meaning for Brindavanadolu Purandaradasa Kriti/Padam PLEASE!

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meaning for Brindavanadolu Purandaradasa Kriti/Padam PLEASE!

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Hello!
Please help me with the English meaning of Brindavanadolu. Is it Kriti or Padam?

P: brndAvanadoLu AduvanArE gOpa candra vadanana nODuvajArE
C1: aruNa pallava padayugaLanE divya marakata manjuLAbharaNanE sirivarayadu kula sOmanE inthA paripUrNa kAma niSkAmanE
2: hArahira guNa dhAranE divya sAra sharIra shrngArananE ArigAdaru mana dUranE tanna sErida vara mAtumIranE
3: makara kuNDala kAnti bharitanE divya akaLanka rUpa lAvaNyanE sakala dEvaroLu ItanE namma mukutIsha purandaraviThalanE

Thank anyone for reply!!!
Yours,
Jekamrita

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Re: meaning for Brindavanadolu Purandaradasa Kriti/Padam PLE

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This is not a padam. This is a dEvara nama composed by SrI Purandara dasaru.

The correct lyrics and the meaning for two of the caranas, are courtesy of SrI R Sudarshan.

bRuMdAvanadoLu ADuvanyAre gOpi
caMdiravadane nODuva bAre /bRuMdA/

aruNapallava pAdayugaLali..divya
marakata maMjuLAbharaNane
sirivara yadukula sOmane iMtha
paripUrNa kAma nissImane /bRuMdA/

makara kuMDala kAMtIbharitane
akaLaMka rUpa lAvaNyane divya
sakalaroLage dEva Itane namma
mukutIsha puraMdara viThThalane /bRuMdA/

Meaning of the song:

who is playing (ADuvanyAre) in the brindavan gardens (bRuMdAvanadoLu)
friend gOpi (with face like moon - caMdira vadane)
come let us go and see (nODuva bAre)

adorned with finest (divya) emerald (marakata) ornaments (maMjuLAbharaNane)
on his mild-red coloured (aruNa pallava) feet (pAdayugaLali)
(aruNa pallava - the rays emanating before sunrise)
matchless person (nissImane) triumph of desires (kAma) completely (paripUrNa)
wealthy (sirivara) and shining moon (sOmane) of Yaduvamsha (yadukula)

having bright-face (kAMtIbharitane) with variety of ear-rings (makara kuMDala)
flawless (akaLaMka) elegance (divya) hand-some person (rUpa lAvaNyane)
supreme (dEva Itane) of all celestial beings of heaven (sakalaroLage)
He is our (namma) Puradaravittala (puraMdaraviThThalane) who gives emancipation to all (mukutIsha)

The meaning for the second carana in your post is my attempt
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2: hArahira guNa dhAranE divya sAra sharIra shrngAranE ArigAdaru mana dUranE tanna sErida vara mAtumIranE

He is adorned with chains of diamonds,he is the epitome of good qualties.

He is the spendid figure of beauty and lovelyness. He is faraway from the reaches of the mind, He will not defy

the request of those who are with Him.

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Re: meaning for Brindavanadolu Purandaradasa Kriti/Padam PLE

Post by jekamrita »

Hello!
Thank you very much for such a quick reply!!!
This is really a very valuable information for me and all the Bharatanatyam Dance studio AMRITA in Estonia!
Yours,
Jekamrita

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