Notation for Shyama Shastri's Begada varnam - Dayanidhe

yadugiri_nivasa · Post by **yadugiri_nivasa** » 11 Mar 2009, 09:37

Can somebody please post the notation for Shyama Shastri's varnam in raga Begade - Dayanidhe? Thanks.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 11 Mar 2009, 20:07

I don't have notation but here are the lyrics:
Raga: bEgaDa / Tala: Adi

P: dayAnidhE mAmava sadAshyAmakRSNa pUjitE

A: bhayApahAriNi shrI rAjarAjEshvari

S: pAlitajana munigaNa sura samudayE lalita padayugalE kamanIya kandharE pApashamani suhRdaya sammOdita mahanIya suguNAlayE vitara bhaktim mE

C: paramapAvani bhavAni parAtpari shivashaHNkari

You can find a rendition here.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 16 Mar 2009, 10:26

Thanks srinivasrgvn for the link. I did not know about this 'other' begada varnam. It is wonderful. I seached for other versions and found DKP and Mani Krishnaswamy versions. I foune the Mani Krishnaswamy's rendition to be very good especially her consistently proper intonation of 'ma' and 'ni' of Begada. It is here: http://sangeethamshare.org/sunil/shyama ... aswami.mp3 DKP's excellent rendition is here: http://sangeethamshare.org/ksj/D-K-Patt ... Begada.mp3

The last charanam of the above Begada varnam is set up with the usual higher degree of difficulty but with a triple coat paint of Begada. Jusr great.
Are there others varnams of Shyama Shastri that are sung in concerts?

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 16 Mar 2009, 18:36

vasanthakokilam,
Here is a website which has the whole list of Shyama Sastri compositions with lyrics:
http://www.medieval.org/music/world/car ... hyama.html

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 16 Mar 2009, 23:33

srinivasrgvn, thanks for that link.

I am curious if recordings exist of other varnams by SS. If someone knows readily that will be great. Otherwise I will search around based on the information in the above link. Thanks.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 17 Mar 2009, 04:18

mAyammA in bEgaDa is just a kriti, not a varNa.
The only varNAs of Shyama shastri are:
nA manavini in saurASTra and nIvE gatiyani in kalyANi.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 17 Mar 2009, 05:37

Lakshman, so this 'Dayanidhe Mamava' varnam is not by SS? Whose varnam is this? Thanks.

The above link that srinivasrgvn provided also refers to "sAmini rammanavE Anandabhairavi/aTa" as SS's varnam.

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 17 Mar 2009, 06:16

It certainly is listed as a varnam in Smt. Vidyasankar's book on SS works.

Arun

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 17 Mar 2009, 07:14

I will check on this and get back soon.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 17 Mar 2009, 16:33

I missed sAmini rammanave and dayanidhe. These two are also varnas. Sorry about the mistake.