Samajavaragamana
Samajavaragamana
Hindōḷam rāga · Ādi Tāla tāla·bhakti
Samajavaragamana sādhujana priya
Raga preview · Hindōḷam · Ādi Tāla
Theme
Praise of Rāma's elephantine gait
A deeper bhāva note is being authored by our musicologist; this short theme stands in until then.
Sahitya
Pallavi
Samajavaragamana, sādhujana priya
Lord of the elephantine gait, dear to the noble — graceful as the king of elephants.
Charaṇam theme
Rāma walking to coronation; Sītā's gaze fixed on his stately walk
The kṛti rests on the visual image of Rāma's gait — slow, dignified, regal — and the bhakta begs for the privilege of beholding it.
Tāla — Ādi Tāla
Caturaśra-jāti Tripuṭa — laghu(4) + dhruta + dhruta = 8 beats. The most common Carnatic tāla.
8 beats per āvarta · this notation spans 4 cycle(s)
Paramparā
Tillaisthanam paramparā manuscripts