Compositions on Vamana/Varaha/Parashurama avatars

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shobana
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Compositions on Vamana/Varaha/Parashurama avatars

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Namaskaram,

Can someone pls help me with compositions (could be thodaya mangalam, keerthanam, thillana or anything) sung on either Vamana or Varaha or Parashurama avatars.
I'm not able to find compositions dedicated for these avatars.

Thank you,
Shobana

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sAranga gadApANim. rAgA: sAranga. Adi tALA. Ashok Madhav.

P: sAranga gadApANim AshrayEham sArasa daLa nayanam santatam
A: mArakOTi rUpam mEghavaraNam marakata maNi bhUSaNam
C: paramAnandakaram bhaktavatsalam parama puruSam bharaNi vinutam
parama bhAgavata priyam shrIkaNTham parashurAma sEvitam sucaritram


parashurAma IshanE. rAgA: paraju. k/cApu tALA. Gnanaskandan.

P: parashurAma IshanE unnai paNIndOm aruLvAyE
A: pAShattai jamadagniyai bhAva arasan konradanAl
pazhi vAngum nOkkODu pala arasai azhittAyE
C: palaraik-konra pAvam tIra parama yAgam onrai seidu
pAraiyai adarkku dAnamAi Inru bhAratattin mElaik-kaDalOrattil tangi
parama bhaktargaLaik-kAkkum bhagavAnE nI vAzhga
(ciTTasvara)
sa mA gA mA dha ni sA* sA* ni dhA ma pa ma ga ri


arE parashurAma mada (lng). rAgA: kIravANi. tripuTa tALA. Govindacharya.

arE parashurAma mada vibhanjana padma nayana vishAlurErE catuhshruti riSabha sAdhAraNa
gAndhAra kAkali svara itara shuddha ArOha avarOha sampUrNa sagrahanyAsAmsha
tripuTa yukta mElAdhikAra kIravANi rAgamavadhAraya shrI rAma namO namO


dhyAnam sheidu. rAgA: dhanyAsi. Adi tALA. Ashok Madhav.

P: dhyAnam sheidu unadaDi paNivEn dayAkaranE unnai ninaindu
A: jnAnam tarum perumAnE unnai nADi gAnam pAdi pugazh un nAmattai
C: muvulagai ALum bharaNi priyanE vAmananAgi vEdam taritta tirumaganE
muvadi keTTu asuranai vadaitta uttamanE vAnOr meccum vaikuNTha vAsanE


vAmAnka sthitAya. rAgA: aThANA. k/Eka tALA. Muttusvami Dikshitar.

P: vAmAnka sthitayA vallabhayAshliStam vAraNa vadanam dEvam vandEham
A: vAmana svarUpam varadam sacApam cAmara karnam shashi
shEkhara tanayam nAma rUpadharam abhinava guruguha hrdayam
C: aStAnga yOga vara haThANa vAdi jaya vasiSThAdi tapOdhana sEvita
gaNanAtham srSTyAdi kAraNam shrita pAvanam hEtuduStAnta varjitam
dEvatA pUjitam duSta vighna haraNam shiSTa bhakta bharaNam
iSTa phalada caraNam siSta hrd viharaNam


vAmana dEvanE. rAgA: vAcaspati. Adi tALA. Gnanaskandan.

P: vAmana dEvanE nal vAzhvaruLvAyE em bhayamaTra manattai urudi paDuttiyE
A: vallavan mahAbaliyin vAi sollai aDakki unnai vAzh nAL muzhudum vaNaga seida
C: vallamai pEsum manidar valimaiyai pOkkiyE unnai vAnOngi nirkkum mA uruvattaik-kATTi
vanamikka undan tiruvaDi onrE vAnOrkkum maNNOrkkum gatiyena ninra
(ciTTasvara)
, sA* ni dhA pA ma gA ri sa ri ga ma pa dha ni sa ri ga ma pa ma gA ri sa nI dha pa ma


OriDattil pirandu. rAgA: dEs. Adi tALA. Mangalam Ganapati.

P: OriDattil pirandu vErOriDattil vaLarndu Ongi ulagaLandu vAmana rUpanE
A: kOriDum varam tarum gOkula bAlA gOvardhana malaiyai tAngiya dharaNIdharA
C: sIriDum kALiyanai aDakkiya mAdhavA sirittu mayakkiDum yadukula nandanA
pullAnkuzhal Udi magizndiDum yAdavA bhuviyellAm nirai mangaLa ramaNA


vAmanam anisham namAmyaham. rAgA: nAyaki. c/tripuTa tALA. Mysore Vasudevachar.

P: vAmanam anisham namAmyaham sAmaja pUjita su-vigraham shrI
A: shAmata numa jabhavEndranutam rAma milAtmaja yA sahitam shrI
C: kara dhrta surucira shApa sharam khara mukha nisicara nAshakaram
vara bharitAdi mapOSa param naravaram vAsudEva maghaharam


bhItiyannu biDisu. no given rAgA or tALA. Varadavithaladasa.

P: bhItiyannu biDisu bEga bhutarAjane
A: bhaktiyinda bAgi namipe kyAtivantane
C1: kAmabANa kaDime mADu bari kAmahara nEra madhyani nidu vAmana dEvane
2: shara tiLuhu garaLadhariye karava mugidu bEDuvenu tvaritadindali
3: tande varadaviThalanna hrunmandiradol candadinda tandu tOrO indushEkara

shobana
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Wonderful Lakshman sir. Thank you so much. You just made my day.
May I please request you to send meaning and notation for these kritis (for whichever available) to talkwithshobs@gmail.com
By any chance, do we have audio for any of these?

Thank you again.

rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

Not all of them are compositions on vAmana, or parashurAma etc. Not sure if these will work for Shobana.

Lakshman wrote: 26 Jun 2019, 17:05 sAranga gadApANim. rAgA: sAranga. Adi tALA. Ashok Madhav.

P: sAranga gadApANim AshrayEham sArasa daLa nayanam santatam
A: mArakOTi rUpam mEghavaraNam marakata maNi bhUSaNam
C: paramAnandakaram bhaktavatsalam parama puruSam bharaNi vinutam
parama bhAgavata priyam shrIkaNTham parashurAma sEvitam sucaritram
This describes vishNu as someone worshipped by parashurAma, if I understand it correctly.
Lakshman wrote: 26 Jun 2019, 17:05 arE parashurAma mada (lng). rAgA: kIravANi. tripuTa tALA. Govindacharya.

arE parashurAma mada vibhanjana padma nayana vishAlurErE catuhshruti riSabha sAdhAraNa
gAndhAra kAkali svara itara shuddha ArOha avarOha sampUrNa sagrahanyAsAmsha
tripuTa yukta mElAdhikAra kIravANi rAgamavadhAraya shrI rAma namO namO
Again, if I understand the lyrics correctly, this describes rAma as the person who subdued parashurAma's arrogance.
Lakshman wrote: 26 Jun 2019, 17:05 vAmAnka sthitAya. rAgA: aThANA. k/Eka tALA. Muttusvami Dikshitar.

P: vAmAnka sthitayA vallabhayAshliStam vAraNa vadanam dEvam vandEham
A: vAmana svarUpam varadam sacApam cAmara karnam shashi
shEkhara tanayam nAma rUpadharam abhinava guruguha hrdayam
C: aStAnga yOga vara haThANa vAdi jaya vasiSThAdi tapOdhana sEvita
gaNanAtham srSTyAdi kAraNam shrita pAvanam hEtuduStAnta varjitam
dEvatA pUjitam duSta vighna haraNam shiSTa bhakta bharaNam
iSTa phalada caraNam siSta hrd viharaNam
This is a composition of ganESa, the elephant-faced (vAraNa vadanam) one. gaNESa is described as short (vAmana) - as in vAmana rUpa mahESvara putra, and as vAmana svarUpam here. Detailed meaning of this, and other compositions of SrI muttusvAmi dIkshita by Rajani can be found here.

Smt. Savitri or Sachi can weigh in about the composition of Sri Varadavittala.

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Post by Lakshman »

I just selected the songs where the names of these three avataras are mentioned.

shobana
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Thank you. I went through the meaning of Dikshitar song and yes is Ganesa composition.

1) Going through the lyrics, the following composition is about vamana.
May I please get help with audio and notation for this composition? Thank you!

vAmana dEvanE. rAgA: vAcaspati. Adi tALA. Gnanaskandan.

P: vAmana dEvanE nal vAzhvaruLvAyE em bhayamaTra manattai urudi paDuttiyE
A: vallavan mahAbaliyin vAi sollai aDakki unnai vAzh nAL muzhudum vaNaga seida
C: vallamai pEsum manidar valimaiyai pOkkiyE unnai vAnOngi nirkkum mA uruvattaik-kATTi
vanamikka undan tiruvaDi onrE vAnOrkkum maNNOrkkum gatiyena ninra
(ciTTasvara)
, sA* ni dhA pA ma gA ri sa ri ga ma pa dha ni sa ri ga ma pa ma gA ri sa nI dha pa ma


2) Also I couldn't understand the lyrics of following 2 compositions. Please help.

vAmanam anisham namAmyaham. rAgA: nAyaki. c/tripuTa tALA. Mysore Vasudevachar.

P: vAmanam anisham namAmyaham sAmaja pUjita su-vigraham shrI
A: shAmata numa jabhavEndranutam rAma milAtmaja yA sahitam shrI
C: kara dhrta surucira shApa sharam khara mukha nisicara nAshakaram
vara bharitAdi mapOSa param naravaram vAsudEva maghaharam


bhItiyannu biDisu. no given rAgA or tALA. Varadavithaladasa.

P: bhItiyannu biDisu bEga bhutarAjane
A: bhaktiyinda bAgi namipe kyAtivantane
C1: kAmabANa kaDime mADu bari kAmahara nEra madhyani nidu vAmana dEvane
2: shara tiLuhu garaLadhariye karava mugidu bEDuvenu tvaritadindali
3: tande varadaviThalanna hrunmandiradol candadinda tandu tOrO indushEkara

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Can I get audio for these kritis?

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Also is there compositions on other avatars like matsya, kurma, mohini, balarama, kalki?

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Yes there are two fine examples given as ragamalikas by the great masters

This is Dikshitar's "mAdhavO mAm pAtu"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kr_Fs2nuMo

and this is Maharajas terrific "KamalajAsya" (diabetes alert Mohana is too sweet ! )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOrsXl9Mxwk

Dikshitar uses the 5 Ghana panchaka ragas (Nata, Varali, Arabhi, Gaula and Shri)
as well as 3 ragas used as mangalams ! Maharaja avoids the Ghana ragas as can be seen.

daSAvatAra rAgamAlika of Dikshitar
tALa: rUpakam
rAga: nAta
mAdhavO mAm pAtu matsyAvatArO vEdastEya duStaharO vEdAdi rakSaNah shrI
rAga: gauLa
gOvindam namAmyaham guruguhanutakUrmAvatAram dEvarAjAdi pUjitam divyAmRtapradam
rAga: shrI
shrIdharENa rakSitOham bhUmipAla sUkarENa hita dEvOpakArENa hayAsurahati nipuNEna
rAga: Arabhi
narasihmAya namastE prahlAda prArthitAya hiraNya prANaharAya harihayAdi vanditAya
rAga: varALi
vAmanAdanyam na jAnEham naravara rUpiNah shukra balirAjAdi shrutijHnAna prabOdhinO
rAga: kEdAram
parashurAmasya dAsOham sItApatim sharaNAgatasya kSatriya kula bhIkarasya jamadagni RSi putrasya
rAga: vasanta
rAmacandra svAmini bhaktim karOmi dasharatha sukumArAtmani dashavadana bhaHnjanAtmani
rAga: suraTi
balarAma mAm kalaya bhOgIshAdi sOdara muraLIgAnAnanda mukundAdi sadA lOla
rAga: saurASTram
shrI kRSNam bhajarE citta shrI rukmiNIpatim shishupAla kamsAdiharam pANDavAdi rakSitavaram
rAga: madhyamAvati
kaliyuga varavEHNkaTEsham khala shamUha hata surEsham alamElu maHNgEsham acyutAdim bhajEhamanisham

Maharajas daSAvatara rAgamALika

pallavi
(rAgA: mOhana)
kamalajAsya. rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA. (rAgA: mOhana)
caraNam 1
kamalajAsya hrta nigamarAshi hayagRivadamana mIna sharIra mAmavOdAra
caraNam 2
(rAgA: bilahari)
dhrta mandara bhUdhara divya kUrma rUpa pIta sudhAmOdita vibudha jAta
caraNam 3
(rAgA: dhanyAsi)
ghOra hiraNYAkSa dAraNa sukarAkAra vasudhAdhAra jagadAdhAra
caraNam 4
(rAgA: sArangA)
prahlAdA vanOpAtta prati bhaya nrharE prahlAdita sajjana daityanidhana
caraNam 5
(rAgA: madhyamAvati)
kalita vAmana rUpa khaNDitOddhata mahAbali garvajAla suguNapAla
caraNam 6
(rAgA: athANA)
shita dhAra kuTAra ranjita bAhO harAdhItAmita shAstra ripu bhIma bhAragava rAma
caraNam 7
(rAgA: nATakuranji)
manu kula tilaka vancana para dashakaNTha ghanavAta raghuvIra sangaradhIra
caraNam 8
(rAgA: darbAr)
sIra samAkrSTa sAra hastinapura ghOra pralambahara baladEva shUra
caraNam 9
(rAgA: Anandabhairavi)
nandanIyatama brndAvana racitakunda sAyaka lIla bAlagOpAla
caraNam 10
(rAgA: saurAStra)
kaliyugAnta bhAvi kalki rUpa sajala jaladAbha nija shObha padmanAbha

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Some more thoughts
1. Jayadeva's verse on Dashavatara (Pralaya payodhi jale) is well-known,

2.There is a kriti in Abhogi "Sri Lakshmi Varaham" said to be composed by Dikshitar,

3. Purandaradasa has composed a kriti on Lord Varaha in Srimushnam,
viewtopic.php?t=10998

4. There should be brilliant verses on Varaha and Vamana in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham which may be tuned.

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Here is the krti by Dikshitar:

shrI lakSmI varAham. rAgA: AbhOgi. Adi tALA. Muttusvami Dikshitar.

P: shrI lakSmI varAham bhajEham shrI lakSmI sahitam shritajana shubhapradam
A: nIlamEgha jaya shyAmaLa gAtram nIlA bhUdEvI stutipAtram nIlakaNTha shiva
guruguha mitram nikhila bhaktajana bhayArtti dAtram
C: maNgaLAlayAbhOgi nutapadam puNgava budhajana natam vEdanutam
shankara priyakaram kubEra pratiSThitam shankha cakra dharam krpAkaram
pankajAsana pramukha sEvitam pankajamukha bhArgavI bhAvitam bhangahara
tAmraparaNI tIrastham sankaTahara sadAnanda sahitam

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