TULASI KRUTHIS

 TULASI KRUTHIS

 Songs on sacred Tulasi


According to Vishnu puraaNa, when the ocean was churned, Lakshmi appeared and chose totally unmoved Mahaa vishnu as husband

When the churning continued, Tulasi appeared and she too chose Vishnu as consort.


But, Vishnu could not accept her as he ,as in his Raama avatar later, was also aeka-pathni vrathan,


Out of compassion, Vishnu declared that tulasi is dear to him for her devotion and hence she will be used by devotees in their poojas as the main flower


it is auspicious and fragrant.


Thulasi being very easily accessible to the common people, is a proxy for worshipping Lakshmi.


vishNu bestowed boon to tuLasi – You will be worshipped by everyone; You will be worn on everybody’s head; You will be worthy of my worship and respect.”

...


M S Subbulakshmi -


Tulasi Dalamulache - Mayamalavagaula -

https://youtu.be/6aFFa6fHoiY?si=36cL8RiYZ--yZjvV

Gist

I shall joyously worship with tulasI leaves.

For a long time, I shall always joyously worship the holy feet of the Supreme Lord with tulasI leaves.

In this birth on the Earth, I shall joyously worship Lord SrI rAma –dharmA embodied, resident of ayOdhyA town, extolled by this tyAgarAja,

with these best fragrant flowers - lotus, punnAga, campaka, pATala, henna, oleander, jasmine, and tulasI leaves.................

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Thyagaraja kruthis on Thulasi


1.

amma Ravamma

....kalyani raagam

2.

Tulasi Jagajjanani

....saaveri raagam

3.

Tulasi Bilva 

...kedara gowla


4

Devi Sri Tulasamma

....Mayamalavagaula


5.

Sritulasamma

Devagandhari

....


....


Sriram,v


Tyagaraja (1767-1847) has probably left behind the largest corpus of songs in praise of Tulasi.

Among these

Amma Ravamma (Kalyani) is perhaps the most popular.

https://youtu.be/Cyo2X_U5Tvg?si=D_C2tkmnn3MObcYg

"Amma Ravamma-

Kalyani- 

Alathur Brothers"

vishNu bestowed boon to tuLasi – You will be worshipped by everyone; You will be worn on everybody’s head; You will be worthy of my worship and respect.” (Translation by Anna – in Tamil) (retranslated to English)..,.,

Tulasi Jagajjanani (Saveri), was a favourite of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer’s and his elaborate treatment of the song in his Music Academy concert of 1967 (Tyagaraja’s bi-centenary) stands out. This song describes the greatness of Tulasi and states that the root of the Tulasi is like Vaikunta (the abode of Vishnu) for all rivers, while the stalk is the abode of the Gods and the tip is where the Vedas and the scriptures reside.

"Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer -

tuLasI jagajjananI

 duritApahAriNI 

- sAvEri - 


https://youtu.be/PmBONp6KLjY?si=4ZL7D0bpvrDe7HZZ

..........

Tulasi Dalamulache (Mayamalavagaula) 

is really not so much on Tulasi as it is on the worship of the Lord..


Another song in this category is

Tulasi Bilva 

(Kedara Gaula ) 

which again describes the worship of the Lord with several flowers.

The Alathoor Brothers made it their own.

Tulasi Bilva-

KedaraGowla

Alathoor Brothers-

https://youtu.be/usAGRf825Ak?si=gJMRLdIZc_mz1qfD

.......

Coming back to songs on Tulasi, Tyagaraja gave us two more,


Devi Sri Tulasamma (Mayamalavagaula,)

 and

 Sritulasamma 

(Devagandhari,), 

but these are rarely heard in concerts.

( courtesy..sriramv)

.....


Devi Sri Tulasamma -

 Mayamalavagaula -

https://youtu.be/8Nw6pZ_wtnI?si=fC5wRVY30yqKuMi2

...

Gist

O dEvi! O Mother SrI tuLasi! O Our Mother!

O Sanctifier! O Great dEvi!

O Mother praised by this tyAgarAja!

This indeed is the opportune moment to protect me (us).

brahmA, indra and others are effulgent because of their devotion to You.

Without You, Lord Siva and Lord vishNu don’t like lotus and other flowers.

Sanctified water, served (or partaken) without You, is called ‘water’ only – (not sanctified water).

Without You, nothing could balance Lord SrI hari on the scale.

(Simply refers to a story ..of how tulasi leaf, added to one side of thulam, is so weighty, due to its being pure and devoted).

Without You, does anyone call a garland 'vanamAla'?

Who is equal to You?

This indeed is the opportune moment to protect me (us).



Tulasamma

Devagandhari


..R Vedavalli-

Shri Tulasamma Mayinta-

 Devagandhari- 

.

https://youtu.be/rY7bdmsorPg?si=wmhu8kYmNFT1Ogiy


SRÍ TULASAMMA MAYINTA" (DévagAndhar!)


Oh Mother Lovely Tulasi! 

Take your abode in my

house. 

Who is your equal in this world ? Come with the Lord in hand, adorned with high class gold jewels, clad in lace sarees, with graceful looks, and spelling prosperity.

Come, adorned with pearl-necklaces dangling on you surrounded by damsels praising you, and by sages and

rulers of the globe in all directions praying to you, while the Lord looks at you with love.

Oh Protector of Tyágaràja, I worship you with all the sweet-scented flowers.

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INDEX

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  INDEX 3 alakalallalADaga - madhyamAvati https://thyagaraja-kirtans.blogspot.com/p/alakalallaladaga-madhyamavati.html 4 amma rAvamma - kalyANi https://thyagaraja-kirtans.blogspot.com/p/amma-ravamma-kalyani.html 5 anAthuDanu - jinglA https://thyagaraja-kirtans.blogspot.com/p/anathudanu-jingla.html 6 anupama guNa - aThANa https://thyagaraja-kirtans.blogspot.com/p/anupama-guna-athana.html 7 anurAgamu lEni - sarasvati https://thyagaraja-kirtans.blogspot.com/p/anuragamu-leni-sarasvati.html 8 anyAyamu - kApi https://thyagaraja-kirtans.blogspot.com/p/anyayamu-kapi.html 9 aparAdhamula mAnpi - darbAr https://thyagaraja-kirtans.blogspot.com/p/aparadhamula-manpi-darbar.html 10 aparAdhamulanOrva - rasALi-vanALi-                                          https://thyagaraja-kirtans.blogspot.com/p/aparadhamulanorva-rasali-vanali.html 11 appa rAma bhakti...
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