Lyrics Wanted
Ramana Kanumalla
this:
Namamma saaradhe Uma Maheswari.....
Thank you very much.
Ramana
Rajan P. Parrikar
Namashkar. This is being posted for Nachiketa Sharma
who has provided the lyrics and their import. He can
be reached at: na...@pacbell.net or nash...@us.oracle.com.
Warm regards,
r
From: Nachiketa Sharma
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author: kanakadAsa
period: 1508-1606
purport: here kanakadAsa engages in an interrogative
in which he poses a rhetorical question about who
"this person" is and then replies to it with the
answer, "gaNanAtha, of course!", each time referring
to a different facet of Lord GaNesha.
nammammA shArade umA mahEshwarI
nimmoLagihanArammA - pallavi
kammagOlana vairi sutanAda sonDila
hemmeya gaNanAthanE - anupallavi
mOre kappina bhAva moradagalada kivi
kOredADeyanArammA
mUrukaNNana suta muridiTTa chandrana
dhIra tA gaNanAthanE (1)
uTTa pachcheya bigiduTTa chellaNada
diTTa tAnivanArammA
paTTada rANi pArvatiya kumAranu
hoTTeya gaNanAthanE (2)
rAshi vidyeya balla ramaNI hambalanolla
bhAsHiganivanArammA
lEsAgi janara salahuva kAginele
AdikEshava dAsa kaNE (3)
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> nammammA shArade umA mahEshwarI
> nimmoLagihanArammA - pallavi
Who, O Mother, is the one who is inside of you?
> kammagOlana vairi sutanAda sonDila
kammaGolana = kamman gOl = (carrying an) arrow of flowers = kAma;
the vairi (enemy) of kAma is Lord Shiva;
the son of Shiva is Ganesha
> hemmeya gaNanAthanE - anupallavi
Our proud Lord, of course!
> mOre kappina bhAva moradagalada kivi
> kOredADeyanArammA
Who is He of huge ears and a broken tusk?
> mUrukaNNana suta
The son of He who has three eyes
> muridiTTa chandrana
(Kanakadasa here probably refers to a tale in which Ganesha
breaks the moon on his father's head. I need to clarify. - n)
> dhIra tA gaNanAthanE (1)
The brave Lord, of course!
> uTTa pachcheya bigiduTTa chellaNada
> diTTa tAnivanArammA
(I am not sure what this means. - n)
> paTTada rANi pArvatiya kumAranu
Our beloved Queen Parvati's son
> hoTTeya gaNanAthanE (2)
He belongs to the stomach of Parvati, of course!
> rAshi vidyeya balla
Possessing infinite knowledge
> ramaNI hambalanolla
One who is not interested in the fair sex
> bhAsHiganivanArammA
Who is this great orator?
> lEsAgi janara salahuva
One who cares for his children, people, folk
> kAginele (3)
Kaginele, in Dharwad district in north Karnataka, is where
Kanakadasa hailed from. KanakadAsa was a devotee of Lord Vishnu
and was highly attached to a beautiful Vishnu temple in Kaginele.
> AdikEshava dAsa kaNE
(AdikEshava was Kanakadasa's pen name)
Our devotee of Lord Vishnu, of course!
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