Mahā Gaṇapatim

Maha Ganapatim

Naṭanārāyaṇī rāga · Ādi Tāla tāla·prayer

Mahā gaṇapatim manasā smarāmi

Raga preview · Naṭanārāyaṇī · Ādi Tāla

Theme

The Great Gaṇapati — primal invocation

A deeper bhāva note is being authored by our musicologist; this short theme stands in until then.

Sahitya

Pallavi

Mahā gaṇapatim manasā smarāmi, vāgīśādi sura-pūjitam

I contemplate the great Gaṇapati in my mind — worshipped by Vāgīśa (Brahmā) and the other gods.

Anupallavi theme

Praise of Gaṇapati as the firstborn of Śiva-Pārvatī

The anupallavi praises Gaṇapati as the elder son of Śiva and Pārvatī, leader of the gaṇas. The kṛti is in Naṭanārāyaṇī, a rare janya raga of mela 28 Hariḳāmbhōji.

Tāla — Ādi Tāla

Caturaśra-jāti Tripuṭa — laghu(4) + dhruta + dhruta = 8 beats. The most common Carnatic tāla.

8 beats per āvarta · this notation spans 3 cycle(s)

Paramparā

Saṅgīta Sampradāya Pradarśinī (1904)

This page shows the kṛti's playable notation + opening sahitya. Bhāva, rāga svarūpa, learning-path, and full word-by-word sahitya are added incrementally as our musicologist reviews each kṛti.