Nallani meni - Purvikalyani ragam - Adi talam - Sri Annamacharya

Week 11 in Sri Annamacharya Sankeertana series: nallani mEni nagavu chUpula vADu in the ragam Purvikalyani set to Adi talam.

This song has been popularized by the great Vidushi “Padmasri” Srirangam Gopalaratnam garu. The way in which she brings the beauty in each sangati both musically and lyrically, by singing with absolute precision and perfect diction, makes her rendition of this song an absolute treat to listen to. I was inspired by her rendition and wanted to sing this song in “A” shruthi which is one shruthi higher than my original. Hope you all like this rendition.

pallavi
nallani mEni nagavu chUpula vADu
tellani kannula dEvuDu

caraNam 1
birusaina danujula pinchhamaNachinaTTi
tirupu kaiduva tODi dEvuDu
saripaDDa jagamella chakka chhAyaku dechchi
teravu chUpinaTTi dEvuDu

caraNam 2
nITagalasinaTTi ninDina chaduvulu
tETa parachinaTTi dEvuDu
pATimAlinaTTi prANula duritapu
tITa rAsinaTTi dEvuDu

caraNam 3
gurutuveTTagarAni guNamula nelakonna
tiruvEnkaTAdripai dEvuDu
tiramuga dhruvuniki divyapadambichchi
terachi rAjannaTTi dEvuDu

In this song, Sri Annamacharya describes the beauty and qualities of Venkateswara swamy. He says that He dispelled the arrogance of demons, recovered Vedas from the sea, and that his good qualities are countless.