గణేశ నవరాత్రులు -- ఎనిమిదవ రోజు

గణేశ  నవరాత్రులు : ఎనిమిదవ  రోజు :

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ఎనిమిదో  రోజు : శ్రీ  మహాగణపతిం - అఠాణా - జయ చామరాజేంద్ర వడయార్ - శూలమంగళం  సిస్టర్స్ 

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పల్లవి: 

శ్రీ  మహాగణపతిం  భజేహం   శివాత్మజం    షణ్ముఖాగ్రజం                 || శ్రీ ||

అనుపల్లవి:

శ్రిత జన  సేవితం   శ్రీ   గణ నాయకం  సిద్ధ వర  ప్రసాద   దాయకం 

సతతం  వరముని  శుభ దాయకం గురు దేవాసక్తం   దేవం                 ||శ్రీ||

చరణం:

జ్ఞాన  ముద్రాలంకృతం   మూలాధార   నివాసినం 

గజారణ్య   వాసినం   జ్యోతిర్మయం  ఉపనిషత్సారం 

పంచ  భూతాత్మకం  సింధూర ప్రియం పంచ మాతంగ ముఖం 

కామేశ  నయనానంద కరం  నాగ లింగ వర సూత్రం 

శ్రీ  విద్యా చిద్భవానంద  రాజ  యోగీంద్రం  వందితం                           ||శ్రీ||

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Ragam: Atana (29th Mela Shankarabharanam Janyam):

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atana

                ARO:    S R2 M1 P N2 S                                     ||

                AVA:    S N3 D2 , N2 P M1  P G2 ,  R2  S       ||

Talam: Adi

Composer: HH Jayachamaraja Wodeyar

Version: Radha & Jayalakshmi (Soolamangalam Sisters)

Lyrics Courtesy: Meena

Pallavi:

shrI mahAgaNapatim bhajEham shivAtmajam SaNmukhAgrajam

Anupallavi:

shrta gaNasEvitam vighna nAshakam shIgra vara prasAda dAyakam

(madhyamakAlam):sadayam kapila muni varadAyakam guru sEva shaktam hErambam

Charanam 1:

jnAna mudrAlankrtam mUlAdhAra nivAsinam

Charanam 2:

gajAraNya vAsinam jyOtirmayam upaniSad sAram panca

bhUtAtmakam sindhUra priyam pancamAtanga mukham

Charanam 3:

kAmEsha nayanA hlAdakam nAgalinga vara putram

shrI vidyA cit-prabhAnanda rAja yOgIndram sannutam (or vanditam)

ciTTasvara:

S, Snpdnpmp g,-mrs |r,, s rs, r, -m, -p, -n ||

SnSR, -MRS nRSn, S-d, |nS,, -R nS d,, pmp-g,-mpn ||

Meaning: (Approximate):

P: I pray (“bhajEham”) to shri mahAgaNapatim, who is the son (“Atmajam”) of Shiva, and the elder brother (“Agrajam”) of Shanmugha.

A: He is worshipped (“sEvitam” by all beings (“shrta gaNa”). He destroys (“nAshakam”) obstacles (“vighna”) in our lives. He gives (“dAyakam”) boons (“vara”) and blessings (“prasAda”) very quickly (“shIgra”).

C1: He is adorned (“Alankrtam”) by the symbol (“mudrA”) called Knowledge (“jnAna”). He resides in (“nivAsinam”) the mUlAdhAra chakra ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muladhara) kshetra in the body.

C2: He lives (“vAsinam”) in the forest (“AraNya”) full of elephants (“gaja-AraNya”). He is full (“mayam”) of brightness (“jyOtir-mayam”). He is the essence (“sAram”) of the Upanishads. He is the soul (“Atmakam”) of the pancha bhutas {Akasha (Spirit/Essence), Vayu (Air), Agni (Fire), Ap (Water), and Prithvi (Earth)}. He likes (“priyam”) the SindhUra (red powder, Vermillion). He is the five (“panca”) elephant (“mAtanga”) faced (“mukham”) one (“panca-mAtanga mukham”)

C3: He was born (“vara putram”) when Goddess Parvathi’s (“kAmEsha”) lovely eyes (“nayanA”) merely glanced with pleasure (“AhlAdakam”) at Lord Shiva, the linga adorned with snakes (“nAga-linga”). He is the essence (“cit-prabhAnanda”) of the Shri Vidya and revered by (“sannutam”) the rAja Yogis (“yOgIndram”).  {Alt meaning: cit-prabhAnanda is also the signature of the composer, who is also a king (rAja), and who prays to the lord }

శూల మంగళం సిస్టర్స్ : జయలక్ష్మి, రాజలక్ష్మి .  Carnatic musicsister-pair vocalists and musicians known for their devotional songs in Tamil. They were early singers in the trend of duo singing in Carnatic music, which started in the 1950s, with performers like Radha Jayalakshmi, and later continued by Bombay Sisters, Ranjani-Gayatri, Mambalam Sisters, Bangalore Sisters and Priya Sisters

Born in Soolamangalam near Tanjore – a village with musical heritage, of Karnam Ramaswmai Ayyar & Janaki Ammal, the sisters had their training in music from K. G. Murthi of Soolamangalam, Pathamadai S.Krishnan, Mayavaram Venugopalayyar.

The duo-sisters were very popular for their matchless rendition of National and Devotional songs. They had a hectic practice for about three decades and were much sought after for providing background music in films. Their Kanda Shasti Kavasam album is very popular with the Lord Muruga devotees.

Whereas Rajalakshmi had more chance as a playback singer in films. Her voice suits all the categories of youthful, soft mellifluousness, evocative feelings, perfection of pronunciation and the best in devotional songs.

మహారాజా   జయ చామరాజేంద్ర  వడియార్ :

He was a noted philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist and the Founder-President of Vishva Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council).

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He was a connoisseur of both western and Carnatic (South Indian classical) music and an acknowledged authority of Indian Philosophy. He helped the Western world discover the music of a little-known Russian composer Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951), financing the recording of a large number of his compositions and founding the Medtner Society in 1949. Medtner's Third Piano Concerto is dedicated to the Maharaja of Mysore. He became a Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music, London and honorary Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London, in 1945. Aspirations to become a concert pianist were cut short by the untimely death of both his father the Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar in 1939 and his uncle the Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV in 1940, when he succeeded the throne of Mysore.

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Many noted Indian musicians received patronage at his court, including Mysore Vasudevachar, Veena Venkatagiriyappa, B. Devendrappa, V. Doraiswamy Iyengar, T. Chowdiah, Tiger Vardachar, Chennakeshaviah, Titte Krishna Iyengar, S. N. Mariappa, Chintalapalli Ramachandra Rao, R. N. Doreswamy, H. M. Vaidyalinga Bhagavatar.