Thillana sindhubhairavi

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 27 Sep 2007, 19:05

Can i please have the lyrics of the thillana in sindhubhairavi and adi tala. it is sung by bombay sisters. i have no idea about the composer.

thanks
krishnaa

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 27 Sep 2007, 19:09

it is in praise of rama...

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 27 Sep 2007, 23:30

tOm tatAra tana. rAgA: sindhubhairavi. Adi tALA. Composer: T.K.Govinda Rao.

P: tOm tattAra tAni nata dirana dirana tom dhrutAni
tOm tatAra tAni tara jhamta tAra tAni
tOm tatAra tAni jhamta jham tanana jhom tanana
A: takiTa jham taritA tadhingiNa tom tataku jhaNam tari tA
tadhingiNatom tajham taNam tagum tanom tillAna
thAku jham taritA tataku jhaNam tari tA
tAku jhaNam tari tataku jhaNam tari
tAku jhaNam tataku jhaNam tajhaNam tajhaNam tanam tanam tA
tadingiNatom taka tA tadingiNatom takadhimi tA tadhingiNatom
C: kAlir chalangayuDan kari mugilan kALiyan mIdinilE
kali nadanam tajham ta tanam ta taghum ta tillana
kOla ezhil tavazha kuru naghaiyum tigazha bAlakanin ezhil pala pala
vaDivinil inai ariyum munivargaLum paNindu magizhndu uLam kanindu
uruguvadai ninayAi unadu mana irul aravE pADiduvAi

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 27 Sep 2007, 23:44

Lji,
The caraNasAhityam is in praise of Siva and not rAma....

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 27 Sep 2007, 23:59

This is the only sindhubhairavi tillAna I have that Bombay Sisters have sung.

Krishnaa:
If you know the starting words of the tillAnA you are after, please post them.

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 28 Sep 2007, 01:43

Thanks for the lyrics,
the sindhubhairavi thillana is not in praise of rama, sorry for the mistake...

i will let you know about the raga of the one in praise of rama. none the less i wanted this thillana also....
thank you
krishnaa

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 28 Sep 2007, 02:05

Lakshman uncle, ( and everyone)
the first words of the thillana are - dhIm nadhru Dhim Dhim tanana
i am so sorry i cannot find out any information on the raga (i think it is dhanyasi, but i am not sure) or on the composer....
please try to find it... sorry for the trouble...

rgds
krishnaa

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 28 Sep 2007, 02:56

If you can give me the starting words of the caraNa it would help.

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 28 Sep 2007, 17:38

actually, the lyrics are not very clear, but let me give it a try..
it starts with " shrikara suguna...." , it has got the words " sri rama rajendra" in the middle and it ends with the words " rupa vijita manasija"
i hope this helps, its just a try.

thanks
krishnaa

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 28 Sep 2007, 18:29

I found out the raaga - the thillana is in raagam kapi and adi talam. it is composed by chinayya.
can i please have the lyrics...

krishnaa

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 28 Sep 2007, 18:30

dhIm nadhru. rAgA: kApi. Adi tALA. Composer: Chinniah (TQ)

P: dhIm nadhru dhIm dhIm tanana tatara tAni udana dhIm dhIm tanana
A: nAdhru dhir dhIm tom dhri dhIm dhImta
nadhiranA udana tOm tatananam tOm tanana
(sholkaTTu svara)
tAhata jhom tarikiTa taka takaNaka takajhoNu taka dhimi takum tarikiTa
taka dhittiLAngu takatOm taLAngu takatOm tadingiNatOm
C: shrIkara suguNa gambhIra karuNAkarA shrtajana mandArA
shrI cAmarAjEndra kavijana samAja bhOjarUpa vidhita manasija

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 28 Sep 2007, 19:29

The caraNasAhityam seems to be in praise of the Mysore Maharaja (cAmarEndra)...

If I get the words right, this is what Sri Cinnayya Pillai is saying about his benefactor:
The king (SrI cAmarEndra) is described as the bestower of wealth (SrIkara), of good character (suguNa), majestic in appearance (gambhIra), compassionate (karuNAkara), protector of those that seek refuge in him (shritajana mandAra), a colossus for the community of poets/composers (kavijana samAja bhOjarUpa), and who is as handsome as Cupid/manmatha (vidhita manasija)...

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 28 Sep 2007, 21:43

oh no....... i thought the words went as sri rama rajendra....

anyways, thanks

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 28 Sep 2007, 22:14

can i please get a thillana which is in praise of Sri Rama... i have been looking for one from many days, and i got this one... which eventuallt turned out not to be in praise of Sri rama ..... (what a despair!!!):(
i have the one composed by madurai N krishnan. I wanted another one.

rgds
krishnaa

Umesh · Post by **Umesh** » 29 Sep 2007, 02:33

Are you just looking for any thillana in praise of Sri Rama? Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar's Kaanada/Rupakam thillana is in praise of Rama, as is one in Desh (don't remember whose, though).

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 29 Sep 2007, 10:31

I thought there was one tillAnA in praise of rAma in amr.tavarshiNi. Think its by ranganAyaki jayarAman.

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 29 Sep 2007, 13:58

Thanks for the information, Umesh and Rasika.
yes i am looking for any thillana in praise of sri rama. i will search for one using the info that yoou have given me, and if i dont get it, i will come back to you.
thanks so muh.
krishnaa

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 29 Sep 2007, 14:19

i got the audio of the kanada thillana on musicindiaonline, but im not able to figure out the lyrics, can someone please give it to me....
rgds
krishnaa

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 29 Sep 2007, 17:21

tOm tattAra tAni. rAgA: kAnaDa. rUpaka tALA. Composer: Poochi Iyengar.

P: tOm tattAra tAnita dhIranA tara tAni
A: tOm tattAra tAttara tAni dhitlAm tlAm tam tlAm tAm takadingiNatOm
C: shrIkara karuNAkara vara shrIdhara munijana vandita
shrIkari varada durita hara shrI raghuvara mAm pAlaya
(sholkaTTu)
tAm tadhimi dhimi tataNata jhamta jham jham takadhimi takaNaka jhaNu
ga* ma* ri*sa* ni pa tataNata ma ga ma tadingiNatOm

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 29 Sep 2007, 17:29

Thank you Lakshman uncle....

krishna

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 30 Sep 2007, 15:03

what is the meaning of "durita hara"?
krishnaa

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 30 Sep 2007, 19:35

alleviating evil (as opposed to srikara which comes before)
durita=evil, bad hara=to remove;
durita also means quickly (here, if you take it as the meaning, quickly remove what? So it is evil here).

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 30 Sep 2007, 21:16

shrIkari varada = shrI karivarada (kari = elephant, varada = one who gave a boon to) - refers to the gajEndra mOkSa episode...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 01 Oct 2007, 01:28

Ravi, I shoud have said,
'as a srikara karuNakara' you are a 'durita hara' who were once a 'kari varada'...

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 01 Oct 2007, 12:24

thanks alot for the explainations.

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 07 Jan 2008, 14:26

can i plesae have the meaning of the caranam of the thillana in sindhubhairavi which is in praise of Shiva.
thanks in advance.

vageyakara · Post by **vageyakara** » 07 Jan 2008, 17:46

There is a thillana in sindju Bhairavi tuned by Sri Rajkumar Bharathi.Please ensure that what u r refering to is one and the same.

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 08 Jan 2008, 13:18

kAlir chalangayuDan kari mugilan kALiyan mIdinilE
kali nadanam tajham ta tanam ta taghum ta tillana
kOla ezhil tavazha kuru naghaiyum tigazha bAlakanin ezhil pala pala
vaDivinil inai ariyum munivargaLum paNindu magizhndu uLam kanindu
uruguvadai ninayAi unadu mana irul aravE pADiduvAi

i want the meaning of the above caranam. sorry for not being clear.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 08 Jan 2008, 22:55

kAlil - on (his) feet (kAlil)
calangai - anklets
uDan - with
kari mugilan - one with the complexion of black (kari) rain-bearing clouds (mugilan)
kALiyan - the snake kALiya
mIdinilE - on top of
kaLi naTanam - playful/joyful (kaLi) dance (naTanam)
tajham ta tanam ta tagum ta - solkaTTu
kOla - embellished/beautiful/attractive
ezhil - grace
tavazha - spreads in all directions
kuru nagaiyum - mischevious smile
tigazha - (making his face) lustrous
bAlakanin - this young boy's
ezhil - grace
pala pala - in many many
vaDivinil - forms
iNai aRiyum - those that know a simile or comparison
munivargaLum - group of sages
paNindu - bow down to (him)
magizhndu - and enjoy
uLLam kanindu - with their hearts (uLLam) overflowing
uruguvadai - melting
ninaiyAi - please think about this
unadu - your
mana iruL - darkness (iruL) of your mind/heart (mana)
AravE - to abolish
pADiDuvAi - please sing

In this carana, the composer describes the beauty of krishNa as he dances on kALIya and asks us/his mind to meditate upon this sight that even learned men (who can come up with comparisons in a jiffy and are not impressed by anyone/anything) bow down to.

The running meaning is: Please meditate (ninaiyAi) on the vision of krishNa (the dark hued kari mugilan) dancing (kaLi naTanam) on top of (mIdinil) kALIya's (kALiyan) head with his feet (kAlil) adorned by ghunghrUs (calangaiyuDan) [1] with his handsome (kOla ezhil tavazha), smiling (kurunagai), and lustrous face spreading divine grace (pala pala vaDivinil tigazha) in all directions. Think (ninaiyAi) of the learned sages (iNai ariyum minivargaLum - who can easily find something to equal anything in the world, but are speechless by this incomparable sight) who bow down (paNindu) to with melting (uruguvadai) hearts (uLLam) overflowing (kanindu) with joy (magizhndu), and sing (pADiDuvAi) of this wondrous phenomenon - and as you do that, you will realize that your soul/mind/heart (mana) is no longer in the grip (AravE) of the spiritual darkness (irul) that enveloped it.

[1] - nIDAmangaLam krishNamUrti bhAgavatar explains how humans tried to recreate the ghunghrUs on krishNA's feet - adOkSajasya (krishNa's) angri padmam - adOkSajAngripadmam - from which is derived the current delicacy - jAngrI.

meena · Post by **meena** » 09 Jan 2008, 10:36

krishnaa

who's comp is this?

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 09 Jan 2008, 12:38

Thank you so much Ravi!!!
for some reason or the other i thought that this caranam was in praise of Shiva - my mistake...

thanks once again.

Meena,
i think this is a composition of T K Govindarao but i am not sure.

meena · Post by **meena** » 10 Jan 2008, 05:35

Oh yeah ur right, its is TKG's. Thanks krishnaa.

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 10 Jan 2008, 14:37

isn't such a wonderful prayer???
the poet has put so much of knowledge and essence in just four lines. it was delighting to read the translation (thanks to Ravi) in english, i wonder how beautiful it must be sounding to those who understand tamil.

kunjamma · Post by **kunjamma** » 15 Jan 2008, 22:22

respected sir
Would it be possible to get the meaning of the charanam of the thillana in ragam kaanada ,thalam roopakam--tom tha tara tara tha tirana.
thanks
kunjamma

dancingSonali · Post by **dancingSonali** » 25 Mar 2008, 18:51

Hello,
Can someone please give me the full meaning of the sahitya in the thillana you talked about in Kanada, Rupaka Taalam.
Thank you,
Sonali

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 25 Mar 2008, 19:49

Lji,

Can you post the caraNasAhityam? I am not sure whcih kAnaDA tillAnA is being referred to here.

Umesh · Post by **Umesh** » 25 Mar 2008, 21:48

I believe it's the one discussed on the first page of this thread. Just the meanings of a few words were mentioned.

C: shrIkara karuNAkara vara shrIdhara munijana vandita
shrIkari varada durita hara shrI raghuvara mAm pAlaya

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 25 Mar 2008, 22:18

Here is my attempt:

SrIkara = one who induces/causes/creates (kara) auspicioisness (SrI)
karuNAkara = one who bestows/creates (kara) compassion (karuNA)
vara SrIdhara = the bride-groom (vara) of lakshmi (SrI) who then bears (dhara) her in his chest
munijana vandita = the one whom the sages (munijana) offer obeisance (vandita) to
SrI karivarada = the one who granted a boon (varada) to the blessed (SrI) king of the elephants (kari) - gajEndra
durita hara = destroyer (hara) of evil (durita)
SrI raghuvara = Oh excellent/chosen (vara) one among the dynasty of the raghUs - rAma
mAm pAlaya = please protect (pAlaya) me (mAm)

dancingSonali · Post by **dancingSonali** » 26 Mar 2008, 00:06

Thank you!