Jayachamaraja Odeyar (Mysore Maharajah) - Part I

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 01:03

Song rendered by S.Sankar

rAga: vasanta ; rUpaka tALa

kAmAkShIm varalakShmIm vandE kajadaLAyatAkShIm ||P||

kAncIpura vAsinIm kAmitArthadAyinIm |
kAmajanaka sahOdarIm kAruNya laharIm||
kalAvatIm karALIm kALikArUpiNIm |
kAtyAyanIm kALarUpiNIm ||AP||

EkAmranAthESvara priyavinOdinIm || (like ettugaDe pallavi)

pAkArimukha sura jayArtha bahurUpadhAriNIm ||1||

SivayOgi j~nAni hRdaya nivAsinIm |
SimSumArOjjIvana kAriNIm manOnmanIm ||2||

SAradEndu nibhavadanAm suruciramaNiradanAm |
varadaharAkASa madhyavartinIm |
niravadhi sukhadAm vasanta Sarad Rtu sampUjitAm ||3||

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 27 Nov 2005, 01:03

A delightful song delightfully presented. Oh! what a bewitching rhythm! and vasantha is so appropriate. I was awaiting it after reading Kartik commenting about it. THANKS

I just fail to see any shades of MV style in any of these songs! Also the pattern with ettugadai is different from that of MD! This is distinctly Odeyar's own style. let us recognize his originality. For a while I was looking for the influence of HMB. There cannot be a suggestion that HMB influenced these compositions though he has composed similar songs on Devi. Perhaps Kartik/RC can throw some light!

Why didn't Odeyar use a mudra in these compositions?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 27 Nov 2005, 01:04

It is a gorgeous vasanthA. The presentation (who is/are the singer(s)?) is awesome: remids me of vasantha rthu like OdeyAr says!
The only other vasanthA that I have heard recently is Lalgudi's use of vasanthA to describe the advent of kAma and rathI to the grove where the beautiful pArvathi is waiting upon shivA who is in aKanda tapas: 'kAman vandhAn, vasanthan vandhAn' the lilting phrases are so beautiful.
Ravi

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:20

CML

Dr.HMB, died at Mysore on 30-6-1945. JCRW was yet to compose any kRuti at that time. But Dr.HMB was also a sri vidya upasaka ( so was MD) and was known to worship maha tripura sundari every day !

Yes, JCRW has not used his nama mudra in this kRuti but one can see many words like SimSumArOjjIvana, manOnmaNi, kAmajanaka sahOdari, kALaroopiNi etc connected with tantra and sri vidya

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:20

please see the depiction of rAga lalita by KRWIII in his sri tattvanidhi:
http://rapidshare.de/files/4362430/krwI ... a.jpg.html

kartik · Post by **kartik** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:21

Raja Chandra,

Just a point of consideration-Dr.HMB died in 1945 and HH had not yet started composing by then.But it seems that HH had great respect for the great HMB in that he has composed a composition in Kokilabhashini which was a find of HMB's genius.

Also another question,Devottama Jois was known to have penned lots of HMB's compositions(ones like the Sanskritized Kannada compositions like Bhuvaneswariya).Arethey any records of HH consulting this vidwan for proof-reading or for kriti lyrics?

CML,thanks for your comments on Vasantha,I thoroughly enjoyed the composition and I am happy to hear that you too loved it.

kartik · Post by **kartik** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:21

Raja Chandra,

HMB has a lovely composition in Madhyamavathi-'Srimat Maha Tripura Sundari'.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:21

This kRt is again on kanci kAmAkShi. As she is the kAmakOTi pIThAdhISvari who grants all desired boons, it is only natural to call her lakShmI.

rAga: vasanta ; rUpaka tALa

kAmAkShIm varalakShmIm vandE kajadaLAyatAkShIm -I worship the kAmAkShi Who has lovely eyes as a lotus petal(metaphor) and is varalakShmI Herself.

kAncIpura vAsinIm-Her Thatresides in kAncipura; kAmitArthadAyinIm- Her That grants all wishes;
kAmajanaka sahOdarIm- Siser of viShNu, the father of madana; kAruNya laharIm- That stream/flow of compassion;
kalAvatIm-She with all the arts( 64 kales or it could also be 16 kales as of the moon or as ShODaShAkShara); karALIm -Her That is forbidding and intimidating; kALikArUpiNIm- Her Who is kALikA herself;
kAtyAyanIm; kALarUpiNIm- Her in the form of the arts.

EkAmranAthESvara priyavinOdinIm- Her That is a dear companion to Lord EkAmranAtha of kanci.

pAkArimukha sura jayArtha bahurUpadhAriNIm- Her That assumed various forms to secure the victory of indra and the other dEvas.
(this refers to the story of killing caNa, mUNDa, bhaNDa , Sumbha, niSumbha etc as described in the lalitOpAkhyAna)

SivayOgi j~nAni hRdaya nivAsinIm- Her That resides in th hearts of j~nAnis and yOgis.
SimSumArOjjIvana kAriNIm- Her that gives life/sustenance to viShNu in
the form of SimSumAra
(SimSumAra is the name of viShNu visualized as a dolphin/porpoise holding up the 7 worlds above- bhU, bhuvaH, suvaH, mahaH, janaH, tapas, satya)
manOnmanIm

SAradEndu nibhavadanAm- Her Whose face is comparable to the cool moon; suruciramaNiradanAm-Her with beautiful even and uniform teeth(considerd a mark of beauty in women)
varadaharAkASa madhyavartinIm- Her that traverses the sky within the heart/souls
niravadhi sukhadAm-Her That gives eteral bliss/comfort; vasanta Sarad Rtu sampUjitAm- Her worshipped by/in the vasanta and Sarad seasons(spring and autumn/post-rainy seasons. vasata includes the 1st 2 moths- caitra/cittirai & vaiSAkha/vaigAsi while Sarad includes aSvaija/aippasi and kArtika/kArtigai)

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:24

There are a few rare rAgas which have been handled by both HMB and oDeyar.
bhuvanESvariya is not a highly sanskritised composition.It is in fact significantly less sanskritized than many other HMB`s compositions.

CML
Yes. oDeyar has not used the mudre in this kRti.It isjust one of those things(like a few of MD`s sans his mudre) But you mentioned "these compositions". Which were you referring to? The cArukESi one we discussed does have his mudre and 2 other compositions of his in this format which I mentioned earlier do have his mudre as well- kamalAmbikE in nATa and mahgaNApatim in amRtavAhini.

Raja chandra
Did you read my post in response to your sending cAmuNDESvari`s picture? Have penned a few lines/kanda padyas as well.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:24

I shall not dwell too much on the rAga vasanta as it is very popular. Briefly, it is a janya of sUryakAnta, the 17th mELa..It is a pancama varjya auDava- ShADava rAga
Scale

SM1G3MD2N3S* | S*NDMGRS ||

It gives adbhuta and SRngAra rasa. G, M, N and D are crucial chAyA swaras. M and D act as nyAsas. It also admits of a cyutapancama( P that is slightly lower than usual P). SGM is definitely permissible.

The kRti here is alluring and enchanting and brings out all the beauty in vasanta.

Coolkarni
Can we discuss the amRtavAhini and nATa kRtis next. They are exquisite too.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:25

karthik_krish
As I have mentione in my earlier posts, Devottama Jois was a kannaDa paNDita of th court and HMB got him to write the lyrics for many of his kannaDa kRtis not particularly the sanskritised ones. HMB was well-versed in samskRta and has composed very nice sanskrit kRtis. I dont think he needed help from anyone for doing this. I would also be inclined to think that he has composed the highly sanskritised kannaDa compositions himself;- adding a kannada verb here and another word there.

kartik · Post by **kartik** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:25

DRS,
I meant the Kannada songs like Bhuvaneswariya and sanskritized songs such as Raja Raja Radhite or Sri Mahabala Giri Nivasini.

I have heard that he did take Devottama Jois's help for his Kannada songs.Several of these songs do have liberal Sanskrit in them.I thought that Jois was also a Samskruta pandita and hence the question.

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:25

DRS,

i can only say

||shiva shiva bhO mahAdEva shaMbhO
shrikaanth moorthy mamAparAdhaM kshamasva||

last night i had just skimmed thro' the postings and did not read it fully.

thanks a lot, but i do not deserve the encomiums !

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:26

DRS

have you seen the website:

http://www.royalsplendourofmysore.com/

I advice all the readers to see the video clips ( not a professional job, it could have been edited and made more crisp with back ground commentary added) .Yet this will give a glimpse of that part of Dasara not seen by the public - present or past. It may well be a shadow of what it used to be in the golden days.

can you imagine all the musical giants singing in the asthan ?. It must have been devine.

DRS, you can catch a glimpse of the Devi again.

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:26

kartik_krish

i know you have done an excellent web site on Dr.HMB to your credit.

To your question on influnece of Dr.HMB, there cannot be any doubt.

as is is known in 1937, Dr.HMB attended dasara at Mysore and gave several concerts and the title of Gayaka shikamani was conferred along with post of Asthan Vidwan. on KRW IV request composed astotara shat kirtna's on chamundeswari and astottara on shiva. It would have undoubtedly made profound impact on the young prince.

Raja Chandra · Post by **Raja Chandra** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:26

DRS

you may be right about hAlasya puraNA !

According to a listing given by na. nAgaliMgaswamy,

"shivatatva purana; hAlasya mahAtme" was one of the books published under jayachamarajendra grantha mAla. Whether this is differrent from the one published by prasAraMga/Mysore university is not known. but then as you have got the book there should have been acknowledgement on this .

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:27

Raja Chandra
as I said earlier in may ASukapitva(Not sure if it is kavitva!!)

indu manassada marma indranumariyan |
indire arasanum ariyan
indumukhi idannu rAja candrane arivan ||

Thanks for the lovely website on daSara. I think that book was indeed "hAlAsya mahAtme". But as my copy is in Bangalore, i cannot say anything bout the acknowledgements.

Coolkarni
Why have you not posted the new one yet? Perhaps you could post 2 as it is weekend and I have more time.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:27

DRS
Thanks for the clarification on the mudras

Some minor points:

kALarUpiNIm = her who is in the form of Time.

varadaharAkASa madhyavartinIm = vara dahara Akaasha madhya vartinIM

dahara vidya is extolled in MahaanaaraayaNopaniShad. Compare the shloka
'dahraM vipaapaM parameshmanhUtaM yatpuNdarIkaM puramadhya saMstam'
hence
she who is in the middle of the sacred dahara Akaasha...

RC

Thanks for the dashara link!

kartik
Time permitting please start a feature on HMB and I hope coolkarni will be able to provide the musical support. It is time we honoured one of the great musical genius of the 20th century!

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:28

CML
Thanks for pointing out the error in kAlarUpiNIm. I had inadvertently interpreted as kalArUpiNIM (wondering all the time why kalA had been referred to twice in the kRti!!!)

Just to mention, there are umpteen names in the sahasranAma referring to Her as being adept at or gaining pleasure from or having the kalAs;- chatuSShaShTi kalAmayI, kalAvati, kalAtmikA, kalAnidhi, kalanAthA, kalAnidhi.

As for daharAkASa, thanks for the quote from upaniShads. But I have interpreted it the same as you have, only gone a step further by mentioning the inner mening(sorry for skipping the steps).
dahara/dahra means tiny/thin; Note that dahra also means the heart/cavity of the heart;daharAkASa means the small/little sky. This refers to the AkASa within our hearts. The body is city(pura in your quote) of brahma, the heart(puNDarIka or lotus in your quote) is his abode and the AkASa within is the sat-cit-Ananda(viSOka) brahma.

Here is the full quote from mahAnArAyaNOpaniShad

dahram vipApam vara vE SmabhUtam yat puNDarIkam pura-madhya samstham |
tatrApi dahram gaganam viSokas tasmin yad antas tad upAsitavyam ||

daharAkASarUpiNi is also a name in the sahasranAma.

Here is a quote form the taittirIyOpaniShad.

satyam j~nAnam anantam brahma |
yO vEda nihitam guhAyAm paramE vyOman |
soSnutE sarvAn kAmAn saha brahmaNA vipaScitEti ||

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:28

Here is just one link for your perusal regarding daharAkASa.

http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/bs_1/1-3-05.html

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:37

here are the next two

: http://rapidshare.de/files/4409408/Amru ... a.mp3.html

: http://rapidshare.de/files/4409822/Bala ... m.mp3.html

DRS .. nata is not there in my set..

kartik · Post by **kartik** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:38

The Amrutavarshini raga is a find of HH.It is a beautiful raga and the composition is wonderful.and as the announcer suggests,it is better to call it 'Navamrutavarshini' to distinguish it from the original raga.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:38

Let me start with Her and then move on to Him. Its ladies first you see

The bAlacandrike kRti has been redndered by T.S.Stahyavathi and Chandrika.

sAhitya

||rAjarAjESvarIm||

rAga: bAlacandrike; khaNDatripuTa tALa

rAjarAjESvarIm bhAvayEham |
rAjaSEkhara manOharIm rAjamAtangIm ||P||

rAjIva lOcana sundarIm |
rAmAdi vIrOpAsita suguNalaharIm ||
rAkEndu vadanAm ramaNIyaradanAm rAjasaumitrIm rAShTrapAlinIm ||AP||

kumbhasambhavanuta kAncIpura vAsinIm |
ambuja pASayuta pANIm kAmESvarIm |
kancavALAdi puSpa pUjitAm |
pancaprANasvarUpa nAgaligapriya kuNDalinIm ||
lambOdara jananIm niranjanIm lalitAm gaurIm mahAtripura sundarIm |
pankajamukhIm pAvanIm pavitra bAlacandrikAmOdinIm manOnmanIm ||ca||

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:39

This song is on dEvi kAmAkShi.

||rAjarAjESvarIm||

rAga: bAlacandrike; khaNDatripuTa tALa

rAjarAjESvarIm bhAvayEham- I contemplate on rAjarAjESvari.
rAjaSEkhara manOharIm- The enchantress of Siva, who bears the moon on his head (rAja can also mean moon); rAjamAtangIm- rAjamAtangi is the rAjasa/tAntrika form of saraswati.
She is dark-hued and bears the vINe and takes pleasure in listening to the speech of a parrot. She bestows skills in all the arts. She is also one of the daSamahAvidyAs-kALI, tArA, ShODaSI, bhuvanESvarI, chinnamastA, bhairavI, dhUmavatI, bagaLAmukhI, mAtangI, kamalA. madhure mInAkShi is a manifestation of rAjamAtangi. The name occurring in a kRti on kAmAkShi sounds odd but not incongruous.

rAjIva lOcana sundarIm-The beautiful girl with lot eyes.
rAmAdi vIrOpAsita suguNalaharIm- That perennial stream of Good qualities worshipped by the brave such as rAma.
rAkEndu vadanAm- Her with a full-moon face; ramaNIyaradanAm-Her with beautiful teeth; rAjasaumitrIm-The friend of kings/moon or One with the kings, moon et al as Her good friends (rAja is also reference to self here); rAShTrapAlinIm- Protector of the nation.

kumbhasambhavanuta kAncIpura vAsinIm- Resident of kAncIpura worshipped by agastya(as born from the pot, kuDamuni);
ambuja pASayuta pANIm- Her with a lotus and the noose/snare in Her hands; kAmESvarIm- The mistress of desire( The regina of kAmakOTi);
kancavALAdi puSpa pUjitAm- Her worshipped with kancavALa and other flowers;
pancaprANasvarUpa nAgalingapriya kuNDalinIm- The kuNDalini Who is the beloved of Siva and in the form of the pancaprANas of the body(prANa, apAna, vyAna, udAna, samAna are the 5 airs/prANas)
lambOdara jananIm-Mother of gaNapati; niranjanIm-untainted/spotless/pure (this is an epithet representing parabrahma); lalitAm; gaurIm- Fair-complexioned; mahAtripura sundarIm;
pankajamukhIm- Lotus-faced; pAvanIm-pUre One; pavitra bAlacandrikAmOdinIm - Her pleased by the pure bAlacandrikA(rAga); manOnmanIm.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:39

bAlacandrike is also a discovery of oDeyar. It has been mentioned in older texts. R.R.Keshamurthy lists it in his book`s appendix. The scale given is the same as oDeyar`s. It is a upAnga janya of kharaharapriya, the 22nd mELa.
Scale

SG2M1PD2N2S* | S*NDMGR2S ||

D,N,G,M are the jIva swaras. P and M are nyAsas as also D. R is a jIva and nyAsa swara is descent. G is rendered with a gamaka-"SG~~MP". "PD,ND," is a frequent phrase. Although GRS is the descent "GS" occurs quite commonly. M is rendered without gamaka(as G is shaken). In many places, it sounds like its janaka rAga but the prominence of M in this rAga is a differentiating point. A pleasant rAga which is gAna rasa and bhakti rasa pradhAna.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:39

Colkarni
It is interesting tha you have posted one kRti on siva and another on Sakti. Sri rAjarAjESvari is Siva-Sakti aikyarUpiNi as the sahasranAma itself proclaims In fact. as I have said earlier, Siva is powerless without Sakti and hence it is i order to discuss the kRti on her first. here is the 1st SlOka frm saundaryalahari

Sivah SaktyAyuktO yadi bhavati SaktaH prabhavitum
na cEdEvam dEvO na khalu kushalaH spanditumapi |
atastvAm ArAdhyAm harihara virsincAdibhirapi
praNantum stOtum vA katham akRta puNyaH prabhavati ||

SankarAcArya has explicitly stated that Siva is endowed with power only when Sakti is joined with Him. If not, he is powerless even to move.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:40

DRS,
I have been promised some renderings by HK Narayana of Odeyars kritis -recorded long long ago.hope to have some more details in a day or two.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 27 Nov 2005, 07:40

Dr. Shrikaanth,
In Tamizh we have a quote: 'shakthi illAdha shivan sanyAsa kAvi'!
Ravi

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:43

rshankar
yes sivaninRi sakti illai. sakti inRi sivanum illai

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:43

Addendum to my explanation for song above.
kancavALa is the kannaDa name for a flower and a tree. The samskRta word is kancULa. This is one of those instances of using a native word in a samskRta composition. (Recall "tillE vana gEham" of MD.

CML
Here is another vAkya from chAndOgya upaniShad.

atha yad idam asmin brahma purE daharam puNDarIkam vESma daharOsminantarAkASasthasmin
yadantastadanveShTavyam tadvAva vijij~nAsitavyam ||

Coolkarni
Am waiting with bated breath for those old recordings "kamalAmbike" has been rendered by R.S.Ramakant in a commercial release (cassette).

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:44

This has been rendered by M.S.Sheela

|| SrI lingarAja namOstutE ||

rAga: (nava)amRtavarShiNi ; Adi tALa

SrI lingarAja namOstutE |
nIlakaNTha SObhita nAgarAjAdyalamkRta ||

SailajAsahita SrI vidyAvinuta |
kAlAtIta kAlabhairavAdi SivagaNavandita sRShTyAdi nirata ||

purANa vEdAgamapratipAdita |
bhUrAdi sakalalOka pAlananirata |
purAvasiShTha gautamAdyupAsita |
bhUrikRpAnvita pAlita munisuta ||
ArAdhaka punarjanma nivAraka amRutavarShiNi rAga ranjita ||

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:44

Meaning

rAga: (nava)amRtavarShiNi ; Adi tALa

SrI lingarAja namOstutE- I bow to lingarAja
nIlakaNTha SObhita- One splendid with a dark/blackened neck; nAgarAjAdyalamkRta- One adorned with the king of snakes etc.

SailajAsahita- One with the daughter of the mountains; SrI vidyAvinuta_ One worshipped by Srividya;
kAlAtIta- One beyond time(unbound by time);
parabrahma is unbound by constraints such as time and space.
Recall dESakAlaparicchinna from lalitA sahasranama .
Siva`s being called kAlakAla is also meaningful when understood in this manner;- tha He is the destroyer of timekAlabhairavAdi SivagaNavandita- One worshipped by kAlabhairava and the other SivagaNas;SrShTyAdi nirata- Him engaged in creation etc (SrShTi, sthiti, laya, tirOdhAna, anugraha)
purANa vEdAgamapratipAdita - Him expounded/extolled by the purANas, vEdas amd Agamas;
bhUrAdi sakalalOka pAlananirata- Him protecting all the 7 (or 14) worlds beginning with bhUh.
(7 Urdhva lOkas and 7 adhOlOkas)
purA vasiShTha gautamAdyupAsita- One wroshipped of old/from ancient times by vasiShTa, gautama et al;
bhUrikRpAnvita-One with abundant compassion; pAlita munisuta- One who protected the son of a sage (mArkaNDEYa. Are there other sons of sages as well?)ArAdhaka punarjanma nivAraka- One preventing/removing rebirth(birth-death cycle) for those who propitiate Him; amRutavarShiNi rAga ranjita- One pleased by the rAga amRtavarShiNi.

This kRti could possibily be on the lingarAja of bhubanESvar, orissa. LingarAja is also tribhuvanESvara(bHurAdi sakala lOka pAlana nirata). I know this just a wisp to cling on to but it is a possibility. I do not know the details of the sthaLapurANa /kShEtra mahime of bhuvanESvar (except for the slaying of kRtti and vAsa by ambA and Siva joining her here as kRttivAsa making her kRttivAsapriyE. Siva also says to His wife that he prefers this place to kASi.
SyAmalAdaNDaka calls here kRttivAsapriyE sarvalOkapriyE.
Does anyone know more about the temple legend- varalARu/oZhugu?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:44

The amRtavarShiNi used by oDeyaru is of course entirely different from the well-known amRtavarShiNi coined by MD and used by others. This too is listed in the appendix of R.R.Keshavamurthy`s book.

This rAga is a upAnga janya of jhAlavarALi, the 39th mELa.It is ubhaya vakra sampUrNa.
Scale

SR1G1M2PD1N3PS* | S*NPDMGRS ||

"PNPS" and "DNPS" are oft-repeated phrases and distinduish the rAga from the parent rAga. This could be considered a characteristic phrase of the rAga. pUrvAnga is identical. Even though the scale says "SRGM", I felt that in may places one of the swaras- R or G was skipped for ease of singing and listening(G is a vivAdi swara). I could hear SGM or SRM or SRPM apart from SRGM. The dhAtu is nicely structured such that the pUrvAnga is clarified in the first line of pallavi and the uttarAnga in the 2nd line ad in the anupallavi. PDM also occurs frequently. Although the kRti itself is bhaktirasa pradhAna, the rAga can be used to bring out bhIbatsa, especially in the pUrvAnga. "NPS" has a flavour of adbhuta rasa. oDeyar`s kRti exteds from the mandra ppancama to the tAra pancama.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:44

Coolkarni
H.K.Narayana himslef has commercial release of oDeyar`s kRtis to his credit.
Can you post 2 more please?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:44

For those of you whor are interested, I have uploaded the amRtavarShiNi kRti along with its kannaDa intrduction.

http://rapidshare.de/files/4440475/Nava ... m.mp3.html

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:45

: http://rapidshare.de/files/4443623/Sura ... m.mp3.html
: http://rapidshare.de/files/4444615/Sind ... a.mp3.html

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:45

: http://rapidshare.de/files/4444855/kshe ... s.mp3.html

here is an audio stream-extracted from the commercial video of ms -swaralya puraskar-concert.

also a short video clip , just at the moment she pays obeisance to sree vidya..
: http://rapidshare.de/files/4444212/mss_ ... r.mpg.html

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:45

Thanks coolkarni

for that divine obeisance of Lakshmi to Devi!

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:46

sAhitya

|| suranandinIm ||

rAga: suranandini ; dESAditALa.

suranandinIm manOnmanIm |
surAsurArcita mAninIm ||

harakAminIm nArAyaNIm ||
virAgiNIm yOgi hRtkamala vAsinIm mahiShAsura mada bhanjanIm ||

asamAna vikrama darSana karIm |
asamAna kArya samarthanakarIm |
vasundharAvanaratAm SrIkarIm |
vAsavAditya sannutESvarIm ||
anAdiSivasahitAm ambAm paradEvAtAm SrIvidyAntargatAm |
anAhatAdi ShaTkamalAntasthitAm apArakaruNArasa bharitAm ||

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:46

Coolkarni
thanks for that clip. It is so nice to see the radiant MSS. When I was playing the clip, I saw Lalita Navile`s name being displayed. She is a comtemporary composer and musician. What his her connection wit this clip?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:46

Interestingly, this kRti has no kriyApad/verb and hence is like a stOtra. But what is odd is that the kRti is in the dvitIyA vibhakti/iRaNDAm vEtRumai rather than in a neutral 1st vibhakti/the 8th sambOdhane.

rAga: suranandini ; dESAditALa.

suranandinIm - Her giving joy to the Gods;manOnmanIm;
surAsurArcita mAninIm- That beautiful and proud Lady worshipped by the dEvas and asuras alike.

harakAminIm- Enchantress of hara/Siva; nArAyaNIm- Female form of nArAyaNa
nArAyaNi occurs in the sahasranAma. Also recall the SlOka
"sarvamangaLa mAngalyE SivE sarvArtha sAdhikE |
SaraNyE tryambakE gaurI nArAyaNI namOstutE ||"
It is also a name of lakShmI.
virAgiNIm yOgi hRtkamala vAsinIm mahiShAsura mada bhanjanIm ||

asamAna vikrama darSana karIm- Her displaying unparallelled heroism/might;
asamAna kArya samarthanakarIm- Her that makes unequalled/unparalelled deeds possible;
vasundharAvanaratAm- Her engaged in protecting the world; SrIkarIm- Her that does the good/auspicious;
vAsavAditya sannutESvarIm- ISvari eulogised by indra and sUrya;
anAdiSivasahitAm-Consort of the beginningless Siva(note that here, beginningless can equally apply to Her aand to Him); ambAm- Mother; paradEvAtAm- The dety above all others/parbrahma; SrIvidyAntargatAm- Her in SrividyA;
anAhatAdi ShaTkamalAntasthitAm- Her residing in the 6 cakras
Namely, mUlAdhAra, svAdhiShThAna, maNipUra, anAhata, viSuddhi & Aj~nA.
apArakaruNArasa bharitAm- Her filled with boundless compassion.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:46

suranandini is a ubhaya kramaShADava upAnga janya of dhIra SankarAbharana, the 29th mELa. madhyama is eschwed.
scale

SR2G3PD2N3S* | S*NDPGRS ||

Its a pleasant rAga with a gay abandon to it. It is apt to express joy and pleasure. It is important to show the RGP phrase repeatedly as also DNS to keep it separate from other rAgas. I would place this rAga under kalyANi, the 65th mELa as one can distinctly hear shades of M2 creeping in when taking gandhara from pancama(descent). In fact there is a rAga sudhkalyANi with the same scale placed under the kalyANi mELa. Incidentally suranandini does not find mention while sudhAkalyANi does in the appendix of R.R.Keshavamurthy`s book, "rAgalakShaNa mattu rAga kOSa".
Please note that the prAsa and yati are perfect upto the madhyamakAla sAhitya of the caraNa.oDeyar has used a different prAsa within this sAhitya.
The kRti is lilting and the dESAdi tALa adds to the beauty. And of course M.S.Sheela`s voice adds lustre to the kRti. Her voice too has a gay abandon to it.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:47

This kRti too is renderd by M.S.Sheela. There i of course another singer with her, but cannot place who it is.(in fact all kRtis have been rendered by 2 artistes).

|| chitayasadA vAraNa vadanam ||

rAga: sindhurAmakriya ; dESAdi tALa

cintaya sadA vAraNa vadanam |
cittaparASakti sahitamEkadantam ||

satatam mahAmuninuta caraNam ||
cintitArtha phaladAyaka cidAnandam citprakASa kRti nipuNam ||

anantAnanta suguNa sAndram |
anAdiSrIguru svarUpadharam |
anityavyavahAra bandhananivArakam |
Anandakara mOkShapadadAyakam ||
paratattva pratipAdita praNavasvarUpam SrI vidyAtmajam ||
parAdicatvArivAkpratipAditam sindhurAmakriyAtihitam ||

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:47

Lalita Navile`s name being displayed. She is a comtemporary composer and musician. What his her connection wit this clip?

no idea..

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:48

Meaning of
|| chitayasadA vAraNa vadanam ||

cintaya sadA vAraNa vadanam citta- Ever contemplate on the elephant-faced Lord O thought/mind;
parASakti sahitam- Him with the utmost might/strength (or Him with his mother parASakti); Ekadantam- Him with one tusk.

satatam-ever; mahAmuninuta caraNam-One whose feet are praised by grea sages;
cintitArtha phaladAyaka cidAnandam-The personification of intelligence and joy that grants all desired fruits; citprakASa kRti nipuNam- One adept at illuminating and clarifying the thought process;

anantAnanta suguNa sAndram- One who is full of infinite good attributes;
anAdiSrIguru svarUpadharam- One who dons the form of the beginningless preceptor;
(If there h gad been guruguha in place of Sriguru, one could easily mistake this kRti for MD`s but for the inconsistencies in prAsa and yati)
anityavyavahAra bandhana nivArakam- One that removes/heals the transient and ephemeral ties of thoughts and actions;
Anandakara mOkShapadadAyakam-One that grants salvation that causes ecstasy/bliss.
paratattva pratipAdita praNavasvarUpam- One in form of OmkAra expounded by all philosophical and loft tenets and doctrines; SrI vidyAtmajam- Son of SrIvidyA(pAThAntara is SrIvidyAtmakam);
parAdi catvAri vAk pratipAditam- Him propounded/expounded/accomplished by the 4 stages of speech
The 4 stages are parA, paSyantI, madhyamA and vikharI. parA is the unaudible(not inaudible)/anAhata sound. It is at level of nAbhi/navel. paSyantI is when parA begins to exetnd in various directions. It is at the level of the heart. madhyamA is undifferentiated sound/noise. It is at the level of the throat. vaikharI is the clearly differentiated speech/words/language. Its is differentiated by the vocal apparatus including the tongue, teeth, palate, lips etc;
here is a link
http://www.vadodara.com/co/gallery.htm

sindhurAmakriyAtihitam- One affectionate/favourable towards sindhurAmakriyA.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:48

sindhurAmakriya is a upAnga janya of mAyA mALava gauLa, the 15th mELa. Its scale is

SG3M1PD1N3S* | S*NPDPMGS ||

There are 2 kRtis of tyAgarAja and 2 of dIkShitar`s (not in SSP) in this rAga. IMHO the width and depth of the rAga in oDeyar`s kRti is more than that in tyAgarAja`s. I have not heard the MD kRtis. Also tyAgarAja has used a straight descent "SNDP" with no vakra sancAra.The rAga is vIra and SRngAra rasa pradhAna. G, M, D are th chAyA swaras. If one lays more empasis on the uttarAnga whie singing, then more of hakti and a little dainya are elicited. But this is clearly mitigated by the absence of R1 and the presence of "SG" and "GS". Again the dESAdi tALa adds beauty to this kRti.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:49

Here are some links for hearing sindhurAmakriya of tyAgarAja. In the rendition by Madurai somasundaram, the bhakti and dainya become clear in his AlApane where he emphasizes the uttarAnga and also uses jAru gamaka while descending from S* to D.
Here is the link. The priginal shortcut(misnomer here ) was inordinately and unbelievably long(as all of those on nada anubhooti website)! hanumatana bAla as we say in kannaDa meaning hanumanta`s tail!!!. Thanks to uploadr, i have shortened the URL. Here it is.

http://url.uploadr.com/5e4

Other links
Balamurali`s sudhAmAdhurya

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/kUp ... vwrOupt7D/

U.Srinivas`s sudhA mAdhurya

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/N4X ... vwrOupt7D/

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:49

Lashman
Please post the lists for bAlacandrike, (nava?amRtavarShiNi, suranandini/sudhAkalyAN and sindhurmakriya.

Coolkarni/anyone
Do you have recordings of dIkShitar`s sindhurAmakriya kRtis. If so, please post. Also post the next kRti.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:49

Coolkarni
I think we can discuss the beautiful kRti in mAyAmALava gauLa also- "kShIrasAgaraSayana" that u have posted. What say yo?u

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Nov 2005, 18:51

ksheerasagara- i dont have it from the air set.so please go ahead.