Sobhillu sapta swara

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[edit] Pallavi

zObhillu sapta swara1
sundarula2 bhajimpavE manasA
Show Details		Worship the effulgent divinities of the Sapta Swara, O Mind!

[edit] Anupallavi

nAbhi hRt kaNTha rasana3
nAsAdulayandu (zObhillu)
Show Details		At the navel, the heart, the throat, the tongue
and the nose (worship...)

[edit] Charanam

dhara Rk sAmAdulalO
vara gAyatrI hRdayamuna4
sura bhU-sura mAnasamuna
zubha tyAgarAjuniyeDa (zObhillu)
Show Details		[Worship ...] in the Vedas (Rk, sama, etc.);
in the heart of the sacred Gayatri (mantra);
in the minds of celestials and Brahmanas;
and in the person of this fortunate Thyagaraja.

[edit] Commentary

  • 1sapta svara - SadjaM, RSabhaM, gAndhAraM, madhyamaM, pancamaM, daivataM, niSAdaM.
  • 2sundarula bhajimpavE – ‘worship these Sapta Svara divinities’ - nAdOpAsana.
  • 3nAbhi, hRt, kanTha, rasana and nAsa - Sri Thyagaraja has only mentioned the abodes from where (or path through which) Sapta Svara are vocalised. Further, he also mentions ‘Adula’ meaning etc. It not clear whether this means ‘mUlAdhAra’.
    • Sri Thyagaraja specifically mentions the place of origin of Sapta Svara as ‘mUlAdhAra’ (mUlAdhAraja) in Kriti Swara raga sudha. In the same Kriti, Sri Thyagaraja mentions about the abodes of Sapta Svara – ‘sapta svara gRhamulu’; it is not clear whether the seven Chakras (of kuNDalini yOga) are meant to represent the sapta svaras ; if that be so the correspondence would be – mUlAdhAra – sa; svAdhiSThAna – ri; maNipUra - ga; anAhata - ma;vizuddhi - pa; AjnA - da; sahasrAra – ni. Further, it is not clear how they are to be related to mUlAdhAra, nAbhi, hRt, kanTha, rasana, nAsa mentioned in this Kriti.
    • In Lalita Sahasranamam, Mother is called ‘parA’, ‘pazyanti’, ‘madhyamA’, ‘vaikhari rUpA’.
    • “parA – The transcendent Word - above the other lower stages of speech known as pazyanti (speech in the inaudible stage), madhyamA (speech in the middle stage of its expression) and vaikharI (uttered audible speech)”. (Translation by Swami Tapasyananda)
    • For a discourse of Kanchi Paramacharya Chandrasekharendra Saraswati on ‘parA’, ‘pazyanti’, ‘madhyamA’, ‘vaikhari' – please visit website –[(Page 30) Para Pasyanti]
    • In regard to Sapta Svaras and their relation to the Seven Charkras, there is an interesting article in the website – [Sapta Svara]
    • Details regarding ‘anAhata nAda’ may be found in the e-book ‘kuNDalini yOga’ by Swami Sivananda which may be downloaded from website – [Anahata Nada]
    • As sapta svara belong to the category of 'ahata nAda' (caused sound), it is only at vaikhari stage that the audibility is possible.
  • 4gAyatrI hRdayamuna – This refers to nAdOMkAra which is the state of the parabrahman (sadAziva mayamagu nAdOMkAra) – kRti ‘rAga sudhA rasa’. In the Kriti ‘mOkSamu galadA’, Sri Thyagaraja states –

    • prANAnala saMyOgamu valla
      praNava nAdamu sapta svaramulai paraga
    • “Due to fusion of vital force with fire (energy), the sound of OM has elaborated into Sapta Svara.”

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