Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning

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vyju
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Sri Raja Rajeshwari - Kapi - Lyrics & Meaning

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Hello,
I am looking for the lyrics and meaning for this Kapi Daru varnam by Muthaiah Bhagavathar.
Thanks in advance!
Vyju

Lakshman
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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.

vyju
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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

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vyju wrote: 23 Sep 2019, 17:32and by any chance an understanding of the story of Matangi?
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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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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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!

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May I request notations for this too please?

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Yes.

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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 !

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It is sent.

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Can you please resend? I didn't receive. Thank you Sir!

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Can you please post meaning for the below lines too?

kAyau nara san rUpatanu bhavara sujaya cAmarAja rAsa kalasukhava salisitaya hrdaya


Thank you

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Many typos are found.

Is there an audio link?

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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

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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

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Will post the translation soon.

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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}

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Can I please get notations for this varnam .
shrutistekawade@gmail.com
Thank you

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It is sent.

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