Request for meaning-ara hara shiva shankara

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lekshmi04
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Request for meaning-ara hara shiva shankara

Post by lekshmi04 »

Namaste,
Please provide the meaning for this piece by Gopal Krishna Bharathi, the lyrics for which I believe to be as follows

Ara hara siva sankara karuNAkara paramEsvara
Anandhath thANdavarAyA..

purahara vrushabhadhwaja paripUrNa kAma divya nAma

paramAnandha kUbamum panchAtcharappadiyum kodiyum
varamaruL sannadhiyum sivagangaiyum mathiyum
paravidun gOpAlakrishNan pAdiya kujithapadhamum
darisanam seytheLindhidAdha janmam manitha janmamalla


Also I’ve heard a rendition of the same by Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Please provide the lyrics and meaning for the first few lines in this rendition. Attaching a Spotify link- https://open.spotify.com/track/4croEqj ... anuU-n4MDg

Thank you in advance

Lakshman
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Re: Request for meaning-ara hara shiva shankara

Post by Lakshman »

Are you referring to the viruttam he sings before the song?

lekshmi04
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Re: Request for meaning-ara hara shiva shankara

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Yes, the Viruttam that he sings as well as the meaning of the composition itself.

Lakshman
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Re: Request for meaning-ara hara shiva shankara

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corrections welcome. The viruttam is from Tiruvachakam.

mAri ninru ennai mayakkiDum vanja pulanaindin vazhiaDaittamudE
Uri ninru ennuL ezhuparamjyOti kANa vandu aruLAi
tEralin teLivE shiva perumAnE tirupperunduDai urai shivanE
IDilA padangaL yAvaiyum kaDandan inbame nauDaiyA anbE
shiva perumAnE shiva perumAnE

Rajani
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Re: Request for meaning-ara hara shiva shankara

Post by Rajani »

The meaning of the verse from Tiruvasakam can be found here :

http://thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/songv ... D%E0%AE%95

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