Meaning for Sakalesham kalaye-Tulaseevanam krithi

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n_anush
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Meaning for Sakalesham kalaye-Tulaseevanam krithi

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Can someone provide meaning for Sakalesham kalaye - Tulaseevanam krithi in Kapi ragam.
Thank you so much in advance.

Lakshman
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Re: Meaning for Sakalesham kalaye-Tulaseevanam krithi

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sakalEsham kalayE. rAgA: hindustAnikApi. Adi tALA. Tulasivanam.

P: sakalEsham kalayE shabarIsham sakalita bhava pAsham dEvEsham
A: sakaruNa nEtram parama pavitram samadhita sushamA bhUrita gAtram
C: parvata sadanam maulika radanam sarva sudhA kiraNam sama vadanam
pAlita nirmala kEraLa bhuvanam pAvana tuLasI niratam mOhanam

Rajani
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Re: Meaning for Sakalesham kalaye-Tulaseevanam krithi

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Thank you Lakshman Sir.

Here is my attempt : (corrections in bold)

P : sakalEsham kalayE shabarIsham Sakalita bhava pAsham dEvEsham
A: sakaruNa nEtram parama pavitram samadhika sushamA pUrita gAtram
C: parvata sadanam mauktika radanam parva sudhA kiraNa sama vadanam
pAlita nirmala kEraLa bhuvanam pAvana tuLasI niratam mOhanam

kalayE shabarIsham - I meditate upon Ayyappa, the Lord of Sabari,
sakalEsham - the lord of everyone/everything,
Sakalita bhava pAsham - the one who shatters to pieces, the bondage of births,
dEvEsham - the lord of the Devas.
A: sakaruNa nEtram - the one with compassionate eyes,
parama pavitram - the most sacred one,
samadhika sushamA pUrita gAtram - the one with a form filled with extraordinary beauty,
C: parvata sadanam - the hill dweller,
mauktika radanam - the one with pearl-like teeth,
parva sudhA kiraNa sama vadanam - the one whose face resembles the full moon,
pAlita nirmala kEraLa bhuvanam - the protector of the pure land of Keralam,
pAvana tuLasI niratam - the one fond of pure Tulasi,
mOhanam - the enchanting one.

Lakshman
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Re: Meaning for Sakalesham kalaye-Tulaseevanam krithi

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Thanks for the corrections Rajani.

n_anush
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Re: Meaning for Sakalesham kalaye-Tulaseevanam krithi

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Thank you so much Rajani mam and Lakshman sir. Thanks a lot

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