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SrI:

SrI raghunandana parabraHmaNe namaH

Title:AragimpavE

rAgA:tODi

In the kRti 'AragimpavE pAlAragimpavE' - rAga tODi, SrI tyAgarAja makes

food offering - naivEdya - to the Lord, sItA and His brothers.

Pallavi

AragimpavE pAl(A)ragimpavE

Anupallavi

raghuvIra janakajA kara

pavitramau venna pAl(Ara)

CaraNam

sAramaina divvy(A)nnamu

shaD-rasa yuta bhakshaNamulu

dAra sOdar(A)dulatO

tyAgarAja vinuta pAl(Ara)

Gist

O Lord raghuvIra! O Lord well-praised by this tyAgarAja! Deign to partake,

along with Your spouse, brothers and others, the tasty and sacred rice andeatables consisting of six different tastes, milk and butter which have been

sanctified by the touch of sItA.

Word-by-word Meaning

P Deign to partake (AragimpavE) the milk (pAlu) (pAlAragimpavE).

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A O Lord raghuvIra! Deign to partake the milk and butter (venna) whichhave been sanctified (pavitramau) by the touch (kara) (literally hand) of

sItA daughter of King janaka (janakajA).

C O Lord well-praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja! deign to partake along

with Your spouse (dAra), brothers (sOdaru) and others (AdulatO)(sOdarAdulatO), the tasty (sAramaina) and sacered (divya) rice (annamu)

(divyAnnamu) and eatables (bhakshaNamulu) consisting of (yuta) six (shaD)

different tastes (rasa) along with milk.

Notes

A raghuvIra In all the books the word 'raghu' is given in brackets, thesignificance of which is not clear. Any suggestions??? The inclusion of Raghu

in brckets hints at which Veeran is being referred to. Swamy Desikan

composed a famous gadhyam named Sri Raguveera gadhyam to celebratethe valour of Sri Raghu Kula Tilakam V.Sadagopan

C - shaDrasa tamizh aRusuvai sweet (madhura inippu), sour (amla -puLippu), salt (lavaNa - uvarppu), bitter (kaTu - kasappu), pungent (tIkSNa -

kAraM), astringent (kaSAya - tuvarppu); 'kaTu' also means pungent.

C tyAgarAja vinuta this is how it is given in all the books other than thatof TKG, wherein it is given as 'tyAgarAja nuta'. This needs to be checked.

Any suggestions???

Additional Comments by SrI V.Sadagopan

This kriti is an upachAra Kriti, where naivEdhyam is offered during the daily

AarAdhanam of Saint Thyagraja for Lord Ramachandra (Raghu

Veeran/Vijaya Raaghavan). The affection (prEmai) with which Saint

Thyagaraja invites the Lord to partake the milk and other prasAdhams

prepared for the Mahaa Veeran and His family members is most touching.

The bhavam behind the offering is of a true bhaktan. Oh Raama! please

drink this milk. I have made it special in more than one way. First, I have

heated the milk to the right temperature, neither too hot or too cold. I haveadded kumkuma poo, jeenaa kalkaNDu to enhance its flavor. Second, I have

sanctified the offering through the touch of Your dear consort, SitA

PirAtti. Her sacred hasta sparsam of the Milk, butter, different kinds of

annams and BakshaNams has made these offerings parama bhOgyam for You

and adiyEn is offering a grand feast with preparations representing six

different kinds of tastes. Oh Raghu Veera! You might be tired and hungry

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from the hunting down of the asurAs in DaNDakA Vanam. You might be

fatigued from chasing the golden deer. Please rest at my house and leisurely

partake the chitrAnnams with SitA pirAtti and Your brothers and bless

adiyEn.

In a similar vein, SwamigaL will ask Lord Ramachandra to accept PaansupAri

from him as if they are from the hands of SitA PirAtti in the KaraharapriyA

kriti, ViDamu sEyavE nannu biDanADakavE. These bhAvam-laden requests

of SwamigaL during shOdasOpachArams to His ishta dhaivam are very

special.

Raama DhAsan, V.Sadagopan