sAdhinchenE

The third of the pancharatna kritis sAdhinchenE is in the rAgam ArabHi. In this kriti Sathguru Thyagaraja Swami takes instances from the life of Lord Krishna and presents how it seemed that He actually contradicted the path He preached and spoke words befitting the occasion (to justify His deeds)! The words would sound blasphemous but not when they come from the heart of a ripe devotee. We have the audio clips below that make sense of the apparent contradictions. The lyrics have been adapted from here.

Listen to the kriti in the voice of Malladi brothers.

The introductionn to the kriti is below.

pallavi

sAdhincenE O manasA

O My Mind (manasA)! The Lord had His say (sAdhincenE).

anu pallavi

bOdhincina sanmArga vacanamula

bonku jEsi tA paTTina paTTu (sA)

O My Mind! Falsifying (bonku jEsi) the dictums (vacanamula) of true path (san-mArga) (He Himself) taught (bOdhincina), He maintained the stand (paTTu) (literally hold) He (tA) held (paTTina).

charaNam

samayAniki tagu mATal(A)DenE

He spoke (ADenE) words (mATalu) (mATalADenE) suited (tagu) to the occasion (samayAniki) in the following ways –

svara sAhityam 1

dEvaki vasu dEvulan(E)kincin(a)Tu (sama)

As if (aTu) defaming (Ekincina) (EkincinaTu) His parents – dEvaki and vasu dEva (dEvulanu) (dEvulanEkincinaTu), He spoke words suited to the occasion.

svara sAhityam 2

rang(E)SuDu sad-gangA janakuDu sangIta sAmpradAyakuDu (sama)

The Lord (ISuDu) of SrI rangam (rangESuDu), One who generated (janakuDu) sacred (sad) river gangA, One belonging to musical (sangIta) tradition (sAmpradAyakuDu), spoke words suited to the occasion.

svara sAhityam 3

gOpI jana manOratham(o)sanga lEkanE gEliyu jEsE vADu (sama)

He (vADu) who, without (lEkanE) fulfilling (osanga) the desire (manOrathamu) (manOrathamosanga) of the gOpis (gOpI jana), makes (jEsE) fun (gEliyu) of them, spoke words suited to the occasion.

svara sAhityam 4

vanitala sadA sokka jEyucunu

mrokka jEsE paramAtmuD(a)diyu gAka

yaSOda tanayuD(a)ncu mudambunanu

muddu peTTa navvuc(u)NDu hari (sama)

The Supreme Lord (paramAtmuDu) who, while always (sadA) making (jEyucunu) the damsels (vanitala) enamoured (sokka) of Him, also makes (jEsE) them worship (mrokka) Him, further (adiyu gAka) (paramAtmuDadiyu), Lord hari who, when yaSOda joyously (mudambunanu) kisses (muddu peTTa) Him as (ancu) her son (tanayuDu) (tanayuDancu), would keep (uNDu) smiling (navvucu) (navvucuNDu), spoke words suited to the occasion.

svara sAhityam 4.1

sAr(A)sAruDu sanaka sanandana

san-muni sEvyuDu sakal(A)dhAruDu (sama)

The Lord who is – both the substance (sAra) and non-substance (asAra) (sArAsAruDu), worshipped (sEvyuDu) by great sages (san-muni) like sanaka and sanandana, the prop (AdhAruDu) of everything (sakala) (sakalAdhAruDu), spoke words suited to the occasion.

svara sAhityam 5

parama bhakta vatsaluDu suguNa

pArAvAruND janmam(a)naghuD(I)

kali bAdhala tIrcu-vAD(a)nucu nE

hRd-ambujamuna jUcuc(u)NDaga (sama)

While I (nE) am (uNDaga) beholding (jUcucu) (jUcucuNDaga) Him in my heart (hRt) Lotus (ambujamuna) (hRd-ambujamuna) as (anucu) – the supremely (parama) affectionate One (vatsaluDu) towards devotees (bhakta), the Ocean (pArAvAruNDu) of virtues (suguNa), the Sinless One (anaghuDu) throughout life (Ajanmamu), and the reliever (tIrcu-vADu) (vADanucu) of the troubles (bAdhala) of this (I) (pArAvAruNDAjanmamanaghuDI) age of kali, He spoke words suited to the occasion.

svara sAhityam 6

harE rAma candra raghu kul(E)Sa

mRdu subhAsha SEsha Sayana

para nArI sOdar(A)ja virAja turaga rAja

rAja nuta nirAmay(A)paghana sarasI-ruha daL(A)ksha(y)anucu

vEDukonna nannu tA brOvakanu (sama)

Instead of protecting (brOvakanu) me (nannu) who prayed (vEDukonna) to Him as (anucu) –

‘O Lord (harE) rAma candra! O Lord (ISa) of raghu dynasty (kula) (kulESa)! O Soft (mRdu) and sweet-spoken (su-bhAsha)! O Lord reclining (Sayana) on SEsha! O Brother (sOdara) of pArvatI – the Supreme (para) Goddess (nArI) (literally woman)! O Unborn (aja) (sOdarAja)! O Lord who speeds (turaga) on garuDa (virAja)! O Lord praised (nuta) by Emperors (rAja rAja)! O Lord with healthy (nirAmaya) limbs (apaghana) (nirAmayApaghana)! and O Lotus (sarasI-ruha) petal (daLa) Eyed (aksha) (daLAkshayanucu)!’, He (tA) spoke words suited to the occasion.

svara sAhityam 7

SrI vEnkaTESa svaprakASa sarv(O)nnata sajjana

mAnasa nikEtana kanak(A)mbara dhara lasan-makuTa

kuNDala virAjita harE(y)anucu nE pogaDagA tyAgarAja gEyuDu

mAnav(E)ndruDaina rAma candruDu (sama)

Even though I (nE) extol (pogaDagA) Him as – ‘O Lord SrI vEnkatESa! O Self-effulgent One (svaprakASa)! O Most Eminent (unnata) of all (sarva) (sarvOnnata)! O Lord abiding (nikEtana) in the hearts (mAnasa) (literally minds) of virtuous people (sajjana)! O Lord hari (harE) (harEyanucu) wearing (dhara) golden (hued) (kanaka) garments (ambara) (kanakAmbara) and resplendent (virAjita) with shining (lasat) diadem (makuTa) (lasan-makuTa) and ear-ornaments (kuNDala)!’, He - Lord rAma candra (rAma candruDu) who is (aina) the Lord (indruDu) of humans (mAnava) (mAnavEndruDaina) and who is sung about (gEyuDu) by this tyAgarAja - spoke words suited to the occasion.

charaNam

samayAniki tagu mATal(A)DenE

sad-bhaktula naDatal(i)Tl(a)nenE

amarikagA nA pUja konenE

aluka vadd(a)nenE

vimukhulatO cEra pOkum(a)nenE

veta kaligina tALukomm(a)nenE

dama Sam(A)di sukha dAyakuDagu SrI tyAgarAja nutuDu centa rAkanE (sA)

He spoke (ADenE) words (mATalu) (mATalADenE) suited (tagu) to the occasion (samayAniki);

He prescribed (anenE) (literally said) that this (iTlu) is how the conduct (naDatalu) (naDataliTlanenE) of true devotees (sad-bhaktula) is;

He accepted (konenE) my (nA) worship (pUja) in a befitting manner (amarikagA); He asked (anenE) me not to be (vaddu) (vaddanenE) afraid (aluka);

He asked (anenE) me not to associate (cEra pOkumu) (pOkumanenE) with those who have turned their faces away (vimukhulu) (vimukhulatO) from Him;

He asked (anenE) me to forbear (tALukommu) (tALukommanenE) even when I am distressed (veta kaligina); thus,

He who confers (dAyakuDu) (dAyakuDagu) the comfort (sukha) of control of mind (Sama) and control of body (dama) etc (Adi) (SamAdi), praised (nutuDu) by this tyAgarAja (SrI tyAgarAja), without coming (rAkanE) near (centa), had His say.