Jagadodharana Adisidale Yasode : Purandaradasa

Song: jagadOddhaaraNaa

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jagadOddhaaraNaa 

Raag :kaapi

22 kharaharapriya janya

Aa: S R2 M1 P N3 S
Av: S N2 D2 N2 P M1 G2 R2 S 

taaLam: aadi

Composer: Purandara Daasar
 

Language: KannaDa

pallavi

jagadOddhAraNa ADisidaLe yashOde
(jagadO)

anupallavi

jagadOddhAraNa maganendu tiLiyuta suguNAnta ranganA AdisidaLe yashOde
(jagadO)

caraNam 1

nigamakE silukada agaNita mahimana magugaLa mANikyana ADisidaLa yashOde
(jagadO)

caraNam 2

aNOraNIyana mahatO mahImana apramEyana ADisidaLa yashOde
(jagadO)

caraNam 3

parama puruSana paravAsudEvana purandara vittalana ADisidaLu yashOde
(jagadO)

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Meaning:

pallavi

jagadOddhAraNa ADisidaLe yashOde
(jagadO) 

jagad : the world

uddharana : the one who saves it; ensures that it gets into the right path

adisidalu yasode = yasode played with him

The kriti is all about the mother that Yasode is. And, her innocence in taking her son as her son and not seeing beyond it. Who has got that kind of boon? Who has got this kind of 'bagya'? The great lord, the one who is the saver of the world, who has saved the world in all his 10 avatars, is playing with Yasoda. And, yasode is playing with him purely as her son.

anupallavi

jagadOddhAraNa maganendu tiLiyuta suguNAnta ranganA AdisidaLe yashOde
(jagadO) 

jagad : the world

uddharana : the one who saves it; ensures that it gets into the right path

maganendu tiliyuta = thinking that he is just her son 

sugunanta rangana = the one who is full of virtues, 'end of all suguna tatvas'

adisidalu yasode = yasode played with him  

 

The lord is full of virtues. He is the embodiment of all good characters. He is the one who makes the world a good place to live. He ensures that the demons are killed and the sages are saved. But, Yasode is oblivious to all this. She is playing with him. Just as her son. 

caraNam 1

nigamakE silukada agaNita mahimana magugaLa mANikyana ADisidaLa yashOde
(jagadO) 

nigamake = to the vedas, even for vedas

silukada = not caught by; not available for

aganita = who cannot be counted

mahimana = bigger than

magugala = among the children

manikyana = like a gem

adisidalu yasode = yasode played with him  

 

Yasode is playing with the one whom even the vedas have not really found. He is the one who cannot be counted. He is the one who is bigger than everyone else. He is the one who is a gem amongst the children. But, Yasode is playing with him just as her son and no more than that. 

caraNam 2

aNOraNIyana mahatO mahImana apramEyana  ADisidaLa yashOde
(jagadO) 

anoraniyana = smaller than the 'anu=atom' = smaller than the smallest of the atoms

mahato = big

mahimana = bigger than

aprameyana = unlimited; not measurable 

adisidalu yasode = yasode played with him  

Yasode is playing with the one who is bigger than the biggest things in the world. She is playing with the one who is unlimited and not really measurable. She is playing with the one who is smaller than the smallest of the atoms. She is playing with the one who is all of these but she is playing with him without really knowing who He is. She is playing with him as if he is just her son. 

caraNam 3

parama puruSana paravAsudEvana purandara vittalana ADisidaLu yashOde
(jagadO) 

parama purusana = the best one among men

paravasudevana = who is the God of all the world

purandara vittalana = the vittala at pandarapura; who is being praised by this Purandaradasa

adisidalu yasode = yasode played with him  

He is the best among men. He is the God of all the world. He is the Vittala of Pandarapura. He is the one who is being praised by Purandaradasa now.  But, Yasode played with him without knowing who really He is. She played with him just as a son.  

This "Purandara Vittala" as everyone knows, is Purandaradasa's Mudra. This is similar to Dikshithar's "Guruguha" and Shyama sastri's "Shyama krishna" and Thyagaraja's "Thyagaraja" type of mudras. 

Interesting points : 


1. The story: 


The story is something everyone knows. Yasode never really knew the truth about her son. For her, she is her son. Her child. There were miracles happening all over the place in Gokulam but Yasode was always afraid that something will happen to her precious child. There were so many demons who came there to kill the child. Though all of them were killed in return, Yasode never really put it all together and saw her child for what He was. For her, he was always a child. A really naughty child at that. A child who was almost always upto some mischief. Even when the Lord opened His mouth and showed the entire world to her, He made her forget that and continue as if nothing really happened. 


2. The comparison with "Enna Thavam Seithanai" (tamil song):


The similarities with the "Enna Thavam Seithanai" also in Kaapi Ragam, in tamil, by Papanasam Sivan, is absolutely striking. The bhava is very similar. 


Here, in this song, Purandaradasa  just hints at the innocence of Yasode. Her fierce loyalty to her son, her assumption that her child is just like any other child, her love for Him and the Krishna Leela that flowed in Gokulam are broadly hinted at in this song. Papanasam sivan goes one step further and clearly talks about Yasoda's great boon in having Krishna as her child. 


May be, Papanasam Sivan was inspired by this Purandaradasa's kriti. If someone who knows these great Vaggeyakkara's life can explain, it would be my pleasure.


God may be the greatest of all men. He may be smaller than the smallest atom and bigger than the biggest things in the world. He may be the saviour of the world. But, He is still Krishna and He is still the son to her mother. And, what a great soul Yasode was! Who can get a life like this!!

1. MS Subbulakshmi : 

2. Sudha Ragunathan

3. KV Narayanaswami

4. Some media fire links :

www.mediafire.com/?02qgjqvojd0m :   MS Subbulakshmi

www.mediafire.com/?fm0odwgi0nz : Not sure who this is

www.mediafire.com/?rmjnzdlmwz  : Not sure who this is


http://www.mediafire.com/?4zwnqgvomy5 Lalgudi Jayaraman

 

 Note : The kriti lyrics and the details about the kriti have been taken from Karnatic.com