Narada Ganalola

Composition by Tyaagaraaja

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Title: Narada Ganalola

Composer: Tyaagaraaja

Language: Telugu

Ragas: Athana

Talas: Adi

Sources:

karnatik.com
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Notation (HTML)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Notation (PDF)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Class recording (MP3)
YouTube: Video
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Lyrics

pallavi

narada ganalola natajana paripala

anupallavi

nirada sama nila nirupama guna sila

caraNam

nivu leka e tanuvulu niratamuga naducunu nivu leka e taruvulu nikkamuga molucunu nivu leka e vanalu nityamuga gurucunu nivu leka tyagaraju ni gunamula netu badunu

Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Pallavi:
nArada gAna lOla nata jana paripAla

Anupallavi:
nIrada sama nIla nirupama guNa SIla (nArada)

caraNam:
nIvu lEka(y)E tanuvulu niratamugA naDucunu
nIvu lEka(y)E taruvulu nikkamugA molucunu
nIvu lEka(y)E vAnalu nityamugA kuriyunu
nIvu lEka tyAgarAju nI guNamulan(e)Tu pADunu (nArada)

Meaning Courtesy: Thyagaraja Vaibhavam: http://thyagaraja-
vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/04/thyagaraja-kriti-narada-gana-raga.html

P: O Lord who enjoys (lOla) the songs (gAna) of sage nArada! O Nourisher (paripAla) of those (jana) who
supplicate (nata)!

A: O Dark-blue-hued (nIla) like (sama) the rain cloud (nIrada)! O Lord with peerless (nirupama) virtuous (guNa)
disposition (SIla)!
O Lord who enjoys the songs of sage nArada! O Nourisher of those who supplicate!

C:
Without (lEka) You (nIvu) which (E) (lEkayE) body (tanuvulu) (literally bodies) would ever (niratamugA) move
about (naDucunu) (literally walk)?
Without (lEka) You (nIvu) which (E) (lEkayE) tree (taruvulu) (literally trees) would ever grow (molucunu) so
resolutely (nikkamugA)?
Without (lEka) You (nIvu) how (E) (literally which) (lEkayE) rains (vAnalau) would fall (kuriyunu) unfailingly
(nityamugA)?
Without (lEka) You (nIvu) how (eTu) would this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju) sing (pADunu) your (nI) praises
(guNamulanu) (literally qualities) guNamulaneTu)?
O Lord who enjoys the songs of sage nArada! O Nourisher of those who supplicate!

Pallavi:
nArada gAna lOla nata jana paripAla

Sahityam: nArada gAna lOla
Meaning: O Lord who enjoys (lOla) the songs (gAna) of sage nArada!

sn P   | nn P     M Pnp || M P | pmgm P ;               ||
nA-      ra-da    gA - -   - na  lO- - - la

rsn p    | dn P    M Pnp || M P        | pmgm P ;        ||
nA-        ra-da   gA - -   - na         lO- - - la

Sahityam: nata jana paripAla
Meaning: O Nourisher (paripAla) of those (jana) who supplicate (nata)!

sn P       | mr pm R S       || rmrm | pm – pn pn sr ||
na- ta       ja- na- pa ri      pA- -   - - la - - - - -

sn pd | n-p m r gg rs || rm Pdp | pm – pd ps pr ||
na- ta  ja- na- pa ri    pA- -     - - la - - - - -

sn P     | nn P    M Pnp || M P | pmgm P ;               ||
nA-        ra-da   gA - -   - na  lO- - - la

Anupallavi:
nIrada sama nIla nirupama guNa SIla (nArada)

Sahityam: nIrada sama nIla
Meaning: O Dark-blue-hued (nIla) like (sama) the rain cloud (nIrada)!

; mp | , d P S S             || S ;    | snrs D ;        ||
  nI-    rada sa ma             nI -      - - - la-

; mp | , d P S S             || snrs | nSn D ;           ||
  nI-    rada sa ma             nI -    - - - la-

Sahityam: nirupama guNa SIla (nArada)
Meaning: O Lord with peerless (nirupama) virtuous (guNa) disposition (SIla)!
O Lord who enjoys the songs of sage nArada! O Nourisher of those who supplicate!

sn sr | sr sn      D D       || pDp    | p S n nsrm      ||
ni-ru- pa ma       gu Na        SI--     - - - la- - -

sn sr | sr sn      D D       || pdN    | dn S nsrm       ||
ni-ru- pa ma       gu Na        SI--     - - - la- - -

sn sr | sr sn      D D       || dpdn   | ndns nsrm       ||
ni-ru- pa ma       gu Na        SI--     - - - la- - -

Sahityam: nArada gAna lOla
Meaning: O Lord who enjoys (lOla) the songs (gAna) of sage nArada!

rsn p    | dn P    M Pnp || M P        | pmgm P ;        ||
nA-        ra-da   gA - -   - na         lO- - - la

Sahityam: nata jana paripAla
Meaning: O Nourisher (paripAla) of those (jana) who supplicate (nata)!

sn pd | n-p m r gg rs || rm Pdp | pm – pd ps pr ||
na- ta  ja- na- pa ri    pA- -     - - la - - - - -

sn P      | nn P    M Pnp || M P | pmgm P ;                ||
nA-         ra-da   gA - -   - na  lO- - - la

caraNam:
nIvu lEka(y)E tanuvulu niratamugA naDucunu
nIvu lEka(y)E taruvulu nikkamugA molucunu
nIvu lEka(y)E vAnalu nityamugA kuriyunu
nIvu lEka tyAgarAju nI guNamulan(e)Tu pADunu (nArada)

Sahityam: nIvu lEka(y)E tanuvulu niratamugA naDucunu
Meaning: Without (lEka) You (nIvu) which (E) (lEkayE) body (tanuvulu) (literally bodies) would ever
(niratamugA) move about (naDucunu) (literally walk)?

;D | D-D            ; D     || Pdn D | N – d n , p M ||
 nI vu lE           - ka      (y)E - - - tanu vu lu

;mn | PP            pm G    || rmP | P- pn      dn P       ||
 Nira tamu          gA- -      na-Du cu -       - - nu
(ni - -    tyamu    gA        ni- lu     cu      - - nu)

Sahityam: nIvu lEka(y)E taruvulu nikkamugA molucunu
Meaning: Without (lEka) You (nIvu) which (E) (lEkayE) tree (taruvulu) (literally trees) would ever grow
(molucunu) so resolutely (nikkamugA)?

; M | P – sn D – P          || MpnPN      | pm rm R S ||
  nI vu lE- - ka              (y)E - -      ta- ru- vu lu

nsrm | P P n n p m          || p d N      | ; s D n P ||
ni- - - kkamu gA- - -          mo- lu       - cu- nu-

Sahityam: nIvu lEka(y)E vAnalu nityamugA kuriyunu
Meaning: Without (lEka) You (nIvu) how (E) (literally which) (lEkayE) rains (vAnalau) would fall (kuriyunu)
unfailingly (nityamugA)?

;M | P–S ; S                || snrs    | nSn    DD         ||
 nI vu lE - ka                (y)E-      vA--   na lu

; ns | , r S  rm rm         || sn R | S ;       S S        ||
  Ni- - tyamu gA - -           ku - - ri -      yu nu

Sahityam: nIvu lEka tyAgarAju nI guNamulan(e)Tu pADunu (nArada)
Meaning: Without (lEka) You (nIvu) how (eTu) would this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju) sing (pADunu) your (nI)
praises (guNamulanu) (literally qualities) guNamulaneTu)?

; N | S- G M R              || S ;     | N rs   D D        ||
 nI       vu   lE - ka         tyA-      ga rA - ju

snsr | sr sn        DD      || p D p | p S n n s r m ||
nI--   gu-Na        mula      n(e)Tu- pA-- Du- nu-

Sahityam: nArada gAna lOla
Meaning: O Lord who enjoys (lOla) the songs (gAna) of sage nArada!

rsn p     | dn P    M Pnp || M P       | pmgm P ;          ||
nA-         ra-da   gA - -   - na        lO- - - la

Sahityam: nata jana paripAla
Meaning: O Nourisher (paripAla) of those (jana) who supplicate (nata)!

sn pd | n-p m r gg rs || rm Pdp | pm – pd ps pr ||
na- ta  ja- na- pa ri    pA- -     - - la - - - - -

sn P   | nn P     M Pnp || M P | pmgm P ;               ||
nA-      ra-da    gA - -   - na  lO- - - la