Thamizh Songs in Carnatic Music—13 unnaiyanRi uTra tuNai—உன்னையன்றி உற்ற துணை

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 audio links:                                                                                                                                   

 MLV sings here                 

Listen to Sudha Ragunathan here