Vande Mataram in Ranjani ragam set to Adi talam

Song: vandE mAtaram
vandE mAtaram
raagam: ranjani
59 dharmaavati janya
Aa:S R2 G2 M2 D2 S
Av: S N3 D2 M2 G2 S R2 G2 S

taaLam: Adi
Composer: Dr.BaalamuraLi Krishna
Language:Telugu

pallavi

vandE mAtaram andi mAtaram

anupallavi

mundaDugiDu mana bhAvitaram pondudu-mAnanda-mandaram

caraNam

virisenu bhuvipai aravindam
kurisenu manapai makarandam
merisenu muraLI svarAla andam
murisenu kavi gAyaka brndam

This krithi is set in a melodious tune and consists of simple and rhyming words. Dr. Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna is famously known for such style.
. In pallavi, he says salutations to the mother from our generation.
In anupallavi, he says our future generations will be blessed to march forward happily.
In the charanam, he describes, a lotus/aravindam bloomed on the earth showering the sweetness/makarandam, the shining beauty/andam of the musical notes of Murali and groups of poets & singers / brundam are joyous. He set this kruthi in Ranjani ragam which is a melodious evening ragam yet a powerful one that can take the audience into a different world.

Though it appears as a simple kruthi, it has a significant meaning and a great purpose. It sounds revolutionary when you hear such words as our generation, the future generation, marching forward and so forth. Next, we hear the powerful words Vande Mataram. We immediately recognize it as one of our anthem songs written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. With those two words, Balamurali takes the listener to Bengal. Once you are there, if you look around a bit, there you come across Aravind Ghosh. He is the moolakruthi (key role) of this song.

In this beautiful krithi, Balamurali is paying tribute to Sri Aurobindo by saying the birth of a great man like Sri Aurobindo, is a sweet blessing for all of us. He praises the literature that Sri Aurobindo has gifted to us while highlighting the importance of the mother. Balamurali packs all this in this short and sweet krithi with a lilting melody.