Request for meaning for Uruhada Manam of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi

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asangeetha
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Request for meaning for Uruhada Manam of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi

Post by asangeetha »

Could one of you please provide the English meaning for this song ? Thank you.

P
uruhāda manam enna manamō (kēṭṭu) engaḷ
(khaṇḍa gati) oodu kuzhal nādamoḍu kādal uravāhinavan
uḷḷam muzhudum kaḷḷam aḷḷinavaiyum kēṭṭu 
uruhāda manam enna manam-illai 
oor vambu shumakkum dur guṇamō kēṭṭu  
AP
virikanda mandāra malarāna vēḷai
melleeṛum eeṛāna paṇṇārum vēḷai
aṛiyāna shidai enṛāl āngoru vēḷai 
ānālum manidarkkō āyiram vēlai  
MK
adu tahum idu peṛum āshaiyai maṇandu
āshaiyai maṇandu ooḍalil iṇaindu
poduvil uṇarndiḍa vahai aṛiyāduṛa
pukkinadettanai ettanaiyō
nahu nahumenṛivai gnyānam uhandu
aṛivānadu mayangum attanaiyō
nallavai aṛindu allavai eṛindu
mellana ezhundu mihu tavam idenṛu 
C
vaṇangāda talai enna talaiyō illai
vaṇi vāzhum manai vāshal nilaiyō  
aṇangārin mukham kaṇḍa kalaiyō ānāl
hari bhakti enṛāl veeshai enna vilaiyō

KKishore
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Re: Request for meaning for Uruhada Manam of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi

Post by KKishore »

Not sure if the OP wanted a word by word translation for say dance performance in mind etc or just a gist/purport to get what's the message composer wants to convey,anyway below is what i know IMHO (corrections welcome):
Purport/Gist:
The composer here is driving the importance of Krishna/Hari bakthi and he wonders how the human mind/heart is not getting attracted/realizing the importance of devotion to Sri Krishna whilst it is going after all unwanted/temporal material desires.
P: What kind of a mind it is that cannot get engrossed/melt upon listening to divine flute music of Sri Krishna and thereby in devotion to the Lord who by his love/mercy had captured all our hearts & removed all our unwanted desires? Is it the vice of carrying the worldly gossips that's preventing the mind?
AP: (Some words i see possibly spelt wrongly or i couldn't decipher precisely)
Here composer wonders when the Flora & Fauna have single action to perform in their lifetimes humans have thousand chores/jobs to do. Mandara flowers bloom when the flowering season comes, Termites/white ants have a single job in their times etc but humans get themselves occupied with thousand stuff in their lifetimes.
MK: Human mind goes after various material pursuits in its myriad of desires as long as its disillusioned brain continues to feel it can get permanent happiness in them. Here the composer wants to know the real loftier goal of Hari bhakthi that one needs to have & strive for it and to discard all other unwanted stuff.
C: Here the surrender/bowing down to the Lord is emphasized and composer wonders how can one not surrender to lord (in great respect to lord) but remain so ignorant of Him to get attracted to all other temporal entities.

asangeetha
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Re: Request for meaning for Uruhada Manam of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi

Post by asangeetha »

Thank you so much. If the word to word or line by line meaning could also be shared , it would be much appreciated!

KKishore
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Re: Request for meaning for Uruhada Manam of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi

Post by KKishore »

Here's a link to a blog post
https://kishorekannan.wordpress.com/cat ... icrelated/
That has word by word details as asked

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