Sloka to precede Sogasuga?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 05 Jun 2007, 14:35

I am looking for a short slokam to sing as a viruttam prior to the sriranjani krithi sogasogu mrudanga tAlamu.

Any suggestions?

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 05 Jun 2007, 19:19

tirnethram soola paninam
vyuptha kesinam moola dharinam
panchabootha kshetra vasinam
papa nasinam bhaktha palinam
aswatha narayanya poojinam

(CML, I'm very sorry!)

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Jun 2007, 21:18

Good try chalanata! But there is no action verb in the shlokam!

I would recommend the following (which was created by Ravana and is known as 'rAvaNak~Ritashiva tANDavastOtram'

jaTA kaTAha sambramaM
bhramannilimpa nirjharI
vilOla vIci vallarI
virAjamAna mUrdhani |
dhagad dhagad dhagad jvala
lalATa paTTa pAvakE
kishOra candra shEkharE
rati prati kShaNaM mama ||

The rhythm is indeed bewitching! Render it slow first 'aalaapana style' and then with the accompaniment of the mridangist. It can be a blast.

Just providing a notional audio

http://www.unbase.com/n/2882232889
and leaving it to your imagination!

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 05 Jun 2007, 21:27

cmlover wrote:The rhythm is indeed bewitching! Render it slow first 'aalaapana style' and then with the accompaniment of the mridangist.

That is "pramANikA" metre.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Jun 2007, 21:35

Thanks DRS! What is the definition?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 05 Jun 2007, 23:38

pramANikA is a variety of anuShTup metre that has 8 akSharas to each of the pAdas. The structure is

pramANikA jarau lagau |

A jagaNa followed by a ragaNa and the a laghu (u) and a guru(0).

u0u0u0u0

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 06 Jun 2007, 05:15

Thankw Chalanata and CML. CML what is the meaning of the sloka you provided?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 06 Jun 2007, 05:20

Never mind - I found it at http://www.chennaionline.com/festivalsn ... okam51.asp

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 06 Jun 2007, 11:10

Since the kriti talks about the difficulty of pleasing the Lord simply by musical virtuosity, I think the shloka "vipancyA gAyantI" from Soundaryalahari ( verse 67) would also be appropriate.

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 06 Jun 2007, 11:14

This shloka talks about Sarasvati playing the veena to entertain Parvati, but when Parvati, in appreciation says "Sadhu" ( "Great") Sarasvati is shamed by the sweetness in the voice, and quietly covers the veena.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 07 Jun 2007, 17:02

chaitanyam sarvabhUtAnAm
vivruttam jagathAtmanA
nAdabrahma tadAnandam
advitIyam upasmahE

nAdOpAsanayA dEvA
brahma vishnu mahEswarah:
bhavanthyupAsitha nunam
yasmadEtE tadAthmakAh:

We worship nAda brahmam that incomparable bliss which is manifest in the phenomen of this universe.
Indeed, through the worship of nAda are worshipped Gods like Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva, since essentially they are one with it.

From sArngadEva's sangItaratnAkara - Section 3.

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 08 Jun 2007, 01:36

mohanji - This sLOka will be apt for nAdOpAsana cE sE. I'm already imagining SrI KVN signing it in his inimitable style in bEgaDa. May be CML can give us some bliss here by "cutting" an mp3 file.