sogasugA mRdaGga
Sahityam
Pallavi
sogasugA mRdaGga tALamu jata gUrci
ninu sokka jEyu dhIruDevvaDO
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ninu sokka jEyu dhIruDevvaDO
[With songs] enjoyably attuned to the rhythm of the mridanga
Whoever is the hero who charms you?
Anupallavi
nigama zirO’rthamu¹ galgina
nija vAkkulatO swara zuddhamutO (sogasugA)
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nija vAkkulatO swara zuddhamutO (sogasugA)
[With songs] that have truths conveying the meaning of Upanishads
and in-tune notes, (whoever is the hero…)
Charanam
yati² vizrama sadbhakti virati
drAkSA-rasa navarasa³ yuta
kRticE bhajiyiJcE yukti
tyAgarAjuni taramA zrIrAma⁴
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drAkSA-rasa navarasa³ yuta
kRticE bhajiyiJcE yukti
tyAgarAjuni taramA zrIrAma⁴
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!
Variations
- 4 zrI rAma – rAma
Commentary
- 1 ’‘‘nigama ziras ’’’’ – [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/11/07/stories/13070179.htm refers to Upanishad].
- 2
’‘‘yati
’’’ – ‘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). [[http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/sogasuga.htm Rules of prosody]]
- Or: A rhythmic pattern of swaras, words, or beats in a tala.
Renditions
- [http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~ksj/Madurai%20Mani%20Iyer/Arranged%20&%20Tagged/MMI%20#017/MMI%2003%20-%20Sogasuga%20Mridanga%20-%20SriRanjani.mp3 Madurai Mani Iyer] (mp3)
- [http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~ksj/Nedunuri%20R%20Krishnamurthy/Arranged%20&%20Tagged/NRK%20#011%20(AR-DRR)/NRK%2003%20-%20Sogasuga%20Mridanga%20-%20SriRanjani.mp3 Nedanuri Krishnamurthi] (mp3)
- [http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~ksj/Nedunuri%20R%20Krishnamurthy/Arranged%20&%20Tagged/NRK%20#011%20(AR-DRR)/NRK%2003%20-%20Sogasuga%20Mridanga%20-%20SriRanjani.mp3 K.V. Narayanaswami] (mp3)