MWC_Edition13

December 1_RJ

A Song; Two Styles

In today's Music with coffee , we will look at a popular Purandara dasa kIrtan, in kannada language, sung in praise of Goddess Lakshmi Devi...

There are two ways of singing it and Bhimsen Joshi's Hindustani style is the more difficult one and the one i like very much
http://youtu.be/_tdYY6lUw9g

MSS singing the song is given here and this is the style that is followed in most of the south indian homes
http://youtu.be/7Vy_VgMWCvA

The Maverick Musician Kunnakudi Vaidhyanathan playing the song on his Violin
http://youtu.be/60ImJxE2oZA?list=RDtByA8vHEFk4

The lyrics to the song is given below, for those of you who want to try singing it -

bhAgyada lakShmI bArammA nammamma nI sau
bhAgyada lakShmI bArammA
hejjaya mele hhejjeyanikkuta gejje kAlgaLa dhvaniya madutha
sajjana sAdhu pUjeya vELege majjigeyoLagina beNNeyante
(bhAgyada)
kanaka vrStiya kareyuta bAre mana kAmanaya siddhiya tOrE
dinakara kOTi tEjadi hoLeva janakarAyana kumAri bega
(bhAgyada)
attittalagalade bhaktara maneyali nitya mahOtsava nitya sumangaLa
satyava tOruva sAdhu sajjanara cittadi hoLevA puttaLi bombe
(bhAgyada)
sankhye illAda bhAgyava koTTu kankaNa kaiya tiruvuta bAre
kunkumAnkite pankaja lOcane venkaTaramaNana binkada rANI
(bhAgyada)
sakkare tuppada kAluve harisi shukravAradha pUjaya vELage
akkareyuLLa aLagiri rangana cokka purandara viThalana rANI
(bhAgyada)

The Englsih translation is

Oh, Goddess of Fortune ! Laksmidevi !
Do come slowly with your anklets making the jingling sound!
Come to us like butter emerging out of buttermilk when it is churned !

Come and shower on us a rain of gold and fufilll our aspirations !
Come with the brightness of countless number of rays of the sun !
Come and bless us; Oh, Devi, who has taken incarnation as Sitha !

Oh, lotus eyed Devi who is the pride of Mahavishnu!
Come and appear before us wearing the shining golden bracelets on your wrists and the auspicious vermilion mark on your forehead! Oh, Consort of Purandaravithala !

Welcome to You who shine auspiciously in the hearts of great sages !
Oh, Queen of Alagiri Ranga!
Come to our worship on Friday when streams of ghee and sugar will overflow !