Lyrics and Meaning of devargaL arul seida rAgangaLE - R. Suryaprakash

[narayara000]

Can someone please provide lyrics and meaning of this ragamalika by R. Suryaprakash.

Here is his own redition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xb4ceKwIQI

[Lakshman]

Pallavi is in the rAgA indicated. The last few words (OraNamAi ati lAvaNyamAi) in caraNa 5 are sung, I think, in rudrapriyA) Corrections welcome:

dEvargaL arUl seida rAgangaLE. rAgamAlikA. Adi. R.Suryaprakash.

(rAgA: amrtavarSiNi)
P: dEvargaL aruL sheda rAgangaLE anda bhAvangiLi tOinda pADalgaLE
C1: nATTai paripAlanam seyyum kalyANiunnaiyallAl yArE gati
bhairavi nin perumai puriyAdAr yArO ranjani rasikar manam niranjani
2: simhEndra surar pOTrum pannagEndra shayanan kaNNanai azhaittODi tAyE yashOdE darbArukkE vara En yOcanai anda shyAmalanai ninaindu manadu sancarikka
3: bhaktan yAsittu dhyAnamE seidAl oppilA hari aruLvAn enrum inbamE
kharaharapriyan vagutta rAja mArgam en vasham tAnayya mAyamAi
samayam rasikapriyam pera aruL seyya vENDinEn
4: shankarAbharaNanAm sAmagAna lOlan SaNmukhapriyanukku
tandai tAi irundAl sArangan tEDuvanO varuNAcalanai aDanAlE muDivuraittAr
hariyum haranum onrE sAramadil teLindu mOkSamum aDainda
5: AbhOgikkEdum samAnamAgumA AbhEriyai kUrAval viDuvadu tagumO
kAmbhOji kETka sevi kOTi vENDum varALiyE kaNakkillA ruciyE
OraNamAi ati lAvaNyamAi
6: kApi aLikkum inda saukhyaattikk-IDEdu Arabhi rAgamadu sAdhittadE
sindhiubhairavi manadirkkugandadu vErEdu mOhana shuvai tappAlE
prakAsha sUryakAnta muttu mOhana vadani madhyAvati pOTrum
shrI jAnakIpati rAmanAma sAra hamsanAdam muzhanga

[rshankar]

Meaning to follow.

First, some corrections, and the (bhavangaLil tOynda) kRtis that possibly inspired the phrases:

(rAgA: amrtavarSiNi)
P: dEvargaL aruL seida rAgangaLE anda bhAvangaLil tOynda pADalgaLE
C1: nATTai paripAlanam seyyum kalyANiunnaiyallAl yArE gati
bhairavi nin perumai puriyAdAr yArO ranjani rasikar manam nira(i)nja nI
2: simhEndra surar pOTRum pannagEndra shayanan kaNNanai azhaittODi tAyE yashOdE (inda) darbArukkE vara En yOcanai anda shyAmalanai ninaindu manadu sancarikka
3: bhaktan yAsittu dhyAnamE seidAl oppilA hari aruLvAn enrum inbamE
kharaharapriyan vagutta rAja mArgam en vasham tAn meyyA mAyamAi
samayam rasikapriyam pera aruL seyya vENDinEn
4: shankarAbharaNanAm sAmagAna lOlan SaNmukhapriyanukku
tandai tAi irundAl sArangan tEDuvanO aruNAcalanai adanAlE muDivuraittAr
hariyum haranum onrE sAramadil teLindu mOkSamum aDainda
5: AbhOgikkEdum samAnamAgumA AbhEriyai kUrAmal viDuvadu tagumO
kAmbhOji kETka sevi kOTi vENDum varALiyE kaNakkillA ruciyE
OraNamAi ati lAvaNyamAi
6: kApi aLikkum inda saukhyattikk-IDEdu Arabhi rAgamadu sAdhittadE
sindhiubhairavi manadirkkugandadu vErEdu mOhana shuvaikk(u)appAlE
prakAsha sUryakAnta muttu mOhana vadani madhyamAvati pOTRum
shrI jAnakIpati rAmanAma sAra amsha nAdam muzhanga

[1] nATTai - ?
[2] kalyANi - unnai allAl vErE gati - PS
[3] bhairavi - yArO ivar yArO (?) - AK
[4] ranjani - ranjani mRdu pankaja lOcani (?)
[5] simhEndramadhyamam - ?
[6] tODi - tAyE yaSOdA - OVK
[7] darbAr - yOcana - T
[8] sAmA - mAnasa sancararE
[9] dhanyAsi - ?
[10] bilahari - ?
[11] kharaharapriya - cakkani rAja - Y
[12] vasantA - sItammA mAyammA
[13] rasikapriya - arul seyya vENDum ayyA - KI
[14] SankarAbharaNam - ?
[15] shaNmukhapriya - tandai tAi irundAl - GKB
[16] sArangA - aruNAcalanAtham - MD
[17] aThAnA - hariyum haranum onRE - MDR
[18] sAramati - mOkshamu galadA - T
[19] AbhOgi - sabhApatikku vEru deivam samAnamAgumA - GKB
[20] AbhEri - eppaDi pADinarO/nagumOmu
[21] kAmbhOji - kANa kaN kOTi/kODi vENDum
[22] varALi - kanakana rucirA - T
[23] ??
[24] kApi - inta saukhyamaninE - T
[25] Arabhi - sAdhincanE - T
[26] sindhubhairavi - manadirkkugandadu
[27] mOhanam - kapAli - PS
[28] sUryakAnta - ???
[29] madhyamAvati - rAma kathA ? - T
[30] (h)amsanAdam - baNTurIti ? - T

[narayara000]

Thanks for lyrics,
Let me try to fill in your blanks

[1] nATTai - svAminAta paripAlaya - MD
[4] ranjani - ranjani niranjani - GNB
[5] simhEndramadhyamam - ninnE nammitinayya - MV
[9] dhanyAsi - dhyAnamE varamaina - T
[10] bilahari - ini namakkoru - KI
[14] SankarAbharaNam - sarOjadaLa nEtri - SS
[23] pUrNaSaDjam - lAvaNya rAma - T
[28] sUryakAnta - muddumOmu - T
[29] madhyamAvati - nAdupai - T

[rshankar]

My attempt at the meaning:
Corrections welcome.

pallavi
dEvargaL aruL seida rAgangaLE anda bhAvangaLil tOynda pADalgaLE

Melodies (rAgangaLE) that are the blessings (aruL seida) of the gods (dEvargaL)! Songs/kRtis (pAdalgaLE) that are soaked (tOynda) is that (anda) [1] essence (bhAvangaLil)!

caraNam 1
nATTai paripAlanam seyyum kalyANi unnaiyallAl yArE gati
bhairavi nin perumai puriyAdAr yArO ranjani rasikar manam nira(i)nja nI

Oh auspicious one (kalyANi), who protects (paripAlanam seyyum) the land/country (nATTai), is there anyone (yArE) but you (unnai allAl) for succor (gati)? Is there anyone (yArO) who doesn’t comprehend (puriyAdAr) your (nin) greatness (perumai), Oh bhairavi? You (nI) are the charming one (ranjani) who is replete (niRaja] in the minds/hearts (manam) of connoisseurs (rasikar).

caraNam 2
simhEndra surar pOTRum pannagEndrashayanan kaNNanai azhaittODi tAyE yashOdE (inda)
darbArukkE vara En yOcanai anda shyAmalanai ninaindu manadu sancarikka

Oh mother (tAyE) yaSOdA why (En) are you hesitating/thinking (yOcanai) about coming (vara) to this (inda) court (darbArukku), bringing along (azhaittODi) kRshNa (kaNNanai) with you, the one who reclines (Sayanan) on the king of serpents (pannagEndra), praised (pOTRum) by the brave/lion-like (simhEndra) gods (surar)? Thinking of (ninaindu) of that (anda) dark-hued one (SyAmaLanai), (my) mind/heart (manadu) is roaming/drifting (sancarikka) (towards) (songs soaked in the essence of melodies that are divine blessings).

caraNam 3
bhaktan yAsittu dhyAnamE seidAl oppilA hari aruLvAn enRum inbamE
kharaharapriyan vagutta rAja mArgam en vasham tAn meyyA
mAyamAi samayam rasikapriyam peRa aruL seyya vENDinEn

If a devotee (bhaktan) requests (yAcittu), and meditates (dhyAnamE seidAl), vishNu (hari) who is without an equal (oppilA) will bless (us) (aruLvAn) with eternal (enRum) bliss (inbamE). The kingly (rAja) path (mArgam) laid down/created by (vagutta) by the Lord who is the beloved (priyan) of the defeater (hara) of the demon khara, is truly (meyyA) (with)in my (en) power/possession (vaSam tAn). I asked for (vENDinEn) (the lord) to bless me (aruL seyya) to magically (mAyamAi) obtain (peRa) the love of connoisseurs (rasikapriyam) at the (right) time (samayam).

caraNam 4
shankarAbharaNanAm sAmagAna lOlan SaNmukhapriyanukku
tandai tAi irundAl sArangan tEDuvanO aruNAcalanai adanAlE muDivuraittAr
hariyum haranum onrE sAramadil teLindu mOkSamum aDainda

If the lover (priyan) of the six-faced one (SaNmukha), the one who delights (lOlan) in the chanting of the sAma vEda (sAma gAna), who is the decoration (AbharaNanAm) of Sankara, had (irundAl) parents (a father and mother – tandai tAi), would vishNu (sArangan) have searched for (tEDuvanO) him (aruNAcalanai)? Therefore (adanAlE), the results (muDivu) were announced (uraittAr) – Siva (haranum) and vishNu (hariyum) are the same (onRE). (The gods) who were enlightened (teLindu) and attained (aDainda) salvation (mOkshamum) by this essence (sAramidil) (have blessed us with melodies and songs soaked in the essence of those melodies)!

caraNam 5
AbhOgikkEdum samAnamAgumA AbhEriyai kUrAmal viDuvadu tagumO
kAmbhOji kETka sevi kOTi vENDum varALiyE kaNakkillA ruciyE
pUraNamAi ati lAvaNyamAi

Can anything (Edum) become (AgumA) equal to (samAnam) AbhOgi? Will it be appropriate (tagumO) if we do not speak of (kURAmal viDuvadu) AbhEri? We need (vENDum) countless (literally, crores – kOTi) ears (sevi) to listen (kETka) to kAmbhOji, while varALi is taste (ruciyE) beyond measure (kaNakkillA), completely (pUraNamAi), and very (ati) beautifully (lAvaNyamAi).

caraNam 6
kApi aLikkum inda saukhyattikk-IDEdu Arabhi rAgamadu sAdhittadE
sindhiubhairavi manadirkkugandadu vErEdu mOhana shuvaikk(u)appAlE
prakAsha sUryakAnta muttu mOhana vadani madhyamAvati pOTRum
shrI jAnakIpati rAma nAma sAra amsha nAdam muzhanga

(If you are wondering) if there (Edu) an equal (IDu) to this (inda) bliss (saukhiyattikku) offered (aLikkum) by kApi, the rAga (rAgamadu) Arabhi has succeeded (sAdhittadE)! Sindhubhairavi is acceptable/appropriate for (ugandadu) the mind/heart (manadirku). Is there anything (vEREdu) that is beyond (appAlE) the pleasure/delicious taste (suvaikku) evoked by mOhanam? Oh husband (pati) of jAnaki, who is praised (pOTRum) by madhyamAvati, with a face (vadani) that is brilliant (prakAsha) like the sun (sUryakAnta), loving (muttu/muddu), and captivating (mOhana). (The gods blessed us with melodies and songs soaked in the essence of those melodies) so that the music (nAdam) that is the essence (sArAmSa) of the rAma nAma can resound (muzhanga).

[rshankar]

Forgot to add that 'sUrya' from the rAga mudra of sUryakAnta probably also stands for the composer's aMkita.

The whole shaNmukhapriya - sAranga part of the composition (shaNmukhapriyanukku tandai tAi irundAl sArangam tEDuvAnO aruNAcalanai) was simply superb - if Siva had had parents (tandai tAi irundAl), he would have been like everyone else, but because he didn't, he is 'adimadhyAnta rahita' - leading to the search for his origins by vishNu (sArangan - a commonly accepted corruption of SArngan - the weilder of the bow called SArnga) as varAha - an 'Aha' moment for me.

[rajeshnat]

dEvargaL arUl seida rAgangaLE. rAgamAlikA. Adi. R.Suryaprakash.

(rAgA: amrtavarSiNi)
P: dEvargaL aruL sheda rAgangaLE anda bhAvangiLi tOinda pADalgaLE
....
shrI jAnakIpati rAmanAma sAra hamsanAdam muzhanga

IN this composition there is no amruthavarshini at all . The start and end is in hamsanAdam.

[rajeshnat]

he is 'adimadhyAnta rahita' - leading to the search for his origins by vishNu

Ravi
What does adimadhyAnta rahita mean?

[rshankar]

One without (rahita) a beginning (adi), a middle (madhya), or end (anta).

[narayara000]

thank you

[Suryaprakash]

I thought I could post some clarifications on my composition here.
Firstly, the focus of the composition is not any particular God head, but the ragas which were created by devas and the BhavA filled compositions in the respective ragas. Just a listing out of the above. In the listing out there are a few digressions to God heads and their descriptions but the endeavour is to establish completeness in the story/description at the end of every stanza and connection to the raga,deva,padal theme of the pallavi.

A beautiful translation and identification of ragas vis a vis the songs - kudos.

Let me chip in with the connections for charanams.

Charanam 1

nATTai paripAlanam seyyum kalyANi unnaiyallAl yArE gati
bhairavi nin perumai puriyAdAr yArO ranjani rasikar manam nira(i)nja nI

Description about Ambal but the end is '..Ranjani ! Rasigar Manam niranja (nirainda) nin (your) devargal arul seyda raagangale! '

caraNam 2

simhEndra surar pOTRum pannagEndrashayanan kaNNanai azhaittODi tAyE yashOdE (inda)
darbArukkE vara En yOcanai anda shyAmalanai ninaindu manadu sancarikka

(Addressed to yashoda as a poetic digression but at the end of the verse the focus shifts back to 'andha shyaamalanai ninaindu manasu sancharikka devargal arul seyda raagangale')


caraNam 3
bhaktan yAsittu dhyAnamE seidAl oppilA hari aruLvAn enRum inbamE
kharaharapriyan vagutta rAja mArgam en vasham tAn meyyA
mAyamAi samayam rasikapriyam peRa aruL seyya vENDinEn

(A conversation with ragas and padalgal on the greatness of Oppilaa Hari who is also Hara Priyan. 'Even if the Raja maargam of Hari is not within my reach (en vasam meyya, maayama?(just a phonetic allusion to Seethamma mayamma)) atleast lend me rasikas' affection for the time being, o divine ragas and paadalgal)

caraNam 4

shankarAbharaNanAm sAmagAna lOlan SaNmukhapriyanukku
tandai tAi irundAl sArangan tEDuvanO aruNAcalanai adanAlE muDivuraittAr
hariyum haranum onrE sAramadil teLindu mOkSamum aDainda

(This charanam and the philosophy has already been explained vividly by rshankar. The ending says ..Hariyum haranum onre (ennum) sAram adil thelindu mOkshamum adainda devargal arul seyda raagangale. So describes Shiva but all the time addressing the divine rAgas)

caraNam 5

AbhOgikkEdum samAnamAgumA AbhEriyai kUrAmal viDuvadu tagumO
kAmbhOji kETka sevi kOTi vENDum varALiyE kaNakkillA ruciyE
pUraNamAi ati lAvaNyamAi

(Describing the greatness of the ragas to the ragas themselves, addressing them as 'puranamaai ati laavanyamaai devargal arul seyda raagangale)


caraNam 6

kApi aLikkum inda saukhyattikk-IDEdu Arabhi rAgamadu sAdhittadE
sindhiubhairavi manadirkkugandadu vErEdu mOhana shuvaikk(u)appAlE
prakAsha sUryakAnta muttu mOhana vadani madhyamAvati pOTRum
shrI jAnakIpati rAma nAma sAra amsha nAdam muzhanga

( List out of the ragas and their descriptions , but addressing the divine ragas as 'prakaasha suryakaantha muthu mohana vadani madhyamavathi (all refers to Sri Janaki) pathi Raman namaththin Saraamsa naadam muzhanga devargal arul seyda raagangale!!' which connects back to the pallavi in hamsanadam after alluding to 'Rama Nama' in Thyagaraja's Bantureethi.

The composition was intended for janaranjakam using word play, to invoke a rasam which could me a mix of hAsyam, spirituality and puzzle solving amongst the audience. No way it can even be compared with monumental ragamalikas like Arabhi maanam, nee thaan thunai or Ranjani mala, but if it is a tasty 'kichadi' it would have served the purpose.

The song just happened in the course of a game, a discussion on a train journey with my mother, that went like Nattai paripalanam - Swaminatha paripalaya, bhairavi perumai ariyaadaar yaaro etc. entirely composed by your truly but I have to give credit to my mother for participating animatedly in the discussion and even suggesting to include some ragas. It was not contrived or did not happen under any pressure.

I have rendered 'Madhuvunda vandaanen' , another ragamalika, by a vaggeyakara well known to you all, on a social theme with chittaswarams in reverse order etc. conforming strictly to the grammar of ragamalika, would be happy to get your feedback on that too.

With regards
(your)
Surya

[Lakshman]

Thanks Rajesh.

[rshankar]

I thought I could post some clarifications on my composition here.
With regards
(your)
Surya

Thank you for your painstaking explanations. They make perfect sense.

[HarishankarK]

Thank you Suryaprakash ji.
After your explanation, the song makes good sense and is very good.
Hope my comments did not hurt you. I had no idea that you are in this forum and would read this topic. Please don't mind.
By the way, Love your Rakeshri song Ninaikkadaneram illai. Have heard it countless times.

[Sath]

The whole shaNmukhapriya - sAranga part of the composition (shaNmukhapriyanukku tandai tAi irundAl sArangam tEDuvAnO aruNAcalanai) was simply superb

Nicely explained, thank you!

as varAha - an 'Aha' moment for me.

Well done sir, heheh .