lAli song of Thyagaraja in Kedara Gowla

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vs_manjunath
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lAli song of Thyagaraja in Kedara Gowla

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Lakshmanji-Can u pl provide the lyrics of the above song.

Lakshman
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lAli guNashAli. rAgA: kEdAragauLa. jhampa tALA.

P: lAli guNashAli vanamAli su-hrdayana lAli mrdutara hamsatUlika shayana lAli lAlayya lAli
C1: ina vamshamandu janiyuncina ghanAbha kanakamaya cEla dinakara kOTi
shObha vanaja nayana krUra varadAbja nAbha sanakAdi nuta sakala sadbhakta sulabha
2: karakalita sharacApa khara shirOharaNa aruNAbjanibha caraNa asura mada haraNa
puravairi vinuta sampUrNa shashi vadana karuNArasAkSa gata kAmamu nI sharaNa
3: puDami varada nAdu pUja gaikonumA kAdu mammuvariNTa kalugu shrIkaramA
kaDakaNTi cUpu nIkadi cAla ghanamA eDabAyajAla nannElu kuladhanamA
4: kOTi sUrya prabhala gEru maNTapamu cATuga nalankarincinadi nelakonumu
sATi dorakani sAdhu janavandya vIDEmu mATi mATiki nosangi maravaka golutumu
5: andu madhyambunanu aparanjitOnu sundarambhaina mancamu vEsinanu
andupai jAjulanu amaraparicAnu andamau nI pAdayugamu beTTEnu
6: asamAna shUra muktAvalulu maraya asamAna giri madhya kusumamulu guriya
bisarUha bhavAdi sura brndakOTlaraya asalaina birudu liDi Acadanu sadaya
7: bhAgavata sevalO baDaliyunnAvu rAga virahita nannu maravanga bOyEvu bAgiana
janakaja bhAgyamA nIvu tyAgarAjuni niNDu daya cEsi brOvu

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Re: lAli song of Thyagaraja in Kedara Gowla

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Questions..shouldn't it be hamsadhULikA Sayana, and not hamsatULikA?
In c1, I think it should be vanaja nayana akrUra (not krUra) varada abja nAbhA.

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rshankar Ji,
hamsatUlika means the feathers of a swan.
It may be 'vanajanayanakrUra varadAbja nABha'
[c1] ina vamshamandu *janiyuncina* [janiyimcina]
[c6] asamAna shUra muktAvalulu *maraya*[meraya]
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rshankar
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Smt. Savitri and Sri VGV, thank you!

vs_manjunath
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An audio link is most welcome.
I heard this song for the first time in Tirumala during Sahasra Deepalankrana Seva.It was an apt song as the Lord Malayappa Swamy alongwith Sri Devi and Bhu Devi are rocked for almost an hour in uyyala seva. Veda gosham,singing of songs by ladies and melodious nadaswaram are performed during this one hr seva.

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Audio link - sung in utsava sampradAya style -

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=B ... ile%2c.mp3

vs_manjunath
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Sri V Govindan- Thanks for the audio link. It was very melodiously rendered bringing out the emotional lyrical values. Was very enjoyable.
Out of curiosity, would like to know who were the singers ?

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Thanks Sri V Govindan.

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manjunath,
More than 15 years back, these kRtis, mostly sung by MBK and his disciples, were broadcast by AIR. Some other musicians also have participated in it. These are from the recordings of that broadcast.

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Thanks for this info.
In the commercial Utsava Sampradaya Krithis sung by MBK(Sangeetha Cassette)...this is not sung.Uyyala Lugavayya is the lAli song in this recording.Also it's a solo presentation by MBK.

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It's quite interesting to observe that the second line swarakshara prAsa has come so naturally in the lyrics...........Starting from the Pallavi; Anupallavi and all the seven charanams have this lyrical beauty.

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