Swaraprastharam- Abhogi

1. MSS- Manjudai Putti

A short, but stormy swirl of Kalpanaswaras by MSS in her rendition of the Annamarcharya Krithi "Manjudai putti" in the ragam Abhogi

 1. dSdm-gmgr-s,rg

2. m,grg-m,grg-srgm-grrsrgm

3.  Sarvalaghu

     m,md-

    m,mgmd,d,-

    ddddmm,m-

    ggmgmddmgrg,g,,,-

    rgmgrs,-

    srgmgrs,-

    ss,s,rgmgrs-

    rgmddmmggrssrgm,-

    gmddmgrgmddmdS-

   d,SRGMMGRSdS-

    GRRSSddmmggrrssd,srgm

100th Post- Hey Nutan...!!

On the eve of new year 2019 posting a wonderful ode written by Rabindranath Tagore on his 80th birthday for himself,  which happened to be his last birthday when he was alive. 

Amazing how Tagore faced life with enthusiasm and optimism even at the feeble age of 80.

Lyrics

Hey nutan,

Dekha dik aar baar janmer pratham shubhakhan|

Tomar prokash hok kuhelika kori udghaton
Surjer moton || 

Riktataar bakkha bhedi aapanare karo unmochan  | 

Byakta hok jeebaner joy, 

Byakta hok tomaamaajhe asimera chirobismay  | 

Udayadigante shankha baaje,mor chittamaajhe

Chiranutanere dilo daak 

Pnochishe boishakh ||

Meaning 

Hail the new dawn,  

Let the sacred hour of birth approach once more 

May you appear in glory, unveiled from mist
as does the sun.

Reveal yourself from the emptiness of the soul 

Let life be victorious once more, 

Let the wonder of the infinite be revealed through your creation 

Conch shells sound in celebration in the dawn skies within my soul 

The call goes out for eternal renewal 

From this twenty fifth day of Boishakh

The Ever Genrous Devah...

Maithreem Bhajatha , Akhila Hrujjethreem,

Atmavadeva paraanapi pashyatha

Jananee Pruthivee Kaamadughaastey

JanakO Devah Sakala Dayaaluh

Sreyo Bhooyaath Sakala Janaanaam 

Maithreem Bhajatha Akila Hrith Jeththreem

Atmavat Eva Paraan api pashyata

Yuddham Tyajata , Spardhaam Tyajata, Tyajata Pareshwa akrama akramanam

Jananee Prthivee Kaamadughaastey

JanakO Deva: Sakala Dayaalu

Daamyata Datta Dayathvam Janathaa

Sreyo Bhooyaath Sakala Janaanaam

Sreyo Bhooyaath Sakala Janaanaam

Sreyo Bhooyaath Sakala Janaanaam. With friendship please serve,

And conquer all the hearts,

Please think that others are like you,

Please forsake war for ever,

Please forsake competition for ever,

Please forsake force to get, Some one else’s property,

For mother earth is a wish giving animal,

And God our father is most merciful,

Restrain, donate and be kind,

To all the people of this world.

Let all the people, live with bliss,

Let all the people live with bliss,

Let all the people live with bliss.

Naadi thedi- Hamir Kalyani- Bharat Sundar

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y3HpgchEobYf-tDojf3zMLQ1FcU4fX31

Kannale Kanden- Nadanamakriya, Kapi, Sindhu bhairavi-Gopalakrishna Bharathi- Bharat Sundar

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m5bSaTgLz3b8UVd6mvSTsNrWm16UjVGJ

Dwijavanthi Thillana by Bharat Sundar

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zNsL59ZUS37WA9OSaSL4RnikhLP0mlI-

Pallavi In Vasantha,Hindolam, Charukeshi, Revathi by Trichur bros

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vfDo-24Kr-Xj3Dto23IAXF_j6NS1Vwnk

Thanam in Vasantha by Trichur Bros

https://drive.google.com/open?id=19EfCw49y-n5jzhSsLMH2N_oIJxrwywEE

Ve. Iraiyanbu on Managing Success in Life

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WxDigyhvBs2H_BZndq_Uwl2uHXljarfW

A Charukesi Playlist

Charukesi scale

S R2 G3 M1 P D1 N2 S

S N2 D1 P M1 G3 R2 S

• Except Rishabam and Nishadham all the other notes are same as Mayamalawagowlai

Compositions

1. Adamodi Galade - Tyagaraja

2. Kripaya palaya - Swati Tirunal

3. Thunai neeye - BMK

4. Charukesi thanam by Sandeep narayanan

5. Paradeveem - BMK 

6. Lakshmi vallabha - Thukaram Abhang

7. RTP by Mandolin U. Shrinivas

8. Samanya valla

9. Karunanidhan - Swati tirunal

10. Innum en manam - Lalgudi Jayaraman

11. A creative piece by Indian raga labs

 

12. Saranu vededa

13. Charukesi Alaapana by Karthik

14. RTP by Sriram Parasuram

15. Charukesi Tillana

A Simhendramadhyamam Playlist

Simhendramadhyamam scale

S R2 G2 M2 P D1 N3 S

S N3 D1 P M2 G2 R2 S

• It is a shuddha madhyamam equivalent of "Keeravani"

Compositions

1. Needu charanamule - K.V.Sreenivasa Iyengar

2.Kamakshi Kamakoti peetha vaasini - Muthuswami Dikshithar

3. Ninne Nammithi nayya -  Mysore Vasudevacharya

4. Raama Raama Gunaseema - Swati Tirunal

5. Ihaparam Enum - Papanasam Sivan

6. Natajana Palini - Thyagaraja

A Keeravani Playlist

Keeravani - Scale

S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N3 S

S N3 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

• Except for Madhyamam, all other notes are same as "Simhendra Madhyamam"

Compositions

1. Kaligi Yunte - Thyagaraja

2. Devi Neeye Thunai - Papanasam Sivan

3. Varamulosagi - Patnam Subramania Iyer

4.  Karunakarane Shivashankarane - Papanasam Sivan

5. Bhavaye Saarasanabam - Swati Tirunal (Here sung by one of my favourite artists :) )

6. Innamum Sandeha Padalaamo - Gopalakrishna Bharathi (Here sung by legendary Saathur AGS)

7. Chandrasekharam Aasraye - Dr.V.Raghavan

8.Paramacharyam -  Chidambaram Swarnavenkatesha Deekshithar

Valli Nayakane- Shanmukapriya.

A less popular Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar's Composition "Valli Nayakane" in the Raga "Shanmukapriya" broadcasted in AIR.


Valli nayagane_Shanmukapriya.mp3


Another famous composition in Raga Shanmukhapriya by T.K.Bala sung by Trichur brothers. No words to describe the beauty in the Bhavam brought by these precocious people.

Watering down to a Worldly life?

Carnatic Music is a form of art that is majorly representative of Bhakthi yoga, more specifically, Charanagatham or Path of complete surrender to the Paramatma.

What would be more appealing to a devotee among the following?

1. A Discourser preaching ' God is present everywhere. But we haven’t realised that'

or

2. Second Charanam of the Pancharatna krithi 'Dudukugala' that reads as:

                       "Sakala Bhuthamula Yandu Neevai Yunda ga Mathile ka poyina "                                

                         "Even though you exist everywhere, I didn’t realize your presence. "

Indubitably, it is the second.

That explains why ascetics like Sadhasiva bramendral, Surdas, Narayana Theerthar and other great Vaggeyakaras , who were said to be remained in the blissful state most of the times experiencing the  saanithyam of paramatma chose to document their philosophical thinkings as Carnatic compositions.

But today in the garb of several  panis or styles, if we are compromising on the impression that sahityams could make on us by accentuating on technical aspects, I think we are missing something.
And that something is what the ancient composers had regarded as larger than their life.

It is not my inclination towards music, which sowed the feel of  Charangatham in me. But it was the other way round. In fact, compositions like Pibare ramarasam, Nanadi bradhuku took me a step closer  to Charanagatham.

But with the onset of sophisticated taste, have we become more worldly and material that we inadvertently shift our attention on lighter things.? I think, this is a question that should be asked periodically to keep a check on unrestrained digression to the material world by feeding our ever-thriving taste . Nonetheless, Carnatic music is the best way to de-stress, given that it can never sow a single mean thought as is the case with other forms of entertainment today .