Varnam - Hemavathi
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Varnam
Raga: Hemavathi / Tala: Aadi
Lyrics & Music Composition: Rajkumar Bharathi, Chennai, India
Music commissioned and produced by Malathi Iyengar for Rangoli Dance Company, Los Angeles, California, USA
Music Track Credits
Lyrics, Music Composition & Vocal - Rajkumar Bharathi
Nattuvangam (Vocal & Cymbals) – Malathi Iyengar
Rhythmic Composition & Mridangam – Gurumurthy G.
Violin – M A Sundareshwaran
Flute – Balasai
Recorded at Sangeetha Studios, Chennai, India
Sound Engineer - Radhakrishna
December 2001
Dance Premiere
June 30, 2002, Madrid Theatre, Canoga Park, USA
Choreography – Malathi Iyengar
Dancer – Lakshmi Iyengar
Other Performances
January 2006, Bangalore, India
January 2006, Chennai, India
March 2003, Toronto, Canada
Rangoli Dance Company
A personal Note from Malathi Iyengar:
Our parents Shaarada Mani Chalan and Venkata Chalan requested music composer Rajkumar Bharathi to compose a Varnam in praise of Lord Sreenivasa, their family deity.
They were able to realize their wish of seeing their granddaughter Lakshmi Iyengar perform the Hemavathi Varnam in 2002 in Los Angeles.
It gives me immense joy to share this special music with you.
- Malathi Iyengar
Varnam - Hemavathi - Lyrics by Rajkumar Bharathi
pallavi
yEzhu malai nAyakanAm srInivAsanE unnai
Lord of the Seven Hills, Oh Srinivasa, to you
yEzhisai gItam pADit tudittiDuvOm
With the seven notes of music, we will sing your praise as our prayers
anupallavi 1
AzhwArgaL panniruvar tuditta mAlE! Uzhvinai aRukkum kaliyuga deivamE!
Lord of Tirumala who was praised and worshipped by the twelve Alwaars! (Seers who were also poets) Oh Lord of Kaliyuga (the present age) who is the slayer of our sins committed over many previous births!
anupallavi 2
sangu chakram gadai enum ivai kaiyEndi
The Conch, the Sudarshana disc, the Mace – holding all these in your hands
mangai alamElu tuNai irukka aruL seyyum
Together with Goddess Lakshmi (Alamelu Mangai), you bless us
chiTTai swara sAhityam
AdimUlA enDralaRiya yAnaiyaik kAttavan Anandam Anavan
You are the one who rescued Gajendra (elephant), who raised a high-pitched alarm by chanting ‘aadi moolaa' from the clutches of the evil Crocodile, you are the embodiment of joy
Adi sEDan mIdu tuyilum padmanAbhan ARumugan mAman
You are Padmanabha who is sleeping on the serpent aadi sEDan, you are the uncle of six faced Murugan
charaNam
mAdhavA! mAtavam seidundan pAdam tuNai nambinEn allavA!
Oh Madhava (Krishna), I did a great penance and took refuge only at your lotus feet
ethukkaDai swara sAhityams
1. shArngam nandakam kaustubham pItAmbaram aNinda azhagiya
You are adorned with the Sharngam the bow, Nandakam the sword of knowledge, the Kausthubha jewel, the white hued precious silks and You are the handsome one.
2. garuDa vAhanA kArmEgha vaNNA karuNaipuri kanaka sabhEsan tOzhA!
Your vehicle is the Garuda (eagle), you are black hued (like the dark clouds), you are the compassionate one who is a friend of Lord Kanakasabhesa (Shiva)
3. tirumalai iRangi viraindu vandu irukaN izhanda kuruDanukku aruLi
You descended down the Tirumala Hills at a quick pace, blessed and gave sight to the blind devotee
varum tuyar tIrttu ajAmiLanaik kAttaruL purinda virajA nadikkarai uRaiyum
You protected Ajamila from an impending misery, You are the one residing on the banks of the river Viraja
4. macchAvatAra nAyakA! amudam tanai aLitta gOvindA! ijjagattinaik kAtta srIdharA!
You are the Lord who incarnated as Matsya (fish), during the churning of the ocean you were Kurma (tortoise) who offered the nectar, You became the Boar and protected the world, Oh Sridhara
iraNiyan uDal piLanda narasimhA! vEda mUlap poruL sonna vAmanA!
You tore the body of Hiranyakashipu in the form of the Man-Lion (Narasimha), You were Vamana who pronounced the original import of the Vedas
parashurAmA! anumanin rAmA! balarAmA! mAyak kaNNA! tirumArbA! vEnkaTam uDaiyOnE!
You incarnated as Parashurama, Rama (whose devotee was Hanuman), Balarama, the magical enchanting Krishna, You are the one in whose heart resides Goddess Lakshmi, You are the one who has Tirivenkatam as your abode
Varnam
Raga: Hemavathi / Tala: Aadi
Lyrics & Music Composition: Rajkumar Bharathi, Chennai, India
Music commissioned and produced by Malathi Iyengar for Rangoli Dance Company, Los Angeles, California, USA
பல்லவி ஏழு மலை நாயகனாம் ஸ்ரீனிவாசனன உன்லன ஏழிலச கீதம் பாடித் துதித்திடுனவாம் அனுபல்லவி 1
ஆழ்வார்கள் பன்னிருவர் துதித்த மானை! ஊழ்விலன அறுக்கும் கைியுக ததய்வனம! அனுபல்லவி 2
சங்கு சக்ரம் கலத எனும் இலவ லகனயந்தி மங்லக அைனமலு துலை இருக்க அருள் தசய்யும் சிட்டை ஸ்வர ஸாஹித்யம் ஆதிமூைா என்றைறிய யாலனலயக் காத்தவன் ஆனந்தம் ஆனவன் ஆதி னசடன் மீது துயிலும் பத்மனாபன் ஆறுமுகன் மாமன் சரணம் மாதவா!
மாதவம் தசய்துந்தன் பாதம் துலைநம்பினனன் அல்ைவா!
எத்துக்கடைஸ்வரஸாஹித்தியங்கள
1. சார்ங்கம் நந்தகம் தகௌஸ்துபம் பீதாம்பரம் அைிந்த அழகிய
2. கருட வாஹனா கார்னமக வண்ைா கருலைபுரி கனக சனபசன் னதாழா
3. திருமலை இறங்கி விலரந்து வந்து இருகண்இழந்த குருடனுக்கு அருளி
வரும் துயர் தீர்த்து அஜாமிளலனக் காத்தருள் புரிந்த விரஜா நதிக்கலர உலறயும்
4. மச்சாவதார நாயகா! அமுதம் தலன அளித்த னகாவிந்தா! இஜ்ஜகத்திலனக் காத்த ஸ்ரீதரா! இரைியன் உடல் பிளந்த நரசிம்மா! னவதமூைப் தபாருள் தசான்ன வாமனா! பரசுராமா! அனுமனின் ராமா! பைராமா! மாயக் கண்ைா! திருமார்பா! னவங்கடம் உலடனயானன!