Info requested on a Purandara Das composition

anils

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Dec 25, 2001, 11:15:03 PM12/25/01

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I am looking for the name of the raga and the lyrics of the Purandara
Das composition "Yaake Nirdaya...". I am not sure I even got the first
2 words of the song right.

Thanks.

Anil

Lakshman Ragde

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Dec 26, 2001, 10:49:36 AM12/26/01

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The song has been rendered in several ragas by different people.
Ragamalika, Kambhoji, Shubhapantuvarali etc. Here is the text.

yAke nirayanAde. jhampe tALA.

P: yAke nirdayanAde elO dEvane
A: shrIkAnta ena mEle eLLaSTu dayavilla
C1: kangeTTu kambhadali oDedu baLasi banduhingade prahlAdanappi koNDe
mangaLa padavittu manniside ava ninake bhangAraveSTu koTTanu pELo hariye
2: siridEvighELade seragu samvarisade garuDana mElegamanavAgude
bharadinda nI bandu kariyanuddhariside karirAja eSTu kanakava koTTa hariye

3: ajAmiLanu aNNane vibhISaNanu tammane nijadi rukmAngadanu ninna
mommagane
bhajanegavare hitare nA ninage anyanE trijagapati salahenna purandara
viTTala

anils

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Dec 27, 2001, 11:27:05 AM12/27/01

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Lakshman Ragde <lra...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3C29F190...@sympatico.ca>...

> The song has been rendered in several ragas by different people.
> Ragamalika, Kambhoji, Shubhapantuvarali etc. Here is the text.
>
> yAke nirayanAde. jhampe tALA.
>
> P: yAke nirdayanAde elO dEvane
> A: shrIkAnta ena mEle eLLaSTu dayavilla
>

Thanks a lot Mr Ragde for the information. I really appreciate it.

I heard this sung by Unnikrishnan and on the cassette box it says raga
is Charumati. I have never heard of this raga and there were other
mistakes on the box, so I was wondering. Also, a more knowledgeable
person told me the song seems to be in Gaudmalhar. I am hoping either
you or someone else who heard the Unnikrishnan version would be able
to throw more light on this.

Also, Unnikrishnan sings it as "ena mella" instead of "ena mEle". Is
that acceptable?

Thanks.

Anil

Lakshman Ragde

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Dec 27, 2001, 11:38:01 AM12/27/01

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The raga Unnikrishnan used is Saramati. One type of hindustani Kaushi kanada is the nearest
equivalent. As for 'ena malle', you will have to ask someone knowledgeable in kannada for the
correct context.

Balu Nadig

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Jan 3, 2002, 10:13:36 AM1/3/02

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Neither 'ena malle' nor 'ena mella' makes sense in this context - it should be
'ena mEle'. I have heard Sudha Raghunathan's rendition of the same.

There is one another remarkably lucid composition by Purandara Dasa on the 'yAke
nirdaya' theme, the prelude starts with 'manO vachanagaLali kAya karmagaLali'
and then the main composition 'yAke nirdayanaguvE rangayya ranga' -set to rAga
ranjani/adi tAla and sung movingly by Smt. Vani Sateesh.

Regards

Balu Nadig

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Nachiketa Sharma

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Jan 3, 2002, 2:03:06 PM1/3/02

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The correct words should be "enna mEle" (pronounced "yanna mEle"),
meaning "on me." Here Purandaradasa literally says, "ShrikAnta,
you do not have on me even a sesame seed's worth of compassion."
The sesame seed here refers to the size or amount (of compassion).

Best wishes,

Nachiketa

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