Swati Tirunal Kriti - Nama Sudha Rasa

shishyapriya · Post by **shishyapriya** » 04 Mar 2007, 07:53

Can I please get the lyrics for the swati tirunal kriti - Nama Sudha Rasa

Thanks,
Shishyapriya

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 04 Mar 2007, 09:04

Are your sure that the words are correct? There is no such kriti by Svati Tirunal with
these starting words. What is the raga?

meena · Post by **meena** » 04 Mar 2007, 09:09

Lji
in kapi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-soyVuuRryA

shishyapriya · Post by **shishyapriya** » 04 Mar 2007, 20:06

Yes Meena. It is in youtube and in Kapi. I googled and could not find this kriti listed under Swati Tirunal.

Lji, It is very strange how a song is not listed.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 04 Mar 2007, 21:53

I listened to thge songs and wrote down the words to the best of my ability. I am sure there are errors here. Corrections welcome.

nAma sudhA rasam. rAgA: kApi. Adi tALA. Composer: Svati Tirunal?

P: nAda sudhA rasam aitibha rasanE nArAyaNa hari gOvindEti
A: yAmita vimalA dAtu kucEla tripti varAtara mOduba nE
C: yadi hari nAma para dhvanikaika bhavatikyamAnakE bhaya bhaktakE
sarasijanAbha harE nArAyaNa mAdatEti nigata sukhEtita caraNE

meena · Post by **meena** » 05 Mar 2007, 00:41

Lji

Could this be Irayimman Thampi's comp? who also happens to use the mudra.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 05 Mar 2007, 02:43

It could be but I have no way of veryfying it.

shishyapriya · Post by **shishyapriya** » 05 Mar 2007, 08:11

Lji, I dont' find anything wrong with your lyrics. it is perfect. Do you stay in the US time. You replied very fast.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 05 Mar 2007, 17:50

Thanks. I am in eastern Canada.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 21 Mar 2007, 18:20

I heard from Rama Varma himself and he said that this composition is by ST from his work ajAmiLOpAkhyAnam. Here is the corrected text and meaning. I thank him for the response.

Pallavi: Naama sudha rasam ayi piba rasane (Oh tongue ! Drink the nectar of the
Lord's name)
Naarayana Hari Govindethi (Narayana, Hari, Govinda and so on.)
Anupallavi: Yaamiha pibathaa saadhu kulena thrpthi varaapthaa no bhuvaney (However much
good souls may drink this, they would never get enough in this earth)
Charanam: Yadi Hari naama paraa thvamihaiga, bhavathi Yamaa nahi bhayam api swapney
(If one chants the name of Hari/Vishnu, one never feels scared of Yama/Death
even in one's dreams)
Sarasijanaabha Harey ! Naaaraayana ! Maadhavethi nigatha sukhe + api + cha
+ kadaney.
(Chant these names of God....Sarasijanaabha ! Harey ! Naaraayana ! Maadhava
! and so on both when you are happy as well as when you are in pain.)

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 21 Mar 2007, 23:13

Beautiful Chaste samskritam. Thank you shishapriyaji and lakshmanji. Could he have been influenced by pibarE rAma rasam.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 21 Mar 2007, 23:31

lakshman said:

I heard from Rama Varma himself and he said that this composition is by ST from his work ajAmiLOpAkhyAnam. Here is the corrected text and meaning. I thank him for the response.

L-ji: is there some way we can request Shri Rama Varma's input in getting the sahitya of the kriti (saptaswara sankIrtanam) Sarasijanayana in Puranira ragam by Rukmini Bai, sister of ST.
For your reference, we discussed this topic here:
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1889

I have checked with several people, but haven't been successful so far. Many thanks.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 22 Mar 2007, 01:24

I have put in a request to him. If he has access to Rukmini Bai's work we may be lucky.