Saturday 30 November 2013

Songs of Vyasa Raja

Vyasa Raja is one of the most important saints of the Madhwa parampare. He started the Vyasa Koota and the Dasa Kota. While the Vyasa Koota was a philosophical movement comprising among others Vadiraja Theertha, Srinivasa Theertha, Rama Theertha, Vijendra Theertha, Sudhindra Theertha and several others, the Dasa Koota was made of poet-composers and singers like Purandara Dasa, Kanaka Dasa, Belur Vaikunta Dasa.
Vyasa Theertha or Vyasa Raja was a master of both the kootas and he has written scores of songs in all genres but only a few remain.
The most famous of his composition is “Krishna Nee Begana Baro” which is sung even today in all the dance programmes.
Vyasa Raja or Vyasa Theertha (1447-1539) first wrote with the Ankita Krishna and then changed to Sri Krishna.
Some of his other compositions include Avava Bageyinda: Bharatipatiya Pada: Eduraro Guruve Samararo: Ellimaya Yaadane: Yenna Bimbamuruthiva: Govinda Govinda Krishna: Jarathvavanu Maadida: Jayavayu Hanumantha: Kava Divayu: Krishna Krishna Krishna: Labavahudu Harikathamura: Mahiume Salade Iste: Pavamana Sanjatha Maruti and Tore Begane Toraja Nayane

The English lyrics of Avava bageyinda are as follows:

AvAva bageyiMda nInE rakShisuveyO
dEvAdi dEva shrIkraShNa nInennanu
hiMdinakAlava vyarthavAgi kaLedenO
muMdina gati chiMte lEshavillavo

saridu hOyitu dEhadoLagina balavella
maMdavAdavu iMdriya gatigaLella
AseyeMbudu ajana lOkakke muTTutide
kAsu hOdare klEshavAguttide

mOsamADi mrutyu baruvuda nAnariye
vAsudEvane enna dayamADi salahO
janaru dEhava biTTu pOpuda nA kaMDu
enna dEha sthiraveMdu tiLidukoMDu
dAnadharma modalAda hariya nEmava biTTu

The lyrics of  edurAro are:

edurAro guruve samanAro
madana gOpAlana priya jayarAya
kaDugarjisuva kEsariyaMte nimma vAda
gaDaNeya kELuta nuDi muMdODade
gaDagaDa naDuguta mAygOmAygaLu
ADaviyoLaDagOru nimma bhItiyali
kuTila matagaLeMbo chaTulaMdhakArakke
paTutara tatvaprakAsikeyeMteMba
chaTulatApadiMda khaMDisi tejO
tkaDadi merada budhakaTakAbja mitra
amita dvijAvaLi kumudagaraLisi
vimatara mukhakamalaMgaLa bADisi
svamatara hratsaMtApagaLODisi
vimala sukIrtiya paDedeyO chaMdra
vEdashAstragalEmbO shraMgagaLiMda su
dhAdi graMthagaLembO stanadiMdopputa tatva
bOdhaneyeMba dugda shiShyavatsaMgaLige
Adaradali koTTa yatisuradhEnu
vyAsasUtragaLeMba maMdaravanu vEda
rAShiyeMba varAShiyoLiTTu
shrI sarva~g~jara vAkyapAshadi sutti
bhAsura nyAyasudhA paDeda yatIMdra
vanajanAbhana guNamanEgaLu sarva~g~ja
munikrata graMthagaLavaniyoLagaDe sa
jjanarige bEkAMjanadiMda tOrisi
ghana sukhasAdhana mADidyOdhIra
ArthimaMdAra vEdArthavichAra sa
martha ShrIkraShNa pAdambhujalOla pra
tyarthi mattEbhakaMThIravakvObya
tIrtha karaja jayatIrtha yatIMdra

The song elli mAyavAdane goes as follows:

elli mAyavAdane raMgayyanu
elli mAyavAdane
elli mAyavAda pullanAbha kraShNa
chelve gaMgaLeyaru huDuka hOguva banni
maMdagamaneyarella kraShNana kUDe
cheMdadi iddevalla

kaMdarpa bAdhege guriya mADidanalla
maMdamati namage baMdu odagitalla
sarasijAkShiyaru kUDi kraShNana kUDe
sarasavADutaliddeve

karekaregoLisi manathribAdhegoppisi
charaNasEvakarAda taraleyaranu biTTu
bhaktavatsala dEvanu tannavarannu
akkaradali poredanu

sikkade hOganu huDukuta hOguva
akkayya bannire uDipi shrIkraShNanu

The enna biMba is anothert famous song:

enna biMba mUrutiya pUjisuve nAnu|
manamuTTi anudinadi mareyadE janarE||

gAtravE maMdira | hridayavE maMTapa | sUtravE mahaddIpa | hasta chAmaravu |
yAtre pradakShiNe | shayana namaskAra | sAstra mAtugaLella maMtraMgaLu ||

 enna svarUpaveMbude rannagannaDi | enna manOvratteyeMbudE Chatrike |
innu nuDiva harinAmAmratavE tIrtha | enna manaveMbudE siMhAsana ||

anya dEvate yAke | anya pratime yAke | anyavAda maMtrataMtravEke |
ennalli bharita sAdanegalu irutiralu | chennAgi shrIkraShNasvAmiya pUjisuvE ||

The Govinda Govinda song is as follows:

govinda govinda kriShnA hari
govinda mukunda gopala krishnA
kaDegannilindomme noDo nee
naDigeraguveno nee dayamaaDo

biDadenna ninnavarolu kUDo en-
noDeya nityaananda nee nalidADo
makkalagoDeya neenaagi hasu
makkalakuDa neenaaDa hogi

sikkide bahu dinakaagi dindi-
mikendu kunisuve baa chennagi
hrudaya kamala dolage ninnA
padakamalavanne nee daya gaiyyo munna

chadura kuniyo chelvaranna vibudara
oDeyane nityaananda Krishna
 
The jAratvavanu song is as follows:

jAratvavanu mADida pApagaLigella
gOpIjana jAraneMdare sAlade ?


chOratvavanu mADida pApagaLigella
navanIta chOraneMdare sAlade?


krUratvavanu mADida pApagaLigella
mAvanna koMdavaneMdare sAlade?

prati divasa mADida pApaMgaLige ellA
patitapAvananeMdu karedare sAlade?

iMtippa mahimeyoLogoMdannAdarU omme
saMtasadi neneye salahuva sirikraShNa

The song on Hanumantha or Anjaneya is equally famous:

jaya vAyu hanumantha jaya bheema balavantha
jaya pUrna mativantha jaya salaho santha
anjaneyali huTTi andhu rAmana seve
nandadindali maaDi kapi balava kuDi
sindhu langisi kalara vana bhangisi site-
gungurava koTTi lankapurava suTTi
harige chuDAmani yanitthu harigala kuDi
sharadiyanu kaTTi aribalavanu kuTTi
uraga bandandinda kapivararu maimareye
giriya sanjivanava thandhu badukisida
dwaparAnthyadalli paanDu bhupanatmanendenisi
sripArtha sArathiya bajaka neenAde
paapi baka keechaka hiDimbakara
kopadindali taride mUrjjagadi merede
dhuradali duryodhanana bhalavanu thilide
aritu dushaasanana oDalanu bagede
urava tappisi kauravanna thoDegala muride
hariya kinkara durandharagaaru sariye
kali yugadali kallarudisi durmatigalanu balisi
sri hariya gunagala maresi
kaliyabbu sarisalu guruvaagi avatarisi
kalara durmata muride srikrishna paranende


The Abhavahudu is as follows:

Abhavahudu harikathAmrutha
padumanAbhana pAdada pathadi
ahudu sajjana gaNake satyA
arishaDvargaMgala toradu
jaridu tApatrayava kaledu
muraharana pAdada pathadi
iralu sajjane gaNake satyA
elu dinavu pariskshitanu
veley arithu hariya katheya
keli mukthanaada mele
kelida katheya kela beku
eraDu galige kaTwAnga rAya
harana puradi sri kRuShNaMNa katheyu
smarisi mukta naada mele
nirutha katheya kelabeku

Another small but beautiful composition on Hanuman is

pavamana saMjata maruti !
ninageNeyaaro ee jagadi maruti !!

aMjane udaradi janiside bhava baMjana namava paaDide !!
aMjade siMdhuva daaTide mudreyuMgura seetege neeDide !!1!!

kuMti kumaara kali bheemane mahadaMta sameera niseemane !!
naMda kishOrana oliside maha saMdhaana korryava seeLide !!2!!

vEdaaGna viprara varasuta divya vEdaaMta peeThada yativara !!
gOpi caMdanadoLu aDagida muddu gOpaala kRuShNana pUjipa !!3!!
hIna viShayagaLigeraguve sirikraShNa
koLalanUduva chadura yaare pELammayya||pallavi||
taLiraMdadi taa poLeva karadi piDidu||a.pa||
naadadi tuMbitu gOvardhanagiri
yaadavakula ghana oreditu khagakula
saadhisi nODalu kRuShNanu Igale
saadhyavE nI bRuMdaavanadoLu||koLalanUduva||

mEvu maretavu gOvugaLellavu
saavadhaanadi haridaLu yamune
aavu kaavutali gOvaLarellara
haavabhaavadali bRuMdaavanadoLu||koLalanUduva||
suraru suridaraakaaSadi sumagaLa
saridu pOgi nODe bRuMdaavanadoLu
saari saari SrIkRuShNanu Igalu
turugaLa taa kaayda kadaMbavanadoLu||koLalanUduva|

Some of these songs are also Taratamya songs. The Taratamya concept was one of the most important tenets of Madhwacharya. For him, there was a clear and distinct gradation of gods or Taratamya and all Madhwa saints, including Vyasa Raja or Vyasa Theertha and all Haridasas accepted and propounded this in their writings.   

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