Meaning of svarNakAlabhairavam - kalyANi - Swarnavenkata Dikshitar please

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narayara000
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Meaning of svarNakAlabhairavam - kalyANi - Swarnavenkata Dikshitar please

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svarNakAlabhairavam - kalyANi - sankIrNa tripuTa - Swarnavenkata Dikshitar

P: svarNakAlabhairavam kAlabhairavam bhairavam ravam vam
vandEham sundara mukhAravindam shrI
A: varNa jvAla jaTAdharam shunavAhanam krpAkaram (rakta)
vara shUla kapAla pAsha Damarugadhara sarasIruha karam
(madhyamakAlam-tisra naDai)
agni nibha sharIradyutim nagna shubha vIkSaNamatim lagna bhakta svarNanidhim rakSAkara kSEtrapatim shrI
(ciTTasvaram-catusram)
sA* , , , , ni , dhA mA pA , , , , mA gA ri , sA , , , , *ni , *dhA ni sA , , ri , gA mA , , pA dhA ni ,
sA* ri , , , sA* ni , ri , sA* , , ni , dhA sA* ni , , , dhA pA ni , dhA , , pA mA gA mA , , pA dhA ni ,
sA* ri* , , , ni , sA* , , ni , dhA mA gA mA pA dhA pA dhA , , ,mA pA , , mA gA ri , gA mA dhA ni ,
sA* , , gA* ri* , , , , , sA* ni , dhA pA mA gA ri , sA , , gA ri , , , , , sA ri , gA mA pA dhA ni ,
C: bhUta prEta pishAca gaNanAtha paramEshvaram prabhum
bhUta bhavya vartamAna pApa bhaya duhkha prashamana vibhum
shIta kiraNa shEkharam shivam cidambarapura citsabhA nivAsinam
cintita sakalESTaprada caraNa yugaLa bhAsinam
(madhyamakAlam-khaNDa naDai)
nIla ruci vEdakara vanhi nayanam trishUlaka kapAla Damarunca saha pAsham
nagna shuna vAhana sakinkiNi vibhUSam prOccagati kEshadhara sarpavara hAram sadA

Jigyaasa
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Re: Meaning of svarNakAlabhairavam - kalyANi - Swarnavenkata Dikshitar please

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I worship the supreme ruler of time of this universe, of terrible form, the (primordial?) sound, of beautiful lotus-face.

(I worship) he who has (red) flame-like hair, whose vehicle is a dog, who is merciful, who holds a trident, skull, noose, drum and lotus in his hand

whose body glows like a fire, naked, whose gaze is auspicious, who is a trove of gold for his devotees, who is the protector of land (I didn't hear this line in Sri K.V.Narayanaswamy's rendition of this song)

(I worship) the lord of various classes of ghosts and spirits, the Supreme Being, the King
the remover of past, future, and present sins, fear, and sorrow, the powerful one
the bearer of the (cold-rayed) moon on his head, Siva, the resident of the hall of wisdom in the city of Chidambaram
whose pair of feet shine by giving all the wishes (one thinks of)

___ who is fire-eyed, who is with trident, skull, drum and noose
naked, whose vehicle is a dog, who is adorned by an anklet, ___, who wears a snake as a chain


rshankar
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Re: Meaning of svarNakAlabhairavam - kalyANi - Swarnavenkata Dikshitar please

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Is this kRti on dattAtrEya? The reference to a dog is peculiar. Unless Suna also means a bull?

Jigyaasa
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Apparently, the bhairava form of Lord Shiva has a dog as his mount (courtesy: Wikipedia(!))

kmrasika
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Re: Meaning of svarNakAlabhairavam - kalyANi - Swarnavenkata Dikshitar please

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rshankar wrote: 21 Apr 2017, 18:50 Is this kRti on dattAtrEya? The reference to a dog is peculiar.
OOC, wouldn't someone in karṇāṭaka associate this description with dattātrēya? IIRC, there is a purāṇic story of how this diety, on whose posterior stood a canine, conferred boons of immortality on one King arjuna, whose pride later was humbled by śiva. As well, does the same trimūrti form correspond to the one in Kerala, which is known as pūrṇatrayīśvara?

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