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S.Aishwarya & S.Saundarya are the Great Grand Daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S.Subbulakshmi and the Grand Daughters of Dr Radha Viswanathan and the torch bearers of the MS Legacy.

March 29th 2022.

Today being the "Vardhanthi" (Remembrance Day) of the Great Saint and Composer Annamacharya, S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya are indeed blessed to present one of Annamayya's most popular and divine compositions "Brahmam Okate".

Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408-1503) the mystic saint composer of the 15th century is the earliest known musician of India to compose songs called “sankIrtanas” in praise of Lord Venkateswara, the deity of Seven Hills in Tirumala, India where unbroken worship is being offered for over 12 centuries. Annamcharya is believed to be the incarnation of Lord Venkateswara's “nandaka” (Sword)

During his long and prolific career, Annamacharya composed and sang 32,000 Sankirtanas, 12 Satakas (sets of hundred verses), Ramayana in the form of Dwipada, SankIrtana Lakshanam , Sringaara Manjari, and Venkatachala Mahatmamyam. His works were mainly in Telugu & Sanskrit.

In this composition “Brahmam Okate” which has such deep meaning Annamacharya tells the devotees that though there are differences in the way people lead their lives, ultimately the Supreme Being is One and Lord Venkateswara is the Saviour of one and all.

brahma okaTE
raagam:
bowLi
maayamaaLava gowLa janyaAa: S R1 G3 P D1 SAv: S N3 D1 P G3 R1 S

pallavi

tandanAnA Ahi tandanAnA purE tandanAna bhALa tandanAnA bhaLAbrahmamokaTE para brahmamokaTE brahmamokaTE para brahmamokaTE

caraNam 1

kanduvagu hInAdhikamu lindulEvu andariki shrI harE antarAtmAindulO jantukulamu intA okaTE andariki shrI harE antarAtmA

caraNam 2
ninDAra rAjU nidrincu nidrayu okaTE anDanE baNTu nidra adiyu okaTEmeNDaina brahmANuDu meTTu bhUmi okaTE caNDAlundEti sari bhUmi okaTE

caraNam 3
anugu dEvatalakunu ala kAma sukhamokaTE ghanakITa pashuvulaku kAma sukham okaTEdIna mahOrAtramulu tegi dhanAdyuna-kokaTE vonara nirupEdakunu okaTE aviyu

caraNam 4

koralu SiSTnnamulu gonu nAkkalokaTE tirugu duSTAnnamulu dinu nAkkalokaTEparagu durgandhamulapai vAyuvokaTE varusha parimaLamupai vAyuvokaTE

caraNam 5
kaDagi Enugu mIda kAyu eNda okaTE pudami suanakamu mIda bolayu-nendokaTEkaDu puNyalanu pApa karmulanu sarigAva jaDiyu shrI venkaTEShvaru nAma-mokaTE

Meaning:

pallavi: "Tandanana" is a word giving the punch of rhythm in the song. Ahi, Pure, Bhala are the words expressing the excitement or ecstasy or appreciation. The absolute spirit is one & only one.

caraNam 1: There are no differences of low & high. "Srihari" (A name of Vishnu. Vishnu is the form of God who is in charge of maintenance, protection of the good & destruction of the bad. In this context, Srihari is the Supreme Spirit) is the indwelling Spirit to one and all. All the beings in creation are one because the indwelling spirit in every creature is one and the same.

caraNam 2: Sleep is same to all, be it a king or a servant. Be it a "Brahmin" (man of the highest caste) or "Chandala" (man of the lowest caste), the earth they live on is the one and the same.

caraNam 3: The sensual pleasure is one and the same either for angels or for the insects and animals. The day and night are equal to the rich as well as to the poor.

caraNam 4: One could afford to eat tasty food and the other the condemned food. But the tongues that taste the food are alike. An object of fragrance or an object of foul smell, the air that carries the smell is one and the same.

caraNam 5: Be it an elephant or a dog, the sun shines alike on both of them. For the good and the bad, Lord Venkateshwara alone is "The Savior".

Lyrics and translation courtesy Sri Lakshman Ragde.

We are also extremely grateful to the following persons in the making of this memorable video.

Cinematography : Shreedhar Mechri
Orchestration : Praveen D Rao
Flute : Varijashree Venugopal
Sitar : Shruti Kamath
Mridangam : B C Manjunath
Tabla : Gurumurthy Vaidya
Rhythm Pad : Pramath Kiran
Audio Recording and Mastering : Ashwin Prabhath
Sound Engineer : Rangaswamy

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