Soorpanaka admiring Sri Rama -"Devano! Manidhan dhano? - Rama Nataka pandal by Bhairavi Venkatesan

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Rama Nataka Paadal "Devano! Manidhan dhano?
Ragamalika
Trisra Eka Talam

(From Bhairavi Venkatesan's LIVE performance under the auspices of Kartik Fine Arts

Nattuvangam - Dr. Sheela Unnikrishnan
Vocal - Sri Srikanth Gopalakrishnan
Mridangam - Sri Guru Bharadwaaj
Violin - Sri Ananthakrishnan
Veena - Sri Ananthanarayanan
Flute - Sri Sruthi Sagar

In this dense forest, who is he, who seems like the personification of beauty? With a hue that resembles dark clouds, with the majesty of a young bull, with his radiating face riveting my heart, with broad shoulders and chest enticing me into the flames of lust, with rapturous arms and legs that invite me into insanity - adorning the robes of an ascetic, he walks in the dense forest!

Is he a mere human? Or a celestial being? Or, may be a young sage? Is he God himself?

He doesn't have three eyes! So, He isn't Lord Shiva! He has no thousand eyes! And, so, He isn't Indra either! With eyes like the tender lotus petals, could he be Keshava himself? I wonder!

He is here with all impeccable qualities of beauty; and there, the frivolous Indra rules the Deva Lokha! Oh! Brahma has erred in intoxication!

Oh! Brahma would have made him appear in the forest just for me! Then, why will I not go and embrace him! Why will I not satiate the purpose of my birth!

Surpanakha, the sister of Ravana, disguised as a beautiful maidan, appeared in front of Sri Rama.

Verses of Sri Arunachala Kavi, set to tune by Vidwan Sri Srikanth Gopalakrishnan.

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