Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
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Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Hello,
I am looking for the lyrics and meaning for this Kapi Daru varnam by Muthaiah Bhagavathar.
Thanks in advance!
Vyju
I am looking for the lyrics and meaning for this Kapi Daru varnam by Muthaiah Bhagavathar.
Thanks in advance!
Vyju
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
shrI rAjarAjEshvari (daru varNa). rAgA: kApi. cApu tALA. Muttiah Bhagavatar.
P: shrI rAjrAjEshvari shrtajana pAlini
A: mArAri manOllAsini marakatAngi mAtangi
(muktAyi svara sAhityam)
kAyau nara san rUpatanu bhavara sujaya cAmarAja rAsa kala
sukhava salisitaya hrdaya shivE lalitE shrI harikEshahitE
C: sakala bhuvana mAtE sajjana hitE
The interesting thing with this varNa is that it does not have any caraNa svara sAhiyAs except for a whole lot ofjatis.
P: shrI rAjrAjEshvari shrtajana pAlini
A: mArAri manOllAsini marakatAngi mAtangi
(muktAyi svara sAhityam)
kAyau nara san rUpatanu bhavara sujaya cAmarAja rAsa kala
sukhava salisitaya hrdaya shivE lalitE shrI harikEshahitE
C: sakala bhuvana mAtE sajjana hitE
The interesting thing with this varNa is that it does not have any caraNa svara sAhiyAs except for a whole lot ofjatis.
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Thank you so much for the lyrics Lakshman Sir. Do you have the meaning? and by any chance an understanding of the story of Matangi?
Thanks again!
Vyju
Thanks again!
Vyju
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
mAtangi - the daughter of matanga - a fisherman-chieftan.
One myth (in brief): a very large and powerful fish was wrecking havoc with the fishermen's catch, and messing with their livelihood. In desperation, matanga declares that he who shall catch this fish will win his lovely daughter's hand in marriage. Siva, in the guise of a fisherman, catches the fish (hence the line 'valai vIsi mIn piDittu' in the song 'ADal kANIrO' as one of the tiruviLaiyADal of Siva), and wins the hand of mAtangi, who is none other than pArvati.
In the SyAmalA daNDakam, she is described and hailed by Kalidasa as:
mAtangI madaSAlinI
kuryAt kaTAksham kalyANi
kadamba vana vAsinI
jaya matanga kanyE
jaya nIlotpaladyutE
jaya sangIta rasikE
jaya lIlASuka priyE
But in other places, mAtangi is identified as one of the mahAvidyas, and has two forms, an ugra form (ucchishTa canDAlini), and a SAnta form (rAja mAtangI).
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Matanga is also a Rishi, According to Lalitopakhyanam he is a friend of Himavan and desired the same honour of being Devi's father and performed penance. So Mantrini, one of the emanations of Lalita, was born as his daughter and is called Maatangi or Raajamaatangi or Shyamalaa.
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Translation of the Sanskrit words alone :
shrI rAjrAjEshvari - O Rajarajeshvari!
shrtajana pAlini - O Protector of those who have sought refuge!
mArAri manOllAsini - O Delighter of the heart of Shiva(destroyer of Manmatha)!
marakatAngi mAtangi - O Matani with emerald-hued limbs!
kAyau nara san rUpatanu bhavara sujaya cAmarAja rAsa kalasukhava salisitaya hrdaya
shivE lalitE shrI harikEshahitE - O Consort of Shiva, O Lalita, causing welfare to Harikesha!
sakala bhuvana mAtE - O Mother of the entire universe!
sajjana hitE - O One benevolent to good people!
shrI rAjrAjEshvari - O Rajarajeshvari!
shrtajana pAlini - O Protector of those who have sought refuge!
mArAri manOllAsini - O Delighter of the heart of Shiva(destroyer of Manmatha)!
marakatAngi mAtangi - O Matani with emerald-hued limbs!
kAyau nara san rUpatanu bhavara sujaya cAmarAja rAsa kalasukhava salisitaya hrdaya
shivE lalitE shrI harikEshahitE - O Consort of Shiva, O Lalita, causing welfare to Harikesha!
sakala bhuvana mAtE - O Mother of the entire universe!
sajjana hitE - O One benevolent to good people!
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
May I request notations for this too please?
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Can I also please get the notations for this Varnam ? vasupradha182@gmail.com
Also has anyone sung this or is there a recording I can listen to, to better my understanding of the Varnam?
Thank you in advance !
Also has anyone sung this or is there a recording I can listen to, to better my understanding of the Varnam?
Thank you in advance !
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Can you please resend? I didn't receive. Thank you Sir!
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Can you please post meaning for the below lines too?
kAyau nara san rUpatanu bhavara sujaya cAmarAja rAsa kalasukhava salisitaya hrdaya
Thank you
kAyau nara san rUpatanu bhavara sujaya cAmarAja rAsa kalasukhava salisitaya hrdaya
Thank you
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Many typos are found.
Is there an audio link?
Is there an audio link?
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
The lyrics I posted earlier were from the Tamil book edited by M.Vaidyalingam.
I found these lyrics in dEvanAgari from another book
P: shrI rAjarAjEshvari shrtajana pAlini
A: mArAri manOllAsini marakatAngi mAtangi
ciTTasvara sAhitya: kAyO sarasa nrpatanubhavara sujayacAmarAja rAsakalA
sukhava salisi sadaya hrdaya shivE lalitE shrI harikEshahitE
C: sakala bhuvana mAtE sajjanahitE
I found these lyrics in dEvanAgari from another book
P: shrI rAjarAjEshvari shrtajana pAlini
A: mArAri manOllAsini marakatAngi mAtangi
ciTTasvara sAhitya: kAyO sarasa nrpatanubhavara sujayacAmarAja rAsakalA
sukhava salisi sadaya hrdaya shivE lalitE shrI harikEshahitE
C: sakala bhuvana mAtE sajjanahitE
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Respected Lakshman Sir,
Thank you for the sAhityam.
Here is the corrected sAhityam
as per your input.
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*kAyau* sarasa *nrpatanUbhava* vara sujaya *cAmarAjara* *sakala*
sukhava salisi sadaya hrdaya shivE lalitE shrI harikEshahitE
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Thank you Sir,
Regards.
Savitri
Thank you for the sAhityam.
Here is the corrected sAhityam
as per your input.
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*kAyau* sarasa *nrpatanUbhava* vara sujaya *cAmarAjara* *sakala*
sukhava salisi sadaya hrdaya shivE lalitE shrI harikEshahitE
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Thank you Sir,
Regards.
Savitri
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Will post the translation soon.
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Re: Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning
Protect,the son of the amiable king, the gifted,and successful, cAmarAja,
Grant all his wishes,kind hearted shive,lalite,
You are beneficial to harikEsha
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,{kAyO is an address to swamy, kAyau is an address to Devi}
Grant all his wishes,kind hearted shive,lalite,
You are beneficial to harikEsha
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,{kAyO is an address to swamy, kAyau is an address to Devi}
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