Parvathi Nayaka / Bowli / Adi / Swathi Thirunal / T V Gopalakrishnan

Krithi: Parvathi Nayaka
Ragam: Bowli
Thalam: Adi
Composer: Swathi Thirunal

Vocal: T V Gopalakrishnan

Tripunithura Viswanathan Gopalakrishnan (born 11 June 1932 in Tripunithura, Kerala), known as TVG, is a Carnatic and Hindustani musician. He born into a family of musicians with a history spanning over two centuries. His father, T.G. Viswanatha Bhagavathar, was a court musician for the Cochin Royal Family and a professor of music at the S.K.V. College in Thrissur. He started playing the mridangam at the age of four and had his arangetram at the Cochin palace at the age of six. He is a disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar. He is a musician who is equally proficient in both Carnatic and Hindustani vocals, mridangam and violin. He was initiated to the great tradition and heritage by his family. His uncle Narayanaswamy Iyer taught him Mridangam. The popular violinist T.V. Ramani and ghatam exponent T. V. Vasan were his siblings. TVG has toured with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, John Handy, Ravi Shankar, Ustad Alla Rakha. He has also collaborated with drummer/composer Franklin Kiermyer, Don Peake, Seigfried Kutterer and Carola Grey. In his career spanning over five decades, many honours and awards have been bestowed on Gopalakrishnan especially Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma bhushan by the Government of India in the year 2012. In 2018, he was awarded a doctorate by Bharatidasan University for his research on the topic "Layathwam in Carnatic music". Mridangist, vocalist, violinist, PhD in music and guru to many, 92-year-old T.V. Gopalakrishnan (TVG) is an incredibly versatile musician.

Violin: Attukal Balasubramaniam
Mridangam: T V Vasan
Ghadam: Tripunithura N Radhakrishnan

This Swathi Thirunal krithi is a sincere prayer to Lord Siva, praising him as the divine consort of Goddess Parvathi. The composition vividly describes his matted locks adorned with the sacred river Ganga and the crescent moon, His blue throat that bears the poison from the churning of the ocean, and His third eye that symbolizes supreme knowledge and enlightenment. Lord Siva is extolled as the Lord of all worlds, the protector of devotees, and the destroyer of sorrow, evil, and ignorance. Through this composition, the composer humbly seeks His grace, compassion, and protection, recognizing him as the supreme power who bestows liberation and eternal peace upon his devotees.

Pallavi
Parvathi nayaka pahi mam phala lochana parvathi nayaka

Anupallavi
Sarva lokaika natha sarasija dala netra sarva shamkuru mama shankara santatam

Charanam 1
Ganga nirmita jatabharada kshamakha hara garala kalitagala karadhrta mrgavara
Tunga bala matanga ditija bhanjana kara tuhinakara shekhara vinihata panchashara

Charanam 2
Bhanu shashi radangayuta bhumirada shambho bhasamana meruchapa he tvam bho
Dina rakshana karutehata puravara vibho devadarvI karakrta bhushana prabho

Charanam 3
Punnaga vanavasa kutuka gopate puruhuta sutavara dana vilasa purapate
kinnatare mayi kuru dayam surapate khedamashu nashaya mamakam bhutapate

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Meaning:

O Lord , consort of Goddess Parvathi, protect me. O Lord with the third eye on your forehead, save me always.

O Shankara (the auspicious one), Lord of all worlds (Sarva Lokaika Natha), whose eyes are like lotus petals (Sarasija Daḷa Netra), always do good to me and bless me forever.

On your matted locks shines Ganga. You deprived of Daksha from completing his Yajna. Your neck shines dark due to consuming poison. You sport a deer in your hand. You annihilated the indomitable demon Gajasura, the son of Diti. You have adorned a crescent moon on your head. You vanquished the Cupid, the one with five arrows ( Kamadeva — the god with five arrows of love).

Oh Sambho, You have the earth for your chariot and the sun and moon for wheels. You hold the mount Meru for the bow. O Lord of the three cities (Tripurantaka), protector of the humble and distressed, wearer of the ornaments made of divine serpents , and master of all worlds, please protect me.

Oh lord of all living beings. You revel in the forest of Punnaga. You have the glory of granting a great boon to Arjuna, the son of Indra. Protector of the universe. Oh Lord of the Devas, do show a little kindness to me and remove my woes expeditiously, oh lord of all creations.

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