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SrI rAja gOpAla
Ragam: Saveri
(15th Melakartha Mayamalavagowla
Janyam)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saveri
ARO: S R1 M1 P D1
S ||
AVA: S N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1
S ||
Talam: Adi
(2 kalai)
Composer: Muthuswamy
Dikshitar
Version: Hyderabad
Brothers (Youtube
Original)
Lyrics / Meanings Courtesy: Guru Guha Vaibhavam and Guruguhamrta YouTube Video
on Mannargudi
YouTube
Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLrm8kLF9CE
Pallavi:
SrI rAja
gOpAla bAla
SRngAra
lIla Srita jana pAla
Anupallavi
dhIrAgragaNya
dIna SaraNya
cAru
campakAraNya dakshiNa –
madhyama
kAla sAhityam:
dvArakA
puri nilaya
viSishTAdvaitAdvaitAlaya
mAM pAlaya
CaraNam
smErAnana
sEvaka caturAnana nArAyaNa
tAraka
divya nAma pArAyaNa kRta -
nAradAdi
nuta sArasa pAda
sadA mOda
nArI vEsha dhara
vAma bhAga
murArE SrI vidyA rAja harE
SrI rukmiNI
satya bhAmA Srita
pArSva
yugaLa kambu jaya gaLa
madhyama
kAla sAhityam:
nIra
saMpUrNa haridrA nadI -
tIra
mahOtsava vaibhava mAdhava
mAra janaka
nata Suka sanaka janaka
vIra guru guha mahita ramA sahita
Meaning: (Courtesy: Guru
Guha Vaibhavam)
Sahityam: SrI rAja gOpAla bAla SRngAra lIla Srita jana
pAla
SrI rAja gOpAla
bAla - O child Rajagopala!
SRngAra lIla - O one of attractive
playful activities!
Srita jana pAla - O protector of those who have
come seeking refuge!
Anupallavi
Sahityam: dhIrAgragaNya dIna SaraNya cAru campakAraNya dakshiNa
–
dhIra-agragaNya - O foremost among the wise and
brave,
dIna SaraNya - O one affording shelter to
the destitute !
cAru campaka-araNya
dakshiNa dvArakA puri nilaya - O resident of the beautiful Champaka forest (Mannargudi)
known as the Dwarakapuri of the South!
Sahityam: dvArakA puri Nilaya
viSishTAdvaitAdvaitAlaya mAM pAlaya
cAru campaka-araNya
dakshiNa dvArakA puri nilaya - O resident of the beautiful Champaka forest
known as the Dwarakapuri of the South!
viSishTa-advaita-advaita-Alaya
- O haven to both Vishishtadvaita and
Advaita schools of philosophy,
mAM pAlaya - Protect me!
CaraNam
Sahityam: smErAnana sEvaka caturAnana nArAyaNa
smEra-Anana - O one with a smiling
face!
sEvaka catura-Anana - O one to whom the four-faced
Brahma is himself a servant!
nArAyaNa - O Narayana!
Sahityam: tAraka divya nAma pArAyaNa kRta –
Sahityam: nAradAdi nuta sArasa pAda
O one praised by Narada
and others who chant your divine names which enable crossing (the ocean of
Worldly Existence)!
sArasa pAda - O one with lotus-like
feet!
Sahityam: sadA mOda nArI vEsha dhara
Sahityam: vAma bhAga murArE SrI vidyA rAja harE
sadA mOda - O ever-blissful one!
nArI vEsha dhara vAma
bhAga - O one whose left half is feminine!
mura-arE - O slayer of the demon
Mura!
SrI vidyA rAja harE - O Hari who is Srividya
Rajagopala!
Sahityam: SrI rukmiNI satya bhAmA Srita
Sahityam: pArSva yugaLa kambu jaya gaLa
SrI rukmiNI satya bhAmA
Srita pArSva yugaLa - O one at whose two sides Rukmini and Satyabhama are held
in embrace!
kambu jaya gaLa - O one whose neck surpasses a
conch (in shapeliness and beauty)!
madhyama kAla sAhityam:
Sahityam: nIra saMpUrNa haridrA nadI -
Sahityam: tIra mahOtsava vaibhava mAdhava
nIra saMpUrNa haridrA
nadI-tIra mahA-utsava vaibhava - O one whose enjoys the grandeur of the great
festivities on the banks of the water-filled Haridra-nadi tank,
mA-dhava - O husband of Lakshmi (Ma)!
Sahity