Mela-s 7 - 12 : Netra Chakra 7. सेनापति sēnāpati देवसेनापति-जनक नीलग्रीव सेवकजन- पोषण | dēvasēnāpati-janaka nīlagrīva sēvakajana- pōṣaṇa | O Father of Subrahmanya , who is the commander of the army of the gods ! O Blue - throated one ! O One who nurtures people who serve you ! 8. हनुमतोडि hanumatōḍi हनुमतो डिण्डिमभवं स्तुवतः सुतनुमतोSददा भूतिभूषण | hanumatō ḍiṇḍimabhavaṁ stuvataḥ sutanumatōSdadā bhūtibhūṣaṇa | One wearing sacred ash as an adornment ! Pleased with his devotion, you therefore gave a powerful, wonderful body to Hanuman , who praises Bhava holding a small drum . 9. धेनुका dhēnukā भानुकोटि-संकाश महेश धेनुकासुर-मारक-वाहन | bhānukōṭi-saṁkāśa mahēśa dhēnukāsura-māraka-vāhana | O One whose appearance is like countless suns in splendour ! O Great Lord ! O One whose vehicle is Vishnu, the slayer of the demon Dhenuka ...
NAADHOPAASANA From a nice blog by suresh https://sureshs65music.blogspot.com/2007/02/versatility-of-tyagaraja-part-2.html . Quote follows. . Lets turn to another subject which was close to Tyagaraja's heart. No prizes for guessing. Music. He probably was the only composer who had composed krithis on music itself. The famous ones include ' Sogasuga Mridanga Talamu ' in Sriranjani, ' Naada Suda Rasam ' in Aarabhi, ' Nada Tanumanisham ' in Siddaranjani, ' Raga Sudha Rasa ' in Andholika, " Sangeetha Sastra Gnanamu ' in Mukahri, ' Sitavara Sangita Gnanamu ' in Devaghandari, etc. . These krithis give an idea of what Tyagaraja felt about music. All these krithis are beautiful and it would take a genius immersed in music to come up with such krithis. Infact he says that only with ' Nadopasana ' (Begada) did Vishu, Brahma and Siva become great. . In the other great Shankarabaranam krithi, ' Swara Raga Sudha ' he says that...