Srikantha nIyeda: Bhavapriya ; Deshadi; Tyagaraja

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SriKantha nIyeda

Ragam: Bhavapriya (44thMelakartha Raga)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavapriya

ARO: S R₁ G₂ M₂ P D₁ N₂ Ṡ ||

AVA: Ṡ N₂ D₁ P M₂ G₂ R₁ S ||

Talam: Adi (Deshadi)

Composer: Tyagaraja

Version: Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFpZbOXLLMI)

Lyrics / Meaning Courtesy: Mrs. Jayasri Akella and https://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/08/thyagaraja-kriti-sri-kantha-neeyeda.html

Youtube Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHi_mNYsXk8

Audio MP3 Class: http://www.shivkumar.org/music/srikantha-class.mp3

Meaning Courtesy: https://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/08/thyagaraja-kriti-sri-kantha-neeyeda.html

Sahityam: SrI kAnta nI(y)eDa bal(A)tibala celanga lEdA vAdA

Meaning: O Beloved (kAnta) of lakshmI (SrI)! Aren’t (lEdA) the two mantras – bala and atibala (balAtibala) shining (celanga) with You (nIyeDa)? Is there any dispute (vAdA)?

Sahityam: pAk(A)ri nuta nIvAri  bal(A)blamunu teliyaga lEdA (SrI)

Meaning: O Lord praised (nuta) by indra – enemy (ari) of demon pAka (pAkAri)! Don’t You know (teliyaga lEdA) the strength (bala) and weaknesses (abalamu) (balAbalamu) of Your (nI) people (vAri) (nIvAri)?

O Beloved of lakshmI! Aren’t the two mantras – bala and atibala shining with You? Is there any dispute?

Sahityam: kAka daityun(E)ka Saramunan(E)ya kanjaj(A)stramai paraga lEdA

Meaning: When You discharged (Eya) (literally throw) a (Eka) blade of grass (Saramunanu) (SaramunanEya) against crow (kAka) demon (daityunu) (daityunEka), didn’t (lEdA) it blaze forth (paraga) as brahmAstra – missile (astramai) of brahmA – born of Lotus (kanjaja) (kanjajAstramai)?

Sahityam: SrI kara dvijulai dArin(e)ruga lEni cinta nIku tOcad(E)mi tyAgarAja nuta (SrI)

Meaning: O Lord who causes (kara) of Prosperity (SrI)! Why (Emi) worry (cinta) about people, though being brAhmaNas (dvijulai), not (lEni) knowing (eruga) the (right) path (dArini) (dArineruga), wouldn’t occur (tOcadu) (tOcadEmi) to You (nIku)?

O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja! O Beloved of lakshmI! Aren’t the two mantras – bala and atibala shining with You? Is there any dispute?