Tiger Vardachari's Sri Ranjani Varnam Lyrics and meaning

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pramadoss
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Tiger Vardachari's Sri Ranjani Varnam Lyrics and meaning

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I am trying to find the lyrics and more importantly, meaning for Tiger Vardachari's Sri Ranjani Varnam. Please help.

Thank you!

Lakshman
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Re: Tiger Vardachari's Sri Ranjani Varnam Lyrics and meaning

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Ehi manmathakOTi (pv). rAgA: shrIranjani. Adi tALA. Composer: Tiger Varadachari.

P: Ehi manmathakOTi sundara ENAkSi pAlaya shaurE
A: brUhi madhurAm vAcam brndAvana gAnalOla bAhA vijita nikhila bhuvana vikrama AdityanutE tvayi ramate
(ciTTasvara sAhitya)
mAdhava hrdi tAvaka pAda rAjIvE sA samarti sadA hi bahumanutE parirambhanam atanOrjanakasya tava
vENudhara madhu madana tava hi madhura gajagamana vilasita nivaham anisham anukalayati tava
kathAmrtam alam hi ramAdhava shrutiputEna pibati gAnE satatam
C: prArthitOpi kim sadayO na bhavasi
1: sA rAjIvAkSivI sA
2: shayana sadanam atishayita tara rAgENa khalukalayati bahuguNa
tE kusuma sharAdhika subhagam hi vapuridam suciphalakE pratilikhati
3: malayajam ati surabhi bahuvidha maNIkhacita kanaka viracita jhaSakE prakrtE
adhika su parimaLa vividha kusumacayam ati mrdu nishucini shayane pravikitari
4: anudjsha miti ghrta madhuriha sapadi shirasi nihita kusuma nikaram apanayati
kusumashara vividha viSaya kusumashara nihativavati janitarujam nahi sahate
5: sA kisalaya shayanE pariluThati nIla ghana sama sundara vigraha krSNa
kushEshaya sunayanAtvanupagamam sadA nimiSa nayanAvilOkayati
6: sA gatAgatAni kalayati tE samAgamAya hi subhaga lOcanE nimIlya sumadhura
nAmadEhi sAlabhati bahu sA nimiSaya pikashuka kalakam vEpatE luDhati bhuvi na sahate
tAm smarO dunOti kAminIm pradEhi darshanam kuru mama vacanam

Jigyaasa
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Re: Tiger Vardachari's Sri Ranjani Varnam Lyrics and meaning

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This is just an amateur attempt. The varNam seems quite SrngAra-oriented.

Come, (you who are) beautiful as a crore Cupids, deer-eyed, protect me Vishnu

Say sweet words (you who are) enchanted by the singing in Brindavana, (who has) won all the worlds by (your) valour, praised by the sun.

hrdi - in heart; tAvaka - your; pAda rAjIvE - in lotus feet; sA smarati sadA - remembers always; atanOrjanakasya tava - father of Cupid, of your; vENudhara - flute-holder; gajagamana - elephant-like gait; kathAmrtam - story nectar; ramAdhava - Lakshmi's husband; pibati - drinks

Why don't you show compassion despite being prayed to?

1: she who is lotus-eyed

2: shayanasadanam - sleeping place; vapuridam - this body

3: malayajam - born in the hills; ati surabhi - most fragrant; bahuvidhA maNikhacita - studded with gems in many ways

4: shirasi - on the head

5: nimiSa - minute; nayanAvilOkayati - sees with eyes

6: pradEhi darSanam - give your darshan; kuru mama vacanam - do the thing I say

pramadoss
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Re: Tiger Vardachari's Sri Ranjani Varnam Lyrics and meaning

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Thank you, Lakshman ji and Jigyaasa.

If someone can help me with word to word meanings, that would really help.

The ch sw sahityams seem to be so wordy....would like to evaluate if it can be danced to.

Thank you!

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