Compositions on Shri Muthuswami Dikshitar

1.Dr.V.Raghavan's mahAkAvya on Dikshitar
2.The shankarachArya of Puri's shloka on Dikshitar
3.Mysore Vasudevacharya's rAgamAlika on Dikshitar

AsIdvipravaraha kascit shrI . rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA.

(rAgA: gamanAshrama)
1: AsIdvipravaraha kashcit shrI muttusvAmi dIkSitaha vINAvAdana sangIta vEda shAstra vishAradaha
(rAgA: Arabhi)
2: sa tu vArANasIm gatvA shrI cidambara dIkSitaihi mantrOpadEshamAsAdhya mantra siddhimavApya ca
(rAgA: sAranga)
3: pratyAgamana vElAyAm Ekasmin dEva mandirE shrI guham nararUpam tam dadarshamita tEjasam
(rAgA: nAgasvarAvaLi)
4: taddarshana samutpanna bhakti bhAva samanvitaha sadyO guru guhAnkAni kIrtanAnya karOnmudA
(rAgA: kEdAragauLa)
5: supadanyAsa gUDhArtha bhava rAgayutAni ca tAnyadyApi samabhyasya mOdantE vibudhAdayaha
(rAgA: madhyamAvati)
6: shrI dIkSitArya caritam sadA sarva jana priyam vAsudEvasya krpayA vAsudEvEna varNitam


4.Dr.M.Balamurali krishna's composition

cintayAmi santatam. rAgA: sucaritra. m/jhampa tALA.

P: cintayAmi santatam shrI muttusvAmi dIkSitam
A: antakAri suta mantrOpAsana tatparam AnandAmrta varSaNa kArakam varam
ApAra rAga layAbhgjnam rAmasvAmi suputram parama pavitram sucaritram
C: apUrva pancalinga navAvaraNAdi deiva parakrti kartAram muraLIrava hitam
nipuNam gAna nipuNam dEshIya gAna nipuNam mArgadEshiIya gAna nipuNam


5.The tanjore quartette have composed a set of nine songs dedicated to their guru .

shrI guruguha. rAgA: bhinnaSaDja. rUpaka tALA.

P: shrI guruguha mUrtiki nE shiSyuDai yunnAnurA
A: bAgugAnu shrI brhadIshvara padambulanu nijambuga bhajincinandu cEtanE
C: kOriyunna kOrkelu gonasAgincu mipuDu sAramaina bhinnaSaDjamandu
prEma mUrtivai gAravinci brOvarA karuNanidhi nIvurA giri paTTiki
doravaitivi paramEshvarA ika nI birudu nilupavalenu ipuDu varamulosagumI vELa

sAtilEni guruguha. rAgA: pUrvikalyANi. cApu tALA.

P: sATilEni guruguha mUrtini A nATanuNTi namminAnu
A: mEtimigala tanja brhadIshA mElaina mAdhrya vAkkuliyyavE
C: kOTi manmatha rUpuDE sadguNa sAgara candruDE
AdalO brhadIshuDE anudinamu nApAli dEvuDE


6.Kotishvara Iyer 

sAmi dIkSitA. rAgA: dEvamanOhari. rUpaka tALA.

P: sAmi dIkSitA sadgurO aruL tandaruL muttu-
A: sAmi tiruvArUr rAmasAmi dIkSita kumAra
C: rAga gambhIra ati udAra kavi madhuram prAsa
vAkkurum caturam cauka madhyama vivaram vEdAgama
sAram ellAm Ariyattil amaittu kavi shei dhIram ArkkuND-
umakkE avvIram kunjaradAsanEn idu sharanam

Lyrics courtesy : Lakshman Ragde


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