Krishna Kaho -Meera Bhajan

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hariharan
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Krishna Kaho -Meera Bhajan

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Dear Rasikas,
Please listen to an awesome Meera bhajan, sung by Sri. TM Krishna. The bhajan song is " Krishna Kaho Bhajuman " .
The raga is ' Samudrapriya ' which is the same as raga Sumanesaranjini. This raga is the pratimadhyama raga of Sudha Dhanyasi (when the note M1 of Sudha dhanyasi is changed to M2 we get this raga Samudrapriya, janya of Shanmukhapriya Mela. The song is a Meera Bhajan and the Lyrics are given under: The audio links for the song are

http://www.hummaa.com/music/song/Krishna%20Kaho/91357
http://ww.smashits.com/carnatic-classic ... 65043.html
http://ww.smashits.com/audio/player/fre ... :0,0,65043

Lyrics:
Raga: Samudrapriya. Talam: Adi

kriShNa kahO bhajuman prabhu tum
krSNa kahO bhajuman (kriShNa) [1]

jAkI kIrat bEd bakhAnann
sAnkhIdEt purAn prabhu tum (kriShNa) [2]

mOr mukuT pItAmbara shObhat
kuNDala jhoolat kAn prabhu tum (kriShNa) [3]

mIrA kE prabhu giridhar nAgar
dE darashan kO dAn prabhu tum (kriShNa) [4]

Please correct/guide me for any errors in the lyrics or on my views on the raga given above.

Radhekrishna
Hariharan

Pratyaksham Bala
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Re: Krishna Kaho -Meera Bhajan

Post by Pratyaksham Bala »

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mIrA bhajan

krSNa karO jajamAna prabhu tuma
jAkI kirata bEda bakhAnata, sAmkhI dEta purAna
mOra mukuta pItAmbara sObhata, kunDala jhaLakata kAna
mIrAkE prabhU giridhara nAgara, dE darashanakO dAna
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tkb
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thanks for the lovely link.

hariharan
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In the first line of the Lyrics, which is the correct /relevant word to song's meaning out of the following. Please guide
" kriShNa kahO bhajuman prabhu tum" or
" kriShNa karO jajamaana prabhu tuma" or
" kriShNa karO Bhajuman prabhu tum "

Sri. P Unnikrishnan had also sung this same song with full orchestra in one of his albums titled "sri krishna Darshanam". The audio link for the song is :
http://www.mzc.in/album/17047/Sri%20Kri ... shnam.html
All the Bhajan songs in this album are really worth listening and the Mridangam had been played exceptionally well for all the bhajan songs in the album in general and for this bhajan song in particular. The song canalso be downloaded as mp3 file( For this open the link select the song, right click and save. The song will be saved as mp3)

He sings this bhajan Lyrics as " kriShNa karO Bhajuman prabhu tum "

Hariharan

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Post by Pratyaksham Bala »

It is "krSNa karO jajamAna prabhu tuma" as quoted in Post #2.

कृष्ण करो जजमान॥ प्रभु तुम॥
जाकी किरत बेद बखानत। सांखी देत पुरान॥
मोर मुकुट पीतांबर सोभत। कुंडल झळकत कान॥
मीराके प्रभू गिरिधर नागर। दे दरशनको दान॥

In the third line of Post #2 -- mukuTa instead of mukuta.

hariharan
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Post by hariharan »

Pratyaksham Bala, Thanks for the information and correction.

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

krSNa karO is incorrect because it doesn't make sense. Unnikrishnan and T.M.Thiagarajan sing it this way. It should be krSNa kahO as posted by Hariharan.

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Post by Pratyaksham Bala »

krSNa karO is correct!
कृष्ण करो जजमान = make Krishna your Master = Have Shri Krishna as your dear Lord

Let us not modify what Meera had written.

rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

Is there an authentic publication of Meera's compositions? I have a couple of books, but I feel that they are 'versions' of what Meera had written originally.

VK RAMAN
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http://www.acidplanet.com/components/em ... 598&T=1596 - Thanks to PB for the correct lyrics.

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Post by Sundar Krishnan »

15/11/11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meera gives Meera's time as (c. 1498 – c. 1547AD).

Curious to know who saved Meera's Bhajans till the contemporary efforts of publishing them etc.

If she sang extempore in praise of Krishna, who actually wrote down her compositions, for otherwise, we would not be knowing about them today.

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जाकी किरत बेद बखानत or jAkI kirata bEda bakhAnata

What does this line mean? Can someone share?

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