Nada tanumanisham
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
nAda tanumanizaM zaGkaram Show DetailsnamAmi mE manasA zirasA | Sankara, the embodiment of Nada, constantly I salute mentally and bodily. |
[edit] Anupallavi
mOdakara nigamOttama sAma- Show DetailsvEdasAraM vAraM vAram 1 | The bestower of joy and Essence of Samaveda (the best among Vedas), repeatedly (I salute) |
[edit] Charanam
sadyOjAtAdi paJcavaktraja2 Show DetailssarigamapadhanI vara saptaswara vidyAlOlaM vidalita kAlam vimala hRdaya4 tyAgarAjapAlam | The Lover of the noble saptaswara-vidya (music) emerging from His five faces (including Sadyojata) The Destroyer of Death3 The Protector of the pure-hearted Tyagaraja |
[edit] Commentary
- 1This is a pun. vAram vAram means "again and again." Also, vAra is a name of Lord Siva.
- 2The 5 heads of Siva are: (i) IzAna, (ii) tatpuruSa, (iii) aghOra, (iv) vAmadEva and (v) sadyOjAta. Wikipedia
- The five basic sounds of the mridangam: tha, dhi, thom, nam and jem, have come from the five faces of Siva. Link
- These 5 talas were said to have originated from five faces of Lord Siva: From Vamadeva - Chach chatputa tala; Sadyojata - Chaa cha puta tala;Aghora - Shatpita putrika tala; Tatpurusha -Sampadveshtakaa tala; Isana - Udghatta tala. Source
- 3Refers to the Markandeya episode. Siva at Tirukkadavur (Bilvaranya) is worshipped in this aspect as kAlasaMhAramUrtti.
- 4vimala hRdaya - this may apply either to Siva or the composer.
- nigamOttama - According to Karnataka Sangita Sastra of Sri AS Panchapakesa Iyer, while Rg-yajur-vEda contain only three swaras, sAma veda contains all the seven swaras. Therefore, from musical point of view, Sri Tyagaraja considers Sama Veda as the acme of Vedas (Nigamottama).
[edit] Renditions
- Madurai Mani Iyer (mp3)
- Priya Sisters (streaming)
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