song12 pg19 rāmacandraṁ bhaja rāgaṁ toḍi tāḷaṁ khaṇḍajāti tripuṭa 9 mātra

 

sōng12   pg19

rāmacandraṁ bhaja

 rāgaṁ toḍi tāḷaṁ khaṇḍajāti tripuṭa 9 mātra

8th ṁeḷa karta

pallavi

rāmacandraṁ bhaja rājēndraṁ mana 

ravikula jaladhi candraṁ upendraṁ

anupallavi

tāmarasa bhava sādhu pūjitaṁ tārakacaritaṁ jānakīsamētaṁ

caraṇaṁ

dhīraṁ raṇavijita niśācara śūraṁ varaguṇabhara pārāvāraṁ

śrīraghu vīraṁ

vēṅkaṭaramaṇaṁ udāraṁ sukumāraṁ nigamādhi sāraṁ dayākaraṁ

Analysis gr phd thesis

3.2.2. A study of the kºtis set in t¡©¡ s other than Adi,Rupaka,Chapu:

kha³¢a j¡ti tripu¿a t¡©¡

r¡macandram bhaja tµ¿i  kha³¢a j¡ti tripu¿a t¡©a

 

Ref:vnkrmnym-pg 19 num12-the sahitya is in praise of Lord Rama,

 laghu 5 units of 4ak¾aras each + druta¯ 2 units of 4 ak¾aras each+ druta¯ 2 units o 4 ak¾aras eac||

all units are executed twice-known as ren¢u ka©ai

so each avarta has 20+8+8=36*2=72ak¾aras in one tala cycle

laghu5 druta¯2 druta¯2

r¡macandra¯-bha|ja      r¡|  j£ndra¯ mana||

ravikulajaladhi can|dra¯ u|p£ndra¯  ||

t¡marasabhava bhava| s¡dhu| pujita¯-||

t¡rakacarita¯ j¡|nak§  sa |m£ta¯ ||

dh§ra¯ ra³avijitani|¾¡cara |¾Àra¯||

varagu³abhara p¡r¡|v¡ra¯ |¾r§raghu||

v§ra¯ ve±ka¿arama| ³amud¡|ra¯ suku||

m¡ra¯  nigam¡di| s¡ra¯ da|y¡kara¯||

yati prasa, anu prasa alankara .are highlighted

antaryukti is found in suku||-m¡ra¯  and    raghu||v§ra¯ where the pada is split to bring in yati prasa alankara without diminishing the musical quality.

RamacandraM Baja rAjEndraM mana ravikula is a kriti with the pallavi having one 2 avartas.Anupallavi having 2 avartas and single charanam having 4 avartas.

Structuaral balance between pallavi, anupallavi and charana maintained.