Jayachamaraja Odeyar (Mysore Maharajah) - Part I

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 21:55

sAhitya of
|| lambOdara pAhimAm||

rAga: nArAyaNagauLa ; miSra tripuTatALa

lambOdara pAhimAm hara nayanAnandakara |
ambAvarajAta SrIvidyA mOdakara SrIkara ||P||

lankESApahRta kailAsalingaApahAraka ||
lam-gaNapatayE namastEti mahAmamtra sambOdhita prakRti-puruSha prathamAvirbhUta gAtra ||AP||

paramAdvaita mArga rata yOgihRdayasthita |
parAdi catvAri vAkparimita paramapadaSObhita |
bharadvAja gautamAtri munipungavArcita |
bhArgavI taTavAsita DhuNDhInAma suvikhyAta||
pArijAta tarurivAnantAnanta phalapradAna nirata SrI nArayaNagauLa sannuta ||

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2005, 21:55

coolkarni

Thanks for that picturesque description of Bhimsen's MA performance. The one thing that impressed me most in that purvikalyan is the shruti alignment. It is just amazing. You mentioned three Tampuras. Even if there were thirty I am sure his voice will hold out in perfect harmony. Here is a lesson our CM performers have to learn from these masters. Our ancient treatises talk about 'nada kaTTu' which obtains in temples. Here is a practical demonstration! You mentioned all the Big Names being present. Do you have their reactions! Was Chandru (the Rasika ) there too

I can only imagine how yaman would have sounded under similar circumstances. I am waiting with bated breath. Pl Take your time. No hurry! But don't disappoint me!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 18 Dec 2005, 21:56

DRS
the next set of Odeyar's krithis will haveto wait for a day.
trying to catch up with hemavathi,narayanagowla.
will be uploading some lovely renderings.

start with karaikurchi..such a superman !!!!

http://rapidshare.de/files/4865033/kara ... i.mp3.html

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 21:56

Part 1 of Notes on
|| lambOdara pAhimAm||

rAga: nArAyaNagauLa ; miSra tripuTatALa

lambOdara pAhimAm- Protect me O gaNESa with a pot-belly;
hara nayanAnandakara- You That are a delight to the eyes of Siva.
ambAvarajAta-Son of ambA; SrIvidyA mOdakara- You pleased by
SrIvidyA; SrIkara- doer of good

lankESa apahRta kailAsa lingaApahAraka- You Who took away the Atma-
linga that was being taken away from kailAsa by rAvaNa.
This is the story conected to the ATma-linga. Legend has it that rAvaNa`s mother, kaikaSI was an ardent devotee of Siva as was her son. One day rAvaNa saw her making a linga of clay and worshipping it. Now the mighty rAvaNa thought it to be an inslt that his mother, mother of lankAdhISvara should worship a clay image. His pride being hurt, he promised his mother to bring her Mount kailAsa itself to lanka. Departing forthwith, he sets about shaking kailAsa. All of Siva`s attendants including His Wife are rattled and plead with Siva that He do something. Siva smiles and gently presses His toe down. Now rAvaNa feels the crushing weight and is unable to extricate himself no matter what he does. He soon realizes his folly (does he?) and surrenders himself to the Lord begging to be forgiven. He in fact wrenches his head off (some versions, it is his gut/intestines) and makes strings out of the nerves to make a vINe and starts playing music. Siva is appeased and assuaged and not only does he release rAvaNa but also grants hims his Atmalinga which, if worshipped, would give invincibility. But He warns rAvaNa hat the linga should not be placed on the ground untile he reached lankA and that f he did so, he would be unable to retriee it.
rAvaNa is overjoyed and departs for lankA. Now the other Gods are worried about innocent Bholenath giving the linga to rAvaNa of all the people. They thin of a strategy to prevent him from taking the linga to lankA. The ever resourceful viShNu and his true devotee nArada hatch a plot taing gaNESa into confidence. varuNa has no choice but to fall in line.

varuNa fills up rAvaNa`s stomach and bladder creating the urge to relieve himself. Our viShnu makes the sun disppear for a while as if dusk had set in. (Guess He was practising before the kurkShEtra war to help arjuna kill saindhava). Then our nArada chances upon rAvaNa (only by chance!) and reminds him to do the evening prayers. Being an orthodox brAhmaNa, rAvaNa feels obliged to do it. He then sees a young vaTu (or a cowherd) who is gaNapati in disguise. He pleads with the boy to hold the linga. The boy tries to evade saying it is too heavy, it is getting dark and that he has to go home bla-de-bla-de-bla. But he reluctanlty agrees in the end saying if it started feeling too heavy, he would call rAvaNa thrice and then put the linga down.

rAvaNa departs to finsih his duties quickly. nArada again forestalls him inquiring how he had obtained the ATmalinga and going on to praise the greatness of the linga. In the meanwhile our vaTu is getting tired and calls rAvaNa thrice in quic succession and lo, puts the linga down before rAvaNa returns. rAvaNa is furious and knocks the boy one on his head causing a dent. No matter how much he tries to lift the linga, it only gets heavier. With his incessant pulling, he is only able to elongate the tip in the shape of a cow`s ear (gOkarNa).The linga is also called mahAbalESvara as even he might of rAvaNa who had managed to lift the kailasa could not budge it. From that day, the linga ha been worshipped continuously. Our dear gaNapati also consecrated as a idol bearing the dent of rAvaNa`s blow on his head.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 21:59

Part 2 of Notes on
|| lambOdara pAhimAm||

lam-gaNapatayE namastE iti mahAmamtra sambOdhita prakRti-puruSha
prathamAvirbhUta gAtra- Firts to be born from prakRti puruSha
(mahat/nuddhi) that is addressed by the potent mantra
"lam gaNapatayE namastE".
lam is the bIAkShara for the pRthvI tattava in the mUlAdhAra cakra. gaNapati is the presiding deity and guard of the mUlAdhAra.

This is upaniShad brahma yOgin`s commentary
Om lam OmkAralakShya turyarUpam tE tubhyam gaNapatayE
namOstu, AvayOraikyamastvityarthaH |
yadvA lam iti mUlAdhArabIjam mUlAdhArasya gaNapatisadanatvAt |
yadOMkArArtha gaNapati tattvam lakAravAcya pAarthivAmSa
mUlAdhArE vibhAti tasmai lakAravAcyamUlAdhArasadanAya
gaNapatayE namOstviti |

paramAdvaita mArga rata yOgihRdayasthita- You Who reside in the
hearts of yOgIs that are steadfast in the lofty path of advaita;
This could also be split into two as "you Who is engrossed in the
lofty path of advaita and You Who abides in the hearts of yOgIs".

parAdi catvAri vAkparimita- You Who regulate and moderate the four
stages of speech.
paramapadaSObhita- You Who shine in the ultimate stage of bliss/
beatitude(saccidAnanda svarUpa)
bharadvAja gautama atri muni pungava arcita- You Who is worshipped
by the great sages such as bharadvAja, gautama, atri;
bhArgavI taTavAsita- You Who reside on hte banks of bhArgavI;
DhuNDhInAma suvikhyAta- You Who are famous by the name of DhunDhI;
pArijAta taruriva anantAnanta phalapradAna nirata- You Who are
engaged in granting innumerable boons just like the wish-granting
divine pArijAta tree;
SrI nArayaNagauLa sannuta- You praised by nArAyaNagauLa

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:00

Raja Chandra
I suspect a plot to distract me from the nArAyaNa gauLa kRti.

swAmI, idakke nAvu hELOdu, akki mEle Ase naMTara mEle preetI aMta:rolleyes:

karthik,

i think we have come a long way in this thread to be calling jee etc. raja chandra, rc or even raja will do. well as a matter of fact, all at home call me raja , so much so my daughter's first words were raja and she continued to call me just that for a long time !!! so meena, it applies to you also

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:00

http://rapidshare.de/files/4865694/kaly ... i.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/4866620/u_sr ... 1.mp3.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/4867475/u_sr ... 2.mp3.html

tomorrow morning i will be winding up hemavathi, with two magnificent tracks.

one a rtp by tns(will have to wear your seat belts when you get to the thanam)

second a very very sweet sree kanthimathim by ost

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:01

There are some interesting points abot the nArAyanagauLa kRti. The basic question is which sthaLa is it about? The most famous gOkarNESvara temple is the one in gOkarNa in the uttarakannaDa district, karnAtaka. It is a very ancient temple and has also been sung in the hymns of tEvAram and is thus a "pADal petRa talam". I am sure appar and sambandar have sung in praise of it but not sure about sundarar.

(sundarar`s 5th tirumuRaip padigam on gOkarNa referring to the episode of rAvaNa lifting the kailAsa)
kaiyAl kayilai eduttAn tannai
kAl viralAl tOLneriya UnRinAn kAN
meyyin narambisaiyAl kETpittArkku
mINDE avarkkaruLgaL nalginAn kAN
poyyar manattup puRambAvAn kAN
pOrppaDaiyA kAN poruvAr illAdAn kAN
maikoL maNi midaRRu vArsaDaiyAn kAN |
mAkaDal sUzh gOkaraNam manninAnE ||

Now oDeyar may have simply sung general praise of gaNapati without specifically referring to any kShEtra but I think not as he refers to 3 specific sages and mentions bhArgavI taTa apart from the rAvaNa episode. what makes me think that this may not be the famous gOkarNa kShEtra in karnATaka is the reference to "bhArgavI taTa". bhArgavi is a tributary of mahAnadi in Orissa. And there is a gOkarNESvara temple in or nearabouts Deogarh in Orissa with the same legendary connection to rAvaNa and the Atmalinga. But what I was unable to gain from internet resources is any further details and whether this temple is anywhere near the bhArgavI river. Cna anybody look up the atlas or acces other sources and let us knwo here?
The other bit is about DhuNDhI which is the famous one in kASi. But there is no doubt that this is not being referred to. There is this other DhuNhI in Tamilnadu referred to by MD (kari kalabha mukham) and this too is out of question. Now DhunDhI means "Him that is to be desired/sought". I do not think te gOkarNa gaNESa has this name(Im not sure) and I have no clue about the Orissa temple except that GaNESa is also worshipped there . (No surprises). gautama, paraSurAma are closely associated with many places in karnataka but that does not rule ut connections with other places.
The other bit that makes me wonder is another oDeyar`s kRti"lingarAja namOstutE" which I have already mentioned. There is more than one kRti of oDeyar`s that could be on temples in orissa (lingarAja temple, BhuwanEshwar which is also EkAmra kShEtra!!!). Then that hAlAsya kShEtra as well.

Raja Chandra
Did oDeyar visit Orissa? Do you know f he worshipped in any of the temples there? Can you throw light?

meena · Post by **meena** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:02

OK RC

I heard u

abadri · Post by **abadri** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:02

Here are a few more Hemavati tracks that I could round up.

Dikshitar's Sri Kantimatim is by far the most popular kriti
SSI - http://rapidshare.de/files/4870612/SSI- ... r.wma.html
MSS - http://rapidshare.de/files/4870684/MSS- ... i.wma.html

Here's Ramani representing the flautists
http://rapidshare.de/files/4870733/Rama ... i.mp3.html

And here's our newest SK batting for the violinists
http://rapidshare.de/files/4870826/MC-- ... i.wma.html

(other than this the only Dikshitar kriti I could dig up was
S Rajam's rendition of Madhurambikayam that I posted earlier).

Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan with Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri's Sivanukku Illaya (Hemavati - Rupakam)
http://rapidshare.de/files/4870540/Vair ... i.wma.html

Maharajapuram Santhanam presenting Papanasam Sivan's Ennai Kattaralvadu.
http://rapidshare.de/files/4870576/Sant ... i.ram.html

And finally, here's MSS with a RTP in Hemavati
http://rapidshare.de/files/4870953/MSS- ... i.mp3.html

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:02

puShpOtkaTAyAM jag~naatE dvau putrau rAkShasEshvarau |
kumbhakarNa dashagrIvau balEnApratimau bhuvi ||
(Mahabhaarata 3.259.7)

Hence the mother of both RavaNa and kubhakarNa was puShpOtkaTA. vibhIShaNa was born to their co-mother mAlinI and shUrpaNakaa as well as khara were twins born of rAkA.

The story of Atmalinga was made into a nice movie 'Bhakta RavaNaa' in kannada (?) dubbed into Tamil!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:03

Thanks badri
for that shower of Honeyvati!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:03

Could anybody explain the origin or meaning of 'ji' addressing among the North indians? It is not of Sanskrit origin!
Sorry DRS if this is a digression!

meena · Post by **meena** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:04

cml

The story of Atmalinga was made into a nice movie 'Bhakta RavaNaa' in kannada (?) dubbed into Tamil!

movie was Bhookailas -kannada
Bhakta Ravana -Tamil dubbed
Bhakti Mahima -Hindi dubbed

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:04

Thanks meena !

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:04

drs,

by the time i was 22, HH was no more, and my interest in mysore history is of recent origin. but HH was such a widely travelled man, he certainly would have visited puri.

since, your nArAyanagauLa kRti is testing your patience, i am this time really seeing a plot with this d/l

http://rapidshare.de/files/4872707/pari ... i.mp3.html

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:05

aahaa! madhuraM madhuraakSharaM!

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:05

abadri
The RTP by MSS is in dharmavati not hEmavati (N3 not N2).
Anyway it is lovely and will come inhandy when we discuss odeyar`s kRti in dharmavati. What happened to the swaraprastAra for the RTP? If you have it, post that too.
Thanks for all the other renditions although I have not been able to download the yet Thanks to rapidshare(sad hours)

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:05

nArAyaNa gauLa is a upAnag janya of harikAmbOdhi, the 28th mELa.
Its scale is

R2M1PN2D2NS* | NDPMG3RGRS ||

Note that the ascent starts with R and descent with N to show the prominence and importance of these swaras.

This rAga is a ghanarAga and is one of the dvitIya ghanarAga pancaka(actually saptaka!). When we look at the scale, we can clearly see the similarity to kEdAragauLa. But the gamakas on the swaras are very different and if sung properly, there can be little doubt about the identity. The rAga is very gambhIra (composed majesty)while kEdAragauLa is bhAvuka (emotional beauty). One shoul not use too much jAru in the rAga. The prominent notes are R,M and N. " MGRGRS" is also a very important usage. M is sung plainly and is a defining note. It is a jIva and nyAsa swara. The prayOga "SRM_" is more like the same phrase in sAma, plain and steady. Although PNDNS is given in the ArOhaNa, PNS can and does occur as is clear in the MD classic "SrI rAmam". R and N have mild kampana. (nothing like the sways seen in kEdAragauLa). One should be careful to avoid the phrase "SNDPR~~" and should consciously sing "SNDPS" to avoid dvijAvanti creeping in. (as in nArAyaNam in the line "rAmAyaNa pArAyaNa mudita nArAyaNam" of SrIrAmam).

vINe kuppaiyer used to be called nArAyaNagauLa kuppaiyer due to his prowess in singing the rAga. His varNa "maguva" is considered an encyclopaedia of the rAga. By the definition of ghanarAga, this rAga is suited for rendering tAna.
oDeyar`s kRti has portrayed the rAga`s character well. We see "PNS" in several places in the kRti (N is plain and sharp). The anupallavi starts on the "PNDNS*" prayOga.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:06

SrIrAmam is a great piece and shows very clearly the possibilties and boundaries of nArAyaNa gauLa. kadalEvADu is also very good. I know a kRti of Mysore Sadasiva Rao, "SrI ramaN vijita madana" in Adi(2 kaLes) starting on the madhyama note. It is a beautiful piece.
Being a ghana rAga there is bound to be RTPs in nArAyaNagauLa. Van we have them please. Also any other elaborate renditions or uncomon kRtis.
From my side
Here is what Prof S.Ramanathan says in a lecdem

http://rapidshare.de/files/4880016/08Na ... a.mp3.html

Here is maguva by MDR (from x-drive. The sound quality is poor).

http://rapidshare.de/files/4880805/nArA ... r.mp3.html

abadri · Post by **abadri** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:07

abadri
The RTP by MSS is in dharmavati not hEmavati (N3 not N2).
Anyway it is lovely and will come inhandy when we discuss odeyar`s kRti in dharmavati. What happened to the swaraprastAra for the RTP? If you have it, post that too.

DRS,

Thanks for pointing out the error. Will get it corrected in my database.
Unfortunately, that's all the available recording for this RTP that I've.

Rgds,
-Badri

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:08

sAhitya of
||SrI guru dakShiNAmUrtE||

rAga- bhavapriya; caturaSra maThya tALa

SrI guru dakShiNAmUrtE namOstutE |
SrImad umApatE tArakarUpa paSupatE ||

SrI girijA vihAriNE anantarUpiNE |
sadguru SiShya rUpa prapanca vyApinE SrIvidyAsvarUpiNE avikAriNE ||

yOga paTTAbhirAma mahAmAyA vaNDita |
tyAgarAjAdi mahAkavi pungava sEvita |
yOgAnga suprIta bhavapriya rAgatOShita |
tyAgEnaikE amRtatvamAnaSuriti Srutividita ||
agOcara mahAtEjOjjvAlAvRta aghOrAdyaShTanAma sampUjita amaranuta||

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:10

http://rapidshare.de/files/4882256/tns- ... i.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/4883170/ost- ... i.mp3.html

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:10

coolkarni

You did promise a fantastic TNS Hemavati RTP but never one with a 'big ring ' into it (from 1:59 to 2:48 )

You may have to reupload it eliminating the ring! Sorry for the trouble!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:11

that is a sure enough proof that it is not a commercial recording.
anyway I will leave it as it is.50 years down the line that ring will have great vintage value.

anyway i had promised that the thanam would be great.did you find it so ??

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:11

That for sure!
Only the ragam has a cool ring to it

OST is superb too!

meena · Post by **meena** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:13

anyway I will leave it as it is.50 years down the line that ring will have great vintage value.

A great vintage and nostagic value, yeah! If someone at that time asks me about it, I'll let them know about this discussion.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:13

two rtps in bhavapriya

http://rapidshare.de/files/4886366/u_sr ... a.mp3.html

and yet another amazing rendering..
http://rapidshare.de/files/4900706/mlv- ... a.mp3.html

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:13

Coolkarni
Thanks for bhavapriya pieces. Now please look up vauLAbharaNa pieces next.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:14

Meaning of ||SrI guru dakShiNAmUrtE||

SrI guru dakShiNAmUrtE namOstutE- I bow to the preceptor dakShiNAmurti;
SrImad umApatE- The glorious Lord of umA; tArakarUpa paSupatE- Lord of all beings Who ferries people across the ocean of worldly ties (samsAra).

SrI girijA vihAriNE- HIm pleased by girijA; anantarUpiNE- Him with an eternal form;
sadguru SiShya rUpa prapanca vyApinE- Him Who pervades the whole world/universe in theform of preceptor and disciple;
What a beautiful thought! There is not one place in the world where there is no guru-SiShya relationship in some form or the other. Him being the Adiguru and all gurus being His aMSa, he is present everywhere in the world!! And today`s SiShya is tomorrows guru!!!

SrIvidyAsvarUpiNE- Him in the for of SrIvidyA; avikAriNE- Him without any change or perturbation
Being niranjana and nirlipta, he has no attachment and hence no emotions or disturbances born of senosry perception or mind.

yOga paTTAbhirAma mahAmAyA vaNDita- Him woshipped by yOga paTTAbhirAma and mahAmAya;
tyAgarAjAdi mahAkavi pungava sEvita- Him served by great poets such as tyAgarAja;
The above 2 lines point towards a specific kShEtra which I am unable to pin down. And he has also specifically referred to SrI tyAgarAja among the trinity; Anybody has any thoughts on this one?

yOgAnga suprIta- Him appeased by the 8 parts of yOga;
This refers to the aShtAnga yOga described by patanjali
Theye are yama, niyama, Asana, prANAyAma, pratyAhAra, dhAraNa, dhyAna, samAdhi

bhavapriya rAgatOShita- Him deriving happiness from bhavapriya rAga;
tyAgEnaikE amRtatvamAnaSuriti Srutividita- Him praised/expounded by the Sruti vAkya "tyAgEnaikE amRtatvam AnaSuH"

This is a famous quote from kaialyOpaniShad. It is the sannyAsa sUkta. It is also seen in the mahAnArAyaNOpaniShad. It glorifies renunciation and says that is perhaps the only way to Self-realization. Here is the full quote

na karmanA na prajayA dhanEna tyAgEnaikE
amrtatvam AnaSuh; sannyAsayogAdyatayasSuddhastvAh |

"not by work nor by progeny; nay not by wealth either. But by renunciation alone one may obtain liberation"

agOcara- Him that cannot be realized/experienced through the percepion of senses; mahAtEjOjjvAlAvRta-Him surrounded by a brilliant effulgence; aghOrAdyaShTanAma sampUjita- Him worshipped by 8 names starting with aghOra;
Can anyone tell what these names are? I know of Siva`s aShTa mUrtis but aghOra does not figurs in the list. aghOra is the name of one of the 5 faces of Siva.
amaranuta- Him praised by the dEvas.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:14

Coolkarni
Do you have MD`s kRti in bhavAni- "jayati SivAbhavAnI"? Would love to hear it.

Here is Balamurali`s jayati SivA

http://rapidshare.de/files/4904919/Jaya ... a.smi.html

Any SrIkAntanIyeda?
The first I heard this live was by M.S.Sheela in a 4 hour mikeless concert in Gokhale institute, Tyagarajanagara 8 years or so ago.

S.Ramanathan has also composed a kRti in kannaDa (bhavapriye bhavAni bAramma). You can hear this on nadaanubooti website.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:14

bhavapriya is the 44th mELa. It is the pratimadhyama conterpart of tODi.
Scale

SR1G2M2PD1N2S* | S*NDPMGRS ||

Note that the G here is handled differently from tODi. It is akin to the gAndhAra in SubhapantuarALi. R-D, G-N & G-D are vAdi-samvAdis. The rAga has ample scope for elaboration.

oDeyar has ept the rules of prAsa and yati to a large extent in this kRti. oDeyar`s kRti has explored the rAga in detail (More than SrIkAnta nIyeDa IMHO).

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:14

Raja chandra
Thanks for the heart-warming vakuLAbharaNa by Vid|| Sukanya Prabhakar and her daughter Sumana Vedant. A very nice rendition. THe SlOka (Or is it a vRtta? I did not pay too much attention to it. I was more ineterested in the rAga of course ) praising oDeyar- is it copmosed by Sukanya?
Here is the rendition for the AIR series which we are discussing. (there are some differences in dhAtu as well as mAtu).

http://rapidshare.de/files/4907855/Vaku ... m.mp3.html

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:15

sAhitya for
|| paripAhimAm siddhivinAyaka ||

rAga: vakuLAbharaNa ; AditALa

paripAhimAm siddhivinAyaka |
harihara brahmAdi trimSattrikOTi dEvatOpAsita ||P||

parAtparA dhIra pASAnkuSa dhara |
haridrA kumkuma sammiSrita candanAnuliptagAtra ||AP||

gandharva yakSha kinnarAdi sEvita |
gambhIra dhvani SObhita karuNAnvita |
gamanAgamanarahita SrIvidyAsuta |
gamaka (Agama) sahita vakuLAbharaNa tOShita ||
gakAra bIjAkShara nilaya bhUmyAdi tattva valaya bhRtabhakta nicaya(nilaya?) ||C||

S. Sankar sings bhUtyAdi sattva in place of bUmyAdi tattva. I dont think this is correct. Also nicaya seems more appropriate than nilaya.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:15

Notes on
|| paripAhimAm siddhivinAyaka ||

rAga: vakuLAbharaNa ; AditALa

paripAhimAm siddhivinAyaka- Protect me O siddhivinAyaka;
harihara brahmAdi trimSattrikOTi dEvatOpAsita- You Who is propitiated by the 33 crore dEvas from the trinity onwards;

parAtpara- Supreme amomg superior; dhIra- Valiant; pASAnkuSa dhara- You Who wield the noose and goad;
haridrA kumkuma sammiSrita candanAnuliptagAtra - You Who are besmeared with a paste made of a mixture of sandal wood with vermilion and turmeric;

gandharva yakSha kinnarAdi sEvita- You Who are served by the gandharvas, yakShas and kinnaras et al;
gambhIra dhvani SObhita- You with a deep and sonorous/impressive voice; karuNAnvita- Compassionate;
gamana agamana rahita- One Who is exempt from/devoid of /above coming and going 1.e birth and death. He is parabrahma; SrIvidyAsuta- Son of SrIvidya
gamaka sahita vakuLAbharaNa tOShita You Who are pleased by vakuLAbharaNa embellished with gamakas;
gakAra bIjAkShara nilaya You Who reside in the bIjAkshara gam (gam gaNapatayE namaH)
bhUmyAdi tattva valaya- You Who are surrounded by bhU and other tattvas (this can be either the 23 or the 36 tattvas or the pancbhUtas)
bhRtabhakta nicaya- You Who protect the multitude of your devotees.

abadri · Post by **abadri** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:16

Coolkarni
Do you have MD`s kRti in bhavAni- "jayati SivAbhavAnI"? Would love to hear it.

Here is Balamurali`s jayati SivA

http://rapidshare.de/files/4904919/Jaya ... a.smi.html

DRS,
The Balamurali file that you posted, requires us to use streaming audio
to play a realmedia file. Here's a dwnload link for the actual realmedia file:-
http://rapidshare.de/files/4912100/Jayathishiva.rm

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:16

Thanks Badri

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:16

vakuLAbharaNa is the 14th mELa. Its scale is

SR1G3M1PD1N2S* | S*NDPMGRS ||

It is the rAga preceding mAyA mALavagauLa and thus only the niShAda is different. D,N & M are jIvaswaras. G,M are nyAsa swaras apart form P & S. dhiavta can also be used as nyAsa. niShAda has to be highlighted to differentiate from mALavagauLa. The rAga is very melodious. R.R.Keshavamurthy opines that this rAga shines when sung at night and that it admits bhakti & SRngAra rasas. The rAga is very melodious and allows easy elaboration. There are not too many compositions in the rAga. The asampUrNa equivalent, vasantabhairavi on the other hand is very popular and so is Ahiri which is supposedly a janya of this mELa(Ahiri cannot satisfactorily be placed under any mELa)

oDeyar`s kRti is neat. Sukanya`s swaraprastAra is very good showing the rAgasvarUpa clearly. The swarAkShara prayOga at "gakAra bIjAkShara nilaya" is notable. It goes a "GG,GM,GRSRGGM,;". A thoughtful prayOga!

Lets wait for colkarni/badri to post RTP/pieces to savour and understand this rAga better.

abadri · Post by **abadri** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:17

I'll look for more Vakulabharanam tracks at home (also Srikanta - Bhavapriya, pretty sure I've one by SSI).

In the meantime, here's one Vakulabharanam piece from MM Dhandapani Desikar
http://rapidshare.de/files/4918386/MMD- ... aranam.wma

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:17

Thanks Badri for the rare piece in vakuLAbharaNa. Am listening to it. Is this a kRti of vEdanAyakam piLLai?
Will await the other pieces.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:18

here is my alltime favourite in vakulabharana-by somu-
http://rapidshare.de/files/4919854/05-E ... r.mp3.html

then two versions of koniyada
http://rapidshare.de/files/4920620/nedn ... a.mp3.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/4920000/madu ... m.mp3.html

and a bhajan to round it off

http://rapidshare.de/files/4920312/tns- ... m.mp3.html

abadri · Post by **abadri** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:18

I see that Shri Kulkarni has already more than covered the Vakulabharanam
tracks that I could round up.

Here are a couple of Bhavapriya tracks.

SSI - Srikanta - Bhavapriya:
http://rapidshare.de/files/4920828/SSI- ... ya_Adi.mp3

Vairamangalam with a Tiruppugazh
http://rapidshare.de/files/4920711/Vair ... apriya.wma

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:18

puriya kalyan-poorvi kalyani

http://rapidshare.de/files/4942231/Poor ... n.mp3.html

here is a very interesting clip from the program Sangeeth saritha on AIR

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:19

Coolkarni
nArAyaNa gauLa seems to have got missed out in between. Do post RTP/pieces in it. Also the next in the series.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:19

http://rapidshare.de/files/4958134/Gowr ... i.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/4958481/Lath ... e.mp3.html

DRS will take up the narayanagowla pieces next.very few though..

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:20

Here is a gowrimanOhari by Brinda and Mukta:
http://rapidshare.de/files/4960686/06_b ... i.mp3.html

Ravi

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:29

since there is a lull in the drs's pace, let me talk on what he said some time ago:

"I wonder if oDeyar is using SlEShAlankAra and hitting 2 mangoes with one stone. Raja Chandra may be able to clarify"

some time ago i had posted an article written by oDeyar in " Mountain Path" on The Virtuous Way Of Life. That was in 1964.

Now i would like to share another publication based on his lecture at Institute of Ethics of the Institute for Religious and Social studies, The jewish theological seminary of America, New York in 1959.

The theme of his lecture then was on " The concept of power in Indian Philosophic Thought"

please d/l

http://rapidshare.de/files/4970984/jcrw-ethics.pdf.html.

some of the quotations appears to be common but the treatment is diverse.

two mangoes
drs !!;)

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:30

Karthik,

Can you clarify, when the AIR recordings were done ?

So far, we have already had the following three compositions which were missing in my listings at forum hub.

1. rAjarAjESvarIm in rAga:hindOLa vasanta & miSra jhampe tALa.
2. SrI guru dakShiNAmUrtE in rAga:bhavapriya & caturaSra maThya tALa.
3.shree lalithE in latAMgi & triSra tripuTa tALa.

it probably means these were not in circulations for a long time.

Do you think this has something to do with the fact that sri. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer was the chief producer of AIR in the 1950's and he is said to have prevailed upon Dr.Mysore Venkatesha Doreswamy Iyengar, to take over as Chief Producer of AIR, Bangalore in 1955 ? As both of them had close association with the maharaja and had access to his compositions and produced these recordings ?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:30

Raja Chandra
This AIR series was broadcast between 3 to 4 yrs ago and the recordings made shortly before. SSI had nothing to do with it nor SrI| Doreswamaiyengar who passed away in 1997. All the artistes who have sung for the series are contemporary artistes (well established seniors yes but very much contemporary).

In our discussion so far, we have had the following 4 from your missing list-
1. 'SrI lalitE': rAga- latAngi, triSra tripuTa tALa.
2. 'dEvi SrI mInAkShi': rAga- cakravAka, tALa, khaNDa tripuTa tALa
3. 'rAjarAjESvarIm': rAga- hindOLavasanta, miSra jhampe tALa
4. 'SrI gurudakShiNAmUrtE': rAga-bhavapriya, caturaSramaThya tALa.

The following too were in the series
1. 'SrI dakShiNAmUrtE': rAga-saurAShTra,khaNDa tripuTa tALa
2. 'vindhyAcalanivAsini': rAga- harikAmbOdhi, khamDa tripuTa tALa
3. 'O jagadamba': rAga-nArAyaNa dESAkShi, khaNDa tripuTa tALa

Iam not sure about
'bhuvanESvari': rAga- mArgahindOLa, Adi tALa

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 18 Dec 2005, 22:31

|| gaurimanOharI ||

rAga: gaurimanOharI ; miSra jhampe tALa.

gauri manOhari pAhi kaumAri |
gauravarNa dEhadhari gautamAdi vandita SatAkShari ||P||

gIrvANa vAkpradAnakari Sankari |
girirAjakumAri paradi(parAtpara) vAgvaikhari |
guptayOgamAyE gurumahOdayE guNAlayE gangAdhara jAyE guhadayE (sahRdayE) ||AP||

parama pavitra tripura sundarI mantrESvari|
paramESvara manOhari paramadayAkari |
varamuni vaSiShTOpAsita padAmbhOruhE |
varENya vAsavAditya samudAyE mAyE |
praLayAgni jvAlamAlyadharE paramAdvaita bhAvaparE pAlitAkhilasurE ||C||