Nidhi Cāla Sukhamā

verified pallavi

Nidhi Chala Sukhama

Kalyāṇi rāga · Miśra Chāpu tāla·philosophical

Nidhi cāla sukhamā rāmuni sannidhi

Pallavi · Kalyāṇi · Miśra Chāpu

Theme

Wealth vs. Rāma — which is the real treasure?

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

Sahitya

Pallavi

Nidhi cāla sukhamā, rāmuni sannidhi sēva sukhamā

Is treasure more pleasing — or is the presence of Rāma's service more pleasing? Tell me, O mind.

Charaṇam theme

Refusal of King Sarabhojī II's offered riches; Rāma as the true treasure

This is the kṛti by which Tyāgarāja famously declined the king's gold and offer of patronage. The composition lays out a series of comparative questions — wealth vs. Rāma — and arrives at the bhakta's chosen answer with quiet finality.

Tāla — Miśra Chāpu

7-beat asymmetric (3 + 2 + 2). Famous: O Rangaśāyī, Akṣayaliṅgavibhō.

7 beats per āvarta · this notation spans 2 cycle(s)

Paramparā

Tillaisthanam paramparā manuscripts

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.