Namamisvaram Saccidananda Rupam

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Namamisvaram Saccidananda Rupam

Lyrics: Namamisvaram Saccidananda Rupam

Book Name: Padma Purana

Popularly known as the Damodarastakam, this song glorifies Lord Krsna in the form of Lord Damodara, the child form being tied by the ropes of love by his mother Yasoda. This song is sung daily in the month of Kartika, which takes place in late October through mid November. This song is in Raga Asavari in the truest sense. Raga Asavari is a raga where the Re can either be komal (as presented here) or suddha. Both versions are sung by devotees worldwide. The most common tala to this song is the Bangla ektal or dadra tala. Because many devotees have trouble either playing the mridanga to tala, singing the song in the tala, or playing kartals, it has been sung to eight matra talas. The tala presented here is the Bangla ektal.

AUDIO CLIP: Namamisvaram Saccidananda Rupam Guide

FORM A:

X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
S	g		S	g	m	m	P
na	ma		mi	sva	ram	sa	ci
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
S	g		S	P	m	-	-
da	nan		da	ru	pam
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
S	g		S	g	P	m	g
la	sat		kun	da	lam	go	ku
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
R		R	g	r	S	-	-
le		braja		ma	na	a	am
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
P	P		P	P	P	d	P
ya	so		da	bhi	yo	lu	kha
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
m		m	g	P	m	-	-
lad		dha	va	ma	na	a	m
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
S	g		S	g	P	m	g
pa	ra		mr	stam	at	yan	ta
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
R		R	g	r	S	-	-
to		drut	ya	go	pya	a	a

FORM B:

X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
P	S’		S’	S’	S’	r’	S’
i	ti		drk	sva	li	ra	bhir
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
n		n	d	n	P	-	-
a		nan	da	kun	de
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
m	d		d	d	P	m	g
sva	gho		sam	nir	maj	jan	tam
0					3
7		8		9	10	11	12
R		R	g	r	S	-	-
a		khya	pa	yan	tam
X					2
1		2		3	4	5	6
P	S’		S’	S’	S’	r’	S’
ta	di		ye	si	ta	jne	su
0					3
7		8		9	10	11