Smt. Seetha Chandrashekhar
4th March 2023
Bhajanamrtha Paramananda Part 2
The context of this song is very similar to Thyagaraja’s Endaro Mahanubhavulu. In this composition
Shri.Oottukkadu Venkata kavi expresses that he derives supreme bliss when he pays reverence to all
great personalities, and follow the dust of all the great devotees’ feet those who lived prior to his time.
Devotees that Shri.OVK refer here include celestial devotee Narada, Sages like Sukha muni, great
personalities like Hanuman, Sugreeva, Angada, Vibeeshana, Guha and Sabari. He also praises religious
leaders like Manika Vachakar, Sundarar, Shri.Ramanuja, Vishnuchitta, and also praises saint-poet
composers like Tulasidasa and Purandara Dasa. These great devotees are virtuous that they always
spend their lives on Reading, Listening , singing, meditating upon God.
In the charanams, Shri Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi mentions the great devotees one after the other and expresses his wish to experience the bliss enjoyed by all of them. In first charanam he mentions Prahlada who enjoyed essence of the Lords Nama, Narayana. In second charanam, Shri OVK refers to Brahma’s sons, Sukumara, Sanaka, Sanandana , Sanatana and Shukha Muni. In third charanam, Shri OVK refers to Pavana Kumara-Hanuman who always recites Rama Nama and who carried the mountain that had Sanjeevini herb. In fourth charanam, the composer refers to those who conversed with Rama and befriended him, Vibheeshana, Guha, Shabari, Sugreeva and Angada.
Shri OVK concludes that, if you sing Lords name even for a short moment or if you listen to great
attributes of Lord even for a short moment, you will reap benefits you can experience in many lives you
would take in future.