raga of this song - bhaje sai naadham

aarthi27981 · Post by **aarthi27981** » 14 Jul 2009, 13:01

hello, can anybody tell me the raga of the song at the following link, with arohananam/avarohanam?

http://www.4shared.com/file/117964363/2 ... sters.html

thanks in advance.

regards,
aarthi

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 16 Jul 2009, 23:33

aarthi27981,
The Sai Bhajan link posted by you is really worth listening repeatedly, as this particular bhajan and the Raga do attract the mind. Very nice rendition by Priya Sisters and thanks for posting in this forum.
The raga, as it is, appears to be little tricky to identify. However, I have my observations on this song as follows:
1. It is a Madyama Grha raga.
2. The notes that are touched by the singer (in Madhyama Gruha) are S R2 G2 M1 M2 PA D2 N3 S.
with PA having omittted in the avarohana sanchara of the song
3. Both Madhyama swaras(dwi Madhyamam) are used in the song. M1 appears as a foreign note in the avarohana sanchara and M2 is jeeva swara both inAroh and Avaroh.
4. The rag Sarasangi( 27th janya) becomes rag Dharmavathi when the note MA is scale changed. This song has all the notes of the rag Dharmavathi ie. MA moorchana raga of Sarasangi.

This song also has a close resemblance of Misra Piloo or Misra Kapi(except N3).

The lyrics of this bhajan is posted under. Please correct for any errors.

Ragam: .................................
bhajE sAi nAtham bhajE sAi nAtham
sAi nAtham bhajarE manasA
parthIpurIsam prashAnti nilayam
parama pavithram paramAtma rUpam (bhajE)
shiradI nivAsam sivam sAyeesam
sAntha svabhAvam shankarasva rUpam (bhajE)
cinmayAnandam cittavadI tIram
cittavihAram srI sAyeenAtham (bhajE)
deena mandAram divya prabhAvam
dattAtrayEyam dEva swarUpam (bhajE)
sathyaswarUpam sadguru mUrthim
sAyee nAdham sArtakanAmam
jyOtiswarUpam keerthiprakAsham
parthinivAsam papavidUlam (bhajE)

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 18 Jul 2009, 23:27

The raga (most probably) is Madhuvanti being sung in the Madhyama Sruti. As the extra note M1 has been used, it can be some misra raga based on the HM That Kafi. The Aroharana notes of rag Patdeep and that of Madhuvanti are one and the same viz. NSGMPNS. This song has a faint similarity to the rag Patdeep also.

I feel the expert musicians in our forum, can be able to contribute better than me in identifying the raga of this song.

Radhe Krishna
Hariharan..

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 18 Jul 2009, 23:39

hariharan: I do not sense any chAya of Maduvanti . But the other ragas you are postulating are possibilities.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 19 Jul 2009, 01:26

I sense it as bEgadA

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 19 Jul 2009, 22:29

Sri. VKR ji , Rag Begada has vakra swaras whereas there exists no such vakra prayoga in this Bhajan. Hence, I doubt this song cannot be in Rag Begada.

This bhajan song and the other one I had mentioned in another thread under "Manasa sancharare" of MBK have lot of similarities including the Madhyama- grha -based. Can be Patdeep only by all it appears to be.

Hariharan

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 20 Jul 2009, 03:10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzNTlFvF ... re=related - here is one by Pt.Jasraj - a melodious Kasturi tilakam in madhuvanti

vrsh-a · Post by **vrsh-a** » 28 Jul 2009, 00:55

Can someone plz repost the original track?

~thnx

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 09 Aug 2009, 23:01

aarthi27981,
This Sai Bhajan has been sung in the Rag. Madhuvanti. They have sung in the Madhyama Sruti/Grham. This rag also shines well in the Sadja Grham.

Hariharan

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Aug 2009, 02:08

I confirm hariharans's guess of madhuvanti as the raga of this bhajan. I confirmed it with Priya Sisters.