This post is about the song, Sri Chakra Raja Simhasaneshwari praising the mother Goddess. It is a ragamalika composed by Agastya and the words are in Sanskrit and Tamil. The story perhaps apocryphal is that Agastya was initiated into the Srividya tradition (Devi worship) by the deity Vishnu appearing in the form of Hayagriva. The practice of Sri Chakra involves the worship of the deity in the form of a diagram (nine inter-locking triangles) that represents both Shiva and Shakthi, the yin and yang of human nature. The song has been composed in the ragas Senchurutti, Punnagavarali, Nadanamakriya and Sindhubhairavi.
Here are the lyrics of the song.
Raga-SenchuruttiP: shrI cakrarAja simhAsanEshvari shrI lalitAmbikE bhuvanEshvariA: Agama vEda kalAmaya rUpiNi akhila carAcara janani nArAyaNinAga kankaNa naTarAja manOhari jnAna vidyEshvari rAjarAjEshvari
Raga-PunnagavaraliC1: palavidamAi unnai pADavum Adavum pADi koNDADum anbar padamalar shUDavumulagam muzhudum ena tagamurakkANavum oru nilai taruvAi kanchi kAmEshvari
Raga-Nadanamakriya2: uzhanru tirinda ennai uttamanAgi vaittAi uyariya periyOruDan onriDakkUTTi vaittAinizhalenat toDarnda munnUzhk koDumaiyai nInga sheidAi nityakalyANi bhavAni padmEshvari
Raga-Sindhubhairavi3: tunbappuDatiiliTTut tuyavanAkki vaittAi toDarnda mun mAyam nIkki piranda payanai tandAianbai pugaTTi undan Adalaik kANa sheidAi aDaikkalam nIyE amma akhilANDEshvari
Listen to different artistes sing this beautiful ragamalika.
https://youtu.be/24_-83-n7CU
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