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.

Āḍāmal ennaḍi sheivāi**
adaṭṭi uruṭṭi vazhi koṇarndāḷ
adbhutanām bālakanām
āḍi ashaindu varuhinṛān
āḍinamaṭṭukkum nee
ādiyoru kālamadil
ākkappoṛuttavarkku
alai pāyudē		Haricharan Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran
alankāra gōpikai tāḷam pōḍa
Ammā irukkirāḷ**
ānamaṭṭum shonnēn
andinēram nadikkaraiyōram
Annai illai tandai illai**
annaikkezhudinān
annaiyarhaḷ vanam nāḍi
annamē idu enna māyam
anṛē nān shonnadu
antaram maṇanda malar
Ārāyirukkum enṛarindu**
āṛippōhudē pāl**
aṛivēn aṛindēn
arooḍam onṛu shollaḍi
Ārukkum teriyādōḍi pōḍi**
ashaindāḍum mayil		Sudha Raghunathan Nithyasree Mahadevan
āshaiyinai pāraḍi
avarāha varuvārō
avatāram shree krṣhṇa
āyiram shollaḍi
āyiramdān shollaḍi
aiyan oorvalam vandān
azhahāi dvārakaiyai
brndāvanam enbadivaiyō
dakṣha yāgam enṛu**
darishanam tandē aruḷinān
Dōshamirundāl aruḷa vēṇḍum
dwārakai enbadu
ēdaḍi ēdaḍi
edir koṇḍazhaittu
ellai illāda
ēn ingē
enakkum aruḷineerō
endappaḍi ānālum
enda shamarttai
enda vidamāhilum
engē engēyaḍi
engum illāda piḷḷai
engum illādoru
ennadān kōpam
ennadān shollaḍi
ennadān shonnālum
Eṇṇam ellām unakkengēyaḍi
ennattai shonnālum	Bhargavi Balasubramanian Bhairavi & Malavi
ennadān shonnēn
Ennattai sholvēnaḍi**
eṇṇipāraḍi kaṇṇan
Eṇṇinālum paravashamāhudē**
ēnō inda nishivēḷai
eṭṭa irundu
Ettanai tuṇivaḍā**
Ettanaiyum shollaḍi**
gambheera naḍaiyōḍu
gati neerē
gōkula māmaṇiyē
Idu paḷḷi yāmāshān**
idudān teriyumō
iduvē enakku lakṣham kōti
illai illai illaiyammā
inda vazhi
innum mayakkudu svāmi
innum varakkāṇēnē
Inṛu unakkupanayanam**
ippaḍiyum ōr piḷḷai
ippaḍiyum oru deivamā
ittanai parivu ennaḍi
ittanaiyum poi uṛakkam
ivandān ivandānē
jagamengum puhazhum
kadirēgum madiyāhum
kālangaḷ aṛiyāda karuṇaiyin veedu
Kālattai maṛandadennamō**
Kallukkuḷḷē tērai**
kalyāṇa kōlāhalamē
Kalyāṇamē**
kāṇāda atishaya
kaṇḍum kāṇādadu pōl
kāṇeerē kanjamalar		Madurai T N Seshagopalan Chinmaya Sisters
kaṇhaḷum pōdādē
kanjikku eeḍāhumā
kaṇṇā ezhundirum
kaṇṇallavō svāmi	Madurai T N Seshagopalan S Mahathi
kaṇṇan piṛandadai
kaṇṇan varuhinṛa nēram
kaṇṇanō kaṇṇan
kāyāmboo vaṇṇarē
koḍukka kaṇṇan
Koḷḷai malivācchēḍi*
Konjamēnum poruttiḍavē **
konjum mazhalai
kuzhaloodi manamellām	Sudha Ragunathan S Sowmya
kuzhalē nee enna
mādhavanai mun niṛutti
malaiyai tookkinān
manadaṛindō alladu
Manattirupadai oḷittumēnō**
mānē avartānē
manjanamāḍa nee vārāi
mathurāpuri nagaram
Munamorukāl**
naḍa naḍa naḍa
Nalladalla enṛu shollaḍi
nallatanamāi sholli
nān enna tavam
nanṛāha iru tāyē
Nārāyaṇā enṛu shonnāl**
needān mecchi	Vanitha Suresh Madurai T N Seshagopalan
neela vānam tanil
neela vaṇṇa
neeyē kaṇkoṇḍu
nēram konjamum
nillāmal pōhum
ninṛa nilaikaṇḍu
ninṛān tanai pōi
ōm namō bhagavatē
Onbadu piḷḷaihaḷ**
ōrān oruvan kuzhaloodum
pacchai iḷam
pārvai onṛe pōdumē	parvai onre podume - surati Chitravina N Ravikiran parvai onre podume - surati Chitravina N Ravikiran
paṭṭābhishēkam
pattarai māttuppashum
pēshakkēḷeerō
pēshādē pōngaḷaḍi
piranda pōdē pēshinān**
pōḍi pōdi
pōdum pōdum
pōhaviṭṭu puram
pollāda piḷḷai
pooṇool kalyāṇam
pōṭṭu vaiyēḍi
Pulattiyan mun**
putra kāmayāgam
rājādi rāja
Roopa mangaḷa kishōra**
sāmam mudal vēdangaḷai (Radha Kalyanam)
Shamattu kuṭṭiyaḍi*
shēdi ellām
sheida tavam
shenṛa shamattu pōl
shenṛu vā nee
sholli koḍuttadārō
shollittān taravēṇumō
shollitterivadillayē
shonnadaikkēḷ kaṇṇā	Ashwath Narayanan Chinmaya Sisters
shonnadaikkēḷ aiyanē
shonnāl mangaḷam tarumē
shonnālozhiya manam
shree gōvinda nāma
shuzhanṛu shuzhanṛāḍum
sogasukāra krṣhṇan
svāgatam krṣhṇā	Sooryagayathri Sudha Raghunathan
Tan mukhattu**
tanakku niharillāda
tannantaniyāha
Tandai nāmam sholla**
tāṇḍavam āḍuhinṛānē
Tannuḷḷē nanjaḍakki**
taruṇa māmuhil
taṭṭi kudittānē kamsan**
Tavazhndu tavazhndōḍinān**
tāyē un dāmōdara
tāyē yashōdē	Rahul Vellal Ashwath Narayanan Sudha Raghunathan
terōḍum veediyilē
tōṇuvadillaiyaḍi
too too too too
tuḍukkutanam ellām
tuḷḷi viḷaiyāḍinān
vāchakamum maṛandu
vāḍi tōzhi annamē
vandapōdum varādapōdum
vandaduvum pōnaduvum	vandaduvum ponaduvum - bilahari Anahita Ravindran vandaduvum ponaduvum - bilahari Chitravina N Ravikiran
vandārōḍi
vandavarai vārum
vandē piṛandān kaṇṇan
vandu kēṭpār illaiyō		Sunil Gargyan Bombay Sisters
Vaṇṇa māḍangaḷ shoozh**
varishai koṇarndu vandār
vēṛēdum vahai illaiyō
Viḍindadu pōḍi
virundonṛu āhudu
viṣhamakkāra kaṇṇan	Sudha Raghunathan Aruna Sairam
vittāram pēshi

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		Haricharan Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran
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		Sudha Raghunathan Nithyasree Mahadevan
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	Bhargavi Balasubramanian Bhairavi & Malavi
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		Madurai T N Seshagopalan Chinmaya Sisters
87	kaṇhaḷum pōdādē	Shankarābharaṇam	Ādi
88	kanjikku eeḍāhumā	Shankarābharaṇam	Ādi
89	kaṇṇā ezhundirum	Bhoopāḷam	Ādi
90	kaṇṇallavō svāmi	Suraṭi	Ādi	Madurai T N Seshagopalan S Mahathi
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	Sudha Ragunathan S Sowmya
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	Vanitha Suresh Madurai T N Seshagopalan
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	parvai onre podume - surati Chitravina N Ravikiran parvai onre podume - surati Chitravina N Ravikiran
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	Ashwath Narayanan Chinmaya Sisters
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	Sooryagayathri Sudha Raghunathan
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	Rahul Vellal Ashwath Narayanan Sudha Raghunathan
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	vandaduvum ponaduvum - bilahari Anahita Ravindran vandaduvum ponaduvum - bilahari Chitravina N Ravikiran
180	vandārōḍi	Bilahari	Mishra chāpu
181	vandavarai vārum	Tōḍi	Ādi
182	vandē piṛandān kaṇṇan	Maṇirangu	Ādi
183	vandu kēṭpār illaiyō	Rāgamālika	Ādi		Sunil Gargyan Bombay Sisters
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	Sudha Raghunathan Aruna Sairam
190	vittāram pēshi	Kāmbhōdhi	Mishra Chāpu