vAnchitha varadE-madhyamAvathi-annaswAmy sAstri

[RevanthV]

I need the lyrics of the song "vanchitha varadE" of annaswAmi sAstri. Thanks in advance

[Lakshman]

The song is by Kamakoti Shastri. Delhi Sisters have sung it on HMV-SCHVS 847922 cassette.

[smala]

Lakshman-ji, what are the names of the Delhi sisters?

[Lakshman]

You got me there shyama-priya. I have no idea!

[RevanthV]

I heard a version of BMK from Sangeethapriya but I'm not able to get the pronunciation of certain parts of the song

[keerthi]

Lakshman Sir,
this one is indeed by Annaswamy, and should be found in Vidya Sankar's or T.K.Govinda Rao's books..


The lyric I have is -

P : vAnChita-varade! paradevate tvaM bhava mama mudE |
AP : kAncI-nagara-vibhuSaNa-mAlikE! kAmAkSI himashaila-subAlikE ||

C : mUkAdbhuta-vAg-pradAyinI ! mUlAgnAna-bhanjani |
EkAmrEswara-vAma-bhAgasthE! ikSu-capa-hastE! kUTasthE namastE ||

[Lakshman]

Vidya Shankar's book has only the following kritis of Annasami Shastri:

karuNAkaTAkSi (v)-tODi, ninnEkOri (v)-kAmbhOji, kAminciyunnadirA-kEdAragauLa, inkevarunnAru-shahAnA, shrI lailtE-bhairavi, parama pAvani-aThANA, mahArAjni-bilahari, shrI kAmAkSi-sArangA, shrI kAnci nAyikE-asAvEri and shrI kAncIpuravAsini-kalyANi.
TKG's book has kacciyuvarangasAmiki-shrI, vAncita varadE-madhyamAvatishrI and shrI kAmEshvaradayitE-kAmbhOji in addition to the above songs.
With all due respect to TKG, there are some mistakes in his varNasAgaram book-maybe also in the book of Shyama Shastri's compositions . So I am not sure who the author of this song is.
The reference to Kamakoti Shastri is from here:
http://giritrading.com/keyword.asp?item ... ered=delhi sisters&CurrentPage=1

[kmrasika]

Lakshman-ji, what are the names of the Delhi sisters?

I think their names are Vasanthi and Vijayalakshmy. The latter used to sing for Leela Sampson's dance recitals and IIRC one of the programs mentioned that she trained under KR Kedaranathan.

[RevanthV]

@ keerthi
thank you so much

[rshankar]

P : vAnChita-varade! paradevate tvaM bhava mama mudE |
AP : kAncI-nagara-vibhuSaNa-mAlikE! kAmAkSI himashaila-subAlikE ||

C : mUkAdbhuta-vAg-pradAyinI ! mUlAgnAna-bhanjani |
EkAmrEswara-vAma-bhAgasthE! ikSu-capa-hastE! kUTasthE namastE ||

What does kUTasthE mean?

[Enna_Solven]

कूटस्थ kuuTastha adj. unchangeable
कूटस्थ kuuTastha m. the supreme soul

[ashoksubra]

I happened to read the thread only now. Hence the reply so late. Couple of facts. Though the song has the lyrics in TKG's book of Syama Sastri Krithis under Annaswamy Sastri, this Krithi is a Kamakoti Sastrigal Keerthanai. ( i don't know the real name of the composer. Kamakoti Sastrigals' daughter's son was Seshadri Swamigal of Thiruvannamalai). My uncle K.R.Kumaraswamy Iyer (elder brother of K.R.Kedharanathan) set tunes to them and his daughters Vasanthi (elder who sang for Leela Samson) and Vijaya gave HMV recording of these keerthanais. The first kriti in the album is "Ganapathim Bhajami Sadhaa").

The both learned Swathi thirunal bhajans from their uncle K.R.Kedharnathan and gave a record of the same much before they released the Achutadasa Krithis and Kamakoti Sastrigal Keerthanais.