Song:
seetamma maayamma - Click to listen (Shivkumar Kalyanaraman)!
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sithamma maayamma
raagam: vasantaa
17 sooryakaantam janya
Aa: S M1 G3 M1 D2 N3 S
Av: S N3 D2 M1 G3 R1 S
OR
lalitaa
15 maayamaaLava gowLa janya
Aa: S R1 G3 M1 D1 N3 S
Av: S N3 D1 M1 G3 R1 S
taaLam: roopakam
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu
pallavi
sItamma mAyamma shrI rAmuDu mA taNDri
anupallavi
vAtAtmaja saumitri vainatEya ripu mardana dhAta bharatAdulu sOdraulu mAku O manasa
caraNam
paramEsha vashiSTha parAshara nArada shaunaka suka surapati gautama lambOdara guha sanakAdulu
dharaija bhAgavatA-grEsaru levvarO vArellaru vara tyAgarAjuniki parama bAndhavulu manasA
Meaning:
pallavi: O Mind (manasa)! Seetha Devi is my mother (amma). Sri Rama is my father (tandri).
anupallavi: Anjaneya (vaatatmaja), Lakshmana (Saumitri), Garuda (vainateya), Satrugna (ripumardhana)
Jambavaan (dhaata), Bharata and others are my (maaku) brothers (sodharulu). O Mind!�br>
caraNam: Paramasiva (paramEsha), Vashista, Paraashara, Naarada, Saunaka, Suka�br>
Indra (surapati), Gautama, Ganesha (Lambodhara), Subramanya (guha)
Sanaka and all (varellanu) the true (nija) BHAAGAVATAs on earth (gresarulu)
are my (tyagarajuniki) intimate (parama) relatives (bandhavulu), O Mind!
Notation:
Notation available here at Shivkumar Kalyanaraman's Krithi Archive. Also, listen to the music class
here.
Other information:
This song has a double meaning. Tyagaraja sings Seeta is my mother (amma), Rama is my father (tandri), referring both to Lord Rama with his wife Seeta and also to his own parents, his mother Seetamma and his father Ramabrahmam.
Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde.