sarigAni dAni svarasthAna pada varNam in Todi by ramaswami Dikshithar

[ajaysimha]

hi rasikas,

i came across this:

"The other brilliant composition is a svarasthAna pada varNam in tODi, where the telugu sahityam uses only the seven letters sa, ri, ga., ma , pa, dha, ni. The telugu words in the sAhityam of this pada varNam are constructed skillfully using these seven letters."

Lyrics:

svarasthAna pada varNam

rAgam: tODi - tALam: Adi

pallavi

sarigAni dAni pAmarini nI pada

samAgamamAga nIganinisA

anupallavi

garima madAri padAri sadAri

gamapada nIdAnigA nidAni pasagani

caraNam

marimari ganisAga nipani dagadani

manigAnigA nimmanigadA

marI nI pathama manigA marInigA\\

maNali ve.nkaTak.rSNendra nAto

looking at this composition:

>at the outset looks like a jathiswara/swarajathi/krithi with pallavi-anupallavi-charana
(as it does not have any ettugade or chitte swaras)
>as it is In praise of his patron maNali ve.nkaTak.rSNa, it has to be called as Daru instead of padavarnam.


lakshman ji could you please provide notation for this composition
also could anybody help me in meanings.

thanks,
ajay simha

[Lakshman]

It is sent.

[ajaysimha]

thanks lakshman ji.

shankar sir can provide meanings if possible.

[aaaaabbbbb]

This line does not contain the proper letter of saptasvara.

marI nI *pathama* manigA marInigA

[ajaysimha]

hi savithiri ji,
could to decode the meaning for us ?

[aaaaabbbbb]

ajaysimha ji

I am working on this. Will post soon.

[ajaysimha]

thanks for that!!!

[ajaysimha]

i have listed the the pieces that i have come across:
swarasthana varnams/ krithis:
1.sarigani dani - varnam - todi - Adi - ramaswami dikshithar
2.gandaram payan tarum mama - kharaharapriya - Adi - Oothukkadu venkatakavi
3.mA mAnini - tODI - Adi - Sri Balamurali krishna
4.padapAda padam - varnam - kalyani - Adi - Dr.shrikaanth K.Murthy (any links ??)

any more additions to this list ??

[aaaaabbbbb]

Here is the sAhityam of the composition::


sarigAni dAni pAmarini nIpAda samAgamamu AganI gAnI nisA |P|


garimamu adAri padari sadarigampadani


dAni gani dAni pasagani|AP|



marimari ganisAgani pani dagadani maNi gAniga nimmani


gadA mari nI padamu amanigA mari nigA


maNAli venkaTakrshNEndra nAtO| |caraNa|


***********

Here is the translation::


What if, a woman,undignified,,who is not comparable to me,


is in friendship with you? {P}


************


Agitated, she proclaimed in haste, that she will not let you go.


I observed her, I discovered her inclination,again and again.{AP}


**************


I realised that a relationship that does not progress is worthless.


Is it not proper that you should gift her with gems.



Above all,venkaTakrshNEndra of manali, you are very affluent. {with me}{caraNa}

[ajaysimha]

thanks savitri ji for posting meanings.
it was very helpful.

[rshankar]

Smt. Savitri: thank you for all that effort into grouping what was essentially a set of svaras into meaningful words and providing the meaning!

[aaaaabbbbb]

r shankar ji,

Thank you.

Yes it was a challenge.Happy that I could make out the hidden words.Humble respects to the composer, master of music and language.

Regards

[ajaysimha]

make out the hidden words

wasn't it like the sa-ri-ga-ma puzzle!!!