Dudukugala Nanne
marqueeverified pallaviDudukugala Nanne
Gauḷa rāga · Ādi Tāla tāla·pancharatna
Dudukugala nannē dora koḍukā brōcurā ēntōḍunīvaḍḍa
Theme
Confession of unworthy pursuits, plea for grace
A deeper bhāva note is being authored by our musicologist; this short theme stands in until then.
Sahitya
Dudukugala nannē dora koḍuku brōcurā, eṇṭō ḍora vāḍare
Who else but you — son of a noble lord — will save me, a restless and sinful one? You alone are my refuge.
Confession of a saṁsāric life — youthful errors, worldly attachments — ending in surrender
Tyāgarāja catalogues with unflinching honesty the errors of a youthful life and the entanglements of saṁsāra, and turns to Rāma as the only possible refuge.
Tāla — Ādi Tāla
Caturaśra-jāti Tripuṭa — laghu(4) + dhruta + dhruta = 8 beats. The most common Carnatic tāla.
8 beats per āvarta · this notation spans 2 cycle(s)
Paramparā
Tillaisthanam paramparā manuscripts