Vasudevayani (Kalyani): Madurai Mani Iyer, Lalgudi Jayaraman, Vellore Ramabhadran (not confirmed)

Kriti: Vasudevayani
Composer: Thyagaraja
Ragam: Kalyani

Entire concert:
https://www.sangeethamshare.org/ksj/Madurai-Mani-Iyer/MMI--042-Jampot/
and
https://www.sangeethamshare.org/ksj/Madurai-Mani-Iyer/MMI--010/

Location: Jamshedpur
Year: Unknown

Vocal: Madurai Mani Iyer
Violin: Lalgudi Jayaraman
Mridangam: Vellore Ramabhadran (not confirmed)

Information on Madurai Mani Iyer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai_Mani_Iyer

Information on Lalgudi Jayaraman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalgudi_Jayaraman

Information on Vellore Ramabhadran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_G._Ramabhadran

Fantastic resource on the lyrics/meaning of song
http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/10/thyagaraja-kriti-vasudevayani-raga.html

Prahlada Bhakta Vijayam
https://www.sadagopan.org/pdfuploads/Sri%20Prahalada%20Bhakta%20Vijayam.pdf

Thread which references this concert
https://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=258&start=550
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is essentially the 2nd (of a total of 49 kritis) of Thyagaraja's "Prahlada Bhakta Vijayam" , a dance/opera he composed (you can reference the entire text above using the sadagopan.org link, it is excellent!)

In this scene, the gatekeeper arrives on to the scene and sings the praises of Hari (Vishnu). As per the excellent reference Thyagaraja Vaibhavam (referenced above), here is the word by word meaning of the kriti (all the way below)

Madurai Mani Iyer was known for his perfect pitch/shruti, and this is an excellent example. He is never off pitch! Similarly, his ability to evoke joy is unparalleled. Case in point - the entire charanam, leading up to the Neraval at "Raga Tala" is spellbounding! It is fitting that as the three artists seem to be dancing to the tune of Kalyani, the lyrics are of course referencing the gate-keeper who is literally dancing to the tune (See this gate-keeper who -
dancing (naTanamu sEyucunu) very (mIra) nicely (bAgu),
self (tA) praying (vEDucunu) to Lord hari - the redeemer (pAvanuni) (literally purifier) of the fallen (patita),
singing (pADucunu) to rAga, tALa and gati (gatulanu) and
extolling (pogaDucunu) the Lord - well-praised (san-nutuni) by tyAgarAja,
proceeded chanting ‘vAsudEva’!)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Word-by-word Meaning

pallavi
vAsudEva-ani veDalina-I
dauvArikuni kanarE

See (kanarE) this (I) gate-keeper (dauvArikuni) who proceeded (veDalina) (veDalinayI) chanting (ani) ‘vAsudEva’ (vAsudEvayani)!

anupallavi
vAsava-Adi sura pUjituDai
vArija nayanuni madini talacucunu (vAsu)

See this gate-keeper who, in his mind (madini), thinking (talacucunu) of the Lotus (vArija) Eyed (nayanuni) Lord – worshipped (pUjituDai) by indra (vAsava) and other (Adi) (vAsavAdi) celestials (sura), proceeded chanting ‘vAsudEva’!

caraNam 1
nIru kAvi dOvatulanu kaTTi
niTalamunanu SrI cUrNamu peTTi
sAri veDali-I sabhalO juTTi
sAreku bangaru kOlanu paTTi (vAsu)

See this gate-keeper who -
wearing (kaTTi) ochre (nIru kAvi) (literally light red) dhoti (dOvatulanu),
sporting (peTTi) auspicious red tilaka (SrI cUrNamu) (literally red powder-paste applied by vaishNavas) on his fore-head (niTalamunanu),
circling (veDali juTTi) this (I) (veDaliyI) assembly (sabhalO) again and again (sAri), and
always (sAreku) holding (paTTi) a golden (bangaru) staff (kOlanu),
proceeded chanting ‘vAsudEva’!

caraNam 2
mATi mATikini mIsamu duvvi
manmatha rUpuDu tAnu-ani krovvi
dATi dATi paDucunu
tAnu-ivvidhambuna palukucu paka paka navvi (vAsu)

See this gate-keeper who -
every now and then (mATi mATikini) stroking (duvvi) his moustache (mIsamu),
priding (krovvi) as if (ani) he (tAnu) (tAnani) is himself cupid (manmatha rUpuDu) (literally of the form of cupid),
hopping and jumping (dATi dATi paDucunu),
mimicking (palukucu) (literally speak) that he (tAnu) is like this (ivvidhambuna) (tAnivvidhambuna) and
laughing (navvi) heartily (paka paka),
proceeded chanting ‘vAsudEva’!

caraNam 3
bAgu mIra naTanamu sEyucunu
patita pAvanuni tA vEDucunu
rAga tALa gatulanu pADucunu
tyAgarAja san-nutuni pogaDucunu (vAsu)

See this gate-keeper who -
dancing (naTanamu sEyucunu) very (mIra) nicely (bAgu),
self (tA) praying (vEDucunu) to Lord hari - the redeemer (pAvanuni) (literally purifier) of the fallen (patita),
singing (pADucunu) to rAga, tALa and gati (gatulanu) and
extolling (pogaDucunu) the Lord - well-praised (san-nutuni) by tyAgarAja,
proceeded chanting ‘vAsudEva’!

Видео Vasudevayani (Kalyani): Madurai Mani Iyer, Lalgudi Jayaraman, Vellore Ramabhadran (not confirmed) канала MyCarnatic