Akhilandeswari ~ Dwijavanthi

I feel this Navarathri time is ideal for writing carnatic krithis , which is celebrating "Ambal" in many forms either as Parvathy,Saraswathy or Lakshmi. Its pricking my heart that , I am not able to keep "Golu - Ambalai Goluveetrirukka Seidhal" as I am busy packing things for our "Back 2 India" journey. I am just saying this as the reason cos , I am becoming too lazy to do my regular chores. Sometimes I feel really bad about this.

So lets keep all those things apart and let us come to the main subject. This song always takes me back to my 2nd grade days, as my mom sings this song as a lullaby to my brother who was born then. This is the only song I have heard in the ragam "Dwijavanthi". If somebody who reads this blog have heard any song in Dwijavanthi , please feel free to write it across.Now onto the song,

Song : Akhilandeswari
Lyrics : Muthuswamy Dikshithar
Ragam : Dwijavanthi
Talam : Adi

Dwijavanthi is the janyam of 28th melakartha "Harikambhoji"

Aa: S R2 M1 G3 M1 P D2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 M1 R2 G2 R2 S N2 D2 N2 S

Pallavi :

Akhilandeshwari rakshamam shri (Akhilandeshwari...)
Aagama samprathaya nipune shri

Anupallavi:

Nikhilaloka nithyamike vimale
nirmale shyamale (amba) sakalakale (Akhilandeshwari...)

Charanam:

Lambodhara guruguha boojithe
Lambalakho bhachithe hasithe
vagde vataradhithe varadhe varashailarajanuthe sharadhe
jambari sambhavithe janarthananuthe dwijavanthi raaganuthe
jallimaddhala jhar jhara vadhya nadhamunithe gyanaprathe ( Akhilandeshwari...)


The following is the youtube link for the song by M.S.Subbulakshmi amma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muM-4YufIZg

This is the song I am dedicating for my mom , who is always a music genie to me :)
I love u amma...

Ambalukku en aayiram kodi namaskarangal.