[Advaita-l] A Vedantic tenet in a Muthuswamy Dikshitar's composition

[V Subrahmanian]

In this composition about Sri Sundararaja Perumal (Nāgapaṭṭinam, T.N.),
this line appears:

अनृत-जड-दुःखापहम्   = He who frees us from the three-fold misconception of
'false-insentient-misery'.

This triad is popular in Advaita Vedanta.  The idea is: While we are
Sat-Chit-Ananda/Ananta in truth, we are under the delusion that we are the
opposite. We have several references to this in Advaita works:

Here is a gloss of Anandagiri in the Nyāyanirṇaya for Shankara's Brahma
Sūtra Bhāṣyam: 3.3.12:

सत्यज्ञानादयो मिथो विशेषणविशेष्यभूता विरुद्धा*नृतजडादि*भ्रान्तिं निवर्तयन्तः
..

Satyam, Jnanam, etc. (anantam/anandam) which are mutually
adjective-substantive, remove the delusion of their opposites namely
anr̥tam (false), jaḍa (insentient), duḥkha/paricchinna
(miserable/limited)...

The Kalpataru on the Bhāmati:

सत्यज्ञानानन्दानन्तात्मत्वपदार्था इतरेतरं विशेषणविशेष्यभूता
*विरुद्धानृतजडदुःख*परिच्छेदानात्मताभ्रान्तीर्व्यावर्तयन्तः
(similar to the earlier quote..)

An explanation of the song:

https://youtu.be/vye6aQhNsxY?si=Y-BxxlZrbjTGoHsd

Read the full lyrics and explanation here:

https://sujamusic.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/soundara-rajam-ashraye/

Those unfamiliar with the Advaitic tenet above give different meanings to
the अनृत-जड-दुःखापहम् in the song.

Sri Dikshitar is well known for bringing out Advaitic doctrinal points in
several of his compositions.

Om Tat Sat