Balagopalam of Muthuswamy Dikshitar. He started it saying that the request to sing this song is from the Mridangist ! He mentioned that this song is very suited for Veena as the swara placing is so beautiful and sort of made for rendering in Veena. He specified "Vainika Gayaka Guruguha"to support this... he took this phrase for neraval. I am no expert in music but still I could sense the music flowing through all my senses and literally it took me to a trance status... all I had to do was just close my eyes and focus on the music.. that is it.. I was in a different level altogether; I had to come down with the Thani Avarthanam that followed.... I think he did a sort of better job now. Ghatam was good.Govardhana Giridhara Govinda Gokula Palaka Paramananda was the next one with a Viruththam. This is by Narayana Theertha... and my first acquaintance with this song is that of seeing the LP record of Vyjayanthi mala in my college when I had to select a LP for a dance programme. Her eyes on the cover made me keep it aside.... it showed a searching.. an yearning.. and my dance Guru ( then) my cousin, Rengam and me discussed this song, the dancer, but not the song, as we both do not have knowledge of Sanskrit, which I regret even now.
Then Thirupughal in all its beauty was followed by Mangalam. The Pavamana Suthadu Pattu Padharavindham... the full song and not the shortened version!!
Pavamana Suthadu - Son of Wind God - Hanuman
Pattu Padharavindham - surrendering to the lotus-like feet of the Lord Rama...
Pattu cannot be just taken as "holding"... it is much more. Pattukotam in Telugu means so many things. The word Padharavindham also is such a beautiful word... the formation of the word itself brings the idea behind it and the meaning behind it...
Telugu is a beautiful musical language.. I am happy I can understand it to a large extent!
Thank you Neyveligaru for such a wonderful experience!
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