Alakalalla

Lyrics

Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Pallavi:
alakalalla lADaga gani A rANmuni yeTu pongenO

Anupallavi:
celuvu mIraganu mArIcuni mada manacuvEla

Charanam:
muni kanu saiga delisi shivadhanuvunu viricE
samayamuna tyAgarAja vinutuni mOmuna ranjillu

Meaning: (Courtesy: Thyagaraja Vaibhavam website:
http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.in/2009/03/tyagaraja-kritis-alphabetical-list.html )

Gist
I wonder how viSvAmitra – that royal sage – exulted beholding the curls shining in the face of SrI rAma –
the Lord praised by this tyAgarAja - being tossed about with exceeding beauty, -
(a) when subduing the arrogance of mArIca, and
(b) when, understanding the eye signal of the sage, He broke the bow of Lord Siva!

P: I wonder how (eTu) viSvAmitra – that (A) royal (rATTu) sage (muni) (rAN-muniyeTu) – exulted
(pongenO) beholding (kani) the (Lord’s) curls (alakalu) being tossed about (allalADaga)
(alakalallalADaga)!

A: I wonder how viSvAmitra – that royal sage – exulted beholding the Lord’s curls being tossed about
with exceeding (mIraganu) beauty (celuvu),
at the time (vELa) of subduing (aNacE) the arrogance (madamu) (madamaNacE) of mArIca
(mArIcuni)!

C: I wonder how viSvAmitra – that royal sage – exulted beholding the curls, shining (ranjillu) in the
face (mOmuna) of SrI rAma – the Lord praised (vinuta) (vinutuni) by this tyAgarAja, being tossed
about,
at that time (samayamuna) when, He, understanding (telisi) the eye (kanu) signal (saiga) of the sage
(muni), broke (viricE) the bow (dhanuvunu) of Lord Siva!

Pallavi:
alakalalla lADaga gani A rANmuni yeTu pongenO

Sahityam: alakalalla lADaga gani
Meaning: … How Vishwamitra … exulted (pongenO) beholding (kani) the (Lord’s) curls (alakalu)
being tossed about (allalADaga) (alakalallalADaga)!

PM       |R rr snP         || n s R | R R r s R       ||
A la      kal lla- - - -      lA - - Daga ga-ni

PM      | R p m r s n p || n s R | R R r s R            ||
A la      kal lla- - - - - lA - - Daga ga-ni

Sahityam: A rANmuni yeTu pongenO
Meaning: I wonder how (eTu) viSvAmitra – that (A) royal (rATTu) sage (muni) (rAN-muniyeTu)
exulted …–

srmr    | r m p m P P || n n P         | p m p m r s r m ||
A- -    rA - - - Nmuni ye- Tu           pon- - - ge- nO-

PM      | R p m r s n p || n s R | R R r s R            ||
A la      kal lla- - - - - lA - - Daga ga-ni

s r m r | r m p m P P || p n s r        |snsn       pmpn      ||
yA - -    rA - - - Nmuni ye- Tu         pon- - -    ge- nO-

s n p m | R p m r s n p || n s R | R R r s R            ||
A- la-    kal lla- - - - - lA - - Daga ga-ni

r m r m | p m p n p n s r || s n s r     |snsn        p m p n ||
A - - - rA - - - Nmu-ni- ye- Tu          pon- - -     ge- nO-

Anupallavi:
celuvu mIraganu mArIcuni mada manacuvEla

Sahityam: celuvu mIraganu
Meaning: I wonder how viSvAmitra – that royal sage – exulted beholding the Lord’s curls being tossed
about with (alakallaladaga) …
… exceeding (mIraganu) beauty (celuvu),

;rr     | R- R ; R        || s r r m | s R s s n s n    ||
celu      vu mI - ra         ga- nu- mA- - rI- - -

SS      | ;;     ;;       || n s r s | s n n p m p n s ||
cuni      --     - -          ---- - --- -- --

;rr     | R- R ; R        || s r r m | s R s s n s n    ||
celu      vu mI - ra         ga- nu- mA- - rI- - -

SS      | ;;     ;;       || m p n s | r m r s n p n s ||
cuni      --     - -         ----      - --- -- --

;rr     | R- R ; R        || s r r m | s R s   S ;      ||
celu      vu mI - ra         ga- nu- mA- -     rI -

Sahityam: mArIcuni mada manacuvEla
Meaning: … at the time (vELa) of subduing (aNacE) the arrogance (madamu) (madamaNacE) of
mArIca (mArIcuni)!

sRs     | n S n p m p n || p n Srs | n r s n p m p n ||
cu-ni     ma-da ma- na- cu - - - vE - - - - - la -

s n p m | R p m r s n p || n s R | R R r s R            ||
A- la-    kal lla- - - - - lA - - Daga ga-ni

r m r m | p m p n p n s r || s n s r      |snsn       p m p n ||
A - - - rA - - - Nmu-ni- ye- Tu           pon- - -    ge- nO-

Charanam:
muni kanu saiga delisi shivadhanuvunu viricE
samayamuna tyAgarAja vinutuni mOmuna ranjillu

Sahityam: muni kanu saiga delisi
Meaning: He (Rama), understanding (telisi) the eye (kanu) signal (saiga) of the sage (muni), …

PM       |PR         MR      || r m- p m | n n p m       r m p m ||
muni      kanu       sai-       ga - de- li - si -      shi- va-

P;       | ;;        ;;      || m p n p    |snpm        r s r m ||
--         --        --         - - - -     - - --      -- - -

PM       |PR         MR      || r m- p m | n n p m       r m p m ||
muni      kanu       sai-       ga - de- li - si -      shi- va-

Sahityam: shiva-dhanuvunu viricE
Meaning: … broke (viricE) the bow (dhanuvunu) of Lord Siva! …

nnP    |nnM PR               || r m p n   | pm – P      N S        ||
dha-nu vu-nu vi ri              cE- - -     di- sa      ma ya

Sahityam: samayamuna tyAgarAja vinutuni mOmuna ranjillu
Meaning: I wonder how viSvAmitra – that royal sage – exulted beholding the curls, …
… shining (ranjillu) in the face (mOmuna) of SrI rAma –
… the Lord praised (vinuta) (vinutuni) by this tyAgarAja, being tossed about,
at that time (samayamuna) when,

R R      |    R ;     ; R || s r r m       | sRs       S S         ||
mu na        tyA -    - ga   rA - - -        ju - -    vinu

sRs      | n Sn       p m p n || p n Srs | n r s n      pmpn            ||
tu- ni     mO- -      mu - na- ran- - -    - - jil-     - - lu-

s n p m | R p m r s n p || n s R | R R r s R            ||
A- la-    kal lla- - - - - lA - - Daga ga-ni

r m r m | p m p n p n s r || s n s r      |snsn       p m p n ||
A - - - rA - - - Nmu-ni- ye- Tu           pon- - -    ge- nO-