Veena Pusthaka Dharini | Ragam Vegavahini | Muthuswami Dikshithar | Jhampa Thaalam | Surabhi Vijay
In the season of Navaratri, Saraswati Pooja, and Vijayadasami, is it not fitting to sing the composition Veena Pusthaka Dharini, where maestro Muthuswami Dikshithar himself invokes Goddess Saraswathi?
I enjoyed singing the eclectic raga Thoya Vegavahini sitting by the banks of a lake, a soft breeze blowing, inspired by a beautiful sunset playing hide-and-seek amidst trees, with a backdrop of the rolling hills of the valley. Ducks flocked beside me and hopped into the lake, reminding me of Raja Ravi Varma's painting with Saraswathi devi playing the veena, clad in white peethambara silk, flanked by swans.
𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 : 𝑽𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝑷𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝑫𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆
𝙍𝙖𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙢 : 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒚𝒂 𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒊
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙢 : 𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒂 𝑱𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊 𝑱𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂 ,
(𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝑲𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑬𝒌𝒂)
𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧 : 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒎𝒊 𝑫𝒊𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒓
𝑺𝑨𝑯𝑰𝑻𝑯𝒀𝑨𝑴 :
𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒊 -
𝑽𝒆𝒆𝑵𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝒅𝒉ā𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒎 ā𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆 |
𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒉𝒊𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒗ā𝑵𝒊𝒎 ā𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆 ||
𝑨𝒏𝒖 𝑷𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒊 -
𝑬𝒏ā𝒏𝒌𝒂𝒚𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝒋𝒂𝒕ā𝒋𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒖𝒕ā𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒎 |
𝑬𝒌ā𝒈𝒓𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒅𝒉𝒚ā𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝑫𝑯𝒊𝒌ā𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒎 ||
𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒎 -
𝑷𝒂𝒓ā𝑫𝑯𝒚𝒂𝒌𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒃𝑫𝑯𝒂 𝒔𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒑ā𝒗𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎 |
𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒌ā 𝑫𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒂𝑳𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒌ā𝒔𝒉𝒂 ||
𝑲𝒂𝒓ā𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒎 𝒌𝒂𝒍𝒚ā𝑵𝒂𝒅𝒉ā𝒎 𝑩𝑯ā𝒔𝒉ā𝒎 |
𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝑫𝑯ā𝒎𝒂 𝒃𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒉ā 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎 ||
𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒚𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝑲𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒎 -
𝑵𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝑩𝑯𝒂𝒌𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝒋𝒊𝒉𝒗ā𝒈𝒓𝒂 𝒗ā𝒔𝒂𝒎 |
𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒌ā𝒔𝒉ā𝒎 ||
𝑵𝒂𝒓ā𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒎ā𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒌𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒌ā𝒑𝒂𝒉ā𝒎 |
𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒉𝒂* 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒋𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒎 ||
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