Guest guest Posted March 7, 1999 Report Share Posted March 7, 1999 Sri: Dear Sri Krishna, You are absolutely right! Music is divine! There are AzhwAr pAsurams, ANNamaachaarya's and Ootthukkaadu vEmkata subbhaiyar's, which are so great to hear when set to Karnatic music. Sri Sadagopan's song was simple, and deep in meanings. I know there are singers (good ones!) in our group to sing. There are 4000 songs (Divya prabhandham) that can be attempted by us. I know of one Smt pazhani Vijayalakshmi (duering my school days) whose pAsurams were a delight to hear. She used to sing only pAsurams. There are pAsurams sung by Bombay sisters also. And our Sri MK Susharshan's mother has contributed a lot by singing Desikan sthOthrams - sung in an exquisitely beautiful tunes with different rAgAs. There is a bhajan "narayana narayana jaya jaya gOvindha harE! by Swami Haridoss giri. An excellent one! Sri krsihna Premi used to sing Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama hare hare very nicely at the end of his upanyaasam every time. It used to be the ending of his discourse in a crescendo! Thanks Sadagopan mama for your excellent composition. Narayana Narayana Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 1999 Report Share Posted March 7, 1999 Dear BhakthAs : I would like to share with you a krithi which salutes the three Rahasyams dear to Sri VaishNavaas . At the outset , let me ease your minds by pointing out that this krithi of mine does NOT deal with the inner meanings of these Rahasyams , but only pays tribute to the glory of these Rahasyams . Palalvi , Anu pallavi and CharaNam sections deal with AshtAksharam , Dhvayam and Charama slOkam respectively . The Krithi can be sung in Raagam , KalyANi . The pallavi section alone can also be set in the Raagam-ThAnam-Pallavi format . Pallavi : Namakkini BhayamEthu Naathan Naamam sollum Anu Pallavi : sErkkum ThirumahaL aruLAl NaaraNan pAthangaL paRRiya ( namakkini ) CharaNam : DharmangaL yellaam tavirtthu avanE gathi yena nadanthu paDum thyuar yellaam azhinthu Aananthak kadalil moozhki niRkum (Namakkini ) (Meaning for tamil Text ) ************************* Pallavi : For us , who recite our Lord's sacred name , where is the occasion for fear anymore ? Anu pallavi : For us , who have arrived at the sacred feet of NarAyaNan through the intercession of Sri Devi , where is the occasion for fear anymore ? CharaNam : Relinquishing all DharmAs and taking refuge in Him alone ,liberated from all sorrows , we stand immersed in the ocean of bliss . For us , who have thus performed SaraNAgathi ,where is the occasion for fear anymore ? Sarvam KrishNArpaNam Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan P.S : It will be wonderful , if Musicians in our group like Sri Mani Varadarajan can set it to Music . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 1999 Report Share Posted March 7, 1999 Another congrats to Sri Sadagopan. It is high time our esteemed visistadvaitam got publicity through the medium of music. I did not really know the power of music. In my mind music and philosophical thinking were a little divorced from each other. There are stalwart speakers who speak in temples and lectures. The listeners come out of these lectures, some confused, some, mad that they did not agree with the lecture and some happy that they understood and really liked the lecture. However, I have seen 180 to 200 people almost all in tears (which obviously cannot be acting: since, there is not enough glycerine around) when they participate in some really energetic bhajan sessions, which did happen recently here in San Diego. I realized only then, that namasamkirthanam has its wide attraction and long lasting sway over the hearts of one and all, devotees and stone hearted people alike. This is the way many advaitic preachers brought to light their granthams in popular music ( the nirvana shatka - chidananda rupah sivoham sivoham is one fine example) ; so did the chaitanya sampradaya, meera, and many devotees touched the hearts of millions. Someone should popularize visistadvaitic gems in this way; I am sure our alwars have done the very same; however, eventhough at that time alwars' tamil was sort of spoken language, today the alwar's tamil can hardly be understood by modern day folks when heard. I may be the odd person out here who is not exposed to tamil literature. But I dont think I am very much off when I state that one cannot understand alwars hymns like understanding spoken tamil, which I very much understand (ie, when tamizh-nad acharyas like H.H azhagia singar speaks). I sincerely hope that one of the tamil singers can set this to tune. I will ask Dr. C.M Venkatachalam of San Diego to set this to tune and ask my wife Krishna Priya to sing it and record it on tape. Sadagopan <sgopan bhakti <bhakti Sunday, March 07, 1999 2:06 PM A Tamil Krithi on Sriman NaarAyanan >Dear BhakthAs : > >I would like to share with you a krithi >which salutes the three Rahasyams dear to >Sri VaishNavaas . At the outset , let me ease >your minds by pointing out that this krithi of mine >does NOT deal with the inner meanings of these Rahasyams , >but only pays tribute to the glory of these Rahasyams . >Palalvi , Anu pallavi and CharaNam sections >deal with AshtAksharam , Dhvayam and Charama >slOkam respectively . > >The Krithi can be sung in Raagam , KalyANi . >The pallavi section alone can also be set in >the Raagam-ThAnam-Pallavi format . > >Pallavi : Namakkini BhayamEthu > Naathan Naamam sollum > >Anu Pallavi : sErkkum ThirumahaL aruLAl > NaaraNan pAthangaL paRRiya ( namakkini ) > >CharaNam : DharmangaL yellaam tavirtthu > avanE gathi yena nadanthu > paDum thyuar yellaam azhinthu > Aananthak kadalil moozhki niRkum (Namakkini ) > >(Meaning for tamil Text ) >************************* > >Pallavi : For us , who recite our Lord's sacred >name , where is the occasion for fear anymore ? > >Anu pallavi : For us , who have arrived at the sacred >feet of NarAyaNan through the intercession of Sri Devi , >where is the occasion for fear anymore ? > >CharaNam : Relinquishing all DharmAs and taking refuge >in Him alone ,liberated from all sorrows , we stand >immersed in the ocean of bliss . For us , who have thus >performed SaraNAgathi ,where is the occasion for fear >anymore ? > >Sarvam KrishNArpaNam >Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan > >P.S : It will be wonderful , if Musicians in our >group like Sri Mani Varadarajan can set it to Music . > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 1999 Report Share Posted March 7, 1999 Dear members, Sri.Madhavakannan wrote: "And our Sri MK Susharshan's mother has contributed a lot by singing Desikan sthOthrams - sung in an exquisitely beautiful tunes with different rAgAs.....". Sri.Madhavakannan got my name all wrong but he is right about my mother...! Yes, she has set to tune many of Swami Desikan's stotrams on LPs and cassettes (AVM, Vani Cassettes etc.). Some of the most popular (and not so popular ones) "devotional" releases are : (1) Goda stuti, SriStuti, Gopala vimshati,bhagavadh-dhyana sopanam (2) Daya satakam, Dasavatara stotram (3) Achyuta satakam (this rare one in the "prAkritam" original) (4) Narayana Kavacham (in Sanskrit orginal and in a specially composed Tamil version) -- prefaced by "anugraha-bAshanam" from HH 44th Azhagiyasingar and HH Andavan Swami (4) SriVenkateswara sahasranamam (TTD production) (5) Tirupallandu, Tirupalleyyachi, Amalanadipiran, Neerattam (6) Saundarya Lahari (7) Lalitha sahasranamam (8) Navagraha kritis of Mutthuswami Diskhitar My own favourites are the ones on Desika Stotrams. The 1974 production of Goda Stuti and the 1975 one on Daya Satakam are indeed wonderful releases..... and I say this not because the artiste concerned happens to be my beloved mother! Both the cassettes brought Mrs.Mani Krishnaswami first into the limelight as a distinguished singer of devotional verse. Apart from the musical value of the cassettes it was her impeccable Sanskrit diction/enunciation that was lauded by by both layman and pundit. And her voice in those golden days was really silken smooth! In January early this year, on Vaikunta Ekadasi Day, I visited Kanchipuram. I visited Tuppul the birthplace of our AchAryan Swami Desikan. They had just installed a PA system there in the temple precincts. The Tuppul Trust officials to whom I was introduced there requested me to donate an entire set of my mother's Desika-stotra cassettes to them. I was overjoyed. Could there be a better way to pay my tributes to both my revered AchAryan and to my dear mother? I am in fact making arrangements now from Kuwait to do so. So the next time around any of you happen to be in the hallowed precincts of the Deepaprakasa temple, who knows, you might hear the music of "Mani" and the poetry of the "ghantAvatAra" Swami gently wafting across the skies! If you do, you might even remember me and thank me silently in your heart .... and say a prayer for me too, perhaps..yes?! adiyEn, sudarshan ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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