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© & ℗ 2021 - Grandson of Bharat Ratna and Managing Trustee of “Suswaralakshmi Foundation for Classical Music and Performing Arts“ All rights reserved and owned by Suswaralakshmi Foundation for Classical Music and Performing Arts. “Jagadodharana” (ಜಗದೋದ್ಧಾರನ) is one of the most famous compositions of the Pitamaha of Carnatic Music - Saint Purandaradasa ( – ) which he sang in front of Lord Krishna at the Aprameya Swami temple located at Malur, a village on the Bangalore-Mysore Highway, a few kilometres from Channapatna. Jagadodharna is a simple kriti about how Krishna’s mother, Yashoda, is unaware that her child is an incarnation of the Almighty and only sees Him as her child. She showers all her affection upon Him and plays with Him like any mother would with their children. The song conveys a beautiful message of hope to people everywhere which is that children are the image of God and they are the world’s future. It is they that will save the world and love is all they need The song “Jagadodharana” became synonymous with Bharat Ratna Smt and her daughter Dr Radha Viswanathan especially after it was rendered by them at the concert in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA - New York) on Oct 23rd 1966, in front of a global audience. S Aishwarya and S Saundarya (being the inheritors of the MS legacy) are indeed delighted and blessed to render this song as a homage to the their Great Grandmother and Grandmother. Jagadodharana (Lyrics and Meaning) Pallavi: JagadOddhAraNa ADisidaLe yashOda Meaning: Yasodha played with, The God who carries the world. Anupallavi: jagadOddhAraNa maganendu tiLiyuta magugaLa mANikyana ADisidaLe yashOda Meaning: Thinking that the God who carries the universe is her son, Yasoda played with the gem of all babies. Charanam 1: aNOraNIyana mahatO mahIyana apramEyana na ADisidaLe yashOda Meaning: Yasodha played with him, Who is smaller than the atom , Who is bigger than the biggest, And who is beyond measurement. Charanam 2: parama puruSana paravAsudEvana purandara viThalana ADisidaLe yashOda Meaning: Yasodha played with him, Who is the divine and holy Vishnu, Who is the divine son of Vasudeva, And who is the Purandra vittala. About the Artists: S Aishwarya & S Saundarya are amongst the most popular musicians from the younger generation. Both of them are the Great Grand Daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi & the Grand Daughters of Dr Radha Viswanathan and the torch bearers of the MSS legacy. Aishwarya began her first lessons directly from MS Amma and Radha Viswanathan when she was hardly 4 years old on Vijayadashami Day. The huge repertoire of songs which was part of the MS Bani, was painstakingly taught to Aishwarya by her Grandmother Dr Radha for a period of almost 20 years. Aishwarya has also been learning from Vidushi Smt Jambu Kannan for the last 18 years. She is a proficient Veena player too training in the reputed Karaikudi style from Sri A Shankar Raman and Smt B Nagalakshmi. Aishwarya has won various awards from many organisations most notably being designated as the Ambassador of Classical Arts by the Connecticut State Assembly in 2016. She was named as the rising star of Carnatic Music by the AMN Global Group in March 2017. She has also won the Vocational Excellence Award from the Rotary Club of India and the Young Achiever Award from the A3 Foundation – Chandigarh in the year 2016. S. Saundarya has been learning under the caring guidance of Sangitha Kala Acharya Smt Neela Ramgopal for over 7 years. She is also training on the violin under the tutelage of Sri Vishwajith Mattur (having learnt earlier from Smt Anuthama Murali). Saundarya has completed her Level 5 in ABRSM in Western Violin too and she trains under Mr Profulla Mondal. Both the sisters S Aishwarya & S Saundarya also learn Hindustani Music under Pandit Nagaraj Rao Havaldar and Sri Omkarnath Havaldar. In Oct 2017 both the sisters S Aishwarya & S Saundarya were invited by Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi to sing at his residence wherein they sang the composition “Maithreem Bhajatha” of Mahaperiaval of Kanchi which was composed for World Peace & Friendship amongst all Nations and sung at the United Nations in 1966 by Smt M S Subbulakshmi & Smt Radha Viswanathan. and are indeed extremely delighted to present the divine composition of the Pitamaha of Carnatic Music Shri Purandaradasar. Acknowledgements: The music for this song was composed by the renowned Shri Belakavadi Varadaraja Iyengar. We are extremely grateful to the following persons in the making of this video. Cinematography : Shreedhar Mechri Orchestration : Praveen D Rao Flute : Varijashree Venugopal Sitar : Shruti Kamath Mridangam : B C Manjunath Tabla : Gurumurthy Vaidya Rhythm Pad : Pramath Kiran Audio Recording and Mastering : Ashwin Prabhath Sound Engineer : Rangaswamy