Chittaswarams in Navagraha krithis

[shripathi_g]

MDR sings chitta swaras for Navagraha krithis like Angarakam, Diwakara Tanujam. I've not heard other people sing them. Were the chitta swaras present in the original composition? Can you also point me to a rendition where someone else other than MDR has sung them?

Thanks,

Shripathi

[kmrasika]

AFAIK, A sundaram aiyyer's book only provides ciTTasvarAs for the first two kr.tIs, which is not rendered frequently.

[pvijay]

Lakshmanji,
Can you please send me the notation for chalada hari nama- hamsadwani and kondalalo nela konna-hindolam songs by annamacharya.My e-mail address is [email protected].
Thanks.

[Lakshman]

I am sorry I don't have this notation.

[chingan]

Dear Sri.Lakshman
Can you give us the lyrics for this song. It is not available in the pdf file of Annamacharya kritis in the net.
Thanks
Narasimhan

[svaram]

^ just for information

pallavi

chaaladaa hari naama saukhyaamRtamu damaku |
chaaladaa hitavaina chavulellanu nosaga ||

charanam

idi yokaTi hari naama miMtaina jaaladaa |
chedarakee janmamula cheralu viDipiMcha |
madinokaTe harinaama maMtramadi chaaladaa |
padivaela naraka koopamula veDaliMcha ||

charanam

kaladokaTi harinaama kanakaadri chaaladaa |
tolagumani daaridryadOshaMbu cherucha |
telivokaTi harinaamadeepa madi chaaladaa |
kalushaMpu kaThina cheekaTi paaradrOla ||

charanam

taguvaeMkaTaeSu keertanamokaTi chaaladaa |
jagamulO kalpabhoojaMbu vale nuMDa |
sogasi yeevibhuni daasula karuNa chaaladaa |
nagavu joopulanu nunnatamepuDu joopa ||

pallavi

koMDalalO nelakonna kOnaeTi raayaDu vaaDu
koMDalaMta varamulu guppeDuvaaDu

charanam

kummara daasuDaina kuruvaratinaMbi
yimmanna varamulella nichchinavaaDu
dommulu saesinayaTTi toMDamaaM chakkuravarti
rammanna chOTiki vachchi namminavaaDu

charanam

achchapu vaeDukatODa nanaMtaaLuvaariki
muchchili veTTiki mannu mOchinavaaDu
machchika dolaka dirumalanaMbi tODuta
nichchanichcha maaTalaaDi nochchinavaaDu

charanam

kaMchilOna nuMDa dirukachchinaMbi meeda
karuNiMchi tanayeDaku rappiMchina vaaDu
eMchi yekkuDaina vaeMkaTaeSuDu manalaku
maMchivaaDai karuNa baaliMchinavaaDu

[ramakriya]

AFAIK, A sundaram aiyyer's book only provides ciTTasvarAs for the first two kr.tIs, which is not rendered frequently.

Are there any recordings of sUraya mUrttE with chiTTe swara? I have heard only the asAvEri kRti (Candram bhaja) sung with the chiTTe swara..

-Ramakriya

[saawariya]

FYI:

Muthuswamy Dikshitar's Navagraha Kritis

sUrya mUrtE - rAgaM saurAshTram - tALaM dhruvam
pallavi
sUrya mUrtE namO(a)stu tE
sundara chAyAdhipatE

anupallavi
kArya kAraNAtmaka jagatprakASa -
siMha rASyadhipatE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
Arya vinuta tEjaHsphUrtE
ArOgyAdi phalada kIrtE

caraNam
sArasa mitra mitra bhAnO
sahasra kiraNa karNa sUnO
krUra pApa hara kRSAnO
guru guha mOdita svabhAnO
sUri janEDita su-dinamaNE
sOmAdi graha SikhAmaNE
dhIrArcita karma sAkshiNE
divya-tara saptASva rathinE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
saurAshTArNa mantrAtmanE
sauvarNa svarUpAtmanE
bhAratISa hari harAtmanE
bhukti mukti vitaraNAtmanE

variations -
tALaM - dhruvam - caturaSra dhruvam
pallavi - sundara chAyAdhipatE - sundaracchAyAdhipatE
anupallavi -
jagatprakASa - jagatprakASaka
rASyadhipatE - rASyAdhipatE
tEjaHsphUrtE - tEjasphUrtE - tEjassphUrtE
caraNam -
svabhAnO - svabhAvO
saurAshTArNa - saurAshTrArNa (saurAshTrArNa - seems to be error)

Meaning
Pallavi:
O Suryamuthi! Prostrations unto you. The Lord of the beautiful Chaya devi.

Anupallavi:
The form of cause & effect; the one that brings light to the world; The Lord of the house of Leo; The one whose resplendence is revered by great souls; the one who gives benefits like good health.

Charanam:
The friend of lotus; The friend[benefactor] of this universe; the one that shines; the fire that burns down the cruellest of sins; the good-rayed one who pleases guruguha; the jewel of the day worshipped by the learned, the crest-jewel of the other planets like the moon, the witness to all acts, worshipped by the brave, the one who has a beautiful chariot driven by 7 horses the one who is of the form of the 8 letted savra mantra. The golden - hued; the one whose form is verily Brahma - Lord of Saraswathi, Vishnu & Shiva; The one who bestows enjoyment & liberation.

candraM bhaja mAnasa - rAgaM asAvEri - tALaM maTyam
pallavi
candraM bhaja mAnasa sAdhu hRdaya sadRSam

anupallavi
indrAdi lOka pAlEDita tArESaM
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
induM shODaSa kalA dharaM niSA-karaM
indirA sahOdaraM sudhA-karaM aniSam

caraNam
Sankara mauli vibhUshaNaM SIta kiraNaM
caturbhujaM madanacchatraM kshapA-karam
vEnkaTESa nayanaM virANmanO-jananaM
vidhuM kumuda mitraM vidhi guru guha vaktram
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
SaSAnkaM gIshpati SApAnugraha pAtraM
SaraccandrikA dhavaLa prakASa gAtram
kankaNa kEyUra hAra mukuTAdi dharaM
pankaja ripuM rOhiNI priya-kara caturam

variations -
caraNam - mukuTAdi - makuTAdi

Meaning
Pallavi:
O Mind. Worship Candra, who is as cool as the hearts of the sages.

Anupallavi:
The Lord of Tara, worshipped by Indra and other regents; the one who cools; The one who has 16 phases, the one that causes night; the brother of Lakshmi! The one who pours forth nectar;

Charanam:
The one worn by Shankara on his head; the one who has cool rays; the one with 4 hands; the one who has the cupid as an umbrella; the cause for night; the one who is the eye of venkatesha; the one born out of the mind of virAt-purusha; the one who causes medicines; the friend of the lily. The one who resembles the face of Guha the perceptor of Brahma;
The one who has the mark of a hare; the one who was subject to the curse & later the grace by Brhaspati, the one who shines like the autumnal moon; the one who wears a bracelet, necklace, & crown, the enemy of the lotus; the intelligent one who was dear to Rohini.
"¢ Lakshmi and the moon came out of the Ocean of milk; hence she is his sister.
"¢ In the creation of purusha the moon was born out of the mind of this virat purusha.
"¢ Chandra because of his liaison with devaguru's wife Tara was cursed.Later due to the grace of guru he was restored. Budha or mercury was the son of candra & tara.

angArakaM ASrayAmyaham - rAgaM suraTi - tALaM rUpakam
pallavi
angArakaM ASrayAmyahaM
vinatASrita jana mandAraM
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
mangaLa vAraM bhUmi kumAraM vAraM vAram

anupallavi
SRngAraka mEsha vRScika rASyadhipatiM
raktAngaM raktAmbarAdi dharaM Sakti SUla dharam
mangaLaM kambu gaLaM manjuLa-tara pada yugaLaM
mangaLa dAyaka mEsha turangaM makarOttungam

caraNam
dAnava sura sEvita manda smita vilasita vaktraM
dharaNI pradaM bhrAtR kArakaM rakta nEtram
dIna rakshakaM pUjita vaidya nAtha kshEtraM
divyaughAdi guru guha kaTAkshAnugraha pAtram
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
bhAnu candra guru mitraM bhAsamAna sukaLatraM
jAnustha hasta citraM caturbhujaM ati vicitram

variations -
mangaLaM, gaLaM, manjuLa, yugaLaM, kaLatraM
as -
mangalaM, galaM, manjula, yugalaM, kalatraM
pallavi - ASrayAmyahaM - ASrayAmyahaM SrI
anupallavi - rASyadhipatiM - rASyAdhipatiM

Meaning
Pallavi:
I revere Angaaraka again and again.the wish-yielding tree of the reverent devotees. The one in charge of tuesday.The son of Earth.

Anupallavi:
The lord of the beautiful signs of the zodiac,Aries and Scorpio. The red-coloured one,The one wearing red silk.The one bearing the weapons shakthyaayudha and shoola.The auspicious-one.The conch-necked one,
The one with lotus-like feet.The harbinger of auspiciousness that rides on a ram.the one exalted in Capricorn.

Charanam:
The one worshipped by the demons and gods and the one who has a smiling countenance.The bestower of land,the significator for brothers,The red-eyed one. The protector of the weak.The one worshipped at the kshethra of Vaidhyanaatha ie Vaidhiishwaran koil.The beneficiary of the grace of the gods and of guha. The one who is the friend of the Sun,moon and jupiter.The one who has a beautiful consort. The one who is seated with his hands on his knees. The one with four-hands

Each planet in astrology is a significator for a relative - Mars signifies brothers.
The sign of exaltation for Mars is Capricorn.

kshEtra - vaiddhISvaran kOyil

budhamASrayAmi - rAgaM nATa kuranji - tALaM jhampa
pallavi
budhamASrayAmi satataM
sura vinutaM candra tArA sutam

anupallavi
budha janairvEditaM bhU-surairmOditaM
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
madhura kavitA pradaM mahanIya sampadam

caraNam
kunkuma sama dyutiM guru guha mudAkRtiM
kuja vairiNaM maNi makuTa hAra -
kEyUra kankaNAdi dharaNam
kamanIya-tara mithuna kanyAdhipaM
pustaka karaM napuMsakaM
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
kinkara jana mahitaM kilbishAdi rahitaM
Sankara bhakta hitaM sadAnanda sahitam

Meaning
Pallavi:
I always worship Budha; the one worshipped by devas; the son of moon & Tara.
AnuPallavi:
The one known by the intelligent, the one who pleases the brahmans; the one who bestows the sweet gift of poesy. The one who grants riches.
Charanam:
The one who has a reddish body; the form which pleases guruguha,; the enemy of mars, the one who wears a bejewelled crown, necklace, shoulder-armour and bracelets; the lord of the beautiful houses of gemini & cancer; the one who holds a book in his hand, the one who is a eunuch; the one worshipped by kinkaras; the one who is free of evil; the one soft towards he devotees of Shiva. The ever blissful.

Notes:
This is one of the compositions on the planets referred to as navagraha kRtis or vAra kRtis and is on Mercury or Budha


bRhaspatE tArA patE - rAgaM aThANa - tALaM tripuTa
pallavi
bRhaspatE tArA patE
brahma jAtE namO(a)stu tE

anupallavi
mahA bala vibhO gIshpatE
manju dhanurmInAdhipatE
mahEndrAdyupAsitAkRtE
mAdhavAdi vinuta dhImatE

caraNam
surAcArya varya vajra dhara
Subha lakshaNa jagatraya gurO
jarAdi varjitAkrOdha
kaca janakASrita jana kalpa tarO
purAri guru guha sammOdita
putra kAraka dIna bandhO
parAdi catvAri vAksvarUpa -
prakASaka dayA sindhO
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
nirAmayAya nIti-kartrE
nirankuSAya viSva bhartrE
niranjanAya bhuvana bhOktrE
niraMSAya makha pradAtrE

variations -
caraNam -
jagatraya - jagattraya
makha - magha

===Meaning===
Pallavi:
O brhaspati! The Lord of Tara!, the one born to Brahma / the one who knows Brahman; prostrations unto you.
AnuPallavi:
The powerful one ! The Lord of speech; the Lord of the beautiful signs of sagittarius & pisces; the form worshipped by Indra & others; the one praised by Vishnu for his intellect.
Charanam:
The revered perceptor of the devas, the one who bears the Vajrayudha; the one who has auspicious signs, the perceptor of the three worlds, the one free of old-age & anger; the father of Kacha; the one who is a celestial wish-yielding tree to people who seek him.
The one who pleases guruguha and shiva - the enemy of the tripuras.; the significator of sons, the anchor for the destitute.
The one who shines in the 4 kinds of speech beginning with para; the ocean of compassion;
the one who created faultless laws; the supreme Lord of the universe, the blemishless protector of the worlds; the complete bestower of the fruits of sacrifice.

The 4 hands of speech para, Pashyanti, madhyama & vaikhari.

shrIshukrabhagavamtam - paraju
Pallavi :
I think of Lord Shukra; the knower of all tatvas.
AnuPallavi:
O Lord Shukra! Save me quickly; the Lord of t he houses of Taurus & Libra The one who advices tactically to the asuras;
the one who has only one eye due to the grace of Vishnu ; the one wearing a crown; the white-hued one.
Charanam:
The one who has an udu - desha of 20 years, the one who has eight vargas, the significator of spouse; the enemy of the sun and of brhaspati - the perceptor of the devas, the one who when in vargottama, in navamsha, hora, drekkana, is in vakra, exaltation, affliction, trines & Moolatrikona, When in trimshamsha shashtyamsha ,airavatamsha, parijatamsha and gopuramsha bestows raja yoga and gives kingdom. The one who pleases guruguha.

Notes:
In this song the first line in the charanam refers to the udu dasha system.According to this system each planet presides over the constellation for a particular period of time,Surya - 6 years, cahndra 10 years,brhaspati 1,budha 17, kuja 7 , shani 19 and shukra 20 years.This is generally subdivided into smaller periods called bhuktis.

* Hora - The division of a house into 2 each measures 15o ie 1/2 of 30 degrees
* Drekkana - division of each house into 3 ie. 10 degrees ie 1/3 of 30 degrees
These two are determined from Mesha(aries) or the vernal equinox.
*Navamsha is 1/9th of 30 degrees ie 3 degrees 20 mins.
*Kendra is the cardinal position.
* trimshAmsha is 1/30 of 30 ie a degree
* shashtyAmsha is 1/60 of 30 degrees = 1/2 degree
AirAvatAmsha , pArijAtAmsha and gopurAmsha refer to particular combinations of the vargas of the planets.For instance mantreshwara the astrological treatise says, Whether a planet is in friendly house, its own house or exaltation , a combination of 2 vargas is called parijAtAmsha, 4 is gopurAmsha and 6 is airAvatAmsha

divAkara tanujaM - rAgaM yadu kula kAmbhOji - tALaM catuSra Ekam
pallavi
divAkara tanujaM SanaiScaraM
dhIra-taraM santataM cintayE(a)ham

anupallavi
bhavAmbu nidhau nimagna janAnAM -
bhayankaraM ati-krUra phaladaM
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
bhavAnISa kaTAksha pAtra bhUta -
bhaktimatAM atiSaya Subha phaladam

caraNam
kAlAnjana kAnti yukta dEhaM
kAla sahOdaraM kAka vAhaM
nIlAMSuka pushpa mAlAvRtaM
nIla ratna bhUshaNAlaMkRtam
mAlinI vinuta guru guha muditaM
makara kumbha rASi nAthaM
tila taila miSritAnna dIpa priyaM
dayA sudhA sAgaraM nirbhayam
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
kAla daNDa pari-pIDita jAnuM
kAmitArtha phalada kAma dhEnuM
kAla cakra bhEda citra bhAnuM
kalpitacchAyA dEvI sUnum

variations -
caraNam -
rASi nAthaM - rASyadhi-patiM
kalpitacchAyA - kalpita chAyA

Meaning
Pallavi :
I always think of the son of the Sun - Saturn; The bold;

Anupallavi:
The one who causes fear to the people drowned in the ocean of samsara; The one who gives cruel effects;The one who grants auspicious amazing effects to those who have the grace of Shiva.

Charanam:
The one who has a radiant black body;The brother of Yama; The one who has a crow for a vehicle; The one who wears the garland of flowers and a blue garment.The one wearing a blue gem; The one who pleases guruguha who is praised by the malini mantra / The one worshipped by Draupadi. The Lord of the signs capricorn and aquarius; The one who likes the lamps lit with sesame oil and rice mixed with sesame; The ocean of mercy.The fearless one; The one who lost his knees due to the kaladanda; The one who is like kamadhenu in granting desires; The one who is like the sun in breaking the kalacakra;The son of the image Chayadevi.

smaramyaham - Ramapriya
Pallavi:
I always think of Rahu; The one who was seen by the sun & the moon & hence having a disformed body.
AnuPallavi:
The one who is both a deva & an asura; the remover of disease; the removes of the fearl of snakes; the one who is seated on a winnow; the one who has a trident in his hands.
Charanam:
The one who has a fiercelooking face; the one who is hard; the one who is full of mercy to those who recite the mantra beginning with the word kayana. The one with 4 hands; the one who bears a sword & shield; the one who wears a blue-robe, the one who wears the gometaka jewel; the one who is a friend to saturn & the one who pleases guruguha.
*. In the churning of the ocean of milk by devas & asuras after the nectar was obtained, Vishnu in the form of Mohini asked the devas & asuras to be seated in separate lines and began serving them. Rahu sat in the line of the devas.Surya & candra saw him and due to this his head was cut;
* Because he had a portion of the nectar he is both a deva and an asura.

mahA suraM kEtum - rAgaM cAmaram - tALaM rUpakam
pallavi
mahA suraM kEtumahaM bhajAmi
chAyA graha varam

anupallavi
mahA vicitra makuTa dharaM
mangaLa vastrAdi dharaM
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
nara pITha sthitaM sukhaM
nava graha yutaM sakham

caraNam
kEtuM-kRNvan-mantriNaM
krOdha nidhi jaiminaM
kulutthAdi bhakshaNaM
kONa dhvaja patAkinam
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
guru guha cAmara bharaNaM
guNa dOsha jitAbharaNaM
grahaNAdi kArya kAraNaM
grahApa-savya sancAriNam

variations -
rAgaM - cAmaram - shaNmukha priyA
pallavi - chAyA - chAya
anupallavi - yutaM - yuta
caraNam - kulutthAdi - kuLutthAdi

===Meaning===
Pallavi:
I worship the great asura Ketu; the revered shadowy planet.

AnuPallavi:
The one who wears a strange crown; the one wearing auspicious robes; the one seated on a humanbeing; the blissful one; the friend of the 9 planets.

Charanam :
The one who has the mantra beginning with the words "ketum krnavan". The one born in the family of sage jaimini - known for his anger; the one who consumes horsegram; the one who has a triangular flag; the one who holds guruguha's fan; the one who is like an ornament to the jnanis who have conquered good & evil; the one who causes eclipses, the one who orbit the planets in an anticlockwise direction

[keerthi]

Ramakriya,

there is chittaswaram appended to the Vara-krthis given in R.R. Keshavamurthy's Kannada textbooks for Karnatic music.. These are kannada books.

[rbharath]

i have seen the cittai svarams in the pradarshini for candram bhaja mAnasa. have learnt it also.
not pretty sure if its there for the rest. can check out...

actually, there are nice cittais for many dikshitar kritis in the pradarshini..