Sarasa Sama Dana- Kapinarayani-Adi-Tyagaraja | Ranjani - Gayatri

Ranjani and Gayatri present a sprightly rendition of the lilting Sarasa sama dana in the unusual raga Kapinarayani. This iconic composition of Sadguru Tyagaraja Swamy with the beautiful line "Hitavu maatalento" leads to a lovely neraval exposition, which has been handled beautifully in the past by many legendary musicians. Ranjani Gayatri are joined by L Ramakrishnan on the violin, Manoj Siva on the Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma on the Ghatam and Harini Tipu on Tambura.
Credits:
Musicians: Ranjani - Gayatri, L Ramakrishnan, Manoj Siva, Chandrasekara Sharma, Harini Tipu.
Audio Recording and Mastering: MT Aditya Srinivasan assisted by Sriram Ravi and Sabareesh
Video Team: Vineeth Raghukumar assisted by Dhinesh kumar, Mohammad, Sharmishta, Shanmugam, Manivannan.
Additional Editing: Pramod Gokhale
Thumbnail design: Aravind Madhusoodanan
Venue: Main Auditorium, IIT Madras Research Park.
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sarasa sAma dAna bhEda daNDa catura sATi dEva mevarE brOvavE
parama sAmbhava grEsa ruNDanucu baluku rAvaNuDu teliyalEka pOyE
hitavu mATalentO bAgA balkitivi satamu gAnayOdhya nittu naNTivi
nata sahOdaruni rAju cEsi rAka hatamu jEsitivi tyAgarAjanuta
Gist
O Elegant Lord who is adept in the four-fold actions (of rAja dharma) - conciliation, gift or bribe, creation of dissension and punishment! O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja!
Which God is equal to You?
Deign to protect me.
But, rAvaNa, being the eminent devotee of the great Lord Siva, failed to understand Your words!
You conveyed well a lot of beneficial words; You said that ‘I shall offer even ayOdhyA for ever’; when he (rAvaNa) did not mend his ways even after anointing vibhIshaNa - his brother who supplicated before You - as King of lankA, You ultimately slayed him.

[@Ramesh-ss2gf]

Music at its most pure, spontaneous and devotional..only you can deliver songs with this kind of perfection..thank you RaGa sisters for being so generous to make us hear your music💓

[@lakshmisham4006]

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[@vyasakaveendra7510]

Highly committed sisters to the Carnatic music.God bless them🙏

[@balasubramaniansubramanian3671]

I haven't heard this raga in elaborate form..Superb rendition! The title RaGa sisters is the most appropriate for this pair.

[@balasubramanianmurali5943]

@@balasubramaniansubramanian3671 Sri Madurai Mani Iyer and Sri GNB both had sung this krithi elaborately. Please listen.

[@aiswaryasivaram7924]

@@vyasakaveendra7510 我们自己… 乙,

[@knchak]

I grew up in Mylapore in the 50's and had the absolute pleasure of listening to Sri Mani singing in Kapali Kovil, Theppam and other venues. He made this his trade mark song. Many have sung this song afterwards. But his version is and will always be my favorite. I am listening to this rendition and for the first time in 65 years feel that this is as good as it gets. What a gem ! Just about the best rendition. God bless you. You are not just singing but are upholding a culture, a way of life maintaining a link that has been handed over centuries and uplifting.

[@sidmallya7421]

Wow! How old are you sir, if I may ask?

[@7d2h3an9d8]

Ditto. You've hit the nail on its head ! The violin is superbly played by Thiru Raamakrishnan.

[@venkataramansairam6790]

Sir. You rightly said...,.This was, is and will ever remain brand of Mani Iyer......

[@Sreeprayag]

Blessed you

[@mohannarayanan6580]

Very true.

[@TheSanskritChannel]

Lost count of how many times I heard this song on loop over the last few days! Beyond words to convey my gratitude akkas!🙏🙏

[@Sreeprayag]

Same here sir

[@vidhyasankarasubramanian9887]

I'm being forced to write after listening for 4th time . This rendition is blowing my heart like that a breeze blows a flower . Such is the impeccable rendition of yours . Ranjani mam you execute the neraval so nicely that I'm only smiling listening to it . The alapana is nailed by gayatri mam . Sprightly wonderful swarams and its conversational. Surreal , sumptuous, superb . You look gorgeous in the non contrasting sarees . I love you both endlessly . Thanks for lighting up my full weekend with your blissful voices . Ranjani mam is graceful like goddess lakshmi herself and yes she is . Whereas gayatri mam seems like mother sharada seated and enjoying herself . Radha 😘😍

[@gowridamle1785]

Yes, madhurai Maniiyars kacheri . means we would be waiting to listen to ಸರಸ, ಸಾಮದಾನ and enjoy like anything, so was his devine rendition. Enjoyed now also.

[@veenakrishna5310]

As soulfully as Gayathri madam does the alap, Ranjani madam enjoys with such a pure heart ❤️ Love her expressions of appreciation towards her sister😍

[@vasudevancv8470]

Yes;. "GA" Never takes Nor let go anything lightly and does everything so intensely going upto 200% exerting fully and thus making everyone of us admire and rever her efforts. So, No Surprise when her Mentor-Sister "RA" too enjoying it thoroughly from the closest quarter even while she too is going too deep in a meditation mode while singing.

[@hariharankailasanathan7532]

Bilkul bilkul

[@Hariharan-gg7wg]

I hv heard many times at Trichy. Nandrudaiyan temple where The great Music Mastro Sri Madurai Mani Iyer sang this song It is still green in my memory his neraval and Kalpana Swarah no one can forget even though years hv passed. I am happy to hear from Raha sisters in the same flamboyant way . Long live this song and Raga sisters.

[@drbalajiraman3936]

Outstanding and beautiful RTP in seldom heard Raga Kapinarayani.. splendid indeed 💐👏🙌. The violin 🎻🎻 rendition was top notch and surreal/ mesmerizing. Kudos to all the Vidwans 💐💐👏🙌

[@knowledgeableinvestor.5807]

My memories went back to Madurai Mani days. Raga sisters did full justice to this song.

[@tkumaraswami]

excellent voice control and very rare such wonderful pleasing voice may god wish good health and prosperity.

[@kailasamgs7046]

Wonder whether Ranjani sisters have excelled Madurai Mani Iyer in this .the choice is left to the rasikas .

[@visalakshik.raman.6278]

When the musicians are well matched in their caliber they can give us as much enjoyment as they themselves feel while performing. Great rendition, brisk, sweet, flowing like a pravAham of swaras and mesmerizing to say the least. 🙏 Thank you dear sisters. Be blessed 🙏

[@subramanianvydianathan6333]

அருமை இது தங்களுக்கு பெருமை.பரமனும் ராமனும் உடன் வந்து கேட்டு ஆசி வழங்கினார்கள்.வாழ்க வளமுடன்

[@raghavanrs4382]

Superb... Enthralling...Both violin and Mridangam...Their group...Very sweet..

[@Akshay.Ramanathan]

Such an unexpected gem adding vibrant colours to a Saturday morning! That delectable short alapana, the crystal-clear kriti rendition and the giddy exciting neraval swarams! Totally immersed in JOY

[@michimacho73]

I do not understand much of music, nor can I distinguish one rāga from another, but what I can say for sure is this music opens a dimension within us .... The vibration of this music touches that which is beyond and takes us there 🙏

[@krishnaswamyn3834]

As ever great

[@krishnakumarts123]

Superb by RaGa sisters. Sri Madurai Mani Iyer had left such a stamp on this rendition that it is impossible to not to compare with the ultimate master. Ever RaGa will willingly agree that they are merely paying a homage to MMI. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@harinarayana1383]

my words are not enough to praise the singers and accompaniments. Great rendition of song which as a signature song of Madurai Mani Iyer gaaru. Thanks a lot for sharing this video. Jai Sri Ram. Hari from Hyderabad

[@shoo1963]

There is none other than you that deliver such pure music!! May HIS blessings be always be with you !!!

[@vyasakaveendra7510]

Venue @ IIT Madras itself is highly enlightening. Genuine genius enthusiasts of Carnatic music 🙏🌸

[@shantiaiyer]

These wonderful sisters have such a divine aura, not just the music but their very presence, harmony, the way they interact. Very sublime and uplifting experience. Hope to listen to them in person sometime.

[@SUBHADRAKUMARIKV]

Two persons, single breath !!!

[@ramanivenkata3161]

This Keerthana of Sirguru is one of the Master pieces of Ganakaladharar Sri Madurai Mani Aiyer. Well rendered by these Sisters

[@cuddaloresubramaniam8092]

Both are making Rasikas immersed through her mesmerising rendition

[@ambujalakshminarayanan7397]

Have heard Madurai Mani Iyer and loved it ,now a lovely treat from my favourite sisters excellent soulful rendition .I never thought I could enjoy this song rendered by anybody else.The Godesses proved me wrong. God bless

[@balasubramanianmurali5943]

Sri GNB had sung this krithi elaborately with Kapinarayani ராக aalaapanai in the beginning. Please listen to it.

[@viswambharanviswambharan9471]

Also S Kalyanaraman 🙏🙏🙏(MSG, KRM)

[@ambujalakshminarayanan7397]

Sure Sir thanks

[@srimathis2673]

Divine duo. Thankyou for taking me into a world of pure bliss.

[@raghunathan8625]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful song of great stalwart ranjani Gayatri

[@manils35]

Very nice. Million thanks. By the way it's first time both of you are having different colour sarees.

[@Music_Of_Dhyani]

God's creative persons Child of god's I'm also a professional singer but, you are my inspiration Thank you sister's

[@mahavishnunaiker4490]

Sri Ranjini and Gayatri Listening all the time ..from South africa... Sarasa sama.dana and Seethapati khamas. So Beautiful .... We pray you will do more ,so we can continually watch you sing..

[@sharadhavishwanathan8287]

AHAA sooper. 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@mahatimithipati]

this has brought tears to my eyes, beautiful rendition

[@raghuramnochur1147]

The appreciation of each others singing adds to the vibrancy which makes for the overall impact of a concert

[@kpp1950]

Super team of accompanying artistes

[@sudhagars1955]

As days are moving Affection to your music and admiration gets increasing too much Don't know why Is because of your soulful music both I would like to ask one request Akkas You may remember Pt.jasraj Bathma Vibhushan please sing darbari Canada "mata kalika" briefly It made me to cry literally I would like to here from your voice ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@sudhagars1955]

You sang already but I want you to sing it as 30 minutes long Explore each and every emotions of "mata kalika" song please

[@anumohanvadlapatla]

Very fortunate to listen this great song ! How greatly you both sang ! I express enough in words ….. Stay blessed 🕉

[@prabharabindranath6671]

Music with devotion 🙏

[@momthegreatest]

❤❤❤ great

[@grantbudagian9652]

OUM🙏 Big respect to the sisters!!! Carnatic music is DIVINE... keep on doing great musiq.🙏 My blessings to Ranjani - Gayatri 🙏

[@mukundr5725]

I have heard madurai mani ji sing this. Ji you both singing this emotion just chokes throat. Just chokes. Omg. Aha

[@slakshminarasimhan5916]

*So nice & pranams to ,my fav my ranjani gayatri sisters*

[@shruthinagaraj5563]

Wow 🙏🙏😇👏👏👏 beautiful sister very meditative 🙏😇

[@swaminathannagarajan940]

Ghandharva gaanam. Vibrant. Blissful. Lifts your soul to a star studded and full moon illuminated akaash and leaves u there. ( Don't want to come down.) A throaty SHABBASH from a humble rasika.

[@HaardikGanesan]

WoW!!!

[@premkumart.n.5499]

I just listened this composition ❤❤❤. Thanks alot. No words to express.

[@padmav9405]

Very good rendition. God bless the sisters 🙏

[@gopaldas3823]

Oh God. Are you singing as aastan Vidhusis in Sri Vykunta Or Kailasa Or what? God bless you both.

[@cgjanardhan8372]

I always enjoy, both sister's performances. God bless you both 🙏

[@narasimhamurthy1957]

Excellent rendering both took me into other devine world

[@jayasrisitaramen7704]

Very well sang. ❤❤😊😊

[@khushigangwar2798]

i have just started listening indian classical music , just today with zero knowledge of rags and tals but now i know what i was misssing , i am 17 years old girl , i have listened pop music , k pop music , hip hop , jazz etc but this is so premium piece of music , it is soulfull , peacefull . it is divine ☺

[@gopalakrishnankurup9999]

Keep listening to the veterans in Carnatic music to become a legendary musician as you are young enough to achieve the capability of top level artists, I believe !!

[@khushigangwar2798]

@@gopalakrishnankurup9999 thanku for inspiring me but i am a jee aspirant and i do singing just as hobbie only

[@tsriramamurty8520]

LET LORD SRI HARI BESTOWS HEALTH WEALTH AND PROSPERITY FOR YOU BOTH. ALL THE BEST

[@sankaranlalgudi7283]

MMIyer’s master piece.Simply grand. Violin adds a little more flavour. Lalgudi.K.Sankaran.

[@bjmnprm]

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@lalithasundararaman1691]

A feast for music lovers

[@vijaydevyale4950]

Fantastic

[@manasaadusumilli]

Running out of adjectives for this rendition🙂 Now I'm desperate to know which kutcheri this is from😄

[@nirupamasundar3570]

Awesome akkas 🙏🏻😃👏

[@krishnabhat1606]

🙏🙏 Super singing well supported by violin and Mridangam 🙏

[@Sreeprayag]

Really beautifully presented. So sweet Kapinarayani

[@navneethsundaresan6970]

Ahaa. Through this rendition, got a feel of Madurai Mani Iyer singing this Kirthanam with Pazhani Subramanya Pillai. With that majesty, both akka's have sung the Kirthanam.

[@georgefullbattery9085]

They are so perfect

[@nagabharanapadakannaya6915]

Outstanding performance by all. specially ramakrishnan jii ❤❤ no words about Akkas. Superb try by manoj Shiva ji and chandrashekhar ji. This song made my day. Thank you all 🙏🙏🙏

[@gopalakrishnankurup9999]

A mind blowing covert !!

[@svkrishna4976]

సరస సామ దాన భేద దండ చతుర సాటి దైవమెవరే బ్రోవవే పరమ శాంభవాగ్రేసరుండగుచు బలుకు రావణుడు తెలియ లేక పోయె (సరస) హితవు మాటలెంతో బాగ పల్కితివి సతముగా-నయోధ్య-నిత్తునంటివి నత సహోదరుని రాజు చేసి రాక హతము జేసితివి త్యాగరాజ నుత (సరస)

[@varshinisathiyanarayanan]

And finally after a long time, here is one notification!!! Awesome rendition😍🤩 Always for RaGa❤❤

[@VishalVNavekar]

I really regret how I missed listening this from July 2021 to today!

[@svkrishna4976]

సరస సామ దాన భేద దండ చతుర సాటి దైవమెవరే బ్రోవవే పరమ శాంభవాగ్రేసరుండగుచు బలుకు రావణుడు తెలియ లేక పోయె (సరస) హితవు మాటలెంతో బాగ పల్కితివి సతముగా-నయోధ్య-నిత్తునంటివి నత సహోదరుని రాజు చేసి రాక హతము జేసితివి త్యాగరాజ నుత (సరస)

[@prabhakaranm9243]

Super sir Madurai mani iyer favorite 🎵

[@padmakantheti560]

Brilliantly rendered ! Words are not enough to express my joy on listening to RaGa sisters singing this kriti.. neraval was top class 💕💕💕💕🌺🌸

[@navindaswani7366]

Fantastic

[@kannanmattul4853]

മനോഹരം! ഗംഭീരം!🙏

[@MrNavien]

#RaGa - Pleasant, Vibrant, Immortal Happiness! 🙏🏾❤️

[@gopalarao5413]

In mysore etc in 1947 1957 . My father used to sing at home.(rtd superdntng engnr) murching name before.. after modern style pure originals cleanse

[@_cooljoe]

Such a beautiful raga🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@kpp1950]

என்ன ஓர் இனிமை , இராக ஆலாபனை ‌மிகவும் அருமை.. அதன் பின்னர் இசைத்த வயலின் கலைஞர்.‌ அதற்குப் பிறகு உங்கள் குரலில் ‌நான் கேட்டது ....சொல்ல வார்த்தைகள் இல்லை. அன்றைய நாளில் தியாகராஜர் ‌வியந்த ஸ்ரீ இராமனை‌‌ உங்கள் குரலில் இன்றும் ‌கண்டேன்.

[@arsraindi]

eloquently rendered.......the bhavam and intensity of the song is conveyed elegantly. Loved it!!. A small correction- Hitavu maatlento baaga PALIKITIVI, it's not BALIKITIVI for example in the Ramadasu krithi, it is PALUKE bangaramaayena, not BALUKE. If you translate in tamil, evvalo nalla vidhama SOLLI parthalum avanukku(Raavananukku).....you will not sing it as evvalo nalla vidhama JOLLI parthalum avanukku. May be for non-telugu speakers it doesn't make much difference, but as the neraval is brilliantly established in this charanam, for telugu speakers it definitely makes odd to hear. As a duo, you have been singing Marathi Abhangs, Kannada krithis and Hindusthani music at best, I hope the telugu lyrics should be no different.

[@sreedharnagendraayyalaraju1934]

పలుకుట, బలుకుట రెండూ శుద్ధమైనవే . తప్ప లేదు.

[@vijaydevyale4950]

Excellent really

[@sukanyasuki7218]

Beautiful👏👏👏👏

[@subramaniamsharma8060]

Simply spellbinding!!

[@lakshmijanardhana3983]

Seeing them for the 1st time with no contrast saree. 🙂🙂

[@manils35]

True. Even in old age, I also observed it. They are always mirror images.

[@ramakrishnaraogaddamanugu5829]

🙏🙏🙏

[@kuppu.rramanathan2729]

Fantastic

[@nagarajramamurthy5253]

ideal sisters ever❤️ i'm watching mainly for ranjani mam's 'aaha' to her younger sister. Is that harini mam on thambura.

[@paalmuru9598]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Vanakkam 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@chidambaramkavassery8735]

Fantastic Raga Bhavam

[@chitrasherman1990]

Etheral singing

[@svkrishna4976]

సరస సామ దాన భేద దండ చతుర సాటి దైవ మెవరె బ్రోవరే పరమ శాంభవాగ్రేసరు( డగుచు బల్కు రావణు(డు తలియలేకపోయె హితవు మాటలెంతో బాగ బల్కితివి సతముగా నయోధ్య నిచ్చే నంటివి నత సహోదరుని రాజు( జేసిరాక హతము జేసితివి త్యాగరాజనుత

[@ranganathsairaksha7170]

Thank you for making us re visit what was the legendary madhurai mani iyer s visiting card

[@santhiganapathy8895]

Awesome 🙏🙏🙏👍

[@vish2553]

Literally it is an elaborate tribute to Sri Madhurai Mani Iyer. Thanks 🙏

[@kanagarajana1227]

100 தடவை கேட்டாலும் தெவிட்டாத கானம் 👍👍👍👍

[@lekhanirvana5334]

Énduku radu

[@flyingshuttle6831]

Magicians 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hemasuresh2040]

Second

[@seshadri_channel]

Hats off to you sisters,for innovative swara prasthanas along with usual melody presented in this fastly rendered kruthi of Saint Thyagaraja.Thankyou Sisters for sharing. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ravirajasekharuni]

Music just flows effortlessly from these sisters. They sing to the highest standards and bring the authenticity of the original Thyagaraja's Kritis. Extraordinary rendition. God bless the sisters.

[@michimacho73]

Wooooow no words..... Astonishing divine pure music ... Sarasvatī manifesting through this blessed ladies 🙏

[@raghavanrajuiyer8311]

Both are made for each other in their style of perfect rendition. MMI has remarkably sung this now this Duo made it. God bless both of you.

[@GOODMEALTASTESGOOD]

What a stupid algorithm to display adds in the middle of an outstanding concert.

[@jakuvenky]

Unforgettable GNB ‘S song. You both have surpassed in neraval and rendering. Bless you both 🙏🙏

[@sivagamidhandapani1477]

சரஸ்வதியால் ஆசீர்வதிக்கப்பட்ட குரல் இருவருக்குமே மனதிறக்கு மிக மிக சந்தோஷமாக இருக்கிறது 👍👍👌👌

[@venugopalkrishnan1798]

When you talk about Sara’s Samadhaana, it reminds us of Shri Madurai Mani Iyer. His wizardry is matchless. RaGa have created a magical feel, but I would still rate Mani Iyer version is beyond comparison!!!!!