SrI:
SrI Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaN E
Nama:
On this day dear to SrI Lakshmi Nrusimhan ,
it is my pleasure
to share with you the compositions of Late Smt.
K.M.Soundaryavalli (KMS).
SrIman Sunder Kidambi of Boston , who is doing so
much for
archiving the texts and audios of our PoorvAchArya
SthOthrams
has expanded his range of activities now to include
one of the gifted
Musical Composers , Late Smt.KMS ( 1914-1994 C.E ).
Her life history , her compositions and audio
recordings
in sung from are archived in SrI Sunder Kidambi's
web pages
with the help of her son in law , Sriman
K.N.Sundaram .
You will also find there the audios on
"Yadhunandana Gadhyam
by a talented poet form Kerala and sung by
Smt.K.M.S :
She was born in Andhra Pradesh to a VaishNavite
family from
Tamil NAdu. Her father was a reputed poet and
scholar . His name
was NadathUr AmmAL Sri NarasimhAchArya. After
marriage ,
the daughter moved to Tamil NAdu and relearnt Tamil
. She had
minimum formal education and musical training. She
lost in a row
the first six of her children in infancy. When she
was pregnant
with her seventh child , she ascended the sacred
hill of
ChOLa Simhapuram ( ShOLingar/KadikAchalam) , where
Lord Yoga Narasimhan and Sri Amruthavalli ThAyAr
preside.
After her worship and soulful cry about the loss of
so many
children in front of Lord Narasimhan
, Smt . KMS fell asleep
and had a dream . In that svapnam , Sri Yoga
Narasimhan
appeared and assured her that she will not
only give birth to
the child that she was carrying but also have
future issues.
In the same dream , she heard herself ask a
question : " Why
should I not sing about the glories of the Lord ,
who is blessing
me with children? She heard the voice of the Lord
saying:
" SING , I WILL LISTEN".
Smt.KMS woke up and composed a poem narrating the
marvellous
sevai of Yoga Narasimha at the dhivya desam of
ChOLa Simhapuram.
This wonderful narration born out of the krupA of
Lord Narasimhan
is named : " Yoga Narasimha Seva ". She followed it
up with
another poem entitled " DasAvathAram " .She began
her life
as a composer in Telegu , Sanskrit and Tamil . She
had 5 daughters
and 2 sons after recieving the anugraham of Vara
PrasAdhi ,
SrI Yoga Narasimhan of ShOLingar.
She had many honors as a poet and singer
. Four important
poems in Tamil about her Ishta Dhaivam , SrI
Yoga Narasimhan
to remember on this Nrusimha Jayanthi day
are:
1. Singarin Akshara Maala
2. Singarin ThingaL Maala
3. Saptha Vaara Sthuthi
4. Singarin VaravERppu
Singar is ofcourse Azhagiya Singar , the Lord of
AhObilam
and ChOLa Simha Puram .
Akshara Maala is made up of lines starting with
vowels,
consonants and vowelized consonants of Tamil
Language.
Each line ends with Simmam .
Vowels are: A as in anbhu , Aa as in
Aaanandham , i as in inbham ,
E as in Eeswaran , u as in ulaham , U as in
Udurivi , Ye as in Yeppadi ,
yE as in yEmARRam , Ei as in Eivar , o as in
oruvan , O as in OmkAram ,
Ou as in Oudatham .
Then the lines begin with Consonants and vowelized
consonants:
Ka, kaa, ki, kee , ku , kU , kou , ko ,
kO etc .
This the format of Akshara Maala. Akshara Brahmam ,
Sri Narasimhan
is offered this garland of Aksharams as eulogy by
the poet cum BhakthA .
Each of the lines starting with the vowels are
repeated twice.
Here is an example of the Akshara Maala constructed
by
Smt.K.M.S :
A. SINGARIN AKSHARA MAALAI
****************************************
anbhuruvAna Narasimmam
anaitthulahum pORRi varum
azhagiya Simmam
aadhArap-poruLAna Simmam
aanandhamudan
yOgatthamarntha Narasimmam
inbamudan initthamarum Simmam
innal pala neeka varum iRaivanAm Simmam
EedilA
puhazh Ongum intha
EerEzhu
bhuvanangal eenRa Narasimmam
umbhar thozhum kazhaludaya
Simmam anRu
utthaman PrahlAdhan
uvanthadaintha Simmam
Oon koNDa uyir
sErntha Simmam
Oodurivi iRaNiyan
uram keeNDa Simmam
yekkAlum yenai
aaLum Simmam yenRum
yeppadiyum Tannadimai
yemakkaruLum Simmam
yEkkam tavirttharuLum Simmam
yEmARRam
tavitthemmai yErkkum Simmam
EimkaranOdu amarar thozhum
Simmam
EivarAm PaandavarkkaruL seytha
Simmam
oppuyirvillAtha Simmam
yenRum
oruvanAi-ulahu uyyavonRiyurai
Simmam
OmkArap-poruLAna Simmam
Tannai
OrAthavarhaLidam varAtha
Simmam
OudhArya guNamikka Simmam
yenRum
Oudatham pOl vinayai ahaRRum
Narasimmam
akkArak-kaniyAna
Simmam
mikkAnum takkAnumAi ninRa
Simmam
AKKARAKKANI IS THE NAME GIVEN BY AZHWAR
TO YOGA NARASIMHAN OF CHOLA SIMHA PURAM.
These poems can be sung in Bhajanai
format.
B. SINGARIN THINGAL MAALAI
**************************************
These constitute 20 paasurams sung in RaagAs
Naattai , GouLai ,
Aarabhi , VarALi , SrI ( Ghana Panchaka RaagAs) ,
KaambhOji ,
HindhOlam , SaarangA , SimhEndhramadhyamam ,
Amrutha VarshiNi ,
Hamsadhvani , Suradi ,ThOdi , Chandrakouns ,
ShaNmughapriya ,
MukhAri , Revathi , SubhapanthuvaraaLi ,
AtANA and MadhyamAvathi
in a RaagamAlika mode with Kanta ChApu TaaLam
.
The first 12 Poems cover the twelve Tamil Months ,
where
Azhagiya Singar ( the Beautiful Lion ) is eulogized
. From
Chitthirai Swathi , the poems continue through
VaikAsi ,
Aani, Aadi , AavaNi , PurattAsi , Eippasi ,
Kaartthikai ,
Maarghazhi , Thai , Maasi and Panguni Swaathi
.
The next 7 poems salute the PrahlAda Varadha
Simmam
as " Saptha Vaara Sthuthi" ( Sunday to Saturday,
one for
each day of the week ) .The 20th Paasuram is the Phala Sruthi
Paasuram .
C. SINGARIN VARAVERPPU
***********************************
These are four Poems extending SvAgatham
for Azhagiya Simmam , MalOlan with PoorNa Kumbham
.
These are set in chaste , sweet Tamil and
are delectable
like Paanagam offered to the Lord of MangaLa Giri
.
The first verse will provide an example of the
Maadhuryam
of this SvAgatham. Without BhAvam , there is no
Bhakthi.
We experience Bhaavam & Bhakthi
here.
Kadigayil vaLar NaathA Varuha
adiyavar thozhum PaadhA Varuha
idar kadinthidum nEyA Varuha
Sudar MaNi Mudit-ThooyA Varuha !
---Poem 1 of 4
When Smt.KMS invites Lord Narasimhan of
ChOLa simha puram to take His seat in her
heart lotus with the appeal, "Varuha " , it reminds
us of the Mohana Raaga Krithi of Dikshithar
addressing
the Same Yoga Narasimhar with the
Pallavi:
" Narasimha Aagaccha "
4. SWAMY DESIKAN STHOTHRAMS
*********************************************
Besides KaamAseekAshtakam on Lord
Narasimha
of ThiruvELukkai, Swamy Desikan composed 27
other
SthOthrams. Some were DhaNDakams and Gadhyams
.
SMT.K.M.S sang and recorded these 28
sthOthrams
in different Raagams . Swamy Desikan's
brilliant
Sanskrit sthOthrams have been recorded with
precision
and clarity with the appropriate Sandhi bhEdhams .
It is
not an easy task and the abundant anugraham of Sri
Yoga Narasimhan has made it possible for her to
accomplish
this Kaimkaryam.
Please listen to them in the MP3 format
through the URL cited above and maintained by
SrI
Sunder Kidambi .
It has been a wonderful day listening to the
Narasimha
SthOthrams and reflecting on the deep meanings
of
the poems composed by Smt. K.M. Soundaravalli
.
SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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