Raga Shilpa l Muttuswami Dikshitar 250 l Episode 6 - Vibhakti & Avarana l Sriram Parasuram l MOPA

For optimal audio quality, please turn off YouTube’s “Stable Volume” in the video settings. MOPA brings you the sixth and concluding episode of its lecture series, Raga Shilpa. The navavarana and vibhakti groups of compositions, each centered on specific deities and thematic frameworks, reveal Muttuswami Dikshitar’s mastery of Sanskrit grammar and prosody. Through the progression of grammatical cases, he unfolds successive layers of meaning, allowing linguistic structure to become an integral part of the musical and philosophical design. In the final episode of this series, Dr Sriram Parasuram explores the elegance of Dikshitar’s Sanskrit and the remarkable way in which word, meaning, melody and form become facets of a single, meticulously conceived whole. At the end of the episode, KS Vishnudev renders the composition 'kamalamba samrakshatu' in the raga Anandabhairavi, with Praveen Sparsh on the mrdangam. This series has been made possible with the support of Brakes India Private Limited. shrI nAthAdi - mAyAmALavagowLa - Adi - guruguha vibhakti krti [03:17] tyAgarAjAya namastE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - tyAgarAja vibhakti krti [18:55] kamalAmbA samrakshatu - Anandabhairavi - mishra chApu - kamalAmbA navAvaraNa krti [28:07] shrI abhayAmbA - shrI - Adi - abhayAmbA vibhakti krti [33:15] nIlOtpalAmbikAyAh param - gowLa - rUpakam - nIlOtpalAmbA vibhakti krti [42:36] madhurAmbA jayati - paraju - mishra chApu - madhurAmbA vibhakti krti [49:00] rAmachandram bhAvayAmi - vasantA - rUpakam - rAma vibhakti krti [54:25] kamalAmbA samrakshatu - Anandabhairavi - mishra chApu - kamalAmbA navAvaraNa krti [01:02:03] ©2026 MOPA Foundation All Rights Reserved