zObhillu saptaswara
Sahityam
Pallavi
zObhillu saptaswara
sundarula¹ bhajimpavE manasA
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sundarula¹ bhajimpavE manasA
Worship the effulgent divinities of the Sapta-Swara, O Mind!
Anupallavi
nAbhi-hRt-kaNTha-rasanA²
nAsAdulayandu (zObhillu)
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nAsAdulayandu (zObhillu)
At the navel, the heart, the throat, the tongue
and the nose
and the nose
Charanam
dhara Rk-sAmAdulalO
vara gAyatrI hRdayamuna³
sura bhUsura mAnasamuna
zubha tyAgarAjuniyeDa (zObhillu)
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vara gAyatrI hRdayamuna³
sura bhUsura mAnasamuna
zubha tyAgarAjuniyeDa (zObhillu)
In the Vedas,
In the heart of the sacred Gayatri,
In the minds of Devas and Brahmanas; and
In the person of this fortunate Thyagaraja.
In the heart of the sacred Gayatri,
In the minds of Devas and Brahmanas; and
In the person of this fortunate Thyagaraja.
Renditions
Commentary
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1 sundarula bhajimpavE – ‘worship these Sapta Svara divinities’ - nAdOpAsana .
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2 nAbhi, hRt, kaNTha, rasanA, nAsa - Sri Thyagaraja has only mentioned the abodes from where (or path through which) Sapta Svara are vocalised. Further, he also mentions ‘Adula ’ meaning etc. It not clear whether this means ‘mUlAdhAra ’.
- Sri Thyagaraja specifically mentions the place of origin of Sapta Svara as ‘mUlAdhAra’ (mUlAdhAraja) in Kriti [[Swara raga sudha]]. In the same Kriti, Sri Thyagaraja mentions about the abodes of Sapta Svara – ‘sapta svara gRhamulu ’; it is not clear whether the seven Chakras (of kuNDalini yOga ) are meant to represent the sapta svaras ; if that be so the correspondence would be – mUlAdhAra – sa; svAdhiSThAna – ri; maNipUra - ga; anAhata - ma;vizuddhi - pa; AjnA - da; sahasrAra – ni . Further, it is not clear how they are to be related to mUlAdhAra, nAbhi, hRt, kaNTha, rasana, nAsa mentioned in this Kriti.
- In Lalita Sahasranamam, Mother is called ‘parA’, ‘pazyanti’, ‘madhyamA’, ‘vaikhari rUpA ’.
- “parA – The transcendent Word - above the other lower stages of speech known as pazyanti (speech in the inaudible stage), madhyamA (speech in the middle stage of its expression) and vaikharI (uttered audible speech)”. (Translation by Swami Tapasyananda)
- As the sapta-swaras belong to the category of ‘Ahata nAda ’ (caused sound), it is only at vaikhari stage that the audibility is possible.
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3 gAyatrI hRdayamuna – This refers to nAdOMkAra which is the state of the parabrahman (sadAziva mayamagu nAdOMkAra) – kRti ‘rAga sudhA rasa’ . In the Kriti ‘mOkSamu galadA ’, Sri Thyagaraja states –
prANAnala saMyOgamu valla praNava nAdamu sapta svaramulai paraga
- “Due to fusion of vital force with fire (energy), the sound of OM has elaborated into Sapta Svara.”