nAdAnu santAnanan

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hariharan
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nAdAnu santAnanan

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I heard this kriti of Sri. KoTeeswara Iyer, sung by Sri. Sikkil Gurucharan (SGC), in the web link
https://sonichits.com/video/TN_Seshagop ... adheeswari

The Audio link copied for the song is
https://youtu.be/RIEFGAK-69o

The Lyrics of the kriti, as posted in www.karnatik.com/c1790.shtml are as under;

taaLam: aadi , Composer: KOTeeshwara Aiyyar, Language: Tamil

pallavi:
nAdAnu santAna natha(nu) nan
mArgamE sanmArgam manamE
anupallavi:
sItApati vEdAdhuti pAdAravinda paramAnanda kanda
caraNam:
dEha ArOgyam dhrDha bhakti bhAgyam
dhIrgAyuL sat santAna saubhAgyam
vAgadIshvari vara krpAkaram
tarum vara kavi kunjaradAsan tan

I wish to clear the following doubts on the Lyrics, given above;
1) Sri. SGC starts the Pallavi as " nAdAnu santAnanan " which is different from the Lyrics posted above.
What is the meaning of 'nAdanu santhAnanan' in tamil ?
2) In the 2nd line of the pallavi, " mArgamE sanmArgam manamE" or "mArgamE sanmArga manamE" (as SGC sings)is correct
3)The Anu Pallavi line " sItApati vEdAdhuti " what it means ? can it be "SItApati vEda tuthi" (as SGC sings) instead?
4) In the 3rd line of charanam, is it 'krpAkaram' or 'krpAkaran (as SGC sings)
5) The 4th line of charanam, Last word 'tan' is not used by the singer SGC.

Lakshman
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Re: nAdAnu santAnanan

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This is what is printed in the book:

nAdAnu santAna nan mArgamE. rAgA: vAgadIshvari. Adi tALA. Kotishvara Iyer.

P: nAdAnu santAna nan mArgamE sanmArgam manamE
A: sItApati vAdAduti pAdAravinda paramAnanda kanda
C: dEha ArOgyam dhrDha bhakti bhAgyam dhIrgAyuL sati santAna saubhAgyam
vAgadIshvari vara krpAkaram tarum vara kavi kunjaradAsan tan

hariharan
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Re: nAdAnu santAnanan

Post by hariharan »

Thank you Sri. Lakshmanji.
Wish a word by word meaning is posted for the lyrics, by some rasika, to understand the true meaning of this song.

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