nIlOtpalAmbA gauLAnta-rAga k.rtis
of muttusvAmi dIkSitar

P. P. Narayanaswami

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DAY 3 (tritIyA vibhakti k.rti)

 nIlOtpalAmbikayA

 rAgam: kannaDagauLa (22)    tALam: Adi

pallavi

 nIlOtpalAmbikayA nirvANasukhapradayA

rakSitO’ham

 anupallavi

 vallIshaguruguhapUjitayA

varalakSmIvANIsEvitayA

hallIshalAsyasantuSTayA

AraktavarNashObhitakarayA

 caraNam

 kAshIkannaDagauLadEshAdivAsadAsajanAvanatOSitayA

vAsavAdivanditavAgIshavAsudEvAdyArAdhitayA

shrIshivapurANapratipAditayA

shivasha"nkaranAyikayA shrI

This k.rti is set in tritIyA vibhakti (instrumental case)

anvayam (word order):

aham nIlOtpalAmbikayA rakSitaH (asmi) – I am protected by nIlOtpalAmbikA, and all adjectives ending in “yA” qualify the tritIyA noun “nIlOtpalAmbikayA”.

Word for Word Meaning

nIlOtpalAmbikayA – by nIlOtpalAmbikA

nirvANasukhapradayA – (by the one) who bestows the happiness of liberation

rakSitaH – protected by

aham – I (am) - by the one

vallIshaguruguhapUjitayA – who is  worshiped by guruguha (subrahmaNya) , the lord of valli

varalakSmIvANIsEvitayA – who is served by varalakSmi and sarasvati

hallIshalAsyasantuSTayA – who is much pleased with the dance forms “hallIsha lAsya”

AraktavarNashObhitakarayA – whose hands are beautiful with reddish hue

kAshIkannaDagauLadEshAdivAsadAsajanAvanatOSitayA – who pleases the devotees residing in geographical locations like kAshi, kannaDa, gauLa, and so forth

vAsavAdivanditavAgIshavAsudEvAdyArAdhitayA – who is saluted to by Indra and others, and who is propitiated by Brahma,  and viSNu

shrIshivapurANapratipAditayA – who is extolled in the epic, shiva purANa

shivasha"nkaranAyikayA – who is spouse of shiva sha”nkara

shrI - auspicious

Free Translation

I am protected by nIlOtpalAmbA, who grants the happiness of liberation, the one who is worshipped by guruguha (subrahmaNya), the Lord of vaLLi,  who is attended by varalAkSmi and sarasvati, and whose hands are of reddish hue; who pleases the devotees residing in regions like kAshi, kannaDa, gauLa, who is worshipped by Indra and other dEvas, who is praised by Brahma and viSNu, who is praised in the shiva purANa, and who is the consort of  Lord shiva sha”nkara.

NOTE

The rAga mudra kannaDagauLa is inserted cleverly by the composer as a geographical location, “kAshI kannaDa gauLa dEsha”

rAgam kannaDagauLa

A janyam (upA”ngam No. 4) under mELam shrI (22) according to asampUrNa scheme.

vE”nkaTamakhi gives the definition

rAgaH kannaDagauLOyam niSAdagraha saMyutaH |

AvarOhE dha varjyaH syAt sAyAhnESu pragIyatE ||

There are two possible mUrccanas for kannaDagauLa:

mUrccana 1:

ArOhaNam: s r g m p d n s  avarOhaNam: s n p m g s

upA”ngam; sampUrNam; niSAda graham; dhaivata varjyam in avarOhanam; suitable for singing in the evenings.

mUrccana 2:

ArOhanam: s g G m p n N S  avarOhaNam:  s n N d m m g S, n p N d m m g S

Sa”ngIta sampradAya pradarshini gives a lakshya gItam by vE”nkaTamakhi, a gItam in dhruva rUpaka tALam by pUrvikas, and a sa~ncAri by subbarAma dIksitar,  with no k.rti examples.

In the sampUrNa scheme also, kannadagauLa belongs to melam 22, kharaharapriya.

Arohanam:  s r g m p n s avarOhaNam: s n d p m g s

A Sadava –SADava ragam, that omits dha in aArOhaNam, and ri in avarOhaNAm; Ga and Ni are the chAyA svarams

The following compositions are popular:

orajUpucu (tyAgarAja)

sogasu jUDa taramA (tyAgarAja)

nIlOtpalAmbikayA (dIkSitar).

There is striking difference in the handling of kannaDagauLa by tyAgarAja and dIksitar. The usage of dIkSitar has slight resemblance to AbhEri/karNATaka dEvagANdhAri.

 
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