Lyrics of `Bhavayami..'. Also, Swati Tirunnal.
R. Jayakrishnan
There was a request for the lyrics of `bhAvayAmi..' a couple of weeks back.
Here is what I have. It's from my memory. If somebody has any corrections
please post..
I remember reading in a book by a swAtit tirunAL researcher (who was a big
fan of his, and tried to disprove most of the Balachander theories, forgot
his name), that only the sAvEri part was swAti tirunAL's and that the rest
was written by Semmangudi (apparently so was the case with the ever-so-
beautiful `bhOgIndraSAyinam' in kuntaLavarALi). Has anyone heard of this ?
Jay R. Jayakrishnan
Lyrics of BhavayAmi (SwAti tiRunAL)
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sAvEri
------
bhAvayAmi raghurAmam
bhavyasuguNArAmam (BhAva.. rep)
bhAvukavitaraNaparA
pAngalIlA lasitam
sa ri ga sa ri , ma pa dha pa dha ,
ri+ sa+ ni dha ni dha pa ma ga ri sa dha-
sa ri ma , ga ri ma pa dha , pa ma pa dha sa+ , ni dha ni dha pa ma pa dha
ga+ ri+ sa+ dha , , ri+ sa+ dha , , sa+ dha , , ga+ ri+ ni dha ma ga ri sa dha-
(BhAvayAmi ... repeat)
nATTakkuRinci
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dinakarAnvaya tilakam
divyagAdhi suta savanA
vanaracita subAhumukha
vadham ahalyA pAvanam
anakhamISa cApabhangam
janakasutA prANESam
khanakupita bhRugurAma
gaRvaharamiha sAkEtam
ma , ga sa , ni- dha- ni- , sa , ri ga ma ni , dha ma , ga ri ga ma pa ga ri sa
ni- dha- ni- sa ri ga ma ni dha ni pa dha ni sa+ ni dha ni
sa+ ri+ ga+ ma+ ga+ sa+ ni
ga+ ri+ sa+ dha , , ( sAvEri .. repeat.. BhAva)
SuddhadhanyAsi
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vihatA abhishEkamadha
vipinagatam AryavAca
sahitasIta soumitRim
Santatama SIlam
guhanilayAgatam citRa-
kUTAgata bharatadatta
mahitaratnamaya pAdukam
madanasundarAngam
ni , sa ga , ma pa ga ma pa , ni sa+ ri+ sa+ ri+ ni sa+ pa dha pa ga , ri sa
ni , sa ga ma pa ga , ma pa ni sa+ pa , ni sa+ ga+ ri+ sa+ ni dha pa ni sa+
ga+ ri+ sa+ dha , , (usual repeat ..)
mOhanam
-------
vitata danDakAraNyakA-
gata virAdha daLanam
sucarita khaTajadattAnu-
pamita vaishNavAstRam
padagavara jaTAyunutam
pancavaTI vihitavAsam
atighOra SURppaNakha
vacanAgata harAtiharam
ga , pa ga ri ga ri sa dha- sa ri ga , pa dha sa+ dha pa ga ri sa ri
ga pa ga ga ri sa ri ga ri ri sa dha- sa ri ga ri ga pa ga pa dha pa dha sa+
ga+ ri+ sa+ dha , , (repeat..)
mukhAri
-------
kanakamRuga rUpadharA
khala mArIca haraAtihara
sujanavimata daSAsya
hRuta janakajAnvEshaNam
anakha pampA tIrasangha-
tAanjanEya nabhOmaNi
tanujasakhyakaram bAli
tanudaLanam Isam
pa , , ma , ga ri sa , ni- dha- sa ri ma , , ga ri sa ri ma pa ma ni dha
sa+ , sa+ ni dha pa pa , ma ga ri sa ni- dha- sa ri ma pa ni dha ma pa dha sa+
ga+ ri+ sa+ dha , , (repeat..)
pURvikalyANI
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vAnarOttama sahitA
vAyusUnu karARppita
bhAnuSata bhAsura
bhavyaratnAngulIyam
tEnapunarAnIta
nUnacUTamaNi daRSanam
SRInidhim udadhi tIrA-
SRita vibhIshaNamiLitam
ga , ma ga ri ga ri sa dha- sa ri ga , dha pa sa+ ni dha pa ma ga ri -
ga ma pa ma , pa ga , ma ri , ga sa , ri ga , ma pa dha pa sa+ , ni
ga+ ri+ sa+ dha , , (repeat..)
madhamAvati
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kalitavara sEtubandham
khalaniSita piSitAsana
daLanmURa daSakaNDha vi-
tAnam atidhIram
jvalanabhUta janakasutA
sahitayAta sAkEtam
vilasita paTTAbhishEkam
viSvapAlam padmanAbham
ri , ma ri ma pa ni , pa ma pa ni sa+ , , ri+ sa+ ni pa pa ma ma ri sa
ri , pa ma ri sa ni- sa ri ma pa , (madhyamAvati
dha pa sa+ , ni dha ni dha pa ma ga ri (pURRvikalYANi
sa ni- , dha- sa ri ma ga , ri sa ri (mukhAri
ga , dha pa ga ri sa ri ga pa dha sa+ (mOhanam
ri+ , sa+ dha , pa dha pa ga , ri sa (SuddhadhanyAsi
ni- sa ma ga ma ni dha ni pa dha ni sa+ (nATTakkuRinci
ga+ ri+ sa+ dha , , ri+ sa+ dha , , sa+ dha, , ga+ ri+ ni dha ma ga ri sa dha-
(sAvEri
bhAvayAmi raghurAmam ....
Notes: All Capital vowels refer to elongated sounds
N , as in kalyANi
R , as in kharaharpRiya
S , as in SIlAvati
T , as in NaTTakkuRinci
t , as in toDi
L , as in kuntaLavarALi
l , as in malayamArutam
c , as in kurinci, pancamam
sh , as in shanmukhapRiya
D , as in kAnaDa
d , as in hindOLam
The second line of all ciTTasvras are in double speed.
+ refers to tArasthAyi (upper octave)
- refers to mantrasthAyi (lower octave)
, refers to a one-beat extension.
Enjoy,
Jay.
R. JayakRishnan, Civil Engg, Univ of California, Irvine.
R. Jayakrishnan
I find that there were a few silly mistakes in the `bhAvayAmi' lyrics
that I posted a couple of days back. I had a request from someone to
provide some meanings. Made me look through the whole stuff more
critically. I find that there are some lines that I don't understand.
Anyone has some authoritative answers ? May be a full line-by-line
translation ? It seems to be a great piece for that..
The stuff follows.
Jay. R. Jayakrishnan, Civil Engg, Univ of California, Irvine.
> bhAvukavitaraNaparA
> pAngalIlA lasitam
This could be more correct as `ApAnga lIla..'. Mr. Srinivasan Pichumani
told me this. Anyone knows exactly what that means ?
> dinakarAnvaya tilakam
> divyagAdhi suta savanA
What does the line `divyagAdhi..' mean ?
> anakhamISa cApabhangam
This is my typo. It should be `anagha..' meaning `blemishless' ?
> khanakupita bhRugurAma
Typo here too. Should be `ghanakupita..' meaning `heavily angry' ?
> SuddhadhanyAsi
Oh no, Of course, it is dhanyAsi (not `Suddha.., so it is impure ? :-)
Big mistake here. Apologies to everyone. I would like to think it was
because of my drowsiness at an early morning hour when I typed it.
> vihatA abhishEkamadha
> vipinagatam AryavAca
Anyone knows exactly what this means ?
> sucarita khaTajadattAnu-
> pamita vaishNavAstRam
Should be `ghaTajadattAnupamita'. `ghaTam' means `pot'. `ghaTaja(n)'
is `one who was born in a pot'. Isn't that agstya, the sage ?
> atighOra SURppaNakha
> vacanAgata harAtiharam
should be `kharAdiharam'. `khara(n)' was one of the three rAkshasas,
`kharAdi' referring to `khara(n) and others'.
> anakha pampA tIrasangha-
> tAanjanEya nabhOmaNi
Again, `anagha' is the correct one. I do have a doubt whether it is
`tIrasangatAnjanEya..'. `sangatam' would mean `on meeting'.
> jvalanabhUta janakasutA
A couple of people pointed out to me that this could be `jvalanapUta'.
I still think it is `jvalanabhUta', meaning `born from flames'.
Of course sIta was born from the earth, but was `born again' from
the flames at agnipravESam. I remember a story about the real sIta
being kept away by agnidEva, on rAma's request (as he knew about the
future), and the sIta that rAvana stole away being a `mAyAsIta'. Thus
sIta was effectively `born again' from the flames. Am I correct in
this ? In any case, I don't know what `pUta' would mean in Sanskrit.
Let's discuss..
Jay Naik
In Message-ID: <29E1EF3...@noiro.acs.uci.edu> (R. Jayakrishnan) :
> critically. I find that there are some lines that I don't understand.
> Anyone has some authoritative answers ? May be a full line-by-line
> translation ? It seems to be a great piece for that..
>> bhAvukavitaraNaparA
>> pAngalIlA lasitam
This is indeed a charming composition! I'll attempt here a partial
translation and perhaps a word-by-word translation later when I locate my
copy of V.S. Apte's Sanskrit Dictionary :-(.
bhaavuka vitaraNa para apaanga leelaa lasitam
giver of happiness, the superior one,
(him, who) playfully casts a side glance with grace
(I think of..)
bhaavayaami raghuraamam...
I think of, raghuraama (raama of the raghu clan)
bhaavuka = happiness, vitaraNa = gift, para = superior,
apaanga = side glance, leelaa = play, lasitam = grace, shine, frolic
(The accusative singular nouns, raamam, praanesham, etc. are all
connected with the verb bhaavayaami ("I think of") )
The stanzas are quite obviously organized in the same order as the
chapters of the RaamaayaNa, viz., baalakaanDa, ayodhyaakaanDa, etc.
so I have relied on the events there to glean the meaning off these
words!
>> dinakarAnvaya tilakam
>> divyagAdhi suta savanA
>> What does the line `divyagAdhi..' mean ?
(If you'll pardon my sloppy decomposition of the sandhi's !) :
dinakara anvaya tilakam divya gaadhisuta
savana avana rachita subaahu mukha vadham
The best of the solar race, the divine one,
the protector of the Sacrifice performed by the sage Vishwamitra,
the slayer of Subaahu
(him, I think of...)
dinakara = Sun (lit. day maker), anvaya = race, lineage
tilakam = the best of, divya = divine, gaadhisuta = Son of Gaadhi
savanam = sacrifice, avanam = protection, defense,
rachitam = formed, arranged, mukha = face, head, vadham = struck, hit
>> anakhamISa cApabhangam
>> This is my typo. It should be `anagha..' meaning `blemishless' ?
Yes. anagha = a+agha = without blemish, Isa = lord (Siva)
chaapa = bow, bhangam = breaking,(the one who broke),
>> vihatA abhishEkamadha
>> vipinagatam AryavAca
>> Anyone knows exactly what this means ?
My version :
vihata abhishekam atha vipina gatam aarya vaachaa
sahita seetaa soumitreem
(Him, who) After an aborted coronation, went to the forest
because of his father's sacred oath, with Seeta and LakshmaNa
(I think of..) bhaavayaami
vihata = aborted, abhishekam = coronation, atha = here, now
vipina = forest, gatam = gone, aarya = father, vaachaa = oath
sahita = with, soumitreem = son of sumitraa
>> anakha pampA tIrasangha-
>> tAanjanEya nabhOmaNi
>> Again, `anagha' is the correct one. I do have a doubt whether it is
>> `tIrasangatAnjanEya..'. `sangatam' would mean `on meeting'.
This is very nice!
anagham pampaateera sangata aanjanEya (sangadaanjanEya)
nabhOmaNi tanuja sakhyakaram
(Him, who) is the blemishless one, met aanjanEya
on the banks of the pampaa lake, and made friends with
the son of Sun (sugreeva)
(I think of...)
anagham = without blemish, teera = banks of lake (pampaa),
sangata = met, united, nabhOmaNi = (lit. jewel of the sky - Sun),
tanuja = son, sakhya = friendship, karam = made
>> jvalanabhUta janakasutA
>> A couple of people pointed out to me that this could be `jvalanapUta'.
>> I still think it is `jvalanabhUta', meaning `born from flames'.
jvalana poota janaka sutaa sahita yaata saaketam
(Him, who) returned to saaketa with seeta,who was purified by fire
(I think of..)
jvalana = flame, fire, poota = purified, sutaa = daughter,
yaata = returned, saaketam = ayodhyaa
Gotta go! more later...
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Jayant Naik
P. J. Narayanan
Here is my attempt at the lyrics. I should commend Jayakrishnan and Jayant
on their efforts.
>From: jay...@orion.oac.uci.edu (R. Jayakrishnan)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
>Subject: Lyrics of `Bhavayami..'. Also, Swati Tirunnal.
>Date: 5 Apr 92 19:47:47 GMT
-From: na...@nynexst.com (Jay Naik)
-Newsgroups: rec.music.indian.classical
-Subject: Re: Correction to `Bhavayami..' lyrics.
-Date: 8 Apr 92 03:13:29 GMT
> sAvEri
> ------
> bhAvayAmi raghurAmam
> bhavyasuguNArAmam (BhAva.. rep)
Meaning:-
I think of/worship the Rama of Raghu-lineage,
who
is the seat (garden) of good qualities.
> bhAvukavitaraNaparA
> pAngalIlA lasitam
- bhaavuka vitaraNa para apaanga leelaa lasitam
-
- bhaavuka = happiness, vitaraNa = gift, para = superior,
- apaanga = side glance, leelaa = play, lasitam = grace, shine, frolic
The word "para" is not used in the sense of "superior". The
correct interpretation is "vitaraNapara" meaning "interested in/involved
in distributing", describing the apAngam or side glance.
- (The accusative singular nouns, raamam, praanesham, etc. are all
- connected with the verb bhaavayaami ("I think of") )
That is exactly right. Each charaNam stanzas is a replacement for
", who is the seat...." in the pallavi.
Meaning:-
Who
is shining with the side view that is keen on granting favours.
> nATTakkuRinci
> ------------
> dinakarAnvaya tilakam
> divyagAdhi suta savanA
> vanaracita subAhumukha vadham
- dinakara anvaya tilakam divya gaadhisuta
- savana avana rachita subaahu mukha vadham
-
- dinakara = Sun (lit. day maker), anvaya = race, lineage
- tilakam = the best of, divya = divine, gaadhisuta = Son of Gaadhi
- savanam = sacrifice, avanam = protection, defense,
- rachitam = formed, arranged, mukha = face, head, vadham = struck, hit
Tilkam is the pottu/bindi that adorns the forehead, used here in
the sense of "the best of". subAhumukha the demon attacked Vishwamitra's
(who was the sun of gAdhi) yAgam and was killed by Rama. "rachana" also
means doing. Here "savana avanarachita" means "while protecting the
rituals".
> ..... ahalyA pAvanam
> anakhamISa cApabhangam || anaghamISa cApabhangam
> janakasutA prANESam
> khanakupita bhRugurAma || ghanakupit bhrUgurAma
> gaRvaharamiha sAkEtam || gaRvaharamita sAkEtam
^^^^
Meaning:-
Who
is the best of Surya-vamsa,
killed SubAhumukha while protecting ViSwAmitrA's yAgam,
made ahalya pure,
is blemishless,
broke of Siva's bow,
is the darling of sIta, and
returned to ayOdhya after ending the arrogance of the immensely
angry paraSurama.
> Suddhadhanyasi || Dhanyaasi
> --------------
> vihatA abhishEkamadha
> vipinagatam AryavAca
> sahitasIta soumitRim
> Santatama SIlam
> guhanilayAgatam citRa-
> kUTAgata bharatadatta
> mahitaratnamaya pAdukam
> madanasundarAngam
- vihata = aborted, abhishekam = coronation, atha = here, now
- vipina = forest, gatam = gone, aarya = father, vaachaa = oath
- sahita = with, soumitreem = son of sumitraa
Meaning:-
Who
went to the forest with LakshmaNa and sIta to protect
father's word when the coronation was cancelled,
is composed,
visited to Guha's home,
gave brother Bharatha the jewel-bedecked slippers when
visited in ChitrakUtam, and
is as handsom as the cupid
> mOhanam
> -------
> vitata danDakAraNyakA-
> gata virAdha daLanam
> sucarita khaTajadattAnu- || sucarita ghaTajadattAnupamita
> pamita vaishNavAstRam
> padagavara jaTAyunutam || patagavara jaTAyunutam
> pancavaTI vihitavAsam
> atighOra SURppaNakha
> vacanAgata harAtiharam || vacanAgata kharAdiharam
Meaning:-
Who
slew VirAdhaa who was living in the vast (vitatam) forest
DandakaraNya,
got incomparable weapons (vaishNavAstrRam) from the
good-natured Agastyamaharshi (ghaTaja),
is praised by the great bird jaTayu,
lived in PanchavaTi for long, and
killed Khara and others who were brought by the words of the
evil SURppanakha
> mukhAri
> -------
> kanakamRuga rUpadharA || kanakamRuga rUpadharA
> khala mArIca haraAtihara || khala mArIca haramiha
> sujanavimata daSAsya || sujana vimata daSAsya
> hRuta janakajAnvEshaNam || hrUta janakajAnvEshaNam
> anakha pampA tIrasangha- || anagham pampA tIrasangatAnjanEya
> tAanjanEya nabhOmaNi || nabhOmaNitanuja sakhyakaram
> tanujasakhyakaram bAli || bAlitanudaLanamISam
> tanudaLanam Isam
- anagham pampaateera sangata aanjanEya (sangadaanjanEya)
- nabhOmaNi tanuja sakhyakaram
-
- (Him, who) is the blemishless one, met aanjanEya
- on the banks of the pampaa lake, and made friends with
- the son of Sun (sugreeva)
- (I think of...)
-
- anagham = without blemish, teera = banks of lake (pampaa),
- sangata = met, united, nabhOmaNi = (lit. jewel of the sky - Sun),
- tanuja = son, sakhya = friendship, karam = made
Meaning:-
Who
killed the evil mArIca disguised as a golden dear,
searched for sIta (daughter of janaka) who was kidnapped by
evil (hated by good souls) RavaNa (daSAsya),
met Hanuman on the banks of the the pure Pampa,
made friendship treaty with sugrIva (son of sUrya), and
killed bAli
> pURvikalyANI
> ------------
> vAnarOttama sahitA
> vAyusUnu karARppita
> bhAnuSata bhAsura || bhAnuSata bhAswara
> bhavyaratnAngulIyam
> tEnapunarAnIta || tEnapunarAnItAnUna cUTamaNi...
> nUnacUTamaNi daRSanam
> SRInidhim udadhi tIrA-
> SRita vibhIshaNamiLitam
Meaning:-
Who
gave the holy ring -- bright as a hundred suns -- in the
hands of AnjanEya,
saw the ornament (head-jewel) that Anjaneya brought
back (from sIta),
is the seat of prosperity/grace, and
accepted VibhIshaNa who took refuge at the seashore.
> madhyamAvati
> -----------
> kalitavara sEtubandham || kalitavara sEtubandham
> khalaniSita piSitAsana || khala nissIma piSitASana
> daLanmURa daSakaNDha vi- || dalanamuru daSakaNTTa
> tAnam atidhIram || vidAraNam atidhIram
> jvalanabhUta janakasutA || jwalanapUta janakasutA
> sahitayAta sAkEtam || sahitam yAta sAkEtam
> vilasita paTTAbhishEkam || vilasita paTTAbhishEkam
> viSvapAlam padmanAbham || viSvapAlam padmanAbham
- jvalana = flame, fire, poota = purified, sutaa = daughter,
- yaata = returned, saaketam = ayodhyaa
Meaning:-
Who,
built the bridge across the sea,
killed countless evil demons (piSita aSana -- meat eaters),
destroyed ten-headed RavaNa,
is valiant,
returned to Ayodhya with the fire-purified sIta,
shined at the coronation,
is the protector of the universe, and
is padmanAbham
> R. JayakRishnan, Civil Engg, Univ of California, Irvine.
- Jayant Naik
P. J. Narayanan
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Reference:-
Maharaja Sri Swati Tirunal Kritis, Part I, by
Semmangudi R. Srinivasa Iyer and
K. S. Narayanaswami Iyer
Published by: Sri Swati Tirunal Kritis publication committee,
Trivandrum,
1970.
Copies from:
St. Joseph's Press, Cotton Hill Road, Thiruvananthapuram - 14.
My comments on the book:
The book gives the text of the kritis in SamskrUtam (DEvanAgari),
MalayALam, and Tamizh. Meaning in prose form are given in MalayALam and
Tamizh. Music in notated in a combination of MalayALam and Tamizh, with
the notes written in Tamizh. There are 3 parts to the publication, I
currently posses only the first two. Definitely worthwhile to have if
the combination of languages makes sense to you!
Ramesh Gangolli
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Dept. of Mathematics GN-50
University of Washington
Seattle WA 98195.
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My Name is Rajesh Kumar
God Bless YOU & Both
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this is jayaraman, 64+ at gurugram, haryana
may i have the full and corrected version of bhavayami
with swarams please
(a fantastic job by you - i was just surfing lyrics for my granddaughter - but since you had written there are few corrections and a few comments from some others too).
god's blessings
agaramaangudi jayaraman
Lakshman Ragde
bhAvayAmi raghurAmam. rAgamAlikA. rUpaka tALA. Svati Tirunal.
(rAgA: sAvEri)
P: bhAvayAmi raghurAmam bhavya suguNA rAmam
A: bhAvuka vitaraNa parA pAngalIlA lasitam
(rAga: nATakuranji)
C1: dinakarAnvaya tilakam divyagAdhi suta savanA vana racita subAhu mukha vadam ahalyA pAvanam
AnaghamIsha cApabhangam janakasutA prANEsham ghana kupita bhrgu rAma garva haramita sAkEtam
(rAgA: dhanyAsi)
2: vihatAbhiSEkamatha vipinagatamAryavAcA sahita sItA saumitrim shAnta tamasHilam
guha nilayagatam citrakUTA bharata dattamahita ratnamaya pAdukam madana sundarAngam
(rAgA: mOhana)
3: vidata daNDakAraNya gata gatavirAdadaLanam sucira ghataja dattAnupamita vaiSnavAsam
pataga vara jaTAyunutam pancavaTI vihitavAsam ati gHora sUrpaNakA vacanAgata kharAdiharam
(rAgA: mukhAri)
4: kanakamaya rUpadhara khala mArIca haramiha sujana vimata dashAsyahrta janakajAnvESaNam
anagham pampA tIra sangatAnjanEya nabhOmaNi tanuja sakhya varam vAlitanudalanamIsham
(rAgA: pUrvikalyANi)
5: vAnarOttama mahita vAyusUna karArpita bhAnu shata bhAsvara bhavya ratnAngulIyam
tEna punarAni tAnyUna cUDAmaNI darshanam shrInidhi-mudadhitIrE shrta vibhISaNamiLitam
(rAgA: madhyamAvati)
6: kalitavara sEtubandham khala nissImapisitAshana daLanamuru dashakaNTha vitAraNamati dhIram
jvalana pUta janaka sutA sahitam yAta sAkEtam vilasita paTTAbhiSEkam vishvapAlam padmanAbham