Ragi thandira – Purandara dasa
Long ago I had learnt a Purandara dasa’s devarnama for a competition. I never seemed t get the song right and so finally did not sing it in the competition. After many years I came across this song in Vishaka Hari’s sundara kandam.
It is a very simple song with a lot of meaning. The song seems to be sung in various different raagams and hence I am not listing anything in particular here
Talam : Adi
Composer : Purandara Dasa
Language : kannada
Pallavi
rAgi tandIryA bhikShakE rAgi tandIryA
bhOgyarAgi yOgyarAgi bhAgyavantarAgi nIvu
Charanam 1 :
annadAnava mADuvarAgi anna chatra vaniTTavarAgi
anya vArteya biTTavarAgi anudina bhajaneya mADuvarAgi (Ragi)
Charanam 2 :
Guru gala sevEye mADuvarAgi gurutige bAhOranthavarAgi
Kare kare samsArava nItavarAgi purandara viTTalana sEviparAgi
You can listen to it in the Revathi ragam sung by Bombay Jayashree at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMQ4hY0dm0w
A little aalapanai also included and so you can get a feel of the intense reegam.
viswakumar says:
Could someone kindly give the meaning of this song – Ragi Thandira?
vidhya says:
I shall try to explain the meaning from the kannada I know…this being a very simple song…I hope to not make any errors.Please excuse and correct any errors in my translation.
Pallavi:
Have you got raagi for giving it away in charity..
being righteous, good and lucky one
anupallavi:
Being the one who donates food
Being the one who gives away food to lot of people in charity
Being the one who has stopped talking incorrect or words that are not righteous
Being the one who does bhajan every day
Charanam:
Being the one who serves his guru
Being the one who can be idolized
Being the one who has been able to take care of his life’s activities well
Being the one who serves lord vittala