Swaraksharam Varnam in thodi by Dr M . Balamuralikrishna
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This is the only tODi varNa in his book sUryakAnti.
saraguna gAvumu (varNa). rAgA: tODi. Adi tALA.
P: saraguna gAvumu varaguNa nilavE karimA cala vAhanE sadayE
A: karuNArasa pUrita hrdayE muraLI gAna sudhArasa priyE
(muktIyi svara)
bhAvamunanu rAgAlApanamu cEsi layamunu manasunanu nilipi
svaramunu shrutilO nilipi ninu muda monarincitani karuNinci varamosagi
(ettugaDa)
nI garimagani nI darini jEritini sadA sAma nigama mOdini
1: kAma madada manigadA dharI
2: rEyi pagalu talacukoni nI karuNagoni sArasa hrdilO mAnaka nilipi
3: kAmitamu phalamuliDi surEshvara ihamu phalamula sAra midiyani
vishAla vilOcana nIdu mahimalu taramA teliyadE nanu gAvumika
4: sAdhu sujanavara vitaraNa vila sadgAna candrakaLA bharaNi
sAreku hrdi nilavana valyunadi sakala janulu budhulai managavale
nI daya galigina khalamulu parigiDunu sakala sampadalu tAne galugunu
bhArata bhuvijana gaNamulu nokaTai melagu sukhulai jayamu galugunu
saraguna gAvumu (varNa). rAgA: tODi. Adi tALA.
P: saraguna gAvumu varaguNa nilavE karimA cala vAhanE sadayE
A: karuNArasa pUrita hrdayE muraLI gAna sudhArasa priyE
(muktIyi svara)
bhAvamunanu rAgAlApanamu cEsi layamunu manasunanu nilipi
svaramunu shrutilO nilipi ninu muda monarincitani karuNinci varamosagi
(ettugaDa)
nI garimagani nI darini jEritini sadA sAma nigama mOdini
1: kAma madada manigadA dharI
2: rEyi pagalu talacukoni nI karuNagoni sArasa hrdilO mAnaka nilipi
3: kAmitamu phalamuliDi surEshvara ihamu phalamula sAra midiyani
vishAla vilOcana nIdu mahimalu taramA teliyadE nanu gAvumika
4: sAdhu sujanavara vitaraNa vila sadgAna candrakaLA bharaNi
sAreku hrdi nilavana valyunadi sakala janulu budhulai managavale
nI daya galigina khalamulu parigiDunu sakala sampadalu tAne galugunu
bhArata bhuvijana gaNamulu nokaTai melagu sukhulai jayamu galugunu
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There is another swarakshara composition of Dr Balamuralikrishna in Thodi, a krithi:
pallavi
mA mAnini, nI dhAma gani nI dAsarini gAdA
anupallavi
mama pApa mada damani, nI niga nigani marI marI nimmA
caraNam
sari gAni dAri mAri, gadAdhari nI niga niga gani, nI magani
sAma nigama garima gani nI pAda dari ni pari pari
muraLI ravaLimmani sadA kOriti namma
pallavi
mA mAnini, nI dhAma gani nI dAsarini gAdA
anupallavi
mama pApa mada damani, nI niga nigani marI marI nimmA
caraNam
sari gAni dAri mAri, gadAdhari nI niga niga gani, nI magani
sAma nigama garima gani nI pAda dari ni pari pari
muraLI ravaLimmani sadA kOriti namma
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Swaraksharam would work in other south Indian languages too... in the Tamil movie "Agathiar" - the jugalbandhi between Agasthya and Ravana has several swarakshara phrasesrajeeram wrote:Mohan, that is indeed a fascinating varnam. I always wonder whether Swaraksharam would work in any language other than Telugu ( possibly Sanskrit?) May be I am completely off here, are there tamil varnams like this?
parigasama
sagasama
nee padaga manidha
samamaa nee sari samamaa
I have composed a few Tamil kritis and I have used swaraksharams quite a bit in one of them but it would definitely NOT qualify as a swarakshara kriti ...
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Re: Swaraksharam Varnam in thodi by Dr M . Balamuralikrishna
There is a swarakshara pallavi which I think is composed by Ravikiran with the lyrics
"sariga mA pAda neerajamulu bhajimpavE manasa"
Can I have the meaning of this line?
"sariga mA pAda neerajamulu bhajimpavE manasa"
Can I have the meaning of this line?
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Re: Swaraksharam Varnam in thodi by Dr M . Balamuralikrishna
"sariga mA pAda neerajamulu bhajimpavE manasa"
sariga - properly/ sincerely,
mA - lakSmI,
pada-nIrajamulu - lotus-feet,
bhajimpavE - worship
manasa - O mind!
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Re: Swaraksharam Varnam in thodi by Dr M . Balamuralikrishna
Thanks a lot Keerthi - so the overall meaning is something like
"O mind, sincerely worship the lotus feet of Lakshmi" ?
"O mind, sincerely worship the lotus feet of Lakshmi" ?
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Re: Swaraksharam Varnam in thodi by Dr M . Balamuralikrishna
Mohan - you are correct.
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Re: Swaraksharam Varnam in thodi by Dr M . Balamuralikrishna
Can anyone post an audio/video link where any of these is sung?