Viriboni

Viriboni

raag: bhairavi
taal: khandajathi ata

Natabhairavi - 20
ArOhaNam: S G1 R2 G1 M1 P D2 N1 S || S G R G M P D N S ||
avarOhaNam: S N1 D1 P M1 G1 R2 S || S N D P M G R S ||

Composer: Pacchimiriyam Adiyappa

Pallavi

Viriboni ninne kori 
marulu konnadira

Anupallavi

Sarasudou Dakshina dwaraka 
Sami Sree Rajagopala deva

Mukthayi Swaras

G G R S      R S n n      d n S R || m m p p     d d n n      p p p - d       d d - n n      n - S S R ||

p d n S        R G M P || D P - M D      P , - N N ||

D D - D P   P M - N D    N - P D N   M P D N   S R N D || M G R S     R N S R    R G , M     P D - M P     , - D N S ||

N R , S       N D - S , || , N D P      P , , M ||

G R - S ,       , - R N D ||

(Viriboni)

Charanam 

Chiru navvu momuna

M P G , , - R     , S - n ,      , d , p       m , , - p     d , n S || n R , - n     S R G M   G M , - N    N D D - N     N D D N ||

M P M - M       , G R G || N N D D       , M - M  , ||

G R S - n      S , R G ||

(Chiru)

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S N N S D N D D M N      D P M ,      , - D P M || G R , - G     , M P D      M P , D      P D N D     N S R S ||

N G R - N      , D P D || M P , M     G R S R ||

n d , - n     S G R G ||

(Chiru)

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S , R G     S R G ,       R , , ,         n , S R         n S R , || S , , - R      n , n d       G , , R       , S - n ,        , d , n ||

p , , - d        , n S R || p d n S       R , , , ||

d p G R     , R - n S       R S , S     M G , R     P M , G || R G , - M      P D P M     N N D - D   , N D D    P - P , M ||

G R , - G       , M  P D || M P G M      P , , , ||

n S n - G    R M G - P    M D P - N    D N P D  M P - G R || G M P - M    P D N S   N S N G     R G - N S    N R S R ||

N R S N       D P D - M || P D N N       S , - N N ||

S S R R   G G - M G   G R - M G   R S - N G   R S - N R || S N D P    D N S      M M P P    D D N N    S G R  - N ||

, D - R S     N , - D N || D - D N D     D M - M , ||

G R S - n      S , R G ||

(Chiru)

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English verse:

[This] blooming damsel, yearning for only you, 

is in love.

O handsome lord of the Southern Dwarka,

Sri Rajagopala deva!

With a smiling face...

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Notes:

v  The composer of the Bhairavi Ata Tala Varnam is Pachchimiriyam Adiyappayya who lived in the 18th century.He is the guru of Syama Sasthry, one of the trinities of the Carnatic Music. Adiyappayya is well known for contributing the musical form Tana Varna. For this reason, he is known as the “Tana Varna Margadarsi”. He was also a great Vainika.

Though Adiyappayya has composed many krithis and varnams, his varnam in Bhairavi raga “Viriboni”, set to Khanda Jathi Ata Talam, the first of its kind, remains unsurpassed.

v  The town Mannargudi in Tamilnadu is referred to as Dakshina Dwaraka in Sanskrit. Its presiding deity is Krishna in the form of Rajagopala.

v  momu is the derivative (tadbhava) form of  the Sanskrit mukha. mukhamu » mohamu » momu.

v  M.S. Subbulakshmi's redering of Viribhoni is considered the masterpiece in the Music Recording World.

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