This week is the Aradhana of the great poet of Carnatic Music, Sri Purandarasa Daasaru.
He is believed to be an avtar of Narada muni.
He was born as Srinivasa Naik and made a living as a goldsmith. The famous incident when his wife donates her nose ring to a brahmin (Vitthala in disguise), changes Srinivasa Naik's life forever. He gives up all his worldly belongings and becomes a daasa or servant of the Lord.
He wrote songs praising the Lord and his infinite auspicious attributes. It is said that daasaru would compose songs extempore.
For example, when he saw a lady carrying a pot to fetch water, he composed 'Taarakka Bindige, na nireegehoguve..........'. When he saw somebody cleaning the vessels, he wrote, 'Musire toliyabeku, manada musire toliyabeku.....'. A song that sounds like it's about ragi, 'Ragi thandieera....'.
Here's a song that's easy to remember because it's about the food items 'Raama naama payasakke, Krishna naama sakkare......'. There's a song about kallusakkare or sugar candy "Kallu sakkare koliro, neevellaru.......'. It sounds like the are songs about the items but are actually in praise of the Lord Vitthala.
It is common for shishyas to write songs in praise of their Guru but probably the only song that a Guru (Vyasarajaru) has sung in praise of his shishya is 'Daasarendare Purandara Daasarayya.....'.
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It is believed that Purandara Dasa lived until the ripe age of eighty and, having fulfilled his objective of spreading devotion all through Karnataka, gave up his life by yogic powers, sitting in front of Lord Vijaya Vitala's idol in Hampi. No wonder, his Guru, Sri Vyasaraya said, "Daasarendare Purandara Daasarayya." (If there is one man that can be truly considered as the servant of the Lord, that is Purandara Dasa and Purandara Dasa alone!)
Sree! i came across this in the net!!
http://www.austinifa.org/aboutindianmusic.htm#spd
Thank you Vahini for sharing that...also, during his days of being a goldsmith/pawnbroker, he was called 'Navakoti Narayana', meaning a crorepati. And as a daasa he got this title 'Dasarendare...'. Both times, he was the best at what he did.
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