AnandAtmAnubhavam » Humor http://shripathi.com Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:39:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Once more? http://shripathi.com/2006/11/30/carnatic-music/once-is-enough/ http://shripathi.com/2006/11/30/carnatic-music/once-is-enough/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:01:24 +0000 Shripathi http://shripathi.com/?p=30 Someone told me this anecdote about how a singer was singing Sabhapathiku veru dheivam (composition of Gopalakrishna Bharathi in the raga Abhogi) in a concert. The charanam of the song goes like this:

‘Oru tharam Sivachidambaram endre uraithal podhume’

Translation: It’s enough to utter Sivachidambaram once (to attain salvation).

There are a number of sangathis (subtle variations) in this line and it’s repeated a few times. The mridangam vidwan whispered “Oru dhadava sonna podhumnu sollitu naal anju dhadava sollitele”. (You said it was enough to utter it once but you have already uttered it 4 to 5 times).

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