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Vid. Kallapura Pavamanachar’s Srimad Bhagavata Saptaha – Song 1
This song became known to all of us during Vid. Kallapura Pavamanachar’s Srimad Bhagavata Saptaha. During the Saptaha, Achar sung 101 songs, including this one. A list of every song from all seven days has also been put up by Ms. Vinaya. This one has been recorded by Vinaya and shared with us. She also listened to many audios for a considerable amount of time while interpreting the lyrics. Many thanks, Vinaya. The plan is to post all 101 songs, lyrics and audio. Some are already posted, I will tag them and repost them.
(Karunya stotra) i pari yali bhalu apanna saranara porede…. Saranara porede, sukirtili merede… Papi na bhalu yanna avaguna rapu madade poreyo ni jagadhvyapi guru gopalavittala, daya payobdhi sura padhar pita varadha…. Kanci varadha….
“Stutiratnamala” composed by Sri Guru Shreesha Vitthala Dasaru
Book Ref : Stotra Pada Mala. This is the book that’s in my prayer room. It is my companion everyday during my Morning and evening Pooja, Travels with me all over the world since so many slokas, stotras, Dasara padagalu and long kritis are in this book.
Composer : Haridasini Saraswati Bai Anikita : SriSrinivasa Book ref : Samagra Dasa Sahitya Tirumalambha and Other women – Saraswatibai’s Composition – ಸರಸ್ವತಿಬಾಯಿಯವರ ಕೀರ್ತನೆಗಳು
ಬಂದಳು ಭಾಗ್ಯನಿಧಿ ಶ್ರೀವರನಿಧಿ ಬಂದಳು ಭಾಗ್ಯನಿಧಿ || PA ||
ಅರಿಶಿಣ ಕುಂಕುಮ ಪರಿಮಳ ಗಂಧವು ನಿನಗರ್ಪಿಸುವೆನು ತಾಯೆ ಶ್ರೀವರನಿಧಿ || A PA ||
Composer : Haridasini Saraswati Bai Anikita : SriSrinivasa Book ref : Samagra Dasa Sahitya Tirumalambha and Other women – Saraswatibai’s Composition – ಸರಸ್ವತಿಬಾಯಿಯವರ ಕೀರ್ತನೆಗಳು
ಗುರುರಾಯರ ನಂಬಿರೋ ರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ ಗುರುರಾಯರ ನಂಬಿರೋ ಜಗದೊಳು || PA ||
ಗುರುರಾಯರ ನಂಬಿ ವರಗಳ ಬೇಡಿರೊ ನರಹರಿ ಪದ ಧ್ಯಾನಿಪ ಕರುಣವ ಬೀರುವಂಥ || A PA ||
Composer : Sri Purandara Dasaru Ankita : Puranadara Vittalla Book Ref: Purandara Sahitya Darshan Volume 2. This book has explanation for each and every composition. Attached below is the scanned version of text in Kannada and the translation in English. Read on to see the imagination of Sri Purandara Dasaru.
ಇದು ಪ್ರಸಂಗಾಂತರದಿಂದ ತಾರತಮ್ಯಸ್ತುತಿ. ತತ್ತ್ವಶರೆಲ್ಲ ತನ್ನ ಬಂಧು ಬಳಗ ಎಂದು ಸಾಧಕನು ಅರಿತುಕೊಂಡೊಡನೆ ಭವಬಂಧನದ ಕೇಶವು ಕಡಿದು ಬೀಳುತ್ತದೆ; ಸುಖಾನುಭವ ಅದರ ಫಲ. ಸರ್ವೋತ್ತಮನಾದ, ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಗಳಿಗೆ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಕಾರಣನಾದ ಹರಿಯೇ ಜೀವನ ಆಂಶಿ, ಬಿಂಬ. ಮೂಲಪ್ರಕೃತಿಗೆ ನಿಯಾಮಕಳಾದ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಗೆ ಪರಾಧೀನ ಕಾರಣಳಾದ ರಮಾದೇವಿ ತಾಯಿ. ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ಜೀವರಾಶಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆದ್ಯನಾದುದರಿಂದ ಹಿರಿಯಣ್ಣ : ಅವನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ವಾಗಭಿಮಾನಿದೇವತೆಯಾದ ಸರಸ್ವತಿಯು ಅತ್ತಿಗೆಯಾದಂತಾಯಿತು. ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನ ಸಮಕಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ವಾಯುವು ಜೀವೋತ್ತಮನಾಗಿ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಭಕ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡುವವನಾಗಿ ಗುರು, ವಾಯುವತ್ನಿಯಾದ ಭಾರತಿಯು ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬಳು ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ. ಗರುಡ, ಶೇಷ, ರುದ್ರರು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಕಕ್ಷೆಯರೆಲ್ಲ ನೆಂಟರು ವಿಷ್ಣುವಿನ ನೆಲೆಯಾದ ವೈಕುಂರವೇ ಮುಕ್ತಜೀವರ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾದ ಮಂದಿರ.
A composition based on Taratamya. If we assume all of God and Goddesses are our relatives, we will be able to get rid of the attachment to this materialistic world. If Lord Krishna/Narayana is our Father, Goddess Indiradevi is our Mother. In that case since Brahma is Lord Narayana’s son, he becomes our Elder Brother. Goddess Saraswati who is Brahma’s wife becomes our Sister-in-law. Vayu Devaru being in the same level as Brahma also becomes our Brother and Guru. Goddess Bharathi who is the wife of Vayu Devaru becomes our another Sister-in-law. Garuda, Shesha and Rudra Devaru who are Brahma’s children become our relatives. And Vaikunta becomes our temple our abode.
ಭಳಿರೆ ಭಳಿರೆ – ‘ಭಲಾಭಲಾ’ – bhaḷire bhaḷire - an interjection used in praising a performer; well done!; bravo!. ಮಂದಜಾಸನ – ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ. – mandajāsana – Brahma ನಿರ್ಮಾಲ್ಯ – ಪೂಜೆಯನಂತರ ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕಿದ ಹೂವು ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ – The flowers and other items removed after pooje is Nirmalya
Composer : Sri Bagepalli Shesha Dasaru Ankita : Shesha Vittala and prananatha vittala Book Ref : Samagra Dasa Sahitya on Muddu Mohana Dasaru and other Dasaru’s.
How many of you joined us last week to celebrate Krodhi Nama Samvatsara, Chaitra NavarAtri and Rama Navami with BhAgavata Saptaha by Vid. Sri. Kallapura Pavamanachar| Apr 14-20 2024 8:00 pm Eastern/ 5:30 am India time (+1)?
The ‘Highlights’ video embedded below does a decent job of capturing few fond memories from the saptAha around sankalpa, select personal experiences, achar’s signature dasarapada, and samarpaNe. But I know this isn’t the complete list and there might and will be more personal experiences ( transformative, thought provoking, divine, blissful, musical, positive, fun..) that you all might have felt.
Meera and I would encourage you to share with this community so we all can collectively learn and appreciate the ultimate.
Key questions for you all to respond or comment on this:
1. Moment that mattered and why?
2. One liner about your overall experience of saptaha and why was it special?
3. Key takeaway that would carry to your daily lives
I am happy to get us started-
1. Moment that mattered: with minimal marketing and promotions, I was thrilled to see 80+ haribhaktas show up and stay up till the end daily despite other priorities and festivities ( and all other means of distractions). It was indeed heartening to witness the participation and engagement..
2. One liner of experience: Sri hayavadanana paramAnugraha beku to be part of such Jnana karya.
3. Key Takeaway: support, participate, and immerse yourself and every around you in such Jnana karya(s) in any and all ways possible. The feeling you experience and rejoice is beyond words and expressions. I can’t even imagine how Nārada munigaLu would have felt when he got a slight glimpse of bhagvanta, can’t even think of the feeling dhruva maharAja had when VAsudeva Roopi paramAtma made his dhyana roopa disappear and touched his cheeks through the divine shanka (couch). It is beyond comprehension when prahaladarAjaru witnessed and experienced his belief becoming reality. And all our stalwarts experiencing HIM and his divine creation as part of sAkshAtkAra. All these moments are much beyond and more transformative in nature than what we are talking about. That said, we need to start somewhere and such discourses help us challenge our priorities and enable us with more clarity on our end goals and end game.
@meeraghu : would you like to pick the baton and help us take this experience challenge further?
Asmad Guru antargata BhAratiramaNa mukhyapraNAntargata Sri Lakshmi nArayaNa preraNeya Sri Lakshmi nArayaNa supreeto varado bhavatu 🙏🏻 | Sri krishNArpaNamastu | Sri madhweshArpaNamastu | 🙏🏻 Hare Srinivasa 🙏🏻
I assume you all enjoyed SrimadbhAgavata feast between Apr 14-20 and I was personally thrilled to see 80+ haribhaktas every day consistently. I never wanted it to end and I am sure many of you like me had a similar saatvik icche/desire.
As Sri Vadirajaru describes in one of my favorite Ugabhoga(s)
Guru bhakuti bEku hiriyara karuNe bEku harikathegaLa nitya keLutirabEku
It is only and only through HIS divine grace and utmost compassion, one could potentially get to experience such pious/blessed moments and looks like our Bhagavanta heard us😄. While we want to strive to have Jnana karya everyday, here’s another golden opportunity to do ShravaNa, smaraNe, manana, and chintane of srimadbhAgavata in the coming days.
This time, it is a dwisaptaha (14 days of absolute delight) and is being hosted by our beloved San Diego Satsangha.
Join us to celebrate nava samvatsara and Rama Navami with BhAgavata DwiSaptaha by profound madhwa scholars | Apr 28 2024 6:30 pm Pacific / 9:30 pm Eastern/ 7:00 am India time (+1) Onwards.. all are welcome .. Sarvarigu suswagata 🙏🏻
1) listen to 12+ profound madhwa scholars during the course of Dwisaptaha (16 days)
2)One BhAgavata Skanda a day so more moments to learn and understand core concepts closely and deeply
3) Ashirvachana by Parama Poojaya Sri Sri 1008 Vidyashreesha Teertharu, current mathadhipathi (pontiff) of Sri Vyasaraja Matha, Sosale on MangaLa
4)Opportunity to understand the significance of BhAgavata
5) Contemplate what we learnt last week and revise ( who doesn’t want a refresher)
6) A solution to our carving since we wrapped up the last bhagavata saptaha with Vid. kallapura Pavamanachar.
7)In case you couldn’t join us last week
8) Another opportunity to cleanse
9) … and the list goes on and on and on
See you all again on April 28 (US) and April 29th (India)
Asmad Guru antargata BhAratiramaNa mukhyapraNAntargata Sri Lakshmi nArayaNa preraNeya Sri Lakshmi nArayaNa supreeto varado bhavatu 🙏🏻 | Sri krishNArpaNamastu | Sri madhweshArpaNamastu | 🙏🏻 Hare Srinivasa 🙏🏻
Kalpavriksha Kamadhenu 
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