snEhitarellarigU mahAsaMkrAMti habbada shubhAshayagaLu.
Happy greetings to all our friends on this Mahasankranthi/Pongal festival.
Here is a song from the film Anugraha, which means grace/boon, b/w film released during 1971.
It is a story of honest/principled man in a village with ups and downs in his life with happy ending.
Song describes about oxen/bulls in the house and their hardship work, all the members in
that house show affection towards them and worship them as Nandi of Lord Shiva.
Some details of the film:
ShrI Malleshvari Productions presents
Starring: K S Ashvath, Srinath, Narasimharaju, T N Balakrishna, Dikki Madhavarao, Rathnakar,
Nagappa, Rajanand, Sorat Nagaraj
Pandaribai, B V Radha, Arathi, Ramadevi, Rama, Lakshmidevi, Vasanthi and others
Singers: P Susheela, S Janaki, L R Eshavari, Nagendrappa
Music: Rajan-Nagendra
Lyrics: Sorat Ashvath, Chi. Udayashankar, H L Sheshachandra
Photography: R Madhu
Original Story and Producer: K M Somasundrappa
Dialogue and Direction: H L N Simha
Lyrics goes here:
citra: anugraha 1971
gAyana: pi sushIla
saMgIta: rAjan-nAgEMdra
sAhitya: sOraT ashvath
shivana hotta shivabhakta naMdIsha
sharaNu sharaNu nI nIDu saMtOSha /shivana/
jagada janara manake koDalu suKa shAMti
bhuvige nInu baMda dinave saMkrAMti..
mahA saMkrAMti /shivana/
kAyakave kailAsake dAri eMdu..
nogava hottu duDiva ettu Ade iMdu
mAtu balla mAnavana nItiya kaMDu
mUkanAgi karmayOgi Adeyo eMdU /shivana/
nI taNiye kailAsadi haranu kuNiyuva
nI oliye AnaMdadi haranu oliyuva
bhUmigella annadAta nInaNNA
hUvinaMtha manadavane basavaNNa /shivana/
Meaning of the song:
Nandeesha, worshipper (shivabhakta) and carry (hotta) Lord Shiva (shivana)
Please give (nI nIDu) us happyness (saMtOSha) and protect us (sharaNu sharaNu)
The day (dinave) when you came (baMda) down to this earth (jagada-bhuvige)
to give (manake koDalu) happyness (suKa shAMti) to the people (janara)
is known as Maha Sankranthi.
You know that work is worship and (kAyakave kailAsake dAri eMdu)
became (Adeya) hard working (duDiva) Bull (ettu) today (iMdu)
with yoke (nogava hottu) on you
after seeing (kaMDu) the integrity (nItiya) of people (mAnavana)
who knows (balla) to speak (mAtu)
you have become (Adeya) dumb (mUkanAgi) and devoted worker (karmayOgi) forever (eMdU)
Lord Shiva (haranu) will be happy (kuNiyuva) at Kailasa (kailAsadi)
with your satifaction (nI taNiye) here
Lord Shiva (haranu) will grace (oliyuva) all if you grace (nI oliye AnaMdadi) us here
You (nInaNNA) are the food-giver (annadAta) in this earth (bhUmigella)
Basavanna/bull (basavaNNa) having soft mind (manadavane) like flower (hUvinaMtha)
Video courtesy:
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View the song here:
Pandari bai, K S Ashwath, Rajanand, Nagappa and others on the screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dScFfHVghwo