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saGgIta zAstra

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saGgIta zAstra jnAnamu
sArUpya¹ saukhyadamE manasA
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O My Mind! The knowledge of treatise of sangeetha bestows the comfort of attaining the same form of the Lord.
zRGgAra 2 rasAdyakhila
pUrita rAma kathAnandAbdhi yuta (saGgIta)
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The knowledge of treatise of Sangeetha, together with ocean of bliss of the story of Rama, saturated with all the moods of Sringara (love) etc bestows the comfort of attaining the same of the form of the Lord.
prEma³ bhakti su-jana vAtsalyamu
zrImad ramA vara kaTakSamu
nEma⁴ niSTha yazO⁵ dhanamosaGgunE
nErpu galgu tyAgarAju nErcina (saGgIta)
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It (knowledge of treatise of Sangeetha) confers the highest form of loving devotion, affection of virtuous people, the grace of Vishnu - the spouse of Lakshmi, the wealth of self control, firmness, glory; one will also attain skills; the knowledge of treatise of Sangeetha as learnt by this Thyagaraja bestows the comfort of attaining same of the form of the Lord.
  • 2 zRGgAra rasAdi - zRGgAra - love, vIra - valour, bIbhatsa - disgust, raudra - anger, hAsya - mirth, bhayAnaka - terror, karuNa - pity, adbhuta - wonder, zAnta – tranquility.
  • 4 nEma niSTha – the Eight-Fold (aSTAMga) yOga – yama, niyama, Asana, prANAyAma, pratyAhAra, dhAraNa, dhyAnaM, samAdhi

  • 1 sArUpya - The four stages of mukti are – sAlOkya – being co-located with Lord, sAmIpya – being in the neighbourhood of Lord , sArUpya – being of likeness of Lord, sAyujya – union with Lord. A Bhakta described by Sri Thyagaraja reaches the third stage of being of same form (sArUpya ). The final stage is union (sAyujya ) with the Lord. The following verse from Sivananda Lahari (verse 28) is relevant –

  • sArUpyaM tava pUjanE ziva mahAdEvEti saMkIrtanE sAmIpyaM zivabhakti-dhurya-janatA-sAMgatya-saMbhASaNE | sAlOkyaM ca carAcarAtmaka-tanu-dhyAnE bhavanIpatE sAyujyaM mama siddha-matra bhavati svAmin kRtArtOsmyahaM ||

  • “O Lord of bhavAnI! I attain to similarity of form with Thee by performing Thy ritualistic worship; to closeness with Thee by singing Thy priase; to residence in Thy heavenly plane by associating and conversing with Thy noble devotees; and to oneness with Thee by contemplating on Thy form constituted of the whole of this living and non-living world. Thus in this very embodiment I shall attain life’s fulfilment.” (Translation by Swami Tapasyananda)

  • 3 prEma bhakti - The definition, aids, effects of Prema Bhakti are found in Narada Bhakti Sutras. One of the aids for Prema Bhakti is –

  • lOkEpi bhagavad guNa zravaNa kIrtanAt || 37 | |

  • “By hearing and singing the glory of the Lord even while engaged in the ordinary activities of life.” (Translation by Swami Tyagisananda)

  • In another Kriti, Sri Thyagaraja sings ‘rAma kathA sudhA rasa pAnaM oka rAjyamu cEsune ’ - Drinking the nectar of the story of Sri Rama is equivalent to the rule of a kingdom.

  • 5 yazO dhanamu -‘dhanamu ’ here refers the wealth of ‘nEma’, ‘niSTha’, ‘yazO ’; ‘wealth’ as such is not meant here. This will be clear when read in conjunction with the word ‘sArupyaM ’; wealth as such becomes totally irrelevant and, in fact, a hindrance to spiritual progress. This is more so because Sri Thyagaraja criticises those who ‘sell’ music in the kRti ‘durmArga cara ’.

Updated on 2024-11-28
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