lyrics - Sadashivan maindane & nandagopaalane

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syama
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Post by syama »

Hi, I need lyrics for two songs: 1) Sadashivan maindane ganapathy, set to hamsadhwani,2) nandagopaalane natajana paripalane, set to kaapi.
Thanks
syama

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Post by Lakshman »

sadAshivan maindanE. rAgA: hamsadhvani. Adi tALA. Composer: Maharajapuram Santhanam.

P: sadAshivan maindanE gajamukhanE santatam undan aruL tandaruL vinAyakanE
A: pAdAravindamalar gati ena nambinEn paramporuLE abhayamvaram taruvAi sharaNam
C: kArtikEyanin kAdal vaLLiyai kaLi maNam sheyya kAraNAdhipA
nirupa mUSika vAhanA unnai nidamum tudikka ennai Adari
taruvum uruvamE kANum yAvumE kazhalar ArAya gaNapati mahima
paravam ennaDi marava nan-guNan maharAjan pADa varam taruvAi

Where did you come across the kApi song?

syama
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Post by syama »

Dear Lakshman,

This "nanda gopalane nathajan paripalane" is sung bySmt.Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi and composed by Sri.Lalgudi Gopala Iyer VR. I looked for the song with composer's name but failed to get it.

Syama

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Post by Lakshman »

nandagOpa bAlanE. rAgA: kApi. Adi tALA (tisra naDai).

P: nandagOpa bAlanE natajana paripAlanE brndAvana lOlanE gOpAlanE
A: dEvaki vasudEvarin shirai mITTiya dhIrA tuyar OTTiya vIrA
surar tuyar OTTiya vIrA navanIta cOrA
C: pANDavar nEyA unai vENDinEn tUyA shrI pANDurangA enaiyAL Ezhai pangA
gANDhIpanin ratham tanai tUNDiya dEvA enai ANDiDa vAvA jaya vAsudEvA

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Post by syama »

Dear Mr.Lakshman,

I can't tell you how thankful I am to you. I must have listened to the song "nandagopa: with a hope of catching the lyrics, but since I am a telugu speaking lady I could not catch the finer nuances of the script and I refuse to sing it without proper script. God bless you.

Thanks once again.
syama

mahakavi

Post by mahakavi »

Lakshman:
Do I see a repetition (somewhat confusing) in the anupallavi line?

Should it just read:

dEvaki vasudEvarin sirai mITTiya dhIrA surar tuyar OTTiya vIrA navanIta cOrA ?

mahakavi

Post by mahakavi »

syama:
Here is a transliteration of the kriti "nandagOpa" (as given by Lakshman but with the slight modification of the anupallavi line mentioned by me above) in Telugu script (thanks to the efforts of arunk of this forum). See if this makes proper sense to you.

P: నందగోప బాలనే నతజన పరిపాలనే బ్రుందావన లోలనే గోపాలనే
A: దేవకి వసుదేవరిన్ సిరై మీట్టియ ధీరా సురర్ తుయర్ ఓట్టియ వీరా నవనీత చోరా
C:పాండవర్ నేయా ఉనై వేండినేన్ తూయ స్రీ పాండురంగా ఎనైయాళ్ ఏళై1పంగా గాండీపనిన్ రతం తనైత్ తూండియ దేవా ఎనై ఆండిడ వా వా జయ వాసుదేవా

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Post by Lakshman »

mahakavi: There is no repetition but there is a typo.
It should read as "surar tuyar OTTiya vIrA" etc.

mahakavi

Post by mahakavi »

Lakshman:
So there are two "tuyar OTTiya"? I thought the first tuyar OTTiya hangs loose after "sirai mITTiya vIrA". Somehow the construction of the anupallavi sounds jarring. Obviously there is a "sirai mITTiya dhIrA" and "tuyar OTTiya vIrA" after "dEvaki and vasudEvarin" and then another "tuyar OTTiya vIrA" for surar--right?

syama:
In view of this explanation you might be able to figure out the proper script detail, I hope. Sorry for the confusion!

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Post by Lakshman »

The edited text in post #4 is the way it is printed in the book.

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Post by Vocalist »

I have heard Maharajapuram Santhanam sing this, but I did not know it was his comp. Is there a reference for it?

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Post by rshankar »

dkfan,
The kriti bears his mudra - last line of caraNam - 'mahArAjan pADa varam aruLvAi'.
Ravi

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Post by Vocalist »

thank u.

has he composed any other songs except this, and the thillanas in sivaranjani and basant bahar?

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Post by Lakshman »

Here are his other compositions:
candrashEkhara saravatiyE-hindOLa, karuNai pozhiyum-hamsAnandi, sadA nin pAdamE-SaNmukhapriyA, tirukkaDIshvara mahAlinga-kAnaDA and vEl vEl vIra-bAgEshrI.

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Post by MaheshS »

Lakshman sir, I have heard one more in Mohanam which starts with Kolluril kudiirukkum komagale ... I have a recording somewhere, he says that it's his own composition written for a specific occasion. His speech is a bit cut off so can't get tehf ull details.

I will fish out the recording if you have not heard it before.

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Post by Vocalist »

thank u. please upload at your convenience :)

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Post by Vocalist »

Lakshman wrote:Here are his other compositions:
candrashEkhara saravatiyE-hindOLa, karuNai pozhiyum-hamsAnandi, sadA nin pAdamE-SaNmukhapriyA, tirukkaDIshvara mahAlinga-kAnaDA and vEl vEl vIra-bAgEshrI.
thank u so much. :D are there any recordings of these? :)
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Post by Lakshman »

There are but they are all commercially available in different CDs.

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Post by rajeshnat »

Lakshman wrote:Here are his other compositions:
candrashEkhara sarasvatiyE-hindOLa, karuNai pozhiyum-hamsAnandi
Lji
I hava heard karunai pozhiyum Arumugam thanai in valaci not hamsAnandi.

There is another one too, a very emotive one. nadamAdum deivamE kamakOti in sAramati(composition dedicated to chandrasekara swami of kanchi).

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Post by Lakshman »

rajeshnat: I am not sure where I got the information on karuNai pozhiyum. Do you have the clip?
Also if you have the audio, will you please figure out the lyrics for naTamADum deivamE and post them? Thanks.

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Post by rajeshnat »

Lji
I am recollecting after hearing these krithis since late 80's - early 90's.All the tapes are gone because of over abuse. Let me still give a try, I am sure there could be few mistakes .

rAgam - sAramati
P:nadamAdum deivamE kamakOti karunA moorthiyE

AP:iDar theerthu en mana iruLai nEEki sudar Oli kAttidum gnana guruvE

C:bhakthiyinALe pAmaraNukku aruL vazhi kAttiDum mukthi aLithiDum muzhu madhi nilavE maharAjan pAdiDum gnana guruvE

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Post by Vocalist »

if u have details of which commercial cds, please let me know :) i really want to hear them. thank u.

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Post by Lakshman »

Thanks rajeshnat.

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Post by Lakshman »

dkfan:
Here are the sources:
naDamADum deivamE -http://giritrading.com/product.asp?item ... CDs&dept=2
sadA nin padam-
musicindiaonline – Maharajapuram Santhanam & M.S.Vishwanathan
vEl vEl vIra –
Maharajapuram Santhanam-AVM 45B 176, also on BRI 110 cassettes
Thirukadeswara –
Maharajapuram Santhanam- Vani 6SEI 576 cassette
mishrashivaranjani tillAnA -
http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/Class ... dheera.php
basantbahAr tillAnA is available on musicindiaonline sung by Santhanam himself.

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Post by rshankar »

Lji,
Isn't sArangan maruganE, sAvEri pAlakanE (rAgamAlikA) also Maharajapuram Santhanam's composition?

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Post by arunk »

ravi,

it is a composition of yAzhpANam vIramaNi Iyer. And I think it is sAvEri bAlakanE.

Arun

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Post by meena »

sArangan maruganE. rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA. Composer: Veeramani.K

P: sArangan maruganE sAvEri bAlakanE mOhana kumAranE nAyaki nAyakanE
A: sAramati maindanE sAmagAna lOlanE AvalAi viraintODi vandEnE ni vasantA
C1: aruLALa bilahari kharaharapriyanE tiru murugA piraman tozhum bhairavi sutanE perumai tanda nATTai uDaiya bhUpAlarE varuvAi kAdal Ahiri koNDEnE shrI murugA

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Post by rshankar »

Meena,
Thanks for the lyrics.
I do not think K Veeramani is the same as Y. Veeramani Iyer...Can someone please confirm?
Arun,
I was going by Maharajapuram's pronunciation from an old tape, and yes, bAlakanE makes more sense with the following kumAranE, but what or who on earth is the son of sAvEri? I have to agree that pAlakanE as the protector of sAvEri makes even less sense!...:P

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Post by arunk »

thanks meena. A little reorg to show the poetic metre better and with raga mudras highlighted

P: sArangan maruganE
sAvEri bAlakanE
mOhana kumAranE
nAyaki nAyakanE
A: sAramati maindanE
sAmagAna lOlanE
AvalAi viraintODi
vandEnE ni vasantA (? cant follow its possible last word is vasam tA)
C1: aruLALa bilahari
kharaharapriyanE
tiru murugA piraman tozhum (when written in tamizh it would be kApi)
bhairavi sutanE
perumai tanda nATTai
uDaiya bhUpAlarE
varuvAi kAdal Ahiri
koNDEnE shrI murugA

I dont follow some of the raga mudra usages (kAdal Ahiri? bhUpaAlare? aruLALa bilahari?)

Arun
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Post by arunk »

ravi,

maybe sAvEri (somehow) refers to pArvati? Or sAvEri somehow is equated to kAvEri?

Arun

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Post by rshankar »

kAdal lAhiri = ??? kAdalAhiri = waves of love (always reminds me of 'endan iDadu tOLum' - of MSS from SakuntaLA - 'yenna SolvEn lAhiri konDEn pOlumE'?) lehar in hindi means waves...
bhUpAlarE = could mean a king and I guess here it stands for bhUpALa...

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Post by arasi »

lAhiri is an intoxicant: kAdal+lAhiri koNDEnE! I got drunk with love.

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Post by arunk »

yep good one!

lAhiri (ilAhiri) => intoxication etc: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadi ... =tamil-lex

Arun

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Post by meena »

shankar

sorry, it is Jaffna.N.Veeramani Iyer's.

Sree Santanam's rendition :
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/5JQ ... As1NMvHdW/

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Post by arunk »

tirumurugA piraman tozhum => tirumurugA! brahman tozhum bhairavi sutanE, where brahman is written in the tamil form biramman i.e. திரு முருகா பிரம்மன் தொழும் பைரவி சுதனே (for those who cant read the bold "looks like" kApi although it pronounces gAbi :))

This would then mean Sri Muruga! Son of Bhairavi who is worshipped/saluted by Brahma!

Would that be correct?

Arun
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Post by arunk »

thanks meena. The vasanta line I believe is

avalAi viraintODi vandEnE ninvasantAn (nin vasam tAn)

With eagerness, I hurriedly ran and came near you. (ninvasamtAn -> near you only)

Arun

mahakavi

Post by mahakavi »

bhUpAlarE ---> protector of the world?
(l for L interchange)

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Post by Lakshman »

How many of you knew that Yazhpanam N.Viramani Iyer is the grandson of Kotishvara Iyer? He also has composed in all the 72 mELakarta rAgAs.

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Post by rshankar »

Lji,
Please post a list - I had no clue of the lineage of Y. Veeramani Iyer. WOW!

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Post by drshrikaanth »

Thread on N.vIramaNi ayyar from our forum

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=33335

Some biographical info on the composer (Be prepared for atrocious spellings :D

http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/veeramani.htm

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Post by drshrikaanth »

A clip from Youtube showing the composer dancer speaking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sHI05nC ... ed&search=

A feature on the composer

http://www.ijigg.com/songs/V2AA00DPD

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Post by Lakshman »

Akhilanda koti brahmanda nayaki Vishvambari Adi
ambalak-kUttanin ADalin nATakapriyA Adi
Ananda naTanam Adum naTabhairavi Adi
Arahara mahadevan anantamai KharaharapriyA Adi
Arul jyotisvarupini ambike Jyotisvarupini Adi
Arumbu malar eduttu aniyaramai Salaga Adi
Ati rupavati niye bhuvi midil Rupavati Adi
Batumalai Kalyani
Chinna vayadinile Mand
Chittirap-pumpavadai chitrambari Chitrambari Adi
chokkanuDan porudum sEnAvati nIyE sEnAvati Adi
Dharma samvardhani dharmavati Dharmavati Adi
Dina bandhu niye tirumayilai Shubhapantuvarali Adi
Enada muruga Bageshri
Enai kakka mana shramameno gamanashrama Adi
Gajamukha Gambhiranata
Gana gayakapriye karpakame Gayakapriya Adi
Gana rasikapriyamana karpakame Rasikapriya Adi
Himaya malai pati arasan Hemavati Chapu
Innishai pu ragam pinniya Ragavrdhani Adi
Ittanai azhago amma karpakame Ratnangi Adi
Kamadhenu karpakame arul Dhenuka Adi
Kamavardhani karpakambike Kamavardhani Rupaka
Kandanukku vel kodutta gangeyabhushani Gangeyabhushani Adi
Kandanukku vel kodutta karpakame Shanmukhapriya Adi
Kantamani harini narani Kantamani Adi
Kapaliyai tazhuvum latangi Latangi Adi
Karpakambike kanakangi niye Kanakangi Adi
Karpura haratiyin arputamam Harikambhoji Adi
Karunai kadale abhirami Jalarnava Adi
Kosalam andidum shri raman sodari Kosala Adi
Kotakoti suryakantam komalangi Suryakanta Rupaka
Kunjaran sodara Amritavarshani
Kuttadum ganapatiye arulvai Nata Adi
Kuzhal udi vilaiyadi Bageshri
Ma mayilai shyamalangi matangi Shyamalangi Adi
Ma mayilapuri purani Namanarayani Adi
Madu karpaka datuvardhani Dhatuvardhani Rupaka
Manam irangavillaiya manavati Manavati Adi
Mangala gauri manohari malini Gaurimanohari Adi
Manguyil kuviDum ma mayilai Kokilapriya Adi
Maranduyir vazhveno karpakame Chakravaka Adi
Mararanjani niyuma allavo Mararanjani Rupaka
Mattunagar Des
Maya jalavarali mayilai Jhalavarali Adi
Mayilai kapali konjum mangala Kalyani Adi
Mayilapuri vachaspati kapali Vachaspati Rupaka
Muttu mukkutti alankari Nasikabhushani Adi
Nandi rishabhapriya nandini Rishabhapriya Adi
Natanam adidum navarasa pavani Pavani Adi
Navarasa nayaki shivanai anainda kathai Ragamalika Adi
Nitimati mamayilai karpakame Nitimati K/Chapu
Pada pankaja mala ni ta Yagapriya Adi
Paghai manam urugi padinen Naganandini Adi
Parindodi vanden karpakame Todi Adi
Parvata chalanatan pudalvi Chalanata Adi
Pumpattu pon pavadai punaindu Hatakambari Adi
Punnai vanaspati bhuvanapati Vanaspati Adi
Sambhava priye manoharini Bhavapriya Adi
Sarangan maugane saveri balakane mohana kumarane Ragamalika Adi
Sarasam puriyum sarasangi Sarasangi Adi
Setu ramapriya karpakame Ramapriya Adi
Shanta nayakiye sharanam gavambodhi Adi
Simhendra madhyama vahini mayilai Simhendramadhyam Adi
Singara bhavani vandal karpakambikai Jhankaradhvani Adi
Sundari karpaka sucharitra Sucharitra Adi
Suriyan tudittidum mariyamma Raghupriya Adi
Suvarna mayamana suvarnangi Suvarnangi Adi
Tanarupi niye dayapari Tanarupi Adi
Tanjam adainden taye karpakambike Kiravani Adi
Tarunam iduve arul mazhai Varunapriya Adi
Tattuvamanavale dayapari Shadvidhamargini Adi
Tayana karpakame narani Mayamalavagaula Adi
Taye dhavalambari mayilai Dhavalambari Adi
Tiru mayilai kapali tazhuvum Divyamani Adi
Tiru mayilai valarum oru mayile Shankarabharana Adi
Tiru mayilai valarum trishulini Shulini Adi
Vakkarulvai vagadishvari Vagadishvari Adi
Vakulabharana ani vadivambike Vakulabharana Adi
Vanna vanna Tilang
Vennai pol manam urugum Navanita Adi
Venugana murti sodari Ganamurti Adi
Yarum ilen charukesi parulagil Charukesi Adi

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Post by rshankar »

Like his grandfather (whose kandagAnAmrutam had compositions in the mELa rAgas exclusively on muruga), Y. Veeramani Iyer's mELa rAga compositions seem to be on karapagAmbAL - not surprising since they lived in one of the mADavIdIs. :)

mahakavi

Post by mahakavi »

Lakshman:
Could you clarify the confusion between Jaffna/YAzhppANam/Mylapore VIramaNi?
What about one K. VIramaNi who used to sing devotional songs?

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Post by Lakshman »

I have no information on K.Viramani.

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Post by Vocalist »

No, it is by Jaffna N Veeramani Iyer.

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Lakshman wrote:dkfan:
Here are the sources:
naDamADum deivamE -http://giritrading.com/product.asp?item ... CDs&dept=2
sadA nin padam-
musicindiaonline – Maharajapuram Santhanam & M.S.Vishwanathan
vEl vEl vIra –
Maharajapuram Santhanam-AVM 45B 176, also on BRI 110 cassettes
Thirukadeswara –
Maharajapuram Santhanam- Vani 6SEI 576 cassette
thank u :D

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