Re: philosoraptor's rAgam watch: nILAmbari
Pranams,
Thank you for your kind words.
nILAmbari is just a sweet, wholesome rAgam that it is hard to discuss my appreciation for it in words. My prototype song for this is M.S. Subbulakshmi's rendition of "tolliyunu" which, again, is just unbelievably sweet. It really sounds like a lullaby, the way she sings it. I was always puzzled at the lyric "shrI ranga shishuvu" when I always imagined the Lord of Sri Rangam in great grandeur and opulence (I had the great fortune to have His darshan about 6-7 years ago). Some translators say it is Baby Krishna being referred to by the name of the Lord of Sri Rangam, while others have it as the Sri Ranganath being visualized as the infant crocked in the cradle suspended by four chains which are the four vedas. It finally occurred to me - what mood of vAtsalya the poet-composer-par-excellence Sri Annamaachaarya must have had to sing like this!
Philosoraptor
"Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something." - Plato
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