SathGuru's GurulEkha Etuvanti

Dear Friends, srI: I am going to continue writing about my mAnasIka guru , sathguru sri thYAgabrahmam. This time instead of writing my thougts on the greatness of sathguru , let us all learn and enjoy his beautiful krithi in Gowri ManOhari RAgam, GurulEkha Etuvanti. Traditionally, this krithi is rendered by vidvans on the arAdhanA day just before rendering the pancharathnams In the pallavi, sathguru says "GurulEkha Etuvanti Guniki Theliyaka Bodhu/Podhu" He says that without the grace of a Guru, no one , however virtuous , he may be, will know. So, What has to be known and why without the grace of a Guru one can't know it? Let us go into the Anupallavi "Karukaina HrdrOga Gahanamuna Gottanu,Sath" (GuruLEkha) meaning, no one however virtuous he may be, without the grace of the Guru . he will not know how to cut through the "forest of mental ills" He introduces what needs to be known in the anupallavi. Why should one has to cut through the forest of mental ills? Why can't he just keep on enjoying the world without knowing the truth? Nice question. Yes, you can always keep enjoying the sukhams in the material world until you become really tired of it and then you yourselves realize that everything is temporary. Sri Sri anna(krishna premi swAmigal) in his upanyAsam says that people even at the age of 50 can not comb/ keep the kumkum/tilakam without looking at the mirror. That much importance people are giving to external appearances. They have no time to think about the antharyAmin(one who pervades everywhere). This is kaliyuGA. So, without knowing/ wanting to know the antharyAmin they keep on accumulating karmic accounts.Now, if at any stage in life one gets tired of all the alpasukhams and like to know about the Truth(bhagawAn) , how is it possible? Their minds have become "forests of mental ills". One might have done many noble acts like annadhAnam,conducting yAGAs and so forth but still one can not know how to get over the forest of mental ills without the helps of a Sathguru, who shows with mercy(karunathO) the sanmArgA. A sathguru has the qualities of srirAmachandran and he is like a cool moon that destroys the forest of mental ills like the sun that destroys darkness during sunrise. In the Charanam, our guru lists down what are those that prevent us from heading towards sanmArgA Thanuvu Sutha Dhana dhAra dhAyAdhi BhAndhavulu, jenayinchi chedarujAlini karunathO, manasunantaka chEyu mandhanuchu tathvaBodhana ChEsi kApAdu thyAgarAjApthudagu (GurulEkha) Living with the conception of body, son, wealth, wife , relatives and friends leads to cycles of births and death and this is asath. He doesn't mean to say , one has to become a sanyAsin. Mere change in attire and place won't help. One has to change his/ perception of everything. One has to eventually see god everywhere because without him, there can't be anything. For eg, when cristopher columbus discoverd america, know one in the world new about the big continent. So, when he went back to Europe , he showed evidence about the existence of the continent. In those days there were no photographs either yet people believed because of columbus's accounts(like I saw this and that and America was like that and so on) which they believed were true. He was the eyewitness because he has been there. How can people elsewhere can see/accept the existence of america if not for him. He took the effort and pains in the arduos journey. So, with his advice people slowly started to migrate to america. Just like that, a Sathguru shows us the sanmArgA because he has been there before and he knows it. The knowledge and the acceptance of this truth can happen only because of sathgurus grace. He is the one who imparts this supreme truth by showing the medicine to cure all the forest of mental ills with infinite compassion. ThyAgayyA says that his guru is not only his teacher but also his friend. Just like that let us all befriend and get the grace of the Sathguru thyAGabrahmam, whose krithis are like the bright golden rays of the morning sun that chase away the morning fog(kali bAdhAs). Here, With his grace, I have rendered and recorded his krithi and I am offering it to all of you. Please listen to it with bhakthi and shraddha and not from a melody perspective. If so, you won't even get melody out of it because of my voice and at least meditate upon sathguru's lotus feets for a few seconds before listening to it. If so, I am sure that HE will make you like the krithi (not my voice:). Powered by Sathuguru ThyAgarAjar and Castpost If you can't stream it, you can also optionally download from the following URL. GuruLEkha-Sathguru ThyAgaBrahmam Just in case,if you missed to check out my previous post on Sathguru , please do so and finally, LEt me also alert you about the new "Feed subscription " service that I have added to the blog. With that you can get updated delivered right to your mail box. Interested bhakthAs are requested to make use of it. Let me know if you have any concerns. with sathguru's dhivya kamala pAdha smaranams, krishna sarvam sathguruPRAnanAthAyA seethArAmachandrArpanam