One of the biggest contributions to our Sanskrit literature has been Vyasa's epic creation, Bhagavatam. This epic focuses primarily on Bhakti (devotion) to the incarnations of Vishnu, particularly Krshna. Daksha yagam, Dhruva charitram and Prahlaada charitram are also part of the Bhagavatam.
Many of the songs that are available in this opera have been published as part of the Krshna ganam publications over 3 volumes. The notation for some of these compositions have also been published. But scores of songs are yet to be published. The opera seems to start with the song, Terodum veedhiyile, in Nattai, which describes the wedding of Devaki and Vasudeva and continues upto the Krshna-Rukmani wedding, from the songs discovered till now. There are also a series of songs on the Radha-Krshna wedding.
Many of the songs in vogue today such as aadaadu ashangaadu, ashaindaadum mayil onru, alaipaayude kanna that have been rendered as one-off songs in music and dance concerts are actually part of this opera.
There are several songs which cover different themes that have been beautifully visualized by the composer as given below
Gopi conversing among themselves
Anname idu enna maayam (Sama)
Aayiram tan sholladi (Khamach)
Engum illadoru pillai (Athana)
and many others . . .
Yashoda admonishing Krshna, lulling him to sleep, waking him up and other incidents
Adatti urutti (Athana)
Aadina mattukkum (Mohanam)
Gokula maamaniye (Neelambari)
Kannaa ezhundirum pillaai (Bhoopalam)
Krshna- Rukmini wedding
Kanhalum podaade (Shankarabharanam)
Kalyaaname (Kuranji)
Roopa mangala kishora (Anandabhairavi)
Radha-Krshna wedding
Edir kondazhaittu vandaar (Bilahari)
Jagamengum puhazhum (Athana)
Kalyaana kolaahalame (Kedaram)
A probable prelude to this opera could have been a song in Chenchurutti –
sholla kidaittade bhaagyam nara-
tudiyinai sholli naavu kooshaamal
tona tona enrulahu vambu peshaamal
tati vidhi ena sholli alaindu shaahaamal
kannan kadaiyai kanamum veenaakkaamal
Abridged Bhagavatam
Apart from the garland of songs in the opera, he has also composed an abridged version of the entire Bhagavatam in one single song, Shree Govinda naama sankeertanam (Ragamalika). This piece starts from Krshna's birth and covers the best highlights of the entire story. Interestingly the composer has included his signature in this piece.
keezhezhodu melezhu bhuvanangalum kidaitta tavamena nadakkalaanadu
getti melangal kotti muzhakkalaanadu krshna-rukmini vivaahamadaanadu
mazhai muhil ena varnam konda hari maadhava mohana geetamidaanadu
vaakkinil Venkata Kaviyum manandadu mangala gaana paramparaiyaanadu
Extolling the signifance of the Bhagavatam
The composer has also composed a few pieces extolling the greatness of the literary wonder and these include pieces like Dharmameva shree bhaagavata (Shuddhasaveri/Manirangu), Pesha keleero (Mohanam), Patita paavanam bhaagavatam (Shuddhasaveri), Pazhamo pazhamo (Gowrimanohari), Sholli terivadillaye (Shreeranjani).
Given below is a list of published and unpublished collection of songs belonging to the Bhagavatam opera. The ragam and talam information for some of the songs taken from Needamangalam Krishnamurthy Bhagavatar's hand-written book are not available and require further research.
S no | Composition | Raga | Tala |
1 | Āḍāmal ennaḍi sheivāi | ||
2 | Adaṭṭi uruṭṭi | Aṭhāṇā | Ādi |
3 | Adbhutanām bālakanām | Nāṭṭaikkuranji | Ādi |
4 | Āḍi ashaindu varuhinṛān | Shreeranjani | Ādi |
5 | Āḍina maṭṭukkum | Mōhanam | Ādi |
6 | Ādiyoru kālamadil koorumozhi | Gowrimanōhari | Khaṇḍa Ēkam |
7 | Ākka poruttavar | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
8 | Alaippāyudē | Kānaḍā | Ādi |
9 | Alankāra gōpikai | Aṭhāṇā | Ādi |
10 | Ammā irukkirāḷ | ||
11 | Āna maṭṭum | Madhyamāvati | Ādi |
12 | Andi nēram | Bhairavi | Ādi |
13 | Annai illai tandai illai | ||
14 | Annaikku ezhudinān ōlai | Maṇirangu | Ādi |
15 | Annaiyarhaḷ | Tōḍi | Ādi |
16 | Annamē idu enna māyam | Sāmā | Ādi |
17 | Anṛē nān | Madhyamāvati | Roopakam |
18 | Antaram maṇanda | Kalyāṇi/Bilahari | Ādi |
19 | Ārāyirukkum enrarindu vārāyōḍi | Roopakam | |
20 | Āṛi pōhudē | Tōḍi | |
21 | Aṛivēn aṛindēn | Khamāch | Tishra Tripuṭa |
22 | Ārooḍham onṛu | Kalyāṇi | Ādi |
23 | Ārukkum teriyādōḍi pōḍi | Tōḍi | Ādi (tishra gati) |
24 | Ashaindāḍum mayil | Simhendramadhyamam | Ādi |
25 | Āshaiyinai pāraḍi | Madhyamāvati/Maṇirangu | Ādi |
26 | Avarāha varuvārō | Sarasvati | Ādi |
27 | Avatāram shree | Kēdāram | Ādi |
28 | Āyiram shollaḍi | Pantuvarāḷi | Roopakam |
29 | Āyiram tān shollaḍi | Khamāch | Mishra Chāpu |
30 | Ayyan oorvalam | Ānandabhairavi | Ādi |
31 | Azhahiya dvārakaiyai | Sāvēri | Ādi |
32 | Brndāvanam enbadillaiyō | Kurunji | Ādi |
33 | Daksha yāgam enṛu | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi |
34 | Darishanam tandē | Ārabhi | Ādi |
35 | Dōshamirundāl aruḷa vēṇḍum | Pantuvarāḷi | Ādi |
36 | Dwārakai enbadu | Chenchurutti | Ādi |
37 | Ēdaḍi Ēdaḍi | Bhairavi | Ādi |
38 | Edir koṇḍazhaittu vandār | Bilahari | Ādi |
39 | Ellaiyillāda | Aṭhāṇā | Ādi |
40 | Ēn ingē vandu | Tōḍi | Ādi |
41 | Enakkum aruḷineerō | Māyāmaḷavagowḷa | Ādi |
42 | Enda paḍi ānālum | Kalyāṇi/Vasanta | Ādi |
43 | Enda samarttai kaṇḍu | Bhairavi | Ādi |
44 | Enda vidamāhilum | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
45 | Engē engēyaḍi | Madhyamāvati | Ādi |
46 | Engum illāda atishaya | Shreeranjani | Roopakam |
47 | Engum illādoru piḷḷai | Aṭhāṇā | Ādi |
48 | Ennadān kōpam | Kāmbhōdhi | Mishra Chāpu |
49 | Ennadān shollaḍi | Yadukulakāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
50 | Ennadān shonnālum | Sāvēri | Ādi |
51 | Eṇṇamellam | Kummi | |
52 | Ennatai shonnālum | Vāchaspati | Mishra Chāpu |
53 | Ennatān shonnēn | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
54 | Ennattai sholvēnaḍi | Husēni | Ādi |
55 | Eṇṇi pāraḍi | Kānaḍā | Ādi |
56 | Eṇṇinālum paravashamāhudē | ||
57 | Ēnō inda niṣhi vēḷai | Khamāch | Ādi |
58 | Eṭṭa irundu pēshum | Rāgamālika | Ādi |
59 | Ettanai tuṇivaḍā | ||
60 | Ettanaiyum shollaḍi | Husēni | Ādi |
61 | Gambheera naḍaiyōḍu | Ānandabhairavi | Ādi |
62 | Gati neerē gurudēva | Kalyāṇi | Mishra Chāpu |
63 | Gōkula māmaṇiyē | Neelāmbari | Ādi |
64 | Idu paḷḷi yāmāshān | ||
65 | Idudān teriyumō | Chakravākam | Mishra Chāpu |
66 | Iduvē enakku | Ārabhi | Ādi |
67 | Illai illai illaiyamma | Mōhanam | Ādi |
68 | Inda vazhi | Ānandabhairavi | Ādi |
69 | Innum mayakkudu svāmi | Keeravāṇi | Ādi |
70 | Innum vara | Yadukulakāmbhōdhi | Mishra Chāpu |
71 | Inṛu unakkupanayanam | Suraṭi | Ādi |
72 | Ippaḍiyum ōr piḷḷai | Rāgamālika | Khaṇḍa Chāpu |
73 | Ippaḍiyum oru deivamā | Kalyāṇi | Roopakam |
74 | Ittanai parivu | Shuddhasāvēri | Roopakam |
75 | Ittanaiyum poi | Kalyāṇi | Roopakam |
76 | Ivan tān ivan tānē | Vasanta | Ādi |
77 | Jagamengum puhazhum | Aṭhāṇā | Ādi |
78 | Kaḍaindāḷē tayir | Shreeranjani | Ādi |
79 | Kaḍi kamazhum malar shoozha | ||
80 | Kadir ēghum | Āhiri | Mishra Chāpu |
81 | Kālangaḷ ariyāda karuṇaiyin veedu | ||
82 | Kālattai marandadennamō | ||
83 | Kallukkuḷḷē tērai | ||
84 | Kalyāṇa kōlāhalamē | Kēdāram | Ādi |
85 | Kalyāṇamē | Kuranji | Khaṇḍa Ēkam |
86 | Kāṇāda atishaya piḷḷai | Shreeranjani | Ādi |
87 | Kaṇḍum kāṇādadu | Rāgamālika | Ādi |
88 | Kāṇeerē kanjamalar | Khamāch | Ādi |
89 | Kaṇhaḷum pōdādē | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi |
90 | Kanjikku eedāhumā | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi |
91 | Kāṇṇā ezhundirum | Bhoopāḷam | Ādi |
92 | Kaṇṇallavō svāmi | Suraṭi | Ādi |
93 | Kaṇṇan piṛandadai | Kēdāram | Ādi |
94 | Kaṇṇan varuhinṛa | Chindu | Ādi (tishra gati) |
95 | Kaṇṇanō | Simhēndramadhyamam | Roopakam |
96 | Kāyāmbu vaṇṇarē nillum | Maṇirangu | Ādi |
97 | Koḍukka kaṇṇan irukka | Ārabhi | Ādi |
98 | Koḷḷai malivāchēḍi | Khamāch | Ādi |
99 | Konjamēnum poruttiḍavē vēṇum | Shahānā | |
100 | Konjum mazhalai | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
101 | Kuzhal oodi manam | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
102 | Kuzhalē nee enna | Arabhi | Ādi |
103 | Mādhavanai mun nirutti | Rāgamālika | Khaṇḍa Roopakam |
104 | Malaiyai tookkinān | Kalyāṇi | Roopakam |
105 | Manadarindō | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
106 | Manattirupadai oḷittumēnō | ||
107 | Mānē avartānē | Ābhōgi | Roopakam |
108 | Manjanam āḍa | Reetigowḷa | Ādi |
109 | Mathurāpuri naharam | Ādi | |
110 | Munamorukāl | ||
111 | Naḍa naḍa naḍa krṣhṇa | Dhanyāsi | Ādi |
112 | Nalladalla enṛu | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi |
113 | Nallatanamāi sholli | Mōhanam | Ādi |
114 | Nān enna tavam | Khamāch | Ādi |
115 | Nanṛāha iru tāyē | Shahānā | Ādi |
116 | Nārāyaṇā enṛu shonnāl | ||
117 | Needān mechi | Shreeranjani | Ādi |
118 | Neela vānam | Punnāgavarāḷi | Ādi |
119 | Neela vaṇṇa kaṇṇanukkum | Mōhanam | Ādi |
120 | Neeyē kaṇ koṇḍu | Khamāch | Ādi |
121 | Nēram konjamum | Kannaḍa | Roopakam |
122 | Nillāmal pōhum | Udayaravichandrika | Ādi |
123 | Ninṛa nilai kaṇḍu | Shuddhasāvēri | Mishra Chāpu |
124 | Ninṛān tanai pōi | Ārabhi | Ādi |
125 | Om namō bhagavatē | Reetigowḷa | Ādi |
126 | Onbadu piḷḷaihaḷ | ||
127 | ōrānnoruvan | Ārabhi | Ādi |
128 | Pachai iḷam | Sāmā | Ādi |
129 | Pārvai onṛē pōdumē | Suraṭi | Ādi |
130 | Paṭṭābhishēkam | Ārabhi | Ādi |
131 | Pattarai māttu pashum ponnāl | ||
132 | Pēsha kēḷeerō | Mōhanam | Ādi |
133 | Pēshādē pōngaḷaḍi | Madhyamāvati | Ādi |
134 | Piranda pōdē pēshinān | ||
135 | Pōḍi pōḍi ahankāri | Khamāch | Ādi |
136 | Pōdum pōdum kaṇṇa | Sāranga | Ādi |
137 | Pōha viṭṭu | Reetigowḷa | Tishra Tripuṭa |
138 | Pollāda piḷḷai | Kharaharapriya | Ādi |
139 | Pooṇool kalyāṇam | Nādanāmakriya | Ādi |
140 | Pōṭṭu vaiyaḍi | Maṇirangu | Mishra Chāpu |
141 | Pulattiyan mun | ||
142 | Putra kāma yāgam | Kāpi | Roopakam |
143 | Rājādhi rāja | Sāvēri | Ādi |
144 | Roopa mangaḷa kishōra | Ānandabhairavi | |
145 | Rukmaṇi kalyāṇa mangaḷam | Suraṭi | Ādi |
146 | Sāmam mudal vēdangaḷai | ||
147 | Shamattu kuṭṭiyaḍi | Mōhanam | Ādi |
148 | Shēdi ellām | Husēni | Mishra Chāpu |
149 | Sheida tavam | Dēvamanōhari | Ādi |
150 | Shenṛa shamattu pōl | Keeravāṇi | Ādi |
151 | Shenṛu vā nee rādhē | Rāgamālika | Roopakam |
152 | Sholli koḍutta | Suraṭi | Ādi |
153 | Sholli tān | Shahānā | Roopakam |
154 | Sholli terivadillayē | Shreeranjani | Ādi |
155 | Shonnadai kēḷ kaṇṇā | Kāmavardhini | Ādi |
156 | Shonnadaikēḷ ayyanē | Nāṭṭai | Ādi |
157 | Shonnāl mangaḷam tarumē | Suraṭi | Ādi |
158 | Shonnālozhiya | Kannaḍa | |
159 | Shree gōvinda nāma | Rāgamālikā | Ādi |
160 | Shuzhanṛu shuzhanṛāḍum | Sāmā | Ādi |
161 | Sogasukāra krṣhṇan | Aṭhāṇā | Ādi |
162 | Svāgatam krṣhṇa | Mōhanam | Ādi |
163 | Tan mukhattu | ||
164 | Tanakku nigarillāda | Maṇirangu | Roopakam |
165 | Tanantaniyāha | Toḍi | Mishra Chāpu |
166 | Tandadāvanam sheiyya | Ārabhi | Ādi |
167 | Tandai nāmam sholla unakku kashṭam | ||
168 | Tāṇḍavam āḍuhinṛānē | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
169 | Tannuḷḷē nanjaḍakki | ||
170 | Taruṇa māmuhil | Ārabhi | Ādi |
171 | Taṭṭi kudittānē kamsan | ||
172 | Tavazhndu tavazhndōḍinān | Harikāmbhōdhi | |
173 | Tāyē un dāmōdara | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi |
174 | Tāyē yashōda | Toḍi | Ādi |
175 | Terōḍum veediyilē | Nāṭṭai | Ādi |
176 | Tōṇuvadillaiyaḍi oṇṇum | Sarasvati | Khaṇḍa Tripuṭa |
177 | Tu tu tu engaḷ | Bilahari | Ādi |
178 | Tuḍukkutanam ellām | Kharaharapriya | Ādi |
179 | Tuḷḷi viḷaiyāḍinān | Navarasakannaḍa | Ādi |
180 | Vāchakamum | Husēni | Ādi |
181 | Vāḍi tōzhi | Ārabhi | Khaṇḍa Aṭa |
182 | Vanda pōdum varāda pōdum | Bhairavi | Ādi |
183 | Vandaduvum ponaduvum | Bilahari | Khaṇḍa Chāpu |
184 | Vandārōḍi | Bilahari | Mishra Chāpu |
185 | Vandavarai vārum | Tōḍi | Ādi |
186 | Vandē piṛandān kaṇṇan | Maṇirangu | Ādi |
187 | Vandu kēṭpārilaiyō | Rāgamālika | Ādi |
188 | Vaṇṇa māḍangaḷ shoozh | ||
189 | Varishai koṇarndu vandār | Aṭhāṇā | Roopakam |
190 | Vasudēvan veeṭṭrirunda | ||
191 | Vērēdum vazhi | Vasanta | Ādi |
192 | Viḍindadu pōḍi pō | Khamāch | Ādi |
193 | Virundonṛu āhudu | Gowrimanōhari | Ādi |
194 | Vishamakkāra kaṇṇan | Chenchurutti | Ēkam |
195 | Viṭṭāram pēshi | Kāmbhōdhi | Mishra Chāpu |
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