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shivamOhana shaktI
composer: rAmasvAmi dIkSitar
tALam:
Adi
pallavi
shivamOhanashaktI
nanu brOvavE
shrImadhurApuri mInAkSI ambA
anupallavi
bhuvanEshvari bhairavi shukapANi
bhujagavENi paramakalyANi
caraNam
sha"nkarAbharaNamai
penimiTi
sAmEnanu velasina shrI gaurI
pa"nkaja padabaluhaThAna
nEmO
paluka vipuDu kannaDa
yau nA
pa"nkajAstra mosagi mAruvADi
mi
paraciyu bbilAvu kaluga
mani~ncina
OmkArI bahushA ninu
nammiti
O k.rpAdbhipADi dalaci
satatamu
sahanamIra
bhaktula pAli~ncE
sAra"ngayAnavu
nIvU
mahima haruni kEdArayai sakala
mantranAyakI vaiyunnAvu
rahi vANiyunu ramA maNi
ghaNTA
ravamu loliya prEma sAma
rasamuna
vihitamugA nayamuna cAmaramulu
vIva vimalaharNa nayana
yanatagu
vara vasanta divyOtsava
sevA
parulagucunu kArnATa
marATa
kuru vidharbha saurASTra
dEsha
bhUvarulutODi n.rpatulu
gUDi
veravulAra bhIkara gaja
rartha haya
vIra bhaTulu goluvaga lAlitamugA
sarasa varALi janamula
sa"ngati
sharaNu sharaNu yA hari
sOdariyagu
pAarijAta
punnAgavarALI
bharitakacaprabala haMsa
gamanayi
bhAri madhyamAvatisuramUrdha-
nyAsivE ninu golicetanu
bhairavamika
mAnumu paradEvI
pArvatI paramAnandabhairavI
pUri nIlaymaNi ra"nganatagadagu
puvvu bONi madhurEshamanOhari
b.rndAvana sAra"nga
nayanala
prIti jUcurIti gaula
gAcucu
nandamuga pUrNacandrikalarE
landu kAmadEva kriyalam
jenducu naTanArAyaNi
yaMshanu
celagi mEgha ra~njitakala
danaru
mukunda haMvIruDana tagu
ve"nkaTa
k.rSNabhUpAlaka paripAli
(shivamOhana)
NOTE
(by SubbarAma DikSitar):
In this rAgamAlika, each rAgam should besung twice. The
rAgam "bilAvu'' featured in the first caraNam is just "bilahari"'.
NOTATIONS
for this rAgamALikA, as given in "SaMgIta saMpradAya pradarshini" can
be viewed HERE
The composer, rAmasvAmi
dIkSitar (father of muttusvAmi dIkSitar) is famous for his very
lengthy rAgamALikAs. For a write-up on his life and contributions,
especially, his mammoth "aSToTtarashata rAga tALa mAlikA" (supposed to
have 108 rAgams and 108 tALams), please refer:
http://carnatica.net/special/rdiksitar.htm
There are 43 rAgams
present in this rAgamALika, with the rAgamudra cleverly woven
into the sAhityam for each of them, a practice that the rAmasvami
dIkSitar followed in all his rAgamalikA compositions.
mOhanam, bhairavi,
kalyANi, sha"nkarAbharaNam, gauri, aThANA, kannaDa, maruva, bilAvu (bilahari),
husAni, pADi, sahAna, sArA"nga, kEdAram, nAyaki, ghaNTa, sAma, cAMaram,
malahari, vasanta, karnATa (kAnaDa), saurASTram, tODi, Arabhi, lalita, varALi,
Ahari, punnAgavarALi, balahamsa, madhyamAvati, dhanyAsi, bhairavam,
Anandabhairavi, maNira"ngu, IshamanOhari, b.rndAvanasAra"nga, rItigauLa,
pUrNacandikA, dEvakriya, naTanArAyaNi, mEghara~njani, hamvIru, and bhUpALam.
The song is in praise pf Goddess
MInAkSi of Madhurai Temple. Various descriptions of Goddess mInAkSi
are furnished in this song.
The prabandha mudra, "vE"nkaTak.rSNa"
(the name of the patron), that rAmasvAmi dIkSitar always used in his
compositions, appears in the last line here.
MEANING
Due to the
complicated word constructs in this rAgamAlikA, where the composer
skillfully accommodates the raga mudra for each featured
rAgam, it is very difficult to decipher the exact meaning of some of the
phrases. Hence, we are providing only a very brief summary, rather than
elaborate line by line meaning.
pallavi
Oh mother
mInAkSi of Madhura! Please take care of me
anupallavi
You are
the empress of the universe, bhairavi, you hold a parrot in the hand;
your bridled hair resembles a snake. You are the most auspicious
caraNam
Oh shrI
gaurI! the ornament to sha"nkara, you are part of your husband's
body, You are
not responding to me now , may be you are in great hurry. With
patience, you take care of needs of your devotees as
shAra"nga-yAna, You are
the leader of all mantra-s.
Sarasvati and
lakSmi serve you with cAmarams with love and gentle sounds of
the bell (ghanThA ravam); you are splendorous with eyes like those of
the deer.
O sister
of Hari, you take care of people. Good people from KarnaTaka,
marATTa, kuru, vidharbha, sauraSTra countries, with their kings and their
chatura"nga armies (comprising of elephants, chariot, horses, and
soldiers) serve you, and you take care of them.
Oh
paradEvatA! the one who moves gently like a swan, and who has the
middle like a lion. I serve you. Please do not be angry at me
O the
delighter of Lord shiva (MadhurEsha manOharI), you are
splendorous like the pure full blue diamond.
The last caraNam segment of the rAgamAlikA
describes Goddess mInAkSi with various attributes, as the protector of
Ve"nkaTak.rSNa of maNali (the patron of the composer,
rAmasvAmi dIkSitar).
Part VI
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Links
During
the last seven navarAtri seasons, we featured the following
thematic topics in Carnatica’s Special Features section:
In
addition, we also uploaded several stOtrams on dEvi
(saundaryalaharI, lalitA sahasranAmam,
and so on), appropriate for chanting on this festive occasion. They can all
be accessed from the “shlOka bank” of Carnatica’s
Composition Bank.
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