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SrI rAja gOpAla
Ragam: Saveri (15th Melakartha Mayamalavagowla Janyam)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saveri
ARO: S R1 M1 P D1 S ||
AVA: S N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S ||
Talam: Adi (2 kalai)
Composer: Muthuswamy Dikshitar
Version: Hyderabad
Brothers (Youtube
Original)
Lyrics / Meanings Courtesy: Guru Guha Vaibhavam and Guruguhamrta YouTube Video
on Mannargudi
YouTube Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLrm8kLF9CE
Pallavi:
SrI rAja gOpAla bAla
SRngAra lIla Srita jana pAla
Anupallavi
dhIrAgragaNya dIna SaraNya
cAru campakAraNya dakshiNa –
madhyama kAla sAhityam:
dvArakA puri nilaya
viSishTAdvaitAdvaitAlaya mAM pAlaya
CaraNam
smErAnana sEvaka caturAnana nArAyaNa
tAraka divya nAma pArAyaNa kRta -
nAradAdi nuta sArasa pAda
sadA mOda nArI vEsha dhara
vAma bhAga murArE SrI vidyA rAja harE
SrI rukmiNI satya bhAmA Srita
pArSva yugaLa kambu jaya gaLa
madhyama kAla sAhityam:
nIra saMpUrNa haridrA nadI -
tIra mahOtsava vaibhava mAdhava
mAra janaka nata Suka sanaka janaka
vIra guru guha mahita ramA sahita
Meaning: (Courtesy: Guru Guha Vaibhavam)
Sahityam: SrI rAja gOpAla bAla SRngAra lIla Srita jana pAla
SrI rAja gOpAla bAla - O child Rajagopala!
SRngAra lIla - O one of attractive playful activities!
Srita jana pAla - O protector of those who have come seeking refuge!
Anupallavi
Sahityam: dhIrAgragaNya dIna SaraNya cAru campakAraNya dakshiNa –
dhIra-agragaNya - O foremost among the wise and brave,
dIna SaraNya - O one affording shelter to the destitute !
cAru campaka-araNya dakshiNa dvArakA puri nilaya - O resident of the beautiful Champaka forest (Mannargudi) known as the Dwarakapuri of the South!
Sahityam: dvArakA puri Nilaya viSishTAdvaitAdvaitAlaya mAM pAlaya
cAru campaka-araNya dakshiNa dvArakA puri nilaya - O resident of the beautiful Champaka forest known as the Dwarakapuri of the South!
viSishTa-advaita-advaita-Alaya - O haven to both Vishishtadvaita and Advaita schools of philosophy,
mAM pAlaya - Protect me!
CaraNam
Sahityam: smErAnana sEvaka caturAnana nArAyaNa
smEra-Anana - O one with a smiling face!
sEvaka catura-Anana - O one to whom the four-faced Brahma is himself a servant!
nArAyaNa - O Narayana!
Sahityam: tAraka divya nAma pArAyaNa kRta –
Sahityam: nAradAdi nuta sArasa pAda
O one praised by Narada and others who chant your divine names which enable crossing (the ocean of Worldly Existence)!
sArasa pAda - O one with lotus-like feet!
Sahityam: sadA mOda nArI vEsha dhara
Sahityam: vAma bhAga murArE SrI vidyA rAja harE
sadA mOda - O ever-blissful one!
nArI vEsha dhara vAma bhAga - O one whose left half is feminine!
mura-arE - O slayer of the demon Mura!
SrI vidyA rAja harE - O Hari who is Srividya Rajagopala!
Sahityam: SrI rukmiNI satya bhAmA Srita
Sahityam: pArSva yugaLa kambu jaya gaLa
SrI rukmiNI satya bhAmA Srita pArSva yugaLa - O one at whose two sides Rukmini and Satyabhama are held in embrace!
kambu jaya gaLa - O one whose neck surpasses a conch (in shapeliness and beauty)!
madhyama kAla sAhityam:
Sahityam: nIra saMpUrNa haridrA nadI -
Sahityam: tIra mahOtsava vaibhava mAdhava
nIra saMpUrNa haridrA nadI-tIra mahA-utsava vaibhava - O one whose enjoys the grandeur of the great festivities on the banks of the water-filled Haridra-nadi tank,
mA-dhava - O husband of Lakshmi (Ma)!
Sahityam: mAra janaka nata Suka sanaka janaka
Sahityam: vIra guru guha mahita ramA sahita
mAra janaka - O father of Manmatha!
nata Suka sanaka janaka - O one saluted by the sages Shuka, Sanaka and Janaka,
vIra guru guha mahita - O one esteemed by the brave Guruguha!
ramA sahita - O one in the company of Goddess Lakshmi (Ramaa)!