Thamizh Songs in
Carnatic Music—13
unnaiyanRi uTra tuNai—உன்னையன்றி உற்ற துணை
rAgam: bhavAni (பவானி) tALam: rUpakam (ரூபகம்)
composer: DaNDapANi
dEsikar (தண்டபாணி தேசிகர்)
This song is a paean on Lord Murugan.
பல்லவி:
உன்னையன்றி உற்ற துணை உலகில் யாரையா முருகையா--எனக்கு
அனுபல்லவி:
அன்னை மலைமகள்
அளித்த ஆறுமுக தெய்வமே
அஞ்சுமுகம் காட்டாமல் ஆண்டருளும் செல்வமே
(உன்னையன்றி)
சரணம்:
ஆடிவரும்
மயில்மீதினில் அமர்ந்துலவும் அழகனே
அன்பர்களைக் காக்கவந்த ஆறிரண்டு
கையனே
ஈடில்லாத இன்பத் தமிழில் இசை விரும்பும் செவியனே
இன்னமுதாய் என்னுயிரில் இலங்கிடும் நல்லமுதனே (உன்னையன்றி)
Pallavi:
unnaiyanRi
uTra tuNai ulagil yAraiyA murugaaiya--enakku
Anupallavi:
annai malaimagaL aLitta ARumuka
deyvamE
anjumukam
kATTAmal ANDaruLum selvamE
(unnaiyanRi)
CaraNam:
ADivarum
mayilmIdinil amarndulavum azhaganE
anbargaLaik kAkkavanda AriraNDu
kaiyanE
IDillAda inbat tamizhil
isai virumbum seviyanE
innamudAi ennuyiril ilangiDum nallamudanE (unnaiyanRi)
Meaning:
Pallavi: Lord Muruga, there is no one who is my
support except you in this world.
Anupallavi: You
are the six-faced god provided to us by your mother (the daughter of himavAn).
You do not show your ferocious face (shown only to your foes) to your devotees
but offer your grace.
CaraNam: You ride
the dancing peacock and go around. You have 12 hands with which you protect
your devotees. You like to listen to music composed in precious sweet Thamizh.
You shine like nectar in my life.
Composer’s Bio:
M. M. Dandapani Desikar (1908-1972)
was born at TiruccenkATTAnkuDi (the birthplace of the famous nAyanmAr ciruttoNDa nAyanAr) near TiruvArUr. He
was a veritable multi-talented composer in Thamizh music.. He was a musician,
teacher, and movie actor as well. He appeared on the music scene when Thamizh
isai was having a renaissance in the 1940s and contributed so much to it.
He
learnt music and tEvAram initially from his father (Muttaiah Desikar) who
belonged to the traditional family of OduvArs (the group that sings devotional
songs in the temples). Later he learnt music from others including the violin
doyen KumbakONam Rajamanickam PiLLai. He went on to become a professor and head
of the department of music at Annamalai University in Cidambaram.
He
gave a lot of concerts while teaching at Annamalai University. He published
quite a few Thamizh music works under the auspices of Thamizh isaic
Cangam. He got several awards including
“isai arasu” and “isaip pEraRignar”. He acted creditably in many movies such as
PaTTinaththAr, NandanAr,
ThAyumAnavar, MAnickavAcagar, and Tirumazhisai
AzhvAr, all of which featured his singing prominently.
Some
other songs of M. M. DandapANi DEsikar (MMDD) that are rendered in concert
circuits are: velanai nI (AndOLikA),
anjezhuttinai nenjilE
(rAgavinOdini), Anai mugattOnE
(dEvamanOhari), isaiyin ellaiyai
(subhapantuvarALi), pADa vENDumE
(hamsanAdam), aruLa vENDum tAyE
(sAramati), and ennai nI maRavAtE (amritavarshini).
Some
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