8. Bharatanatyam Subhalakshmi Kumar Thiruppugazh Medley SR

Choreography: Subhalakshmi Kumar
The performance is unpolished for several reasons.

muththaiththaru paththith thirunakai aththikkiRai: "You are the Consort of DEvayAnai* with a beautiful smile and lovely teeth looking like pearls!

saththis saravaNa: You are SaravaNabhava holding the powerful spear called SakthivEl!

muththikkoru viththuk gurupara: You are the foremost seed for the Heaven" -

enavOthum mukkatpara maRku: so praises Lord SivA, with three eyes (the Sun, the Moon and the Fire-Agni);

suruthiyin muRpattathu kaRpiththu: to that SivA, You preached the fundamental ManthrA OM dating earlier than the VEdAs

iruvarum muppaththumu varkkath thamararum adipENap: while the other two of the Trinity (BrahmA and Vishnu), along with thirty three crores of DevAs, watched (Your preaching) and worshipped Your feet!

paththuththalai thaththak kaNaithodu: He shot an arrow to scatter the ten heads of RAvaNA (RAmAvathAram);

otRaikkiri maththaip poruthoru: He churned the milky ocean with the incomparable Mount Manthara (KUrmAvathAram);

pattappakal vattath thikiriyil iravAka: He hid the Sun with His ChakrA (disc) in daytime making it night (KrishnAvathAram);

paththaRkira thaththaik kadaviya: He drove the chariot for His friend and devotee, Arjunan (KrishnAvathAram);

pachchaippuyal mechchath thakuporuL: and He is Lord Vishnu, the emerald-green and cloud-complexioned. You are His favourite!

patchaththodu ratchith tharuLvathum orunALE: Will You be kind enough to come and protect me one of these days?

(The second half of this song describes Murugan's war against the demons)

thiththiththeya oththu: In accordance with the meter 'thiththiththeya',

ap paripura nirththappatham vaiththup payiravi thikkotka nadikka: anklets in Her feet jingled as Bhairavi (KALi) danced fiercely moving in all the eight directions;

kazhukodu kazhuthAda: the devils in the battlefield danced along with the eagles;

thikkuppari attap payiravar: the eight bhairavAs** protecting all directions

chithrappavu rikku thokkuththoku thokkuth thokuthoku thrikadaka enavOtha: choreographed for this unique dance in the meter of 'thokkuththoku thokkuth thokuthoku thrikadaka';

koththuppaRai kotta: a series of drums were beaten to the same tune;

kaLamisai muthukUkai: in the battlefield, old vultures screamed

kukkukkuku kukkuk kukukuku kuththipputhai pukkup pidiyena kotputRezha: 'kukkukkuku kukkuk kukukuku, stab and bury, attack and catch' and they kept revolving around the corpses, flying upwards in circles;

natpatR RavuNarai vettippali yittu: the hostile demons (asuras) were killed en masse; and

kulakiri kuththuppada: their mountain Krounchagiri was shattered into pieces

oththup poravala perumALE.: when You fought the righteous war, Oh Great One!

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• Thiruppugazh
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• Subhalakshmi Kumar
• Sudha Raghunathan
• Tamil
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• Murugan

[caupil]

very great song and dance god bless u

[pratyagatchaami]

@caupil Thank you so much.

[pratyagatchaami]

@pratyagatchaami Ohh...those are not your students? In that case, i would just contact the teacher/students and get the song in exchange for a price. I didnt look at it properly but i can tell you later if it is a pushpanjali indeed. Good LUck!

[aruna492]

@pratyagatchaami i only have the video of the dance performance and the quality of the audio is very bad

[pratyagatchaami]

@aruna492 Since you uploaded it i am assuming you have the song with you. Why do you need to find it online?

[aruna492]

@pratyagatchaami  Also if you get the chance do you mind watching this my latest video (pushpanjali and maha ganapathi) to see if you recognize the first song? I think it is a pushpanjali but I'm not sure sure the specific name which is making it hard to find the song online..

[aruna492]

@pratyagatchaami Thanks so much! I'm actually a new choreographer so I'm just beginning to explore my resources. Let me know of any other websites you find useful :)

[ch4ndr4n]

@06star06

Links for the Thiruppugazh used in this Bharatanatyan with their meaning in Tamil and English. If anyone wishs to learn more Thiruppugazh or other Lord Murugan songs they are listed in the main site. The interpretation given here are as good as you can get with added inner meaning in places, however one could choose to disagree with the in some instances.

kaumaram.com/thiru/nt0006.html­, nt9999.html and nt0170.html

[aruna492]

@pratyagatchaami thanks so much! are there any other websites you use to find bharathanatyam music. I'm a nre coreographer so just starting to learn about my resources. Thanks!

[pratyagatchaami]

@aruna492 It is the same cd. Try muzigle(dot)com if you cannot find it anywhere else.