Alternate names
Lalitha Lavanga, Lalita lavamga,
Viharati Harir iha, Viharathi Haririha
- Context and meaning
- Lyrics
- Carnatic Renditions
- Sopana Sangeetam Renditions
- Hindustani Renditions
- Pop Renditions
Updated Apr 2013
Our story proper starts just before this ashtapadi. It’s springtime, and poor Radha is desperately looking for Krishna, and asks a friend if she knows where is. She sure does! She delicately describes the beauties of the spring season and how Krishna is frolicking in the Yamuna woods with other gopis! This is just the beginning…
vasante vasantī-kusuma-sukumārair avayavair
bhramantīṃ kāntāre bahu-vihita-kṛṣṇānusaraṇām |
amandaṃ kandarpa-jvara-janita-cintākulatayā
valad-bāḍhaṃ rādhāṃ sarasam idam ūce saha-carī ||
lalita-lavaṅga-latā-pariśīlana-komala-malaya-samīre |
madhukara-nikara-karambita-kokila-kūjita-kuñja-kuṭīre ||1||
viharati haririha sarasa-vasante
nṛtyati yuvati-janena samaṃ sakhi virahi-janasya durante ||dhruvapadaṃ||
unmada-madana-manoratha-pathika-vadhū-jana-janita-vilāpe |
ali-kula-saṅkula-kusuma-samūha-nirākula-bakula-kalāpe ||2||
mṛga-mada-saurabha-rabhasa-vaśaṃvada-nava-dala-māla-tamāle |
yuva-jana-hṛdaya-vidāraṇa manasija-nakha-ruci-kiṃśuka-jāle ||3||
madana-mahīpati-kanaka-daṇḍa-ruci-kesara-kusuma-vikāse |
milita-śilī-mukha-pāṭala-paṭala-kṛta-smara-tūṇa-vilāse ||4||
vigalita-lajjita-jagad-avalokana-taruṇa-karuṇa-kṛta-hāse |
virahi-nikṛntana-kunta-mukhākṛti-ketaka-danturitāśe ||5||
mādhavika-parimala-lalite nava-mālati-jāti-sugandhau |
muni-manasām api mohana-kārīṇi taruṇākaraṇa-bandhau ||6||
sphurad-atimukta-latā-parirambhana-muku1ita-pulakita-cūte |
vṛndāvana-vīpine parīsara-parigata-yamunā-jala-pūte ||7||
śrī-jayadeva-bhaṇitam idam udayati hari-caraṇa-smṛti-sāram |
sarasa-vasanta-samaya-vana-varṇanam anugata-madana-vikāram ||8||
Carnatic
- Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna; Dvijavanti Raga; ??? Tala
Traditional Carnatic style. Dr. BMK’s genius is demonstrated again in handling the cadence change in the first line of verse 6 coherently. Try it yourself before listening to his solution!
- ??? in the movie Hamsa Geethe; ??? Raga; ??? Tala
Carnatic style adapted to dance in G. V. Iyer’s film
[0 to 1.25 — Lalita Lavanga]
[1.37 to 3.50 — Kuru Yadunandana]
[4.30 to 8.10 — dheera-sameere]
[8.15 to 9.48 — Rajani-Janita]
- P. Leela in the movie Adimakal; ??? Raga; ??? Tala
Relatively quiet Carnatic style
- Mayavaram Muthukrishna Bhagavatar; Vasanta Raga; ??? Tala
Carnatic bhajan style
Sopanam
- Vaikom T. R. Sankaran Namboothiri; ??? Raga; ??? Tala
Gaana.com link
Hindustani
- Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi; ??? Raga; ??? Tala
Hindustani style
Gaana.com Lalita Lavanga
Pop
We don’t yet have a Pop version of this song. Please help!
I would like to request if any one can help with the meaning in 3 layers , that is the physical and spiritual and beyond the . mysticysm. veena murthy vijay. veenamurthyvijay@gmail.com
Try this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xkUoDdJmUs
Thanks!
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i have an addition for you:
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