Lyrics of "pata paduma" Song

పాట పాడుమా కృష్ణా

పలుకు తేనెలొలుకునటుల

మాటలాడు మా ముకుంద మనసు తీరగా

శృతి లయాలు అన్ని చేసి (చేర్చి) 

యతులు నిన్ను మదిని తలచే ఏ ఏ 

సదమల హృదయా నిన్ను

సన్నుతించు వర నామము  || పాట ||

సామవేద సారము సంగీతము

సాహిత్యమెగా ఆ ఆ 

దానికింత (కంత)  మధుగానము పాట కూర్చి

పాడుమా

paaTa paaDumaa kRshNaa

paluku tEnelolukunaTula

maaTalaaDumaa mukunda manasu tiiragaa

SRti layaalu anni cEsi

yatulu ninnu madini talacE E E 

sadamala hRdayaa ninnu

sannutincu vara naamamu  || paaTa ||

saamavEda saarame sangiitamu

saahityamegaa aa aa 

daanikinta madhugaanamu paaTa kuurchi

paaDumaa

(This is a classic song composed by Sri Sanyasi Raju, father of the famed Telugu music director Sri Saluri Rajeswara Rao. The beauty of this simple melodious composition is this - in just two stanzas the composer has encapsulated the essence of Lord Krishna. His sweet music and His superb attractive power to all devotees. 

Though I must have heard this song many times either on AIR radio or private functions, after coming here I lost touch with it for many years. Then suddenly I found the TLCA website and there I came across an Internet site solely devoted to old Telugu songs. There I happened to hear a live program by Sri S. Rajeswara Rao and this song. It is a cliche to say, "old is gold". But where will you encounter such musical geniuses? Now we don't hear good analog sound, distinct instrumental sounds, and an amalgam of spontaneous live performance. This may be a caustic criticism but most if not all the modern music heavily depends on endless cut/paste editing, synthetic computer generated sounds, and faulty diction. Luckily we sat through many first rate live performances with world class artists. This song makes my heart long for great original compositions. It is a treat to hear the fine vocals. I pay my gratitude to the son and father duo.) Copyright 2021 by the author