Saturday, September 08, 2007

Thyagaraja Kriti - Kamalaapta Kula - Brindavana Saaranga

Transliteration–Telugu _______________________________________________________
Transliteration as per Modified Harvard-Kyoto (HK) Convention
(including Telugu letters – Short e, Short o) -

a A i I u U
R RR lR lRR
e E ai o O au M (H or :)

(e – short E – Long o – short O – Long)

k kh g gh n/G
c ch j jh n/J (jn – as in jnAna)
T Th D Dh N
t th d dh n
p ph b bh m
y r l L v
S sh s h

kamalApta kula-bRndAvanasAranga

In the kRti ‘kamalApta kula’ – rAga bRndAvanasAranga, SrI tyAgarAja sings praises of the Lord.

P 1kamal(A)pta kula kalaS(A)bdhi candra
kAva(v)ayya nannu karuNA samudra

A kamalA kaLatra kausalyA su-putra
kamanIya gAtra kAm(A)ri mitra (kamala)

C munu dAsula brOcinad(e)lla cAla
vini nI caraN(A)SrituD(ai)tin(a)yya
kanikarambuna nAk(a)bhayam(i)vvum(a)yya2
vanaja lOcana SrI tyAgarAja nuta (kamala)

Gist
O Moon born in the ocean of Solar dynasty! O Ocean of Mercy! O Lord who has lakshmI as consort! O virtuous son of kausalyA! O Lord with a lovable body! O Friend of Lord Siva! O Lotus Eyed! O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja!
Having heard a lot about all Your exploits in protecting Your devotees earlier, I became dependent on Your holy feet.
Kindly give me freedom from fear.
Please protect me.

Word-by-word Meaning

P O Moon (candra) born in the ocean (kalaSa abdhi) (kalaSAbdhi) (literally milk ocean) of Solar - munificient (Apta) to Lotus (kamala) (kamalApta) - dynasty (kula)!
O Ocean (samudra) of Mercy (karuNA)! O Lord (ayya), please protect (kAvu) (kAvavayya) me (nannu).

A O Lord who has lakshmI (kamalA) as consort (kaLatra)! O virtuous son (su-ptra) of kausalyA!
O Lord with a lovable (kamanIya) body (gAtra)! O Friend (mitra) of Lord Siva – the enemy (ari) of cupid (kAma) (kAmAri)!
O Moon born in the ocean of Solar dynasty! O Ocean of Mercy! O Lord, please protect me.

C Having heard (vini) a lot (cAla) about all (ella) Your exploits in protecting (brOcinadi) (brOcinadella) Your devotees (dAsula) (literally servants) earlier (munu),
O Lord (ayya)! I became (aitini) dependent (ASrituDu) on Your (nI) holy feet (caraNa) (caraNASrituDaitinayya);
O Lord (ayya)! kindly (kanikarambuna) give (ivvumu) me (nAku) freedom from fear (abhayamu) (nAkabhayamivvumayya);
O Lotus (vanaja) Eyed (lOcana)! O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja!
O Moon born in the ocean of Solar dynasty! O Ocean of Mercy! O Lord, please protect me.

Notes –
Variations –
2 – abhayamivvumayya – abhayamiyyavayya.

References –

Comments -
2 – kamalApta kula kalaSAbdhi candra –It is not clear whether this should be translated as a single epithet as ‘moon born in the ocean of Solar dynasty’ or as two epithets (1) ‘one belonging to the Solar dynasty’ and (2) ‘the moon shining in the milk ocean’.

In the former case, it becomes difficult to translate ‘kalaSAbdhi’ simply as ‘ocean’ as ‘kalaSAbdhi’ actually means ‘milk ocean from where the pitcher of nectar emerged’; in the latter case, it is not clear whether it would be appropriate to call the Lord ‘as moon shining in the milk ocean’.

This has been translated as a single epithet in keeping with the translation found in all the books.


Devanagari

ऎ,कॆ,चॆ.. - e,ke,ce..(short);
ए,के,चे.. - E,kE,cE..(long);
ऐ,कै,चै.. - ai,kai,cai..;
ऒ,कॊ,चॊ.. - o,ko,co..(short);
ओ,को,चो.. - O,kO,cO..(long);
औ,कौ,चौ.. -au,kau,cau..;

प. कम(ला)प्त कुल कल(शा)ब्धि चन्द्र
काववय्य नन्नु करुणा समुद्र

अ. कमला कळत्र कौसल्या सुपुत्र
कमनीय गात्र का(मा)रि मित्र (क)

च. मुनु दासुल ब्रोचिन(दॆ)ल्ल चाल
विनि नी चर(णा)श्रितु(डै)ति(न)य्य
कनिकरम्बुन ना(क)भय(मि)व्वु(म)य्य
वनज लोचन श्री त्यागराज नुत (क)

Tamil

க,ச,ட,த,ப - 2-ख छ ठ थ फ; 3-ग ड द ब; 4-घ झ ढ ध भ
(ச3 - ஜ)
ஸ1 श - शिव - சிவன்
ரு2 ऋ - कृप - கிருபை

ப. கம(லா)ப்த குல கல(ஸா1)ப்3தி4 சந்த்3ர
காவவய்ய நன்னு கருணா ஸமுத்3ர

அ. கமலா களத்ர கௌஸல்யா ஸுபுத்ர
கமனீய கா3த்ர கா(மா)ரி மித்ர (க)

ச. முனு தா3ஸுல ப்3ரோசின(தெ3)ல்ல சால
வினி நீ சர(ணா)ஸ்1ரிது(டை3)தி(ன)ய்ய
கனிகரம்பு3ன நா(க)ப4ய(மி)வ்வு(ம)ய்ய
வனஜ லோசன ஸ்ரீ த்யாக3ராஜ நுத (க)

பரிதிக் குலமெனும் கலசக்கடலிலுதித்த மதியே!
காப்பாயய்யா என்னை, கருணைக் கடலே!

கமலை மணாளா! கௌசலையின் நற்புதல்வா!
இனிய மேனியனே! காமன் பகைவனின் நண்பனே!
பரிதிக் குலமெனும் கலசக்கடலிலுதித்த மதியே!
காப்பாயய்யா என்னை, கருணைக் கடலே!

முன்பு தொண்டர்களைக் காத்ததெல்லாம் நிறைய
செவிமடுத்து உனது திருவடிகளை நம்பினவனானேனய்யா!
கனிவுடன் எனக்கு அபய மளிப்பீரய்யா!
கமலக்கண்ணா! தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோனே!
பரிதிக் குலமெனும் கலசக்கடலிலுதித்த மதியே!
காப்பாயய்யா என்னை, கருணைக் கடலே!

கலசக்கடல் - பாற்கடல்
கமலை - இலக்குமி
காமன் பகைவன் - சிவன்

Telugu

ప. కమలాప్త కుల కలశాబ్ధి చంద్ర
కావవయ్య నన్ను కరుణా సముద్ర

అ. కమలా కళత్ర కౌసల్యా సుపుత్ర
కమనీయ గాత్ర కామారి మిత్ర (క)

చ. మును దాసుల బ్రోచినదెల్ల చాల
విని నీ చరణాశ్రితుడైతినయ్య
కనికరంబున నాకభయమివ్వుమయ్య
వనజ లోచన శ్రీ త్యాగరాజ నుత (క)

Kannada

ಪ. ಕಮಲಾಪ್ತ ಕುಲ ಕಲಶಾಬ್ಧಿ ಚಂದ್ರ
ಕಾವವಯ್ಯ ನನ್ನು ಕರುಣಾ ಸಮುದ್ರ

ಅ. ಕಮಲಾ ಕಳತ್ರ ಕೌಸಲ್ಯಾ ಸುಪುತ್ರ
ಕಮನೀಯ ಗಾತ್ರ ಕಾಮಾರಿ ಮಿತ್ರ (ಕ)

ಚ. ಮುನು ದಾಸುಲ ಬ್ರೋಚಿನದೆಲ್ಲ ಚಾಲ
ವಿನಿ ನೀ ಚರಣಾಶ್ರಿತುಡೈತಿನಯ್ಯ
ಕನಿಕರಂಬುನ ನಾಕಭಯಮಿವ್ವುಮಯ್ಯ
ವನಜ ಲೋಚನ ಶ್ರೀ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ನುತ (ಕ)

Malayalam

പ. കമലാപ്ത കുല കലശാബ്ധി ചന്ദ്ര
കാവവയ്യ നന്നു കരുണാ സമുദ്ര

അ. കമലാ കളത്ര കൌസല്യാ സുപുത്ര
കമനീയ ഗാത്ര കാമാരി മിത്ര (ക)

ച. മുനു ദാസുല ബ്രോചിനദെല്ല ചാല
വിനി നീ ചരണാശ്രിതുഡൈതിനയ്യ
കനികരമ്ബുന നാകഭയമിവ്വുമയ്യ
വനജ ലോചന ശ്രീ ത്യാഗരാജ നുത (ക)

Updated on 07 Feb 2009

1 comment:

Unknown said...

another interpretation of the meaning of the pallavi - one combined word "kamalaaptakulakalasha" - kamalaapta means the SUN, friend of the louts; The Sun's kula/family is suuryavamsha, or, the sun dynasty; kalasha denotes the pot of water usually placed on the top of the sanctum sanctorum (garble guDi) of temples. Overall meaning of this combined word is "most respected person" in the sun's dynasty, which is one adjective to Sri rAma. next combined word is "abdhichandra", which refers to the moons gravitational pull to the water in the sea. abdhi means the ocean; chandra means the moon. when the moon rises the ocean swells. Similarly Sri Rama brings up the names of all belonging to the Sun's dynasty. these two words describe the greatness of Sri Rama.