Sogasuga mridanga

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[edit] Lyrics

[edit] Pallavi

sogasugA mRdaGga tALamu jata gUrci
ninu sokka jEyu dhIruDevvaDO
Show Details		[With songs] enjoyably attuned to the rhythm of the mridanga
Whoever is the hero who charms you?

[edit] Anupallavi

nigama zirO'rthamu1 galgina
nija vAkkulatO swara zuddhamutO (sogasugA)
Show Details		[With songs] that have truths conveying the meaning of Upanishads
and in-tune notes, (whoever is the hero...)

[edit] Charanam

yati2 vizrama sadbhakti virati
drAkSA-rasa navarasa3 yuta
kRticE bhajiyiJcE yukti
tyAgarAjuni taramA zrIrAma4
Show Details		With songs having prosodical beauty and proper pauses, tranquility and devotion,
Sweet as grape essence, containing the Navarasas,
Is Tyagaraja capable of singing your praises
in such a manner? Sri Rama!

[edit] Variations

  • 4zrI rAma – rAma

[edit] Commentary

  • 1nigama ziras’ – refers to Upanishad.
  • 2yati – ‘a caesura in prosody’; (caesura – break between words within a metrical foot; pause near middle of a line) : (prosody – study of versification; laws of metre). [Rules of prosody]
    • Or: A rhythmic pattern of swaras, words, or beats in a tala.
"In a Tala, if something is formulated by manodharma, it is called yati. In pieces like Thevaram and Thiruppugazh we can see these yathis. Similarly, when we resort to kalpana swaras and there is thani avarthanam while playing on a laya instrument, we can see these yathis. They are of six kinds – sama, gOpuccha, zrOtOvaha, Damaru, mRdaGga, viSama." [Karnataka Sangeeta Sastra’ by Shri AS Panchapakesa Iyer]
  • 3navarasa - zRGgAra, vIra, bIbhatsa, raudra, hAsya, bhayAnaka, karuNA, adbhuta, zAnta, vAtsalya (additional) - love, valour, disgust, anger, mirth, terror, pity, wonder, tranquility, parental fondness.

[edit] Renditions

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