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An Appeal to shrI Sadagopan (Re: Sri Ranga Pancharathnam :Part 13.1 of Sri Ranganatha Temple project)

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Raja Krishnasamy • April 27, 1998 


Shri Sadagopan:

I have been patiently waiting all this while for your commentary on the Shri
Ranga Pancharathnams.  However your first posting indicated that you will be
discussing all the 5 gems in one post.  This did hit me as an anti-climax !

I appeal to your benevolence to reformat your postings to spread this over
several postings.  That way you will have the chance to ellaborate one each
of these gems a lot more, for which your literary expertise has few equals.

I have so far enjoyed every one of the postings on our choice of spiritual
path and I have even more enjoyed your commentaries particularly when they
include ellaborate references to our great tradition of music.

"O rangasAyI", "vinarAdha nA manavi" and "rAju vedala" particularly hold a
special place in my heart for choice of kirthanams.  Although I have gone
over the documented meanings of these songs in several musical texts, your
commentaries have always had that literary additions and cross references
that are indeed rare to find, and add the "saffron" to the "pAyasam", if I
may.  A more detailed understanding of these songs and the literary climate
surrounding them will only add to the pleasure of hearing these songs and an
indexed reference in one's mind when visiting the shrines.

Members of this group will be quick to agree with me when they refer to your
posting on shrI dikshithar's krithi in brindAvana sAranga - "shrI ranga pura
vihAra".

I therefore once request you kindly to rethink your strategy in terms of
these posts regarding the shrI ranga pancharathnams.  While I am sure it
involves a lot of your time, I am indeed am being almost selfish when it
comes to this matter.

Regards,

Raja Krishnasamy

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