Need meaning for the varnam: Rama Nive in Ragam : Karaharapr

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dakshina
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Post by dakshina »

I am looking to get the word for word interpretation for the Pada Varnam: Rama Nive in Ragam: Karaharapriya
it states the Composer is : Tacchur singrachariar

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

rAmA nIvE nA (tv). rAgA: kharaharapriyA. Adi tALA. Composer: T.Narasimhachari.

P: rAmA nIvE nA rakSakuDavani namminAnu kAmakOTi sundarAkAra pAlincu shrI
A: parama janulan jEralEnikanu parula vEDalEnu kamalanAbha dAsa nrhari vanditadyumaNI vamsha jaladhi sOma
(muktAyi svara sAhitya)
shrIvara raghukulamunanu buTTi sItammanu cEbaTTi dEvariyuni vahamulatrga goTTidharAbharamu naDancinaTTi shrI
C: nI sATi daivamu lEdI dharalO
1: kausalyA suputrAkArA lOkAdhArA
2: gAdhi sutuni veNTajanucu tATaka galci yagnamunu gApADina
3: gautama muni satini gata kaluSa jEsi gajagamana janakapuriki jani shivuni villu virici puDami sutaku patiyai vijayarAghavuDanucu pEru konina
4: dAsharathi saumitri bharata shatrughna yatuDavayi pANigrahaNa mahOtsavamutO purambu veDala mA rakkambuna bhArgavu garvamaDancina
5: shrI raghuvara pitru vacanamunan vipinamuku vesajani sura ripula gelici munivarula gAci sugrIvunaku rAjyamu nosagi vibhISaNuni rakSinci jaladhini gaTTi rAvaNun goTTiyAvalan sItanukoni pavana jAdulatO sAkEtapurininabhIkSittuDaina

rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

Lji,

Another rAmAyaNa composition - Events upto the wedding are detailed, and the rest are summarized in C5!

Some corrections that appear to me on a cursory evaluation:

muktAyi swara sAhityam:
puTTi, not buTTi
cE(yi)paTTi
Probably koTTi not goTTi
c2 kApADina

vgvindan
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Post by vgvindan »

dakshina,
Word-by-word meanings of the varNaM are as under -

Pallavi
O Lord Sri rAma! I have believed (namminAnu) that (ani) only You (nIvE) are my (nA) protector (rakshakuDu) (rakshakuDuvani); O Lord of beautiful (sundara) form (AkAra) (sundarAkAra) like a crore (kOTi) cupids (kAma); please nourish (pAlincu) me.

Anupallavi
I shall not any longer (ikanu) associate (jEra lEnu) (lEnikanu) wicked people (pAmara janulan); I shall not beseech (vEDa lEnu) others (parula); O Lord with Lotus (kamala) nAvel (nAbha)! O Lord worshipped (vandita) by devotee (dAsa) nRhari (mudra of the composer?) O moon (sOma) born in the Ocean (jaladhi) of Solar (dyumaNi) dynasty (vaMSa)!

muktAyi svara sAhitya
O Consort (vara) of lakshmI (SrI) who, having born (puTTi) in the dynasty (kulamuna) of raghu, having married (cE paTTi) sItA (sItamma) (sItammanu), having destroyed (koTTi) the enemies (ari) (ariyuni) of celestials (dEva) (dEvAriyuni) vahamulatrga??? such that (aTTi) the burden (bhAramu) of Earth(dhara) naDancina??? is reduced???

caraNa
There is no (lEdu) God (daivamu) equal (sATi) to You (nI) in this (I) world (dharalO)

1. O Lord of the form (AkAra) of blessed son (suputra) (suputrAkAra) of kausalya! You are the prop (AdhAra) of the World (lOka) (lOkAdhAra)!

2. O Lord who, having gone (janucu???) behind (veNTa) of viSvAmitra - son (suta) (sutuni) of gAdhi, having vanquished (gelci) tATaka, protected (kApADina) the sacrifical oblation (yAgamunu)!

3. O Lord with the gait (gamana) like an elephant (gaja) who, having made (jEsi) ahalya - wife (satini) of sage (muni) gautama - blemishless (gata kalusha), having gone (jani) to janaka puri, having broken (virici) the bow (villu) of Lord Siva (Sivuni), having become the husband (patiyai) of sItA - daughter (suta) (sutaku) of Earth (puDami), attained (konina) the name (pEru) as (anucu) vijaya rAghava (rAghavuDanucu)!

4. O Lord who along with (yutuDavai) King dasaratha, lakshmaNa (saumitri), bharata, Satrughna, after (purambu) the marriage (pANi grahaNa) ceremony (mahOtsavamu), when proceeding (veDala) mA rakkambuna??? quelled (aNacina) the arrogance (garvamu) (garvamaNacina) of paraSu rAma (bhArghava)!

5. O Lord Sri raghuvara who, obeying the word (vacanamunan) of father (pitR), having gone (jani) to the forest (vipinamunaku) vesa??? (without delay??), having vanquished (gelci) the enemies (ripu) of celestials (sura), having protected (gAci) the great (varula) ascetics (muni), having bestowed (osagi) kingdom (rAjyamunu) (rAjyamunosagi) to sugrIva (sugrIvunaku), having protected (rakshinci) vibhIshaNa (vibhIshaNuni), having built (kaTTi) causeway across the ocean (jaladhini), having destroyed (koTTi) rAvaNa, having restored back (koni) sItA (sItanu) (Avalan???), together with AnjanEya (pavanaja) and others (AdulatO) (pavanajAdulatO) became (aina) anointed as king (abhishiktuDu) (abhishiktuDaina) of ayOdhyA (sAkEta puri)!

Lakshmanji,
Words with ??? need to be checked.
Corrections welcome.
Last edited by vgvindan on 24 Jun 2008, 23:36, edited 1 time in total.

dakshina
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Post by dakshina »

Thank you for the notes and meaning, will check on the words with ? marks....

Dakshina

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