Need lyrics & meaning of Ganesha Varnam in Hamsadwani

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nishita.shah000
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Need lyrics & meaning of Ganesha Varnam in Hamsadwani

Post by nishita.shah000 »

Hello... Can someone help me with the lyrics and meaning for this Ganesha varnam?

Ragam: Hamsadwani
Tala: Adi

Chandra shekhara Shankara...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBCNNpuZ0-I

Thank you!
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Lakshman
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Re: Need lyrics & meaning of Ganesha Varnam in Hamsadwani

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candrashEkhara (pv). rAgA: hamsadhvani. Adi tALA. K.J.Govindarajan.

P: candrashEkhara shankaran maghanE sundara rUpanE mUSika vAhananE
karuNA sAgara gajavadana varaguNa suguNa vAmana rUpanE
A: aindu karattOnE sindUra varNanE pAshAnkushanE parama dayALanE
ulagam nIyanru oru shuTril kAttinai umAmahEshvaranin ATSiyai nI peTrAi
(muktAyi svara sAhitya)
siddhi vinAyakA shaktiyin pudalvA muktiyE taruvAi shakti peravE
vinai tIrkkum vittaga uruvAi unai nADuvar vinai aghala
guruvE uruvE tudippOm unnaiyE aruL taruvAi idu samayam
C: nartana gAnapati ninnaDi paNindEn bhaktanai kAppAi paramanin maindanE

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Re: Need lyrics & meaning of Ganesha Varnam in Hamsadwani

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Thank you so much Lakshman ji!
Can you please also provide word-to-word meanings?

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nishita.shah000
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Re: Need lyrics & meaning of Ganesha Varnam in Hamsadwani

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Can anyone please help with the word-to-word meaning of this composition?
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Rajani
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Re: Need lyrics & meaning of Ganesha Varnam in Hamsadwani

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Some possible corrections:
umAmahEshvaranin ATSiyai nI peTrAi - umAmahEshvaranin Asiyai nI peTrAi
muktiyE taruvAi shakti peravE - muktiyE peravE shakti taruvAi
ulagam nIyanru - ulagam nIyenru
guruvE uruvE - guruvin Uruve!


candrashEkhara shankaran maghanE - O Son of Shiva who wears the moon,
sundara rUpanE - O One with a charming form!
mUSika vAhananE - O One with the rodent as vehicle!
karuNA sAgara - O Ocean of mercy!
gajavadana - O Elephant-faced one!
varaguNa - O One with superior qualities !
suguNa - O Virtuous one!
vAmana rUpanE - O Short-statured one!
A
aindu karattOnE - O One with five hands (four arms+ a trunk)!
sindUra varNanE - O One (red) coloured like Sindur!
pAshAnkushanE - O One holding noose and goad!
parama dayALanE - O Greatly compassionate !

kAttinai - You showed
oru shuTril - with a single circumambulation, (of your parents)
nIyenru - that said "You are
ulagam - the world" (to them).
nI peTrAi - You received
Asiyai - the blessings
umAmahEshvaranin - of Shiva and Parvati.

siddhi vinAyakA - O Siddhi VInayaka!
shaktiyin pudalvA - O Son of Shakti !
shakti taruvAi - Give me strength
muktiyE peravE - To attain liberation !


nADuvar - People seek
unai - you
vittaga uruvAi - as the embodiment of wisdom,
vinai tIrkkum - (and) as one who dissolves (bad) Karma.

guruvin uruvE - O One who comes in the form of a Guru!
vinai agala - To remove (our) (bad) Karma
tudippOm - we shall praise
unnaiyE - only you.
aruL taruvAi - Give me your grace.
idu samayam - This is the (right) time!
C:
nartana gAnapati - O Dancing Ganapati!
ninnaDi paNindEn - I bowed at your feet!
bhaktanai kAppAi - Save (me) your devotee!
paramanin maindanE - O Son of the Supreme Lord!

PS: wherever the Sahitya is a long sentence, i have rearranged the words, for the English meaning to read correctly.

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Re: Need lyrics & meaning of Ganesha Varnam in Hamsadwani

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Much appreciated!
Thank you so much!
NS

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