Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Saint Thyagaraja was composed several krithis and
each one of them are revered as the gems of Carnatic Music. All his
compositions were abundantly praising the glories and matchless
qualities of Lord Rama’s kindness, compassion, brotherly hood, righteousness,
valor, love and respects towards his family, an ideal husband to his
wife, wise ruler to his Kingdom and its people, divine marriage
of Lord Rama with Goddess Sita etc… . Lord Mahavishnu has countless
incarnations and Lord Rama was one amongst them as treated as Poorna Punya
Avathara. Saint Tyagaraja insists to be a devotee of Lord
Rama, who lived as an ordinary human being on the Earth during Treta Yuga and whoever
follows Lord Rama and his qualities will be benefitted in their
life.
Azhwars, prominent Vaishnavite saints praised the
glories of Lord Rama in their simple words:
‘Karparai Ramapiraniai Allal Mattrum
Karparo’.
Saints and holy men affirm to follow each and
every qualities of Lord Rama for a successful life. Thyagaraja with
his deep devotion asks Lord Rama ‘ Oh Lord ! You saved Gajaraja (Gajendra
Moksham) why can’t you save this Thyagaraja’. In all his
compositions, he had a special inclination towards the usage of words and
construction of unparalleled phrases. His ability to play with the
words was remarkable and was perfectly appropriate for the
situation.
In the 16th century, the Kingdom of
Vijayanagara has collapsed and many of the army men, artists
and musicians were left Andhra Pradesh and migrated to Tamil Nadu.
Among them was an Andhra Smartha Brahmin family of Rama Brahmam & wife
Santha /sita arrived at Thiruvarur. There was a famous
temple of Lord Tyagaraja. Rama Brahmam was highly
religious and a great devotee of Lord Sri Rama. As an ardent devotee of
Lord Rama, he engaged himself in the worship of lord Rama from dawn to
dusk. Rama Navami rituals were celebrated widely in his home.
He had an elder son Japyeshan who was not at all interested in
the worship of any deities and he has chosen magic as his field. It
worried his father a lot, he was dearly wanted a son to worship Lord Rama.
His second son was Sundaresan, there was not much information
available about him, it is believed that he had ill health and left
the family. Rama Brahmam was concerned about who would continue
the worship of Lord Rama after his life and it brought severe grief
in him. One day, Rama Brahmam had a dream in that Lord Shiva appeared before
him and declared that the couple would have a son like Sage
Valmiki. This son would resolve all the problems of
Rama Brahmam and follow his father’s worship of Lord Rama and all his
righteousness. It brought Rama Brahmam boundless joy and informed his
wife Sita about the same. As predicted by Lord Shiva, a beautiful son
resembling to golden idol was born to the couple. Tyagaraja
was born in Tiruvarur, in the year Sarvajit/ 1767 on a Sukla
Saptami Day of 27th Monday in the month Chaitra /Chithirai, with the birth star
Pushya. The child was named Tyagaraja, who was born with the
blessings of Lord Tyagaraja of Thiruvarur.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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