the kruti of the saint-singer is capable of earning the grace of the
divinity. To earn the divine grace, one's concentrated thought of the divinity with the yearning to worship, offer a prayer are the powerful tools that are capable of guiding one nearer to ones adored
deity.When I say nearer, it means one will be shaped to mentally spend more time in god-thought, as well an interest to offer scheduled, unfailing prayer routine, which is the first platform for our progress.
Our India/BhArath is blessed with many, many saints and saint singers who who spent their whole lives in working out their spiritual unity with the Supreme Being. They were all born, understood the goal of the human birth, and worked out their salvation, in their own way. There are innumerable realised souls from time unknown, in all the yugas. They all loved humanity at large, and left ways and means, for every human being born, to seek the same goal.Once we understand the purpose of human birth, one day or other every one of us will start working along the spiritual path laid down by their personal experience.
Sangeetam-karnatic music is one vidya, a divine art. Any knowledge or art has it's source only in and from the supreme Being. So they all should be dedicated only to Divinity. Dance, sangeetam, painting, sculpture, knowledge of any branch are all to be dedicated only to Divinity. If we and our society are to flourish, we have to follow these creative guidelines, and consciously honour them for our own good.
Dr.RadakrishNan in his foreword to"The Spiritual Heritage of TyAgaraja", says" We have had in our country from the time of the Rg Veda down to our own days a long line of torch bearers who stress the primacy of spiritual values, who point out that even as the human being is above the animal, the spiritual man is above the human. We are not yet; we hope to be."....."it is good to be reminded of the supreme values of knowledge, discipline and devotion..... We have had a few great spirits in the last century who emphasised the ideals of the race and demonstrated their vitality and power of survival and one of the most notable of these saint-singers was TyAgarAjA"
Around 800 krutis of Sri TyAgarAja SwAmigaL have been collected, saved and brought out as books with text(sahityam), commentry in tamil/english, and even with swara notations. Each kruti is a gem of it's own kind,a treat for the ear through it's sangeetam-dimension; in their thought force, pregnant with puranic-itihasic-epic-links, they educate and uplift our inner core to unimaginable fields of refinement and bliss.The love, intimacy, purity of the right claimed by a deeply sincere devotee are all a welcome treat for one's soul.
There is an introductory thesis by Sri.V.Raghavan. It helps us to educate ourselves, to deeply understand the life, dedicated by Sri ThyAgarAja swamigal purely for adoration and love of Sri RAma. Sri Raghavan details for us thus:- "One of the distinguishing characteristics of ThyAgarAjA
as a composer is the large number of songs he has given us on the noble art that he handled, and the many references he has made to it in his other songs. These songs and references cover every aspect
of the art, musical criticism, elucidation of musical concepts, the best way to practise music, music as a help to spiritual effort and above all, music itself as a Yoga and a siddhi, a path and a realisation."
The 206 pages of the thesis is a constant enlightening guidance for an enthusiastic aspirant; one can become a sincere student, why even a sishyan /sishyai too of ThyAgarAja SwAmigal.For one interested in learning enthusiastically, about the saint singer, his musical thesis on bakti/devotion, and Sri Rama, a university, of oceanic dimension is awaiting. Fortunate souls will surely awaken themselves to start their exploration. It is my sincere prayer and authentic dream that more younger generation should educate themselves about all the eternal saints, saint-singers, and the heritage they have bequeathed for the posterity, with universal love; what do they expect from all of us? Nothing
but spiritual upliftment of one and all. We all owe it as duty towards our great realised souls.
Note. In anupallavi- the text is "VAgAdipAdi"=VAgAdipa+Adi ;This means, Brahma and other devas. SwAmigaL tells here that we are having darshan of Lord GaNapati right after He received worship from Brahma and other Devas, Indra,Vayu, Agni, VaruNa, and other devas.
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