Rangapura Vihara
Rangapura Vihara is a popular Carnatic song composed in Sanskrit by Muthuswami Dikshitar and dedicated to Sri Ranganathaswamy of Srirangam.
History
The title of the song means one who roams (vihara) in the Srirangam (Rangapura), a temple town in Tamil Nadu, India. It details the exploits of the Lord Rama, whose family deity is Ranganatha of Srirangam. The most famous version of this song was rendered by M.S.Subbulakshmi, live at the United Nations. It has a pallavi, anupallavi and charanam.
Lyrics
Raṅgapura Vihāra
- rāgam: vṛndāvana sāraṅga kharaharapriyā janya
- Aaroha: Sa Re2 Ma1 Pa Ni3 Sa
- Avaroha: Sa Ni2 Pa Ma1 Re2 Ga2 Re2 Se
- tālam: rūpakaṃ
- Composer: Muttuswāmy Dikshitar
- Language: Sanskrit
pallavi
rahngapura vihāra jaya kodandarāmāvatāra raghuvIra shrI
anupallavi
ahngaja janaka deva brndāvana sārahngendra varada ramāntarahnga shyāmalahnga
vihahnga turahnga sadayāpāhnga satsahnga
caranam
pahnkajāptakula jalanidhi sOma vara pahnkaja mukha pattābhirāma
padapahmkaja jitakāma raghurāma vamahnka gata sItāvara
vesa shesāhnka shayana bhakta Santosa enāhnkaravi nayana mrdutarabhāsa
akakahnka darpana kapola vishesa muni
sankaTaharana govinda venkata ramana mukunda sankarSana mula kanda shankara guruguhānanda
Lyrics in Devanagari
पल्लवि
रङ्ग पुर विहार जय कोदण्ड – (मध्यम काल साहित्यम्) रामावतार रघुवीर श्री
अनुपल्लवि
अङ्गज जनक देव बृन्दावन सारङ्गेन्द्र वरद रमान्तरङ्ग (मध्यम काल साहित्यम्) श्यामळाङ्ग विहङ्ग तुरङ्ग सदयापाङ्ग सत्सङ्ग
चरणम्
पङ्कजाप्त कुल जल निधि सोम वर पङ्कज मुख पट्टाभिराम पद पङ्कज जित काम रघु राम वामाङ्क गत सीता वर वेष शेषाङ्क शयन भक्त सन्तोष एणाङ्क रवि नयन मृदु-तर भाष अकळङ्क दर्पण कपोल विशेष मुनि – (मध्यम काल साहित्यम्) सङ्कट हरण गोविन्द वेङ्कट रमण मुकुन्द सङ्कर्षण मूल कन्द शङ्कर गुरु गुहानन्द