Kaa vaa Vaa Ragam: Varaali Talam: Aadi Composer: Papanasam Sivan
My last post was from 2017. I am sorry I haven't been keeping up with this blog but encouragingly, I keep getting Google updates about how many people this blog is actually helping. There are many visitors (ahem, well at least more than what I expected anyway) who come here for lyrics, meanings, explanations. I am grateful for all the support. Your comments keep me going so keep 'em coming.
This is almost I would say a masterpiece by a masterful composer in a very beautiful ragam called Varaali. Varaali has a bad rep of destroying student-teacher relation so it's never "taught" by the teacher. (Or at least that's what I was told as a kid). But it is a beautiful ragam nonetheless. More on it in my music blog. Let's focus on the dance.
First Lyrics. Meanings will follow shortly.
Pallavi
kA vA vA kandA vA vA enaik-kA vA vElAvA pazhani malai uraiyum muru-
Anupallavi
dEvAdi dEvan maganE vA para dEvi maDiyil amarum guhanE vA
vaLLi deyvayAnai maNavALA vA sharavaNabhava parama dayALa SaNmu-
Charanam
AbattiruLara aruLoLi tarum appanE aNNaLE aiyA vA
pApat-tiraL tarum tApam agala varum pazhanNi vaLar karuNai mazhaiyE vA
tApatraya veyil ara nizhal tarum vAn taruvE en kula guruvE vA
shrI padmanAbhan marugA rAmadAsan vaNangum muttayyA viraivODu
