Friday, March 26, 2010

Jo Achyutananda Jo Jo Mukunda


Priya Sisters


M S Subbalakshmi


Lyrics by Annamacharya:

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||
rAvE paramAnanda rAma gOvinda ||

1. nanduninTanucEri nayamu mIranga candravadanalu nIku sEva cEyanga
andamuga vArinDla aaDucunDangA mandalaku donga mA muddu ranga

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

2. pAla vArASi lO pavvaLincinAvu
bAlugA munulaka bhayamiccinAvu
mElugA vasudEvukudayincinAvu
bAluDai yunDi gOpAluDainAvu

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

3. aTTugaTTina mIgaDaTTe tinnADE
paTTi kODalu mUtipai rAsinADE
aTTe tinenavi yaTTa yaDugavinnADE
gaTTigA nidi donga koTTumannADE

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

4. gOllavArinDlakunu gobbunaku bOyi
kollalugA trAvi kunDalanu nEyi
cEllunAmaganAnDra jelagi ee SAyi
cillitanamulu sEya jellunaTa vOyi

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

5. repalle satulella gopambutOnu
gopamma mI koDuku mA inDlalOnu
mApu gAnE vacci mA mAnamulanu
nI pApaDE cer''ace - nEmandumamma!

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

6. oka yAlini decci - nokani kaDabeTTi
jagaDamula galipinci satipatula baTTi
pagalu nalu jAmulunu bAluDai naTTi
maganAnDra jEpaTTi madanuDainaTTi !

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

7. angajuniganna mAyanna iTurAra bangAruginnelO pAluposErA
donganIvani satulu bonducunnArA mungiTanADarA mOhanAkArA

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

8. gOvadhanambella goDugugA baTTi
kAvaramuna nunna kamsubaDagoTTi
nIvu madhurApuramu nElajEpaTTi
ThIvitO nElina dEvakI paTTi

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

9. angugA tALLapAkannayya cAla SRngAra racanagA ceppE nIjOla
sangatigA sakala sampadala nIvELa mangaLamu tirupaTla madanagOpAla

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

Here the poet transforms himself into YasOda and sings this lullaby to Baalakrishna.
He teases Baalakrishna, calling him a thief who steals butter from all the houses when he is offered milk in a golden bowl in his own house. The poet sings this romantic lullaby and also refers to the beautiful women who look after the needs of Baalakrishna.....



Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya

(శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య) or Annamayya (May 9, 1408-February 23, 1503) was the official songmaster of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and a Telugu composer who composed thousands of keertana songs,many of which were in praise of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swami. The musical form of the keertana songs that he composed have strongly influenced the structure of Carnatic music compositions, which are still popular among Carnatic music concert artists.Sri Annamacharya is remembered for his saintly life, and is honoured as a great Bhakta/devotee of Bhagwaan Govinda by devotees and saintly singers.

He is widely regarded as the Pada-kavita Pitaamaha (grand old man of song-writing) of the Telugu language.

Annamacharya was born on Vaisakha Suddha Pournami in the year Sarwadhari (May 9, 1408) in Tallapaka, a remote village in current day Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, India.His wife, Thimmakka, had written Subhadra Kalyanam, and is considered the first female poet in Telugu literature. Their son, Pedda Tirumalacharya, and grandson, Tallapaka Chinnayya, were also composers and poets. The Tallapaka compositions are considered to have dominated and influenced the structure of Carnatic music compositions.Annamacharya lived for 95 years until Phalguna Bahula Dwadasi (12th day after full moon) in the year Dhundhubhi (February 23, 1503).

[edit] Literary career
Annamacharya is said to have composed as many as 32,000 sankeertanas (songs) on Bhagwaan Govinda Venkateswara,of which only about 12,000 are available today. His sankeertanas are of two kinds - composed for Bhagwaan Govinda. His keertana compositions are based on the Vishishtadvaita school of thought. Annamayya was educated in this system of Ramanuja by Sri Sathagopa Yateendra of the Ahobila matham.

In his keertana, he espouses subjects such as morality, dharma and righteousness. His songs worship Bhagwaan Venkateswara by describing his amorous and romantic adventures, a tradition now known as Madhura Bhakti. Most of these songs describe the adventures of Venkateswara and Alamel Manga, while others describe the Bhakti of Krishna's devotees.

He was one of the first few who opposed the social stigma towards the untouchable castes in his era, with his sankeertanas explaining that the relationship between God and human is the same irrespective of the latters' color, caste and financial status, in beautiful yet powerful usage of words in his song "Brahmam Okkate Parabrahmam Okkate..."

His choice of words gives a mellifluous tone to his songs, charming the listener. His prodigious literary career earned him a place among the all-time greats of Telugu literature.

According to legend, Annamacharya met up with Purandara Dasa and both of them composed music and lyrics.They met when Annamacharya had invited Purandara Dasa to join him in singing priase.

While enjoying popularity in his own days, his compositions were forgotten for over three centuries for some inexplicable reason. They were later found engraved on copper plates, hidden for centuries inside the Sri Venkateswara temple at Tirumala.

Annamacharya considered his compositions as floral offerings to Bhagwaan Govinda. In the poems, he praises Venkateswara, describes his love for him, argues and quarrels with the Lord, confesses the devotee's failures and apprehensions, and surrenders himself to Venkateshwara. His songs are classified into the Adhyaatma (spiritual) and Sringaara (romantic) sankeertanas genres.

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, also known as TTD, has been endeavouring to preserve the rich heritage of his compositions .Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (born 9 November 1948) set the musical tune for more than 600 Annamacharya songs. He has been the Asthana Gayaka of the Tirumala temple at Tirupati since 1983. He is regarded as a pioneer in rendering devotional music in classical style, especially the Annamacharya sankirtanas. He composed tunes for famous keerthanas such as Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnukatha, Bhramha Kadigina Padamu, Jagadapu Chanuvula and Pidikedu Thalambralu... which became popular among the devotees. All these devotional songs are predominantly in Sanskrit and Telugu.

S.M. Vijay, an ardent devotee of Lord Venkateswara and Annamacharya since 1992, has devoted his life for the propogation of Annamacharya Kirtanas. Currently residing at Tirupati, he has written 8 books and a lot of articles in the Tamil edition of Saptagiri (published by TTD), Annamacharyar Kirthanaigalum adhan Arthangalum (Vol 1-8) for the Tamil speaking people. He also has an idol of Annamacharya and performs Nama Sankeerthanam daily. He believes that in Kali Yuga, Nama Sankeerthanam is the only easy way to attain Moksha.

The sankeertanas engraved on copper plates were found in the Tirumala temple just opposite the Hundi, concealed in a very small room. It is said only 12,000 of the 32,000 sankeertanas were found. No leads have been available to trace the remaining sankeertanas. Some personnel involved in deciphering the plates say that the people of those days could have melted the copper plates for personal use.

In the programme, LakshaGala Sankirthanarchana, some 160,000 people sang seven Annamayya keertanas in Hyderabad, creating a new Guinness record on May 10, 2009

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