Lyrics & Meaning - Varnam: tAyE tripurasundari (TVG)

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Gladfan
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Lyrics & Meaning - Varnam: tAyE tripurasundari (TVG)

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Hello, is anyone able to please provide a translation of this varnam composed by Sri T.V. Gopalakrishnan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJQpclVS4E


tAyE tripurasundari (tv). rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA. T.V.Gopalakrishnan.

(rAgA: bhairavi)
P: tAyE tripurasundari dInadayApari shankari nIyE enakkAdhAram dEvI bhairavi
(rAgA: gaurimanOhari)
A: mAdhava sOdari gaurimanOhari mahimai perum naTarAjan nAyaki
(rAgA: kalyANi)
MK: mAsillAda marakata maNI aNinda mUkAmbike ena tigazhum kalyANi
(rAgA: sAvEri)
kalivANi varalakSmi jaganmAtA immUvarum tErndamainda tirumEni viLangiDa
ihapara sukham pera anudinam dayai puri sAvEri
(rAgA: shrIranjani)
C: varuvAi viraivAi nI aruL purivAi jagadIshvari shrIranjani
(rAgA: ranjani)
1: kOlApuri ranjani nin tirunAmam paNIndEn
(rAgA: niranjani)
2: pancAnanum SanmukhanAthanum niranjani ena atudittiDum vAgIshvari
(rAgA: shivaranjani)
3: hAlahala viSam tannaiyuNDa tiru nIlakaNThan shivaranjani dEvi
(rAgA: janaranjani)
4: dEvargaL tAngA tuyar nIngiDavE paramanum pArkkaDal kaDaindiDa
nI vandudittAi janaranjani shivaranjani niranjani ranjani

Gladfan
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Re: Meaning - Varnam: tAyE tripurasundari (TVG)

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Sorry, one further question - would this be properly described as a padavarna, or as a tana varnam given that it has sahitya for the chitta swaras but these lyrics are not of the padam style?

Gladfan
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Re: Lyrics & Meaning - Varnam: tAyE tripurasundari (TVG)

Post by Gladfan »

Hello all, I am just bumping this thread up as I would greatly appreciate one of our resident translators to assist with the meaning of this rare varnam.

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