Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

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Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

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reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

Word meaning required please

https://youtu.be/ce62fV1kSbo

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KKishore
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Re: Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

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sAmi unnaiyE nAn (pv). rAgA: rItigauLa. Adi tALA. Vadivelu.

P: sAmi unnaiyE nAn migavum nambinEnE jAlam seyyalAgAdu inda vELaiyil nI
sAmi - Lord
unnaiyE - Only you
naan - I
migavum - very much
nambinene - Trusted/had faith
jAlam - Tricks/Magic
seyyalAgAdu - Cannot do/Shall not do
inda - this
vELaiyil - time
nI - You
Meaning : The NAyika (virahotkanditha nayika) says she trusted only her lord very much and at this time the Lord shall not do his tricks.

A: kAmanai Inra nI kamalanAbhA dEvA nindAsanAna shrI kulashEkhara rAjEndrA
kAmanai - Cupid
Inra - give birth to (Lord Vishnu created Cupid the God of Love)
kamalanAbhA dEva - Refers to Lord Vishnu in the form of Padmanabha Swamy who has lotus on his navel.
nin dAsanAna - Your servant/subordinate/devotee
shrI kulashEkhara rAjEndra - Kulasekara Azhwar was a royal saint, a crown jewel in the lineage of the kings of Travancore who ruled the kingdom as Padmanabhadasa.

(muktAyisvara sAhitya)
nI uyaruDaiya nI nidaiyuDaiya nI vitaraNaiyil nI soga alladu nIvErutipara ninu nI krpai seyya nIrA samayamE
vitaraNai - knowledge,compassion,skill
niVErutipera - To get remedy/alleviate the agony here
(Some words formation in above line not clear to me but
Contextual meaning is : Nayika talks high of his lord and asks him to show his love & mercy at this time when she is torn apart/deeply worried due to his separation/absence)

C: sAmi nIyE tAn en prANanAthan
prANanAthan - Lord of one's life/existence or (could also mean husband for a wife)
Meaning : NAyika says Swamy is the lord of her very existence/life partner

(ciTTasvara sAhityas)
1: nI tagu mOhamAgumennai nI dayavAga uDum nidam
moham - Love/passion
dayaVaga - With mercy/Kindly

2: sAmi enatudhisAdhanai uDaiya sAdhujana sArasan alavO
tudisAdhanai uDaiya - One who is venerated/praised highly and worshipped
sAdhujana - Saints/devotees

(Below 2 lines lyrics again talk of viraha/longing of the nAyika and asks the lord to quickly come to her at this time and show his mercy)
3: bhAva mOcana un pAda sEvaiyuLa pAshamAi umadu bhAriyAgu enai
pAdukA patita pAlanA paruva bAlaiyennatara kAlamidu

un/umadu - your
pAda sEvai - Service to Lord's feet
pAshamAi - with love
kAlamidu - this is the time

4: sA sArasaruta udAra krpAkarAmadanAgama gAnapriyA
gambhIra oyyAra shikhAmaNiyE parAmukhamAvadu jnAyamA
sarasamADi tamuvikUDap-pazhugadEDi manadu nADi mILum enadu
viraham adanai arindu marunam aruL tara vara tAmadanEn ennALum

Note: Tried my best to give meanings wherever it was clear imho and corrections/additions welcome.

Rajani
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Re: Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

Post by Rajani »

KKishore, your work was very helpful. Some words are not clear from the audio too.

Some corrections in Anupallavi based on what I could hear::

A: kAmanai Inra nI kamalanAbhA dEvAnin dAsanAna shrI kulashEkhara rAjEndrA
(The varnam seems to be in praise of the Travnacore king of the composer's time. He carries the same name as the great Azhwar saint whom Kishore has mentioned.)

O King Kulasekhara, who is the slave to Lord Padmanabha (who is the father of Manmatha)

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Re: Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

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I think the anupallavi should read: kAmanai Inra shrI kamalanAbha dEvanin dAsanAna shrI kulashEkhara rAjEndrA

KKishore
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Re: Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

Post by KKishore »

Thank you Rajani ji & Lakshman ji for corrections.
Yes the king's name in anupallavi refers to Swati Tirunal who I read was patron of Tanjore Quartret (vadivelu the composer here was one of the 4 well known for contribution to Bharathanatyam)

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Thank you all so much

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Re: Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

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Hello


Any idea on the muktaiswaram sahityam

Word meaning will help for that sahityam to understand the varnam better

Word meaning for that portion if possible please

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Re: Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

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Can someone please help with details word meaning of this composition

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Re: Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

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The word in the muktAyi svara sHaitya is not soga but sOham.

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Re: Lyrics and word meaning of reetigowlai varnam by vadivelu

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Happy day

Can we get word by word meaning of this varnam plus any sahityam related to the paragraphs

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