A TRIBUTE TO THE DIVINE SPARK IN ALL COMPOSERS

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 01 Jul 2005, 23:35

This is an experiment, that I thought I would try out with this group:
I have always been in awe of the divinity that seems to enable some composers to come up with great lyrics for use in the krithi-bound practice of CM. Here is an iMIX on shakthI, with bits and pieces from 5 different thamizh compositions (with minor modifications): Can you identify the original composers/composition?
Here goes:
mAthA parAshakthI, vaiyam ellAm nI niraindhai
AdhAram unnai allAl yAr yemakku pArinilE?
shankaran manam kavvazh mAliniyE, mOhana-
kalyANiyE, kapAli kAdhal puriyum andha ullAsiyE, umA-
mahEshan manam maghizhndhavalE, mADHavanin sOdhariYE,
ponnAr mEniyan mEl anbu konda annamE,
unnaiyE nambI vandhEn annaiyE!
The bits are identifed by different fonts...
Ravi

meena · Post by **meena** » 02 Jul 2005, 01:52

sree subramania bharati.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Jul 2005, 01:59

Meenaji,
Bharati was the composer of the first 2 lines: from his 'navarathri padal'..
What about the remaining lines?
Ravi

meena · Post by **meena** » 02 Jul 2005, 02:03

mAtA parAshakti. rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA.

(rAgA: bAgEshrI)
1: mAtA parAshakti vaiyam ellAm nI niraindAi AdhAram unnai allAl Aremakku pArinilE
EdAghilum vazhi nI sholvAi nI emaduyirE vEdAvin tAyE migha paNindu vAzhvOmE
(rAgA: sarasvati)
2: vANi kalai deivam maNI vAkkudaviDuvAi Ani muttaip-pOlE arivu muttu mAlaiyinAl
kANuginra kATSiyAi kANbadellAm kATTuvadai mAnuyar mEl nirppAi malaraDiyE shUzhvOmE
(rAgA: kalyANavasanta)
3: ponnarasi nAraNarAr dEvi pugazh arasi minnu navarattinam pOl mEni azhaguDaiyAL
annai avaL vaiyam ellAm AdarippAi shrIdEvi tannirup-pOTrALE sharaN pughundu vAzhvOmE
(rAgA: sindhubhairavi)
4: malaiyilE kAttirundAL shankaranai mAlaiyiTTAL ulaiyilE Udi ulagak-kalai vaLarppAL
nilaiyil uyarttiDuvAi nErE avaL pAdam talai enat-tAngi taraNimishai vAzhvOmE

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Jul 2005, 02:08

Meenaji,
The version I have differes slightly in the last charaNam:
malaiyilE thAn pirandhAL, shankaranai mAlai ittAL....

I was actually asking you for the composers of the other lines in the mish-mash I posted. There are 5 composers whose words I took to make that posting!

Ravi

poongavur · Post by **poongavur** » 02 Jul 2005, 05:29

rshankar, that is a very good mix. are the bits all from the 'pallavi' parts of other compositions or some random mix (my guess is that it is latter)?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Jul 2005, 10:13

It is a random mix: Here is the composer/composition list-
mAthA parAshakthI, vaiyam ellAm nI niraindhai
AdhAram unnai allAl yAr yemakku pArinilE?
BArathiyAr: navarAthrI pAdal
shankaran manam kavvazh mAliniyE, mOhana-
NS Chidambaram (astha rAgamAlikA beginning 'nIthAn thuNai nIlAmbarI')
kalyANiyE, kapAli kAdhal puriyum andha ullAsiyE, umA-
from the traditional 'karpagavalli nin porpadhangaL'
mahEshan manam maghizhndhavalE, mADHavanin sOdhariYE,
from the charaNam of a thillAnA composed by Madurai n. Krishnan
ponnAr mEniyan mEl anbu konda annamE,
unnaiyE nambI vandhEn annaiyE!
one of Tara Natarajan's compositions on nIlAyathAkshI

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 04 Oct 2008, 23:06

Does anyone have the audio to Mata parashakti...?
i had heard once somewhere...probably sung by bombay jayashree or sudha raghunathan....cant remember...
If so...please send to me at [email protected]
many thanks rasikas...

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 04 Oct 2008, 23:29

Can some one post the audio link for this ragamalika.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 05 Oct 2008, 01:21

Nityashree and Sowmya have sung this song in ragamalika but both are on commercial CDs.
Rajkumar Bharati has sung it in Abhogi.

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 05 Oct 2008, 15:20

Ravi, interesting mix.
The phrase "ponnAr mEniyanE" is originally Sundaramurthy Nayanar's.

BTW, there is a work called "pAsurap-paDi rAmAyaNam" which is an important piece of ShriVaishnava literature. This is similar to your lines, with phrases taken from the verses of the 4000 divyaprabandhams, compiled to give the story of Ramayana. Compiled by PeriyavAchAn piLLai.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 Oct 2008, 18:13

Rajani,

It was very good to know that I was not a lone loony toon!

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 06 Oct 2008, 09:46

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 07 Oct 2008, 15:03

Lji / rasikas,

what is the name of the commercial CD's in which that song 'Mata Parashakti' is available by Nityashree or Soumya?

or anywhere online where i can hear it?

thanks

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 27 Dec 2008, 00:08

I have finally found the CD which has the 'Mata Parashakti' song in it. It was one hell of a task to find it in India...but I am glad that I found it after much scrambling in Delhi and Hyderabad...
however I must say its not a common CD to find....

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 27 Dec 2008, 00:12

Now if anyone can help me with the meaning of the song:

1: mAtA parAshakti vaiyam ellAm nI niraindAi AdhAram unnai allAl Aremakku pArinilE
EdAghilum vazhi nI sholvAi nI emaduyirE vEdAvin tAyE migha paNindu vAzhvOmE

2: vANi kalai deivam maNI vAkkudaviDuvAi Ani muttaip-pOlE arivu muttu mAlaiyinAl
kANuginra kATSiyAi kANbadellAm kATTuvadai mAnuyar mEl nirppAi malaraDiyE shUzhvOmE

3: ponnarasi nAraNarAr dEvi pugazh arasi minnu navarattinam pOl mEni azhaguDaiyAL
annai avaL vaiyam ellAm AdarippAi shrIdEvi tannirup-pOTrALE sharaN pughundu vAzhvOmE

4: malaiyilE kAttirundAL shankaranai mAlaiyiTTAL ulaiyilE Udi ulagak-kalai vaLarppAL
nilaiyil uyarttiDuvAi nErE avaL pAdam talai enat-tAngi taraNimishai vAzhvOmE

If anyone needs the audio I can email it to them....

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 Jan 2009, 02:52

Saawariya,

Here you go: Corrections to the lyrics are based on a book of mahAkavi subramaNya bhArati's work that I have. This is classified as a navarAtri pAttu (song for navarAtri) praising the supreme energy that sustains the world - in the first caraNam, he invokes this power as the supreme energy, parASakti, and in the succeeding ones, she is summoned in her forms as kalaimagal/sarasvati, alaimagal/lakshmI, and malaimagal/pArvatI in that order.

caraNam 1
mAtA parAshakti vaiyam ellAm nI niraindAi AdhAram unnai allAl Aremakku pArinilE
EdAgilum vazhi nI sholvAi nI emaduyirE vEdAvin tAyE miga paNindu vAzhvOmE

Oh divine mother (mAtA), the embodiment of supreme energy (parASakti), you (nI) pervade (niraindAi) the entire (ellAm) universe (vaiyyam)! Is there anyone (yAr/Ar) other than (allAl) you (unai) who can serve as a support (AdhAram) for us (yemakku) in this world? Our (yamadu) precious life force (uyirE)! It is up to you (nI) to instruct (SolvAi) us on some (yEdAgilum) means (vazhi) to attain salvation. Oh mother (tAyE) of brahmA (vEdAvin), bless us, so that we may live our lives (vAzhvOmE) in abject/abundant (miga) devotion (paNindu) to you.

caraNam 2
vANi kalai deivam maNI vAkkudaviDuvAi Ani muttaip-pOlE arivu muttu mAlaiyinAL
kANuginra kATSiyAi kANbadellAm kATTuvadAi mAnuyarndu nirppAi malaraDiyE shUzhvOmE

As the dEvI sarasvatI (vANI), the goddess (deivam) of all skills/art-forms (kalai), she blesses us and enables and empowers us (udaviDuvAL) with incisive speech (vAkku). She wears pearls (muttu) of wisdom (arivu), that are as precious as (pOlE) beautiful (ANi) pearls (muttai), like a garland (mAlaiyinAL). Let us go around/circumambulate (SUzhvOmE) [1] the flower-like (malar) feet (aDi) of this dEvi who stands (nirppAL) tall (uyarndu) at the pinnacle of intellect (mAn) as both the vision (kATshiyAi) that we see/behold (kANuginra), as well as the one who shows us (kATTuvadAi) every thing we see (kANbadellAm).

caraNam 3
ponnarasi nAraNanAr dEvi pugazh arasi minnum navarattinam pOl mEni azhaguDaiyAL
annai avaL vaiyam ellAm AdarippAi shrIdEvi tannirup-poTrALE sharaN pugundu vAzhvOmE

As the beautiful queen (ponnArasi), and the famed (pugazh) queen (arasi), she is the consort (dEvI) of vishNu (naraNanAr) whose lustrous complexion (mEni) is so beautiful (azhaguDaiyAL) that it rivals (pOl) shining (minnum) gems (navarattinam) [2]. In this form, this mother (annai avaL) of ours is the ever auspicious lakshmI (SrIdEvI) - so, let us seek (pugundu) refuge (SaraN) at her (tan) golden feet (iru poTrALE) and live our lives (vAzhvOmE).

caraNam 4
malaiyilE tAn pirandAL shankaranai mAlaiyiTTAL ulaiyilE Udi ulagak-kanal vaLarppAL
nilaiyil uyarttiDuvAL nErE avaL pAdam talaiyilE tAngi dharaNi mishai vAzhvOmE

As pArvatI, she (tAn) was born in the himAcal mountains (malaiyilE) and wed (mAlaiyiTTAL) lord Siva (Sankaranai). She is the power that keeps the fires (kanal) of the universe (ulaga) stoked (vaLarppAL) by blowing (Udi) at the furnace (ulaiyilE). She will elevate (nErE uyarttiDuvAL) our status (nilaiyil) in lives, so let us lead our lives (vAzhvOmE) on the surface (miSai) of this earth (dharaNi) by bearing (tAngi) her (avaL) feet (pAdam) atop our heads (talayilE).

FOOTNOTES
[1] SUzhvOmE literally means 'let us surround (her)', but in this context, it means 'let us circumambulate (pradakshiNa)'
[2] navarattinam - 9 (nava) gems (rattinam)

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 03 Jan 2009, 04:54

rshankarji...thank you very much once again...

in fact i find this item very inspiring bcoz the divine mother is portraiyed as being in the form of the 3 goddesses saraswati laksmi and parvati...and the essence of the divine power is described beautifully in each stanza...

thanks once again!

although the tough part was finding the CD in India...now you have made it easy for me to choreograph this wonderful piece.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 03 Jan 2009, 05:18

saawariya: I am surprised that you had problems locating this song. It has been always available on the net here:

http://www.hummaa.com/search/search.php ... parashakti

saawariya · Post by **saawariya** » 05 Jan 2009, 07:56

Lji I never knew it was available on the net... i did search very hard for this song on the net and in the shops... but now I finally have the album...