V V Srivatsa, Lec-Dem for Shanmukhapriya
V V Srivatsa - V Sanjeev - K R Ganesh
Lec-Dem on Trinity's Concept of Ragams - danyAsi
Shanmukhapriya, Sastri Hall
26th May 2007 6:30 pm
Sri Srivatsa began the programme with a slOkam 'srI rAmam trijagatguruvaram' rendered in danyAsi.
The following points were made through the course of the programme and I have put them together here, before telling about the compositions he presented. He said danyAsi is a rAgam which can portray a variety of bhavams like vinayam, kAruNyam, sringAram, bhakti, kenjal (to plead) and also can be a sober rAgam. danyAsi is a upadEsa mArga rAgam. It is a very old rAgam (prAcIna rAgam). It is also called as dannAsi and danasrI in various texts. It is suppose to be sung in the morning time only. 'prAthah kalam pragIyatE'
There were rAgams called auDava danyAsi, shADava danyAsi and auDava sampUrNa danyAsi. The auDava danyAsi is now called suddha danyAsi. shADava dhanyAsi is 's g m p n s / s n p m g r s'. The auDava sampUrNa danyAsi is what that was popularly called danyAsi and the rAgam has not changed since then. The rAgam is called a janyam of the 8th, 20th and 22nd mELams in various texts. Venkatamakhin in CDP and hence SSP calls it a janya of the 20th mELam, nArI rItigauLa. However, being a morning rAgam and also being a mangaLa rAgam, Sri Srivatsa said it is more appropriate to put it under the 8th mELam.
The first composition that was presented was tyAgarAja's 'dhyAnamE varamaina' in Adi tALam and said that this composition has the same theme as the Purandara Dasa composition 'smaraNa ondE saladE'
Next in line was another tyAgarAja piece, 'rAmAbhi rAmA' in Adi tALam, which portrays sringAra rasam and depicts the EkAnta sEva of rAma and sItA.
'srI rAmadAsa dAsOham', another tyAgarAja kriti in misra cApu, was presented next. In this kriti, tyAgarajA tells he is a dAsa of the nth order to rAma and asks why does rAma doubt it?
The first dIkshitar kriti presented was, 'srI ranganAtAya namastE' in rUpakam. Sri Srivatsa mentioned that this is shortest dIkshitar composition.
'nI cittamu nishcalamu' in misra cApu was presented highlighting that tyAgarAja is asking rAma to be his guru to clear him off the agnAnam. He then rendered a line from the annamAchArya kriti, 'dEva dEvam bhajE' in danyAsi commenting that this kriti is originally to have been sung in danyAsi.
Sri Srivatsa said danyAsi is a mangaLa rAgam and this is being more emphasised in the dIkshitar kriti 'mangaLa dEvatayA' in rUpakam. He mentioned the 'kamalAlaya' reference. He also mentioned that dIkshitar calls the Goddess as Siva's Sister. Also, there is ambiguity over which kshEtram this kriti is composed. The word 'varada-rAja-gOpAla' could be interpreted as varada rAjagOpAla or as as varadarAja gOpAla and hence could be attributed to mannArguDi or kAnchipuram.
The next was the kshEtra kriti 'mAyUranAtam anisam' in misra cApu which was presented with a short AlApanai and Sri Srivatsa commented that this kriti is in a theme equivalent to that of 'nidhicAla sukhamA'.
It was commented that tyAgarAja and dIkshitar have completely exploited the tArasthayI and madhyasthAyI prayOgams in danyAsi. To support this, tyAgarAja kriti, 'entu bAyarAdaya inakula tilakA' in rUpakam was rendered which is predominantly set in tArasthAyI.
Sri Srivatsa made an observation that there are not many heavy danyAsi pieces in Adi tALam in 2 kaLai. He rendered a couple of lines of the subbarAya sAstri kriti 'dalacina vAru' in Adi tALam. He also rendered the dIskhitar kriti 'paradEvatA bruhatkuchambA' starting from the anupallavi.
Contrasting to tyAgarAja's and dIkshitar's treatment of the rAgam, shyAmA sAstri uses this rAgam to provide a sOber effect in his kriti 'mIna lOcana brOva' on Goddess mInAkshi in misra cApu tALam and the kriti was rendered.
The last piece rendered was 'trAhimAm triyambakE' in kaNDa cApu, a composition of Sri Srivatsa. This composition was presented highlighting the way caraNam is made with each successive line starting in ma, mA, mi, mI ... calling it a ma-mA-vaLi series.
purandara dAsA also uses danyAsi as a parama mangaLa rAgam and a dasAvatAra mangaLa kriti, 'pankaja mukhiyarellaru' in Adi tALam was rendered to end the programme.
This is the 4th of the Lec-Dems that Sri Srivatsa has presented in the subject. The first three programmes were on tODi, shankarAbaraNam and kalyANi. Sri Srivatsa presented a very nice programme which was very informative and useful to rasikas and music students. Sri Sanjeev and Sri Ganesh were very supportive of Sri Srivatsa.
List of Compositions presented:
slOkam - 'srI rAmam trijagatguruvaram'
dhyAnamE varamaina - Adi - T
rAmAbhi rAmA - Adi - T
srI rAmadAsa dAsOham - misra cApu - T
srI ranganAtAya namastE - rUpakam - MD
nI cittamu nishcalamu - misra cApu - T
one line from dEva dEvam bhajE - A
mangaLa dEvatayA - rUpakam - MD
mAyUranAtam anisam - misra cApu - MD (R)
entu bAyarAdaya inakula tilakA - rUpakam - T
a couple of lines from dalacina vAru - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri
paradEvatA - Adi - MD (began with anupallavi)
mIna lOcana brOva - cApu - SS
trAhimAm triyambakE - kaNDa cApu - VV Srivatsa
pankaja mukhiyarellaru (dasAvatAra mangaLam) - Adi - PD
Lec-Dem on Trinity's Concept of Ragams - danyAsi
Shanmukhapriya, Sastri Hall
26th May 2007 6:30 pm
Sri Srivatsa began the programme with a slOkam 'srI rAmam trijagatguruvaram' rendered in danyAsi.
The following points were made through the course of the programme and I have put them together here, before telling about the compositions he presented. He said danyAsi is a rAgam which can portray a variety of bhavams like vinayam, kAruNyam, sringAram, bhakti, kenjal (to plead) and also can be a sober rAgam. danyAsi is a upadEsa mArga rAgam. It is a very old rAgam (prAcIna rAgam). It is also called as dannAsi and danasrI in various texts. It is suppose to be sung in the morning time only. 'prAthah kalam pragIyatE'
There were rAgams called auDava danyAsi, shADava danyAsi and auDava sampUrNa danyAsi. The auDava danyAsi is now called suddha danyAsi. shADava dhanyAsi is 's g m p n s / s n p m g r s'. The auDava sampUrNa danyAsi is what that was popularly called danyAsi and the rAgam has not changed since then. The rAgam is called a janyam of the 8th, 20th and 22nd mELams in various texts. Venkatamakhin in CDP and hence SSP calls it a janya of the 20th mELam, nArI rItigauLa. However, being a morning rAgam and also being a mangaLa rAgam, Sri Srivatsa said it is more appropriate to put it under the 8th mELam.
The first composition that was presented was tyAgarAja's 'dhyAnamE varamaina' in Adi tALam and said that this composition has the same theme as the Purandara Dasa composition 'smaraNa ondE saladE'
Next in line was another tyAgarAja piece, 'rAmAbhi rAmA' in Adi tALam, which portrays sringAra rasam and depicts the EkAnta sEva of rAma and sItA.
'srI rAmadAsa dAsOham', another tyAgarAja kriti in misra cApu, was presented next. In this kriti, tyAgarajA tells he is a dAsa of the nth order to rAma and asks why does rAma doubt it?
The first dIkshitar kriti presented was, 'srI ranganAtAya namastE' in rUpakam. Sri Srivatsa mentioned that this is shortest dIkshitar composition.
'nI cittamu nishcalamu' in misra cApu was presented highlighting that tyAgarAja is asking rAma to be his guru to clear him off the agnAnam. He then rendered a line from the annamAchArya kriti, 'dEva dEvam bhajE' in danyAsi commenting that this kriti is originally to have been sung in danyAsi.
Sri Srivatsa said danyAsi is a mangaLa rAgam and this is being more emphasised in the dIkshitar kriti 'mangaLa dEvatayA' in rUpakam. He mentioned the 'kamalAlaya' reference. He also mentioned that dIkshitar calls the Goddess as Siva's Sister. Also, there is ambiguity over which kshEtram this kriti is composed. The word 'varada-rAja-gOpAla' could be interpreted as varada rAjagOpAla or as as varadarAja gOpAla and hence could be attributed to mannArguDi or kAnchipuram.
The next was the kshEtra kriti 'mAyUranAtam anisam' in misra cApu which was presented with a short AlApanai and Sri Srivatsa commented that this kriti is in a theme equivalent to that of 'nidhicAla sukhamA'.
It was commented that tyAgarAja and dIkshitar have completely exploited the tArasthayI and madhyasthAyI prayOgams in danyAsi. To support this, tyAgarAja kriti, 'entu bAyarAdaya inakula tilakA' in rUpakam was rendered which is predominantly set in tArasthAyI.
Sri Srivatsa made an observation that there are not many heavy danyAsi pieces in Adi tALam in 2 kaLai. He rendered a couple of lines of the subbarAya sAstri kriti 'dalacina vAru' in Adi tALam. He also rendered the dIskhitar kriti 'paradEvatA bruhatkuchambA' starting from the anupallavi.
Contrasting to tyAgarAja's and dIkshitar's treatment of the rAgam, shyAmA sAstri uses this rAgam to provide a sOber effect in his kriti 'mIna lOcana brOva' on Goddess mInAkshi in misra cApu tALam and the kriti was rendered.
The last piece rendered was 'trAhimAm triyambakE' in kaNDa cApu, a composition of Sri Srivatsa. This composition was presented highlighting the way caraNam is made with each successive line starting in ma, mA, mi, mI ... calling it a ma-mA-vaLi series.
purandara dAsA also uses danyAsi as a parama mangaLa rAgam and a dasAvatAra mangaLa kriti, 'pankaja mukhiyarellaru' in Adi tALam was rendered to end the programme.
This is the 4th of the Lec-Dems that Sri Srivatsa has presented in the subject. The first three programmes were on tODi, shankarAbaraNam and kalyANi. Sri Srivatsa presented a very nice programme which was very informative and useful to rasikas and music students. Sri Sanjeev and Sri Ganesh were very supportive of Sri Srivatsa.
List of Compositions presented:
slOkam - 'srI rAmam trijagatguruvaram'
dhyAnamE varamaina - Adi - T
rAmAbhi rAmA - Adi - T
srI rAmadAsa dAsOham - misra cApu - T
srI ranganAtAya namastE - rUpakam - MD
nI cittamu nishcalamu - misra cApu - T
one line from dEva dEvam bhajE - A
mangaLa dEvatayA - rUpakam - MD
mAyUranAtam anisam - misra cApu - MD (R)
entu bAyarAdaya inakula tilakA - rUpakam - T
a couple of lines from dalacina vAru - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri
paradEvatA - Adi - MD (began with anupallavi)
mIna lOcana brOva - cApu - SS
trAhimAm triyambakE - kaNDa cApu - VV Srivatsa
pankaja mukhiyarellaru (dasAvatAra mangaLam) - Adi - PD
posted by bharath at 11:43 AM
4 Comments:
I went for his lec dem on Kalyani,but had to leave midway-it was in the middle of my exams.He provides a wealth of information on Ragam origins and various Bhavas of the Ragam.Must attend future lec dems in this series-something like Kharaharapriya or Panthuvarali or even Varali,would be interesting.
Sathej
i wasnt there for kalyani only. i was going of town that weekend. the next one apparently is in september or october only. Dr Srivatsa is going to the US of A
hey bharat i just love vvs's lec-dems. could you please inform me about his next lecture beforehand?
thanks in advance!!!
yes. will try to tell u, when i get to know of the programme. however, i get the info only from The Hindu and hence, u might be more informed if u keep seeing The Hindu.
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