Yesudas concert – Pancharathna Kriti

April 9, 2009 - Posted by vidhya

This post is a continuation of http://blogs.prashu.com/music-and-me/content/2009/04/00374/yesudas-concert-some-music-tips.php

Right after this was a request for Endaro mahanudhaavulu…..

For those who don’t know…
 
This song is one of the 5 pancharatna keerthanams of Thyagaraja. These will be a part of every Thyagaraja aaradhana.
Pancha ratna means 5 gems. This is a collection of 5 keerthanams….these are a little different from the normal kritis or compositions….
In these, there is a pallavi, anupallavi and several charanams. The singing would be done for the charanams by first singing the swaram (notes) and then the sahityam (lyrics).
 
The Pancharatna Kritis are:
 
Jagadananda Karaka – Naatai raagam
Dudukugala – Gowla raagam
Sadhinchene – Arabhi raagam
Kanakana Ruchira -Varali  raagam
Endaro Mahanubhavulu – Sri raagam
 
Here is some very interesting information from wikipedia…. I dint know this all this while…its amazing
The melodic forms of these compositions (Nata, Gaula, Arabhi, Varali, Sri) are the five Ghana ragas of Carnatic music also called the ghanapanchaka. They are so called because they are suited to playing tanam on the veena. Nata and Varali are the most ancient of the Carnatic ragas and date back 1000 years.
 
A particularly difficult musical challenge has been taken up successfully by Tyagaraja in three of these compositions. The raga Nata has a particularly distinctive use of the ‘dhaivatam’ note or swara. Tyagaraja has avoided the ‘dhaivatam’ completely in the first pancharatna kriti without losing the swarupa of Nata ragam. Similarly ‘gandharam’ is an accidental note of some beauty in Gaula. Tyagaraja avoids this too (except in one instance) without losing the character of the raga. Finally, he avoids the accidental ‘dhaivatam’ in Sri ragam, again a note that is present in some very characteristic sancharas of this raga. It requires musicality of a very high order to do something like this not once but three times in very common and much loved ragas like these.
 
In this post we talk about the last of the pancharatna kritis which was sung by Yesudas in this concert.
This composition by Thyagaraja is unique as it is more dedicated to great people rather than gods themselves
The line : "ENDARO MAHANU BAVULU ANDARIKI VANDANAMULU" means "Salutations to all the great men in this world"
In this poem, Thyagaraja described the greatness of the devotees through the ages. He pays his salutations to the great men who live in all the ages, a yogi attains and enjoys paramananda by reaching the stage of samadhi when in the course of sahasra chakra the power of kundalam and maheswara are joined together from where at flood of nectar is released. In the soundarya Lahiri, Shankara Bhagwat Sahesrarey praises ambal as “Padma Sahahasi, Padya Vihase”. True devotees are persons who have attained this stage.
 
This is composed in the shri raagam.
This is another inetresting raagam in which many of the famous songs have been composed.
This is another karaharapriya (22nd melakartha janya)
Aa: S R2 M1 P N2 S
Av: S N2 P D2 N2 P M1 R2 G2 R2 S
Some other songs in this raagam are bhagyadha lakshmi baaramma, naama kusumaulache, vande vasudevam

the lyrics and meaning of this song from Karnatik.com

pallavi

endarO mahAnubhAvu-landariki vandanamu

anupallavi

canduru varNuni anda candamunu hrdayAra-
vindamuna jUci brahmAnandamanu bhavincu vAr-
(endarO)

caraNam 1

sAma gAna lOla manasija lAvaNya dhanya mUrdhanyul
(endarO)

caraNam 2

mAnasa vana cara vara sancAramu salipi mUrti bAguga pogaDanE vAr-

caraNam 3

saraguna pAdamulaku svAntamanu sarOjamunu samarpaNamu sEyu vAr-

caraNam 4

patita pAvanuDanE parAtparuni gurinci paramArthamagu nija mArgamutOnu
bADucunu sallApamutO svara layAdi rAgamula deliyu vAr-

caraNam 5

hari guNa maNimaya saramulu galamuna shObhillu bhakta kOTulilalO telivitO
celimitO karuNa galgu jagamellanu sudhA drSTicE brOcu vAr-

caraNam 6

hoyalu mIra naDalu galgu sarasuni sadA kanula jucucunu pulaka
sharIrula I Ananda payOdhi nimagnula I mudambunanu yashamu galavAr-

caraNam 7

parama bhAgavata mauni vara shashi vibhAkara sanaka sanandana
digIsha sura kimpuruSa kanaka kashipu suta nArada tumburu
pavanasUnu bAlacandra dhara shuka sarOjabhava bhUsuravarulu
parama pAvanulu ghanulu shAshvatulu kamala bhava sukhamu sadAnubhavulu gAka

caraNam 8

nI mEnu nAma vaibhavambulanu nI parAkrama dhairyamula shAnta mAnasamu nIvulanu
vacana satyamunu, raghuvara nIyeDa sadbhaktiyu janincakanu durmatamulanu kalla
jEsinaTTi nImadi neringi santasambunanu guNa bhajanA-nanda kirtanamu jEyu vAr-

caraNam 9

bhAgavata rAmAyaNa gItAdi shruti shAstra purAnamu marmamulanu shivAdi sanmatamula
gUDhamulan muppadi mukkOTi surAntarangamula bhAvamula nerigi bhava rAga layAdi
saukhyamucE cirAyuvula galigi niravadhi sukhAtmulai tyAgarAptulaina vAr-

caraNam 10

prEma muppiri gonu vELa nAmamu dalacEvAru rAmabhaktuDaina tyAgarAjanutuni nija dAsulaina vAr-

 

Meaning:
pallavi: salutations to all those great men in this world !
anupallavi: those men will feel the moonlike beautiful form of God in their hearts and will be happy about it !
caraNam 1: those who worship you who is fond of Samagana.
caraNam 2: They control their mind and worship you who is as beautiful as Manmada
caraNam 3: They submit their hearts at your feet
caraNam 4: Oh the protector of people they sing your praise with true devotion and they have good knowledge of swara, laya & raga.
caraNam 5: They wear garlands made of gems that represent the quality of Hari and with mercy they see the whole world with love & affection.
caraNam 6: They are so happy to see the beautiful gait of the God everyday and they are happy about it.
caraNam 7: Surya, Chandra, Sanaka Sanadhanas, Dikpalas, Devas, Kimpurushas, Prahalada, Narada, Tumburu, Anjaneya, Siva, Sukar, Brahma, Brahmanas enjoy the Brahmanandha Swaroopa of God always. Apart from them there are others and salutations to them also.
caraNam 8: They praise your form, name, valour, bravery, peaceful heart, true words. You destroy all bad thoughts that prevent people from praying you, they know that and they praise your qualities.
caraNam 9: Those who know the secret of Bagavatha, Ramayana, Gita, Sruti, Sasthra, Epic, various religious thoughts, the thoughts of the 33 crores of Devas, bhava, raga, tala and they have a long life and enjoy all good things.
caraNam 10: Those beloved of Lord Tyagaraja, when bakthi increases they think your name, they are Rama bakthas, they are devotees of the Lord of Tyagaraja who worships you.

You can find the notation (notes) at http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/endaromahanubhavulu-new.htm

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