Inka Yochana - Ghanta

Shravanam with a rare piece!

Sri BVRaman and Sri BVLakshmanan sing Ghanta Ragam

pallavi

inka yOcana ayitE nE nEmi sEyudurA

anupallavi

pankajAkSa nIvaNTi parama dayAnidhi nI

caraNam 1

tIrarAni pOrAye sAreku mEnu sagamAye
nEramEmO teliyadAye yAradi kika tALadAye

caraNam 2

shrIpati ennikala lEni tApatrayamula nalasiti gAni-
pApa ganamu lanniyu purusuni rUpamai bAdhincEgani

caraNam 3

vAgAdhipa vandya ninnE gAni orula nammani
tyAgarAjunipaini bAgAye shrI rAmaA nI

Vemana Padyam

We think that Vemana has written only hundred verses. Because we know the word Vemana Satakam. A Satakam is hundred verses. Researchers found that he has written thousands of verses. There is a book where you can find 5000 of his verses. If you have noticed above, unlike usually, I have inserted a picture from a book. The padyam is 2366th in the book.

tAmasinci cEya dagadetti kAryambu
vEgirimpa nadiyu vishamamagunu
pacci kAya decci paDavEya Phalamune

తామసించి = in anger or hurry
చేయదగదు = it is not advisable to do
ఎట్టి = any
కార్యంబు = work
వేగిరింప = if one hurries
అదియు = that
విషమమగును = would turn critical
పచ్చికాయ = raw fruit
తెచ్చి = having brought
పడవేయ = having thrown
ఫలమౌనె = would it ripen

Vemana talks about the way the work should be approached. This works for all including leaders and managers. He says any work should not be begun in a hurry. It means without the right kind of situation and preparation. Vemana tells here that a task begun thus in a hurry would turn critical at some point. We have all experienced this at some point of time in our lives. A well begun task is is no doubt half done. But it's end depends on many other facts too! It would reach the culmination only if it is begun at teh right time and with right situation.


The simile Vemana uses is that of a raw fruit kept carelessly not ripening by itself. The fruit has to be plucked at the right age and kept under right conditions. Only then it would turn into a fruit.


In all the Satakams of great poets, the idea sound too simple in the first glance. But, the difference is that they have seen it as important where we have not!!

Let us enjoy great works and words of wisdom!!
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Sultan Khan - Sarangi

Shravanam pays homage to the genius!

Ustad Sultan Khan plays a Suddh Kalyan on the Sarangi

A Padma Bhushan awardee, Ustad Sultan Khan, 71, hailed from a family of sarangi players in Jodhpur, was on dialysis for past three months and died on his way to hospital, family sources said. Khan is survived by his second wife Bano Khan, son Sabir and two daughters. His funeral will take place in Jodhpur tomorrow. 

Credited for reviving sarangi, Khan is famous for his extraordinary control over the instrument and his husky voice. He started performing at a the age of 11, and later collaborated at the international level with sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, on George Harrison's 1974 'Dark Horse World Tour'. Khan's was a family of sarangi masters from Rajasthan. He was initially tutored by his father, Ustad Gulab Khan. Later, he trained under Ustad Amir Khan, a classical vocalist of Indore gharana (school).

After establishing himself as sarangi player, Ustad Sultan Khan also worked with musicians from the Hindi film industry, such as Lata Mangeshkar, Khayyam, Sanjay Leela Bhansali apart from collaborating with musicians in the West including Ornette Coleman, George Harrison and Duran Duran.

Apart from Padma Bhushan, Khan won numerous musical awards including the Sangeet Natak Academy Award twice, the Gold Medalist Award of Maharashtra and the American Academy of Artists Award in 1998.

Khan was also a member of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science with Zakir Hussain and American bassist Bill Laswell. His son, Sabir is also a well-known sarangi player.

Let us remember the masters!
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Hariprasad Chourasia - Flute

Shravanam goes Hindustani way!

Sri Hariprasad Chourasia renders a Madhuvanti

Let us enjoy great music!!
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D K Pattammal - Jaganmohini

Shravanam with a rare song!

Smt D K Pattammal renders Mamava Satatam in Jaganmohini

(From Left Smts MLV, Charumati, Pattammal, Sudha, MSS, Sikkil Neela, Jayalakshmi)

pallavi

mAmava satatam raghunAthA

anupallavi

shrImadinAnvaya sagara candra 

shritajana shubha phalada suguNasAndra

caraNam

bhakti rahita shAstra vidatidUra 

pankaja daLa nayana nrpakumAra

shakti tanaya hrdAlaya raghuvIra 

shAnta nirvikAra
yukta vacana kanakAcala dhIra 

uragashayana munijana parivAra
tyakta kAma mOha mada gambhIra 

tyAgarAja ripu jalada samIra

Spotted Horses

Here is something interesting from the science.
Prehistoric artists painted what they saw!

Interesting sure it is!!

Science and natural history are always fascinating!!

MSS - Veenapustaka - Vegavahini

Shravanam of the Legend!

Smt M S Subbulakshmi sings Vegavahini

Yes, this is Chakravakam equivalent!!

vINA pustaka dhAriNIm - rAgaM vEga vAhini - tALaM khaNDa Ekam

pallavi
vINA pustaka dhAriNImASrayE 
vEga vAhinIM vANImASrayE

anupallavi
ENAnka yuta jaTAjUTa makuTAM tAM
EkAgra citta nidhyAtAM vidhi kAntAm

caraNam
parAdyakhila Sabda svarUpAvakASAM
paurNamI candrikA dhavaLa sankASAM
karAravindAM kalyANadAM bhAshAM
kanaka campaka dAma bhUshA viSEshAm
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
nirantaraM bhakta jihvAgra vAsAM
nikhila prapanca sankOca vikAsAM
narAdhamAnana vilOka SOkApahAM
nara hari hara guru guha pUjita vigrahAm



పల్లవి
వీణా పుస్తక ధారిణీమాశ్రయే 
వేగ వాహినీం వాణీమాశ్రయే

అనుపల్లవి
ఏణాంక యుత జటాజూట మకుటాం తాం
ఏకాగ్ర చిత్త నిధ్యాతాం విధి కాంతామ్

చరణమ్
పరాద్యఖిల శబ్ద స్వరూపావకాశాం
పౌర్ణమీ చంద్రికా ధవళ సంకాశాం
కరారవిందాం కల్యాణదాం భాషాం
కనక చంపక దామ భూషా విశేషామ్
(మధ్యమ కాల సాహిత్యమ్)
నిరంతరం భక్త జిహ్వాగ్ర వాసాం
నిఖిల ప్రపంచ సంకోచ వికాసాం
నరాధమానన విలోక శోకాపహాం
నర హరి హర గురు గుహ పూజిత విగ్రహామ్


பல்லவி
வீணா புஸ்தக தா4ரிணீமாஸ்1ரயே 
வேக3 வாஹினீம் வாணீமாஸ்1ரயே

அனுபல்லவி
ஏணாங்க யுத ஜடாஜூட மகுடாம் தாம்
ஏகாக்3ர சித்த நித்4யாதாம் விதி4 காந்தாம்

சரணம்
பராத்3யகி2ல ஸ1ப்3த3 ஸ்வரூபாவகாஸா1ம்
பௌர்ணமீ சந்த்3ரிகா த4வள ஸங்காஸா1ம்
கராரவிந்தா3ம் கல்யாணதா3ம் பா4ஷாம்
கனக சம்பக தா3ம பூ4ஷா விஸே1ஷாம்
(மத்4யம கால ஸாஹித்யம்)
நிரந்தரம் ப4க்த ஜிஹ்வாக்3ர வாஸாம்
நிகி2ல ப்ரபஞ்ச ஸங்கோச விகாஸாம்
நராத4மானன விலோக ஸோ1காபஹாம்
நர ஹரி ஹர கு3ரு கு3ஹ பூஜித விக்3ரஹாம்