среда, 18 сентября 2013 г.

"Maha Lakshmi Karuna Rasa" - The Power of the Lady, who stole the mind of Maadhavaa


"Maha Lakshmi Karuna Rasa" is of my most favourite Krithis and it is included in my everyday Dhyana and Listening List.






You can see and  listen to this Krithi on Shangu Chakra Gadha Padmam Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU-li9iEpOQ

I have downloaded the Krithi from Shangu Chakra Gadha Padmam Channel and now it is my folders too:


The meaning of "Maha Lakshmi Karuna Rasa" is incredible.

See how wonderfully and beautifully Shreemati Lakshmi Devi connected to "MADHAVA" name of Bhagavan Shree Vishnu and you will be amazed too!



Excerpt from the Krithi and explanation from "Dikshitar's MahaLakshmi Kritis" (see AV049 at sadangopan.org)

"adiyEn  will  now  cover  the  Krithi  set  in  the  Uphanga  Rakthi ragam known as Madhava Manohari (MahaaLakshmi Karunaa rasa Lahari).

The fourth of the seven Krithis composed by Dikshitar on Mahaalakshmi is inragam  Madhava  Manohari,  a  Janya  ragam  of  the  Melam  Hari  Hara  Priyaa (Karaharapriyaa).

The name of this rakthi ragam itself has sacred connotations. 
It is a feminine raga  devatha  symbolizing  the  Mangala  Devathaa,  who  charmed  the  mind  of Maadhavaa.
It  is  instructive  to  understand  the  significance  of  the  name Maadhavaa, so that one can understand the power of the Lady, who stole the mind of Maadhavaa.

The  name  Maadhavaa  is  the  169th  Sahasra  Namam  of  Vishnu  (http://www.ahobilavalli.org/ebooks_s4.htm).

There  are  two  explanations  for  this Name.  

1.  First,  Niruktham  says:  

He  is  Maadhava  since  He  propounds  the  true knowledge about Himself as the supreme being.

The knowledge of Hari is called "Maa".

Thou art the master of that knowledge.

Therefore Thou art known as Maadhavaa. "Dhavah" means Lord.

2.  The  second  explanation  is  given  in  Mahaa  Bharata  to  Arjuna:  

"O Bharata!  Know  that  He  is  called  Maadhavaa  since  He  is  endowed  with Mauna (Maa), Dhyanaa (Dha) and Yoga (Va). He is thus the embodiment of Silence, meditation and practice (Maadhavan).
MahaaLakshmi,  who  allures  the  Lord Maadhavaa's  mind  (Manohari)  is  hence known as Maadhava Manohari.
There are no other krithis known in this ragaa.

Dikshitar chose an appropriate Ragam with such powerful meaning for saluting Mahaaa Lakshmi."