Rupamu Juchi Varnam - Saadhvee Ramakrishnan

The main item of the Bharatanatyam recital is the varnam, which revels in both abstract and expressive aspects of the dance, and builds on the rhythmic, melodic, as well as lyrical aspects of the music. The Varnam presented here is Rupamu Juchi by Saadhvee, student of Deepa Baba Prasad (daughter-in-law of Adyar K. Lakshman). Ragam: Thodi, Talam: Adi Music composer: Muthuswamy Dikshitar Dance composer: Kalakshetra Nattuvangam : Smt. Deepa Baba Prasad Vocal : Shri. A. S. Murali Mridangam : Shri. Baba Prasad Violin : Shri. T. K. Padmanabhan Veena : Shri. Anantha Narayanan rUpamujUci valacivaccitini kOpamu sEturA svAmi intA I approached you with love seeing your beauty. O Lord, can you get angry for this? tapatrayaharuDai veLayuSrI tyAgarAjasvAmi idEmi One who eliminates the three kinds of problems muktAyi svara-sAhitya: EvELanunI caritamulanu niNDAruprEmatO sEviJci nIdu parAkramamulanE bAgumIragA koniyAditini I worship your glory all the time. I cheerfully praised only your valor mArakOTi sundarAkAra One who has the form of thousand beautiful manmadhas gArADamucAlUparAdu Do not perform that trick on me sumaSaramulace marimigulanu nogili valapunilupuTa taguNa taruNamidirA Is this the time now for showering arrows made of flower and causing excessive pain? Please stop. sArEgunu nIdu caraNAlayame mAnasamu nuJcitiga sarasudA ghana taramagu velayu SrI tyAgESvara calamiga valadu valadu brOcuTa karuda Don’t delay to protect me. Your feet is my temple.