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Bhagavatam
One of the biggest contributions to our Sanskrit literature has been Vyasa's epic creation, Bhagavatam. This epic focuses primarily on Bhakti (devotion) to the incarnations of Vishnu, particularly Krshna. Daksha yagam, Dhruva charitram and Prahlaada charitram are also part of the Bhagavatam.
Many of the songs that are available in this opera have been published as part of the Krshna ganam publications over 3 volumes along with notations. But scores of songs are yet to be published. The opera seems to start with the song, Terodum veedhiyile in Nattai, which describes the wedding of Devaki and Vasudeva and continues upto the Krshna-Rukmani wedding, from the songs discovered till now. There are also a series of songs on the Radha-Krshna wedding.
Many of the songs in vogue today such as aadaadu ashangaadu, ashaindaadum mayil onru, alaipaayude kanna that have been rendered as one-off songs in music and dance concerts are part of this opera.
There are several songs which cover different themes that have been beautifully visualized by the composer as given below
1. Gopi conversing among themselves
- Anname idu enna maayam (Sama)
- Aayiram tan sholladi (Khamach)
- Engum illadoru pillai (Athana)
and many others . . .
2. Yashoda admonishing Krshna, lulling him to sleep, waking him up and other incidents
- Adatti urutti (Athana)
- Aadina mattukkum (Mohanam)
- Gokula maamaniye (Neelambari)
- Kannaa ezhundirum pillaai (Bhoopalam)
3. Krshna- Rukmini wedding
- Kanhalum podaade (Shankarabharanam)
- Kalyaaname (Kuranji)
- Roopa mangala kishora (Anandabhairavi)
4. Radha-Krshna wedding
- Edir kondazhaittu vandaar (Bilahari)
- Jagamengum puhazhum (Athana)
- Kalyaana kolaahalame (Kedaram)
A probable prelude to this opera could have been a song in Chenchurutti –
sholla kidaittade bhaagyam nara-
tudiyinai sholli naavu kooshaamal
tona tona enrulahu vambu peshaamal
tati vidhi ena sholli alaindu shaahaamal
kannan kadaiyai kanamum veenaakkaamal
Abridged Bhagavatam
Apart from the garland of songs in the opera, he has also composed an abridged version of the entire Bhagavatam in one single song, Shree Govinda naama sankeertanam (Ragamalika). This piece starts from Krshna's birth and covers the best highlights of the entire story. Interestingly the composer has included his signature in this piece.
keezhezhodu melezhu bhuvanangalum kidaitta tavamena nadakkalaanadu
getti melangal kotti muzhakkalaanadu krshna-rukmini vivaahamadaanadu
mazhai muhil ena varnam konda hari maadhava mohana geetamidaanadu
vaakkinil Venkata Kaviyum manandadu mangala gaana paramparaiyaanadu
Extolling the signifance of the Bhagavatam
The composer has also composed a few pieces extolling the greatness of the literary wonder and these include pieces like Dharmameva shree bhaagavata (Manirangu), Pesha keleero (Mohanam), Patita paavanam bhaagavatam (Shuddhasaveri), Pazhamo pazhamo (Gowrimanohari), Sholli terivadillaye (Shreeranjani).
Given below is a list of published and unpublished collection of songs belonging to the Bhagavatam opera. The ragam and talam information for some of the songs are not available and are being researched.
1 | Āḍāmal ennaḍi sheivāi** | ||||||||||
2 | adaṭṭi uruṭṭi vazhi koṇarndāḷ | Aṭhāṇa | Ādi | ||||||||
3 | adbhutanām bālakanām | Nāṭṭaikurunji | Ādi | ||||||||
4 | āḍi ashaindu varuhinṛān | Ābhōgi | Ādi | ||||||||
5 | āḍinamaṭṭukkum nee | Mōhanam | Ādi | ||||||||
6 | ādiyoru kālamadil | Gowrimanōhari | Khaṇḍa Ēkam | ||||||||
7 | ākkappoṛuttavarkku | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi | ||||||||
8 | alai pāyudē | Kānaḍa | Ādi |
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9 | alankāra gōpikai tāḷam pōḍa | Aṭhāṇa | Ādi | ||||||||
10 | Ammā irukkirāḷ** | ||||||||||
11 | ānamaṭṭum shonnēn | Madhyamāvati | Ādi | ||||||||
12 | andinēram nadikkaraiyōram | Bhairavi | Ādi | ||||||||
13 | Annai illai tandai illai** | ||||||||||
14 | annaikkezhudinān | Maṇirangu | Ādi | ||||||||
15 | annaiyarhaḷ vanam nāḍi | Tōḍi | Ādi | ||||||||
16 | annamē idu enna māyam | Shāmā | Ādi | ||||||||
17 | anṛē nān shonnadu | Madhyamāvati | Roopakam | ||||||||
18 | antaram maṇanda malar | Kalyāṇi | Ādi | ||||||||
19 | Ārāyirukkum enṛarindu** | ||||||||||
20 | āṛippōhudē pāl** | Tōḍi | |||||||||
21 | aṛivēn aṛindēn | Khamāch | Tishra Tripuṭa | ||||||||
22 | arooḍam onṛu shollaḍi | Kalyāṇi | Ādi | ||||||||
23 | Ārukkum teriyādōḍi pōḍi** | ||||||||||
24 | ashaindāḍum mayil | Simhēndramadhyamam | Ādi |
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25 | āshaiyinai pāraḍi | Madhyamāvati | Ādi | ||||||||
26 | avarāha varuvārō | Sarasvati | Ādi | ||||||||
27 | avatāram shree krṣhṇa | Kēdāram | Ādi | ||||||||
28 | āyiram shollaḍi | Pantuvarāḷi | Roopakam | ||||||||
29 | āyiramdān shollaḍi | Khamāch | Mishra Chāpu | ||||||||
30 | aiyan oorvalam vandān | Ānandabhairavi | Ādi | ||||||||
31 | azhahāi dvārakaiyai | Sāvēri | Ādi | ||||||||
32 | brndāvanam enbadivaiyō | Kurunji | Ādi | ||||||||
33 | dakṣha yāgam enṛu** | Shankarābharaṇam | |||||||||
34 | darishanam tandē aruḷinān | Ārabhi | Ādi | ||||||||
35 | Dōshamirundāl aruḷa vēṇḍum | Pantuvarāḷi | Ādi | ||||||||
36 | dwārakai enbadu | Chenchuruṭṭi | Ādi | ||||||||
37 | ēdaḍi ēdaḍi | Bhairavi | Ādi | ||||||||
38 | edir koṇḍazhaittu | Bilahari | Ādi | ||||||||
39 | ellai illāda | Aṭhāṇa | Ādi | ||||||||
40 | ēn ingē | Tōḍi | Ādi | ||||||||
41 | enakkum aruḷineerō | Māyāmāḷavagowḷa | Ādi | ||||||||
42 | endappaḍi ānālum | Kalyāṇi | Ādi | ||||||||
43 | enda shamarttai | Bhairavi | Ādi | ||||||||
44 | enda vidamāhilum | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi | ||||||||
45 | engē engēyaḍi | Madhyamāvati | Ādi | ||||||||
46 | engum illāda piḷḷai | Shreeranjani | Roopakam | ||||||||
47 | engum illādoru | Aṭhāṇa | Ādi | ||||||||
48 | ennadān kōpam | Kāmbhōdhi | Mishra chāpu | ||||||||
49 | ennadān shollaḍi | Yadukulakāmbhōdhi | Ādi | ||||||||
50 | ennadān shonnālum | Sāvēri | Ādi | ||||||||
51 | Eṇṇam ellām unakkengēyaḍi | Kummi | n/a | ||||||||
52 | ennattai shonnālum | Vāchaspati | Tishra Tripuṭa |
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53 | ennadān shonnēn | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi | ||||||||
54 | Ennattai sholvēnaḍi** | ||||||||||
55 | eṇṇipāraḍi kaṇṇan | Kānaḍa | Ādi | ||||||||
56 | Eṇṇinālum paravashamāhudē** | ||||||||||
57 | ēnō inda nishivēḷai | Khamāch | Ādi | ||||||||
58 | eṭṭa irundu | Rāgamālika | Ādi | ||||||||
59 | Ettanai tuṇivaḍā** | ||||||||||
60 | Ettanaiyum shollaḍi** | ||||||||||
61 | gambheera naḍaiyōḍu | Ānandabhairavi | Ādi | ||||||||
62 | gati neerē | kalyāṇi | mishra chāpu | ||||||||
63 | gōkula māmaṇiyē | Neelāmbari | Ādi | ||||||||
64 | Idu paḷḷi yāmāshān** | ||||||||||
65 | idudān teriyumō | Chakravākam | Mishra chāpu | ||||||||
66 | iduvē enakku lakṣham kōti | Ārabhi | Ādi | ||||||||
67 | illai illai illaiyammā | Mōhanam | Ādi | ||||||||
68 | inda vazhi | Ānandabhairavi | Ādi | ||||||||
69 | innum mayakkudu svāmi | Keeravāṇi | Ādi | ||||||||
70 | innum varakkāṇēnē | Yadukulakāmbhōdhi | Mishra chāpu | ||||||||
71 | Inṛu unakkupanayanam** | ||||||||||
72 | ippaḍiyum ōr piḷḷai | Rāgamālika | Khanda Chāpu | ||||||||
73 | ippaḍiyum oru deivamā | Kalyāṇi | Roopakam | ||||||||
74 | ittanai parivu ennaḍi | Shuddhasāvēri | Roopakam | ||||||||
75 | ittanaiyum poi uṛakkam | Kalyāṇi | Roopakam | ||||||||
76 | ivandān ivandānē | Vasanta | Ādi | ||||||||
77 | jagamengum puhazhum | Aṭhāṇa | Ādi | ||||||||
78 | kadirēgum madiyāhum | Āhiri | Mishra Chāpu | ||||||||
79 | kālangaḷ aṛiyāda karuṇaiyin veedu | Verses | n/a | ||||||||
80 | Kālattai maṛandadennamō** | ||||||||||
81 | Kallukkuḷḷē tērai** | ||||||||||
82 | kalyāṇa kōlāhalamē | Kēdāram | Ādi | ||||||||
83 | Kalyāṇamē** | Kurunji | |||||||||
84 | kāṇāda atishaya | Shreeranjani | Ādi | ||||||||
85 | kaṇḍum kāṇādadu pōl | Rāgamālika | Ādi | ||||||||
86 | kāṇeerē kanjamalar | Khamāch | Ādi |
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87 | kaṇhaḷum pōdādē | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi | ||||||||
88 | kanjikku eeḍāhumā | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi | ||||||||
89 | kaṇṇā ezhundirum | Bhoopāḷam | Ādi | ||||||||
90 | kaṇṇallavō svāmi | Suraṭi | Ādi |
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91 | kaṇṇan piṛandadai | Kēdāram | Ādi | ||||||||
92 | kaṇṇan varuhinṛa nēram | Kavadi chindu | Tishra Gati | ||||||||
93 | kaṇṇanō kaṇṇan | Simhēndramadhyamam | Roopakam | ||||||||
94 | kāyāmboo vaṇṇarē | Maṇirangu | Mishra chāpu | ||||||||
95 | koḍukka kaṇṇan | Ārabhi | Ādi | ||||||||
96 | Koḷḷai malivācchēḍi* | Khamāch | |||||||||
97 | Konjamēnum poruttiḍavē ** | ||||||||||
98 | konjum mazhalai | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi | ||||||||
99 | kuzhaloodi manamellām | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
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100 | kuzhalē nee enna | Ārabhi | Ādi | ||||||||
101 | mādhavanai mun niṛutti | Rāgamālika | Khaṇḍa Roopakam | ||||||||
102 | malaiyai tookkinān | Kalyāṇi | Roopakam | ||||||||
103 | manadaṛindō alladu | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi | ||||||||
104 | Manattirupadai oḷittumēnō** | ||||||||||
105 | mānē avartānē | Ābhōgi | Roopakam | ||||||||
106 | manjanamāḍa nee vārāi | Reetigowḷa | Ādi | ||||||||
107 | mathurāpuri nagaram | Khamāch | Ādi | ||||||||
108 | Munamorukāl** | ||||||||||
109 | naḍa naḍa naḍa | Dhanyāshi | Ādi | ||||||||
110 | Nalladalla enṛu shollaḍi | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi | | |||||||
111 | nallatanamāi sholli | Mōhanam | Ādi | ||||||||
112 | nān enna tavam | Khamāch | Ādi | ||||||||
113 | nanṛāha iru tāyē | Shahāna | Ādi | ||||||||
114 | Nārāyaṇā enṛu shonnāl** | ||||||||||
115 | needān mecchi | Shreeranjani | Ādi |
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116 | neela vānam tanil | Punnāgavarāḷi | Ādi | ||||||||
117 | neela vaṇṇa | Mōhanam | Ādi | ||||||||
118 | neeyē kaṇkoṇḍu | Khamāch | Ādi | ||||||||
119 | nēram konjamum | Kaṇṇaḍa | Roopakam | ||||||||
120 | nillāmal pōhum | Udayaravichandrika | Ādi | ||||||||
121 | ninṛa nilaikaṇḍu | Shuddhasāvēri | Mishra chāpu | ||||||||
122 | ninṛān tanai pōi | Maṇirangu | Ādi | ||||||||
123 | ōm namō bhagavatē | Reetigowḷa | Ādi | ||||||||
124 | Onbadu piḷḷaihaḷ** | ||||||||||
125 | ōrān oruvan kuzhaloodum | Ārabhi | Ādi | ||||||||
126 | pacchai iḷam | Shāmā | Ādi | ||||||||
127 | pārvai onṛe pōdumē | Suraṭi | Ādi |
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128 | paṭṭābhishēkam | Ārabhi | Ādi | ||||||||
129 | pattarai māttuppashum | Radha kalyanam | Verses | ||||||||
130 | pēshakkēḷeerō | Mōhanam | Ādi | ||||||||
131 | pēshādē pōngaḷaḍi | Madhyamāvati | Ādi | ||||||||
132 | piranda pōdē pēshinān** | ||||||||||
133 | pōḍi pōdi | Khamāch | Ādi | ||||||||
134 | pōdum pōdum | Sāranga | Ādi | ||||||||
135 | pōhaviṭṭu puram | Reetigowḷa | Tishra Tripuṭa | ||||||||
136 | pollāda piḷḷai | Kharaharapriya | Ādi | ||||||||
137 | pooṇool kalyāṇam | Nādanāmakriya | Ādi | ||||||||
138 | pōṭṭu vaiyēḍi | Maṇirangu | Mishra chāpu | ||||||||
139 | Pulattiyan mun** | ||||||||||
140 | putra kāmayāgam | Kāpi | Roopakam | ||||||||
141 | rājādi rāja | Sāvēri | Ādi | ||||||||
142 | Roopa mangaḷa kishōra** | Ānandabhairavi | |||||||||
143 | sāmam mudal vēdangaḷai (Radha Kalyanam) | Navarōj | khaṇḍa chāpu | ||||||||
144 | Shamattu kuṭṭiyaḍi* | Mōhanam | Ādi | ||||||||
145 | shēdi ellām | Husēni | Mishra chāpu | ||||||||
146 | sheida tavam | Dēvamanōhari | Ādi | ||||||||
147 | shenṛa shamattu pōl | Keeravāṇi | Ādi | ||||||||
148 | shenṛu vā nee | Rāgamālika | Roopakam | ||||||||
149 | sholli koḍuttadārō | Suraṭi | Ādi | ||||||||
150 | shollittān taravēṇumō | Shahāna | Roopakam | ||||||||
151 | shollitterivadillayē | Shreeranjani | Ādi | ||||||||
152 | shonnadaikkēḷ kaṇṇā | Pantuvarāḷi | Ādi |
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153 | shonnadaikkēḷ aiyanē | Nāṭṭai | Ādi | ||||||||
154 | shonnāl mangaḷam tarumē | Suraṭi | Ādi | ||||||||
155 | shonnālozhiya manam | Kaṇṇaḍa | Ādi | ||||||||
156 | shree gōvinda nāma | Rāgamālika | Ādi | ||||||||
157 | shuzhanṛu shuzhanṛāḍum | Shāmā | Ādi | ||||||||
158 | sogasukāra krṣhṇan | Aṭhāṇa | Ādi | ||||||||
159 | svāgatam krṣhṇā | Mōhanam | Ādi |
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160 | Tan mukhattu** | ||||||||||
161 | tanakku niharillāda | Shuddhasāvēri | Roopakam | ||||||||
162 | tannantaniyāha | Tōḍi | Mishra chāpu | ||||||||
163 | Tandai nāmam sholla** | ||||||||||
164 | tāṇḍavam āḍuhinṛānē | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi | ||||||||
165 | Tannuḷḷē nanjaḍakki** | ||||||||||
166 | taruṇa māmuhil | Ārabhi | Ādi | ||||||||
167 | taṭṭi kudittānē kamsan** | ||||||||||
168 | Tavazhndu tavazhndōḍinān** | Harikāmbhōdhi | |||||||||
169 | tāyē un dāmōdara | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi | ||||||||
170 | tāyē yashōdē | Tōḍi | Ādi |
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171 | terōḍum veediyilē | Nāṭṭai | Ādi | ||||||||
172 | tōṇuvadillaiyaḍi | Sarasvati | Khaṇḍa Tripuṭa | ||||||||
173 | too too too too | Bilahari | Ādi | ||||||||
174 | tuḍukkutanam ellām | Kharaharapriya | Ādi | ||||||||
175 | tuḷḷi viḷaiyāḍinān | Navarasakaṇṇaḍa | Ādi | ||||||||
176 | vāchakamum maṛandu | Husēni | Ādi | ||||||||
177 | vāḍi tōzhi annamē | Ārabhi | Khaṇḍa Aṭa | ||||||||
178 | vandapōdum varādapōdum | Bhairavi | Ādi | ||||||||
179 | vandaduvum pōnaduvum | Bilahari | khaṇḍa Chāpu |
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180 | vandārōḍi | Bilahari | Mishra chāpu | ||||||||
181 | vandavarai vārum | Tōḍi | Ādi | ||||||||
182 | vandē piṛandān kaṇṇan | Maṇirangu | Ādi | ||||||||
183 | vandu kēṭpār illaiyō | Rāgamālika | Ādi |
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184 | Vaṇṇa māḍangaḷ shoozh** | ||||||||||
185 | varishai koṇarndu vandār | Aṭhāṇa | Ādi | ||||||||
186 | vēṛēdum vahai illaiyō | Vasanta | Ādi | ||||||||
187 | Viḍindadu pōḍi | Khamāch | Ādi | ||||||||
188 | virundonṛu āhudu | Gowrimanōhari | Ādi | ||||||||
189 | viṣhamakkāra kaṇṇan | Jhunjhooṭi | Chaturashra Ēka |
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190 | vittāram pēshi | Kāmbhōdhi | Mishra Chāpu |