Lyrics for Purandaradasa's "Narajanma Bandaaga Naalige Iruva

srutishree · Post by **srutishree** » 16 Jan 2008, 05:25

Could somebody please post the complete lyrics for this lovely song? I have a Kannada version, but cannot read Kannada, so would welcome an English transliteration.

meena · Post by **meena** » 16 Jan 2008, 06:41

narajanma bandhAga

P:narajanma bandhAga nAlige iruvAga
kRuShNa enabAradhe viTalana nAma nenedhare kaShtaomdhilla
A:snAna pAna japa thapagaLa mAdutha
shAlyAnna Shadrasa thimdhu thRupthanAgi
gamDhavaposi thAmbolava meluvAga
chemdhuLLa thalpadhoLu kuLithomme
C:paripari kelasadhoLu omdhu kelasavemdhu
kRuShNa enabAradhe
dhuritharAshigaLa tharidhu bisuduvAga
garudagamana namma puramdhara viTalana

srutishree · Post by **srutishree** » 16 Jan 2008, 07:59

Hi Meena, Many thanks. Are there different versions of this song? I have an old recording by Nityashree Mahadevan where she sings about 6 charanams, but her pronunciation is not very clear.

meena · Post by **meena** » 16 Jan 2008, 09:17

ur welcome sruti!
Not sure if there are difft. versions and thats all the txt. i have.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 16 Jan 2008, 11:23

Here is another version - This is the version I know, but not all caraNas are sung always.

krSNA ena bArade. rAgA: saurSTra. cApu tALA.

P: narajanma bandAga nAlige iruvAga krSNA ena bArade
A: krSNana nenedare kaSTa ondiSTilla krSNA ena bArade

C1: malaeddu mai muridu eLuttalomme krSNA ena bArade nitya
sULitADuta maneyoLagAdaru omme krSNA ena bArade

2: mEre tappi mAtanADuvAgalomme krSNA ena bArade doDDa
dAriya naDevAga bhArava horuvAga krSNA ena bArade

3: gandhava pUsi tAmbUlava meluvAga krSNA ena bArade tanna
mandagamane kUDi sarasavADutalomme krSNA ena bArade

4: parihAsyada mAtanADutalomme krSNA ena bArade
paripari kelasadoLondu kelasavendu krSNA ena bArade

5: kandana bigidappi muddADutalomme krSNA ena bArade bahu
cenduLLa hAsige mEle kuLitomme krSNA ena bArade

6: nIgadAlOcane rOgOpadradalomme krSNA ena bArade oLLE
bhOga paDEdu anurAgadindiruvAga krSNA ena bArade

7: durita rAshigaLanu taridu bisuDalu krSNA ena bArade sadA
garuDa vAhana siri purandara viTTalann krSNA ene bArade

-Ramakriya

srutishree · Post by **srutishree** » 16 Jan 2008, 11:56

Ramakriya and Meena,

Thank u for your replies. The longer version by Ramakriya seems to correspond to Nityashree's rendering. Just out of curiosity I wonder how there can be different versions of the same composition.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 16 Jan 2008, 12:05

There seems to be some issue with the lyric posted by meena - it does not have the dvitIyAkshara (2nd akshara) prAsa, which you can find in all compositions of haridAsas.

It is possible that when singing different lines from different charaNas were put together - that may be one reason for the failing prAsa

-Ramakriya

rrao13 · Post by **rrao13** » 16 Jan 2008, 19:26

ramakriya wrote:it does not have the dvitIyAkshara (2nd akshara) prAsa, which you can find in all compositions of haridAsas.
It is possible that when singing different lines from different charaNas were put together - that may be one reason for the failing prAsa

-Ramakriya

Shri Ramakriya: If you have the time, can you elaborate a bit on the 'dvitiyakshara prasa that is normally present in Haridasa compositions' - if possible in layman terms please:) Thanks.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 17 Jan 2008, 04:42

All dAsa's compositions such as padas, suLAdis( actually most of the Kannada poetry before the 20th century) have the dvitIyAkShara prAsa. ( It is true of Tyagaraja's composition too - I think this is a feature of all poetic meters used in south Indian languages. It holds good for Kannada/Telugu. I do not know much about Tamizh and Malayalam poetry, so can not make a generalisation).

The term dvitIyAkshara prAsa, the second syllable (or letter) in each line should be the same consonent.

Consider a simple composition of purandara dAsa.

kereya nIranu kerege challi
varava paDedavarante kANiro
hariya karuNadoLAda bhAgyava
harisamarpaNe mADi badukiro

You'll notice the second letter is 'ra' in each line.

Look at a kriti of Tyagaraja

shObhillu saptaswara sundarula bhajimpavE manasA

nAbhI hRtkanTha rasana nAsAdulayandu

Second syllable is bh here.

-Ramakriya

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 17 Jan 2008, 05:13

In Tamil the dviTiyakShara praasam is called 'ethukai' which is an integral part of the poetic grammar (yAppilakkaNam). By the by the first letter match is called 'mOnai'. Is there a correxponding term in Kannada?