Friday, August 27, 2010

Entha Muddo- Bindu Malini

This is the song that is running in my mind in the last two days. Saint Tyagaraja brings out his love and unwavering devotion to lord rama through this song.


Penta muddo enta sogasO evari valla varNimpa tagunE ||How lovely ! How Beautiful ! Who can describe ?
APenta vAralaina gAni kAma chintA krantulainAru||Regardless of stature everyone is craving to satiate his desires only.
Catta meeda kanulAsaku dAsulu satta bhagavata vEsulairi
dutta pAlaruchi teliyu sAmyamE
dhureeNudow tyAgarAja nutuDu ||

Courtesy : http://www.sangeetasudha.org/


Another aweosme thing I stepped upon was Mandolin U shrinivas playing at his age 10 or so.It was just mind blowing. He is just tooooo divine.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TID7WyxbCOE
All the bhagavatas (singers and actors praising God) have become slaves of money and do not enjoy the real beauty of Rama.
It is like a pot not knowing the taste of milk. Oh Great Lord of Thyagaraja.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Prathamam

It was a spark that struck me to blog some of my blissful moments and jot down some of the most knowledgeable things i come across in my daily life. My recent found love is Tyagayyar krithis , listening to them  along with knowing their meanings.  Saint Tyagarajar , to me is an epitome of unwavering devotion to Lord rama and he proves it krithi by krithi.Saint Tyagaraja was introduced first to me by my appa. I was exposed to music at very young age and my father always kept telling me , a musician is real good musician, only when he/she sings tyagaraja krithis. And if I remember right, y only knowledge of tyagaraja krithis was his mudra and bahula panchami and pancha rathna krithis. Absolutely nothing more.

The next instance when Tyagarajar ever came in to my life was , when i heard Smt Vishaka Hari's "tygaraja charithram". The first time I heard that, all I could hear and enjoy was when she said kunju tyagarajar and completing that 100 koti rama japam and his dharshan of rama. My quest to know more and more about tyagarayar hadnt grown more at that juncture.

My sudden urge to know more and more of god  came through when it stuck that you know god through his devotees. This thought was fed into me by mahatma Sri muralidhara swamigal. His lectures on Sant tukaram is a great one and must listen to.
Yes thats when Tyagayar and Annamachrayar entered into my life ad I m focussing on tyagayyar these days. More to come on Tyagayyar and his krithis and the way I enjoy them everyday.