[Advaita-l] On Sri Thaygaraja

[Lakshmi Muthuswamy]

Annapureddy Siddhartha Reddy <annapureddy at gmail.com> wrote:
   
   
  -- Also, you mentioned that tyAgarAja was close to advaita. Could you
tell us more about it? I only know of his devotional songs to shrI
rAma, and was unaware that he advocated advaitic beliefs. Thanks.

Reddyagaaru,
   
  To understand and study Sri Thayagaras contribution to nAda yoga,  one can spend one's lifetime. I wonder if that is sufficient.
   
  There is nothing that he has not dealt with in his songs.
   
  Some examples:
   
  santamu lekha saukyamuledu
   
  nAdaloludai brahmananda mandave manasa
   
  mokshamu galada in sAramati- referring to jivanmukti
   
  on jivanmukti-   bhu janma mulaku paini jnAniyai baraguta mokshamura, sahaja bhaktito rAgajnAnasahitudu muktudurA manasA
   
  gItartamu sangiItanAdamu in Suruti
   
  narajanmamejanmamu o manasA
   
  SangItagnAnamu bhakti vinA sanmArgamu galade? manasa (in dhanyAsi)
  kAyajAdi shadripulu jayinchu kAryamu delusunu, tyagarajuuniki.
   
  I am quoting from the book "The spiritual Heritage of Tyagaraja" an introductory thesis by Dr. Raghavan - a book worth spending time to study.
   
  "In enduku peddalavale(shaknkarabharanam) Thyagaraja juxtaposes Veda and sastra, Advaita jnAna and the secrets of nAda vidyA, implying thereby that a mastery of the secrets of music confer the same summum bonum as Vedantic knowledge and spiritual realisation gained by metaphysical pursuits."
   
  The mistakes in my Telugu tranliteration to be pardoned.
   
  om namo narayanya
   
  Lakshmi Muthuswamy
  
 

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