Ranjani-Gayatri - 6 - bolAvA viTThala (abhang) - bhaTiyAr - mArgazhi mahA utsavam 2008

[hulk70006]

hats off!

[aravindraom1]

Bolava Vitthal Pahava Vitthal Movie or Album: Tukaramache Lokpriya Abhang Singer(s): Jeetendra Abhsheki Music Director(s): Jeetendra Abhsheki Lyricist(s): Sant Tukaram Marathi Lyrics bolva vitthal pahawa vittal karawa vittal jeewabhawa yene sose man zale hawbhari parati maghari ghet nahi bandnapsoni ukalya gathi deta aali mithi sawkashi tuka mahne deh bahrila vittale kaam krodhe kele ghar reete

[sheethallu]

Great singers!

[deshpandepradeep]

Soulful Rendition.... ! May God bless them with a very long & illustrious Musical Career !

[kriyaz100]

Wonderful.....:-)

I read the meaning of this wonderful abhang in one of the websites....

Here it goes..

Chant Vitthal, imagine Vitthal, live Vitthal with all your heart & soul

The mind gave away to the greed for god, now it refuses to return to itself

I was liberated from all the moorings, and then I could, sublime into him

This is not mine...Am just having the meaning re-posted here so tat it might be easy for viewers to find out...

[GeneralRB]

SUBLIME!!!!!!

[sokanq]

I love this song. Carnatic + Marathi sounds very nice. More of these songs please.....GREAT.

[lasya4you]

Can some one tell me what talam is this ? Please!!

[cravishekar81]

Which Raga is this?

[ppadmana]

I think it's a Hindustani raag called Bhatiyar.

[Psyche1954]

I was not aware of the Maratha origin of Tanjore Kings! I have the versiion of this popular Abhang by Kishori Amonkarji but the Sisters have done justice to carnaticstyle mixed with Abhang style very well!Having been born and brought up in Mumbai their diction and phonemes of Marathi is flawless!Not a hint of Tamil Accent creepng!

It is typical of that cultureless self congratulating philistine Fat slob Jayalalitha that her TV channel interrupts divine music with their own adverts! creeps!

[vrsuvish]

@Psyche1954 Absolutely. What rude interruption with the adverts.

[Psyche1954]

@vrsuvish

thanks a lot for your agreement!

much appreciated!

there was a company called RAGA which issued CDs and had an introductory track for the advertising jingle for basmati rice as track no 1!

Later they combined the track into the opening sequence of classical performance of bhajans by Kumar Gandharva-ji seamlessly! when it was a discreet track one I could skip the track and some zealot recognized and got wise and incorporated adverts in to the opening track seamlessly!It is this I hate

[submadkicdar]

Bolava Vitthal, pahava Vittha dharava Vitthal, jeeva-bhaava.

yeNe sose man, jhaale haav bhari,

parata maghaari, ghet naahi

Bandhanaa pasuni, ukalalayaa gaathi

deta aali mithi, saavakaash

[submadkicdar]

can anyone send lyrics

[vidyasmani]

Vithala Vithala... This is simply superb! I was deeply moved.

[arvindpradhan]

Wa wa wa! Wonderful singing.

[ShivaaRamani]

RadheKrishna !!!

After all concerts are meant to promote bhakti. If russian or english music can convey and promote they can also be included in karnatic music !!!

Jai Jai Vittal !!!

[lakshsez1]

there is a thin line between staying within context and straying... and i think the artists have only brought a lot of joy through this.. we must not be stuffy and reject all the other possible ways of expression in an art. the artist and the listeners must have a good taste annd discretion!

[saraswathiraja]

there is nothing wrong in singing abhang  during carnatic concert. the atmosphere is so enchanting it takes us to another world of bhakthi

[ChettaPattiThendi]

The song is good. But singing Abhangs in Carnatic music concerts makes no sense. Would any Hindustani concert include a couple of Pada Varnams or a Thiruppavai? It is absurd to incorporate all sorts of music into a Carnatic concert. If Abhangs are ok, then why stop there? Why not a Russian folk song or an Assamese movie song, as light numbers in a "Carnatic" concert?

[varshapr]

How does it matter ? As long as the singers are good and the audience enjoys it. Obviously a movie song or folk song would have been so wrong as it would change the whole mood of the concert, but not this!!

[shanthanu4640]

@varshaprYes you are right

[saraswathiraja]

Bothsisters took us to the bhakti world .Excellent

[kumar1102]

I'm awestruck; what a splendid rendition!

Btw, which is this raga? I remember a song from a programme by the National Literacy Mission, that Doordarshan used to telecast in the early 90s.

[sitavish]

The raga is Bhatiyal. It is a Thukaram Abhang that the sisters themselves tuned. They mentioned it at last year's concert at Rutgers, NJ. A brilliant concert btw.

[damleyogesh]

Lyrics Bolava Vitthal, pahava Vitthal, karava Vitthal, jeeva-bhaava. (Chant Vitthal, imagine Vitthal, live Vitthal with all your heart and soul) yeNe sose man, jhaale haav bhari, parata maghaari, ghet naahi (The mind gave away to the greed for god, now it refuses to return to itself) Bandhanaa pasuni, ukalalyaa gaathi deta aali mithi, saavakaash (I was liberated from all the moorings, and then I could, sublime into him)

[damleyogesh]

An additional stanza, not sung above-

tuka mhane deh, dharila vitthala

kaam-krodhe kele, ghara ritey

(Says Tuka, Vitthal possessed his coil

Lust and temper, fled away)

[ssudha17]

The song was rendered with all the stanzas but was edited by Jaya TV due to time constraints.

[damleyogesh]

Excellent rendition by the two ladies!! Abhangas have seeped into the Tamil culture with the Tanjore Marathas who've settled in the state since the times of Shiva.

What touched me in their rendition was a special underscore to the melody. In the conventional Marathi abhangas, percussion are an equally dominant ingredient.

Perfect pronunciations, subtle arrangement- a refreshing change from the familiar Abhanga setup. My 20 hour day has ended with immense satisfaction! Kudos! Nandiri! :)

[damleyogesh]

Oops- I meant to say 'since the times of Shivaji'

[bprasanna007]

I dont understand ths song..bt sounds great..

[harigr8]

well this would be probably R&G's best rendition, such a wonderful song presented xtremely well.. cheers....but as usual the mridangam s very light...not much of enthu with the player,thts the only disappointment:-( the concert could ve been a lot better if he was more cheerin... uses same fingerin for the entire song as lik cinema songs....

[notsosmart03]

perfect coordination.......awesum rendition..!!!!!!!

[mallumilu]

dont have words to comment. mind blowing.cant believe tamilians singing marathi song in marathi tone so beautifully

[eswaran195]

music has no language bariers, a very melodious , rombo santhosham to hear.

[umaasn1]

yeah...the bhatiyar....it is amazing.....!

[umaasn1]

what co ordiantion...in music, in dressing too....so imagine what discipline it needs!!! and so much importance given to proounciation...inspite of being tamilians.....I really adore them!!!

[krishnamanian]

Language is not a barrier to enjoy music; Ranjani-Gayathri sisters proved that.

'Krishnamanian'

[klacsanzky77]

It would be lovely if someone could post the lyrics to this song. Very nice song with devotion that is evident.

[mitra6883]

even an atheist would agree that music is divine...divine immortal music...

[VISWANAS]

Great Abhang. Keep it up Sisters.

[vpadmana]

Beautiful bhAtiyAr. There was a song on Doordarshan years back for an ad for the National Literacy Mission. That was the first time I heard the rAgA. Was captivated instantly. The sisters sing with great clarity of shruthi and pronunciation. Awesome modulation as well.

[shreekrishna1729]

They spent their childhood and formative years in Bombay. Agreed, very beautifully sung and very impressive pronunciation.

[mayureshbaji]

WOW...

are they tamilian? Its a marathi abahng. beautifully sung. and pronunciation is also near perfect.

[balamss]

please post the lyrics & meaning of the song

[carnaticswas]

This was really touching. I always like hearing abhangs. The ending was superb. These two sisters are always so coordinated and it's really amazing.

[mdramanathan]

The ending was really touching....

[rramasubr]

Superb performance.  Takes us on a Pandaripuram trip

[qmpls]

what glory praising ishwara

can we get the words and the meaning of this abhang

god bless their voice

[shreekrishna1729]

Quote "what glory praising ishwara"

Praises Vithala of Pandharpur.