harismarane mado (purandaradasa) meaning

rasikapriya21 · Post by **rasikapriya21** » 13 Apr 2008, 04:01

Hello,

could someone kindly rpovide the meaning for the Purandaradasa's song HARI SMARANE MAADO ?
Here are the lyrics ( source: www.karnatik.com)

pallavi
hari smaraNe mADO nirantara paragatige idu nirdAra

caraNam 1
durita gajakke kaNDIravanenisida sharaNAgata rakSaka pAvana nI

caraNam 2
smaraNe kaida prahlAdana rakSisida duruLa hiraNyakanudarava sILIda

caraNam 3
taruNi draupadi moreyiDalAkSaNa paradinda kSayavitta mahAtmana

caraNam 4
andu ajAmiLa kandana kareyalu bandu salahi Anandava tOrida

caraNam 5
shrIsha purandara viTTala rAyana shrSTi koDeyana muTTi bhajisi nI

MANY Thanks,

gratefully,

rasikapriya

meena · Post by **meena** » 13 Apr 2008, 22:20

Always remember the name of the Lord
This is the sole support to attainment
God is a lion to the elephant of sins
prevailing and protecting those who seek refuge; always..
Lord, you protected Prahlada and
you are the one who tore Hiranyakashipus' belly; always..
when Draupadi in her distress appealed to you
you granted the boon of an endless sari; always..
ajamila called his son, your namesake
and you mercifully came and saved him; always..
worship the cosmos Lord , Purandhara Vithala
Touch his holy feet, yes worship Shri's Lord
Always remember the name of Hari!

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 14 Apr 2008, 10:52

Some corrections highlighted :

caraNam 1
durita gajakke kaNThIravanenisida sharaNAgata rakSaka pAvana nI

caraNam 2
smaraNegaida prahlAdana rakSisida duruLa hiraNyakanudarava sILIda

caraNam 3
taruNi draupadi moreyiDalAkSaNa bharadinda kSayavitta mahAtmana

caraNam 4
andu ajAmiLa kandana kareyalu bandu salahi Anandava tOrida

caraNam 5
shrIsha purandara viTTala rAyana srSTigoDeyana muTTi bhajisi nI

-Ramakriya

rasikapriya21 · Post by **rasikapriya21** » 14 Apr 2008, 21:48

Thank you Meena for the meaning and Ramakriya for the corrections

gratefully

rasikapriya

rasikapriya21 · Post by **rasikapriya21** » 15 Apr 2008, 06:34

meena/ramakriya,

(in my utter ignorance) I am having some troubles linking the sentences-meaning to the lyrics.
could you be so kind as to edit the text in a way that the lyrics-meaning connection becomes clear?

thank you

raiskapriya

meena · Post by **meena** » 15 Apr 2008, 09:26

Sorry rasikapriya,

I reproduced what was posted on bboard. Here u go:

P:Always remember the name of the Lord
1.This is the sole support to attainment
God is a lion to the elephant of sins
prevailing and protecting those who seek refuge; always..
2.Lord, you protected Prahlada and
you are the one who tore Hiranyakashipus' belly; always..
3.when Draupadi in her distress appealed to you
you granted the boon of an endless sari; always..
4.ajamila called his son, your namesake
and you mercifully came and saved him; always..
5.worship the cosmos Lord , Purandhara Vithala
Touch his holy feet, yes worship Shri's Lord

Always remember the name of Hari!

I request ramakirya/anyone to correct.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Apr 2008, 19:37

Rasikapriya,

Lord knows, I am no expert in kannaDa, but with Meena's translation/running meaning and Ramakriya's clarification, I have put together something. I assume you were looking for something like this. I hope Meena/Ramakriya don't mind, and if I have goofed up, they can fix it and educate both of us in the process.

P: Please meditate (smaraNE mADO) on hari at all times (nirantara = continually), because this (idu) is the only means (nirdhArA) to attain salvation (paragatigE).

C1: Oh Hari, you dissipate our elephantine (gajjake) sins (durita) with a lion-like roar (kanThIrava)! You (nI) are the divine (pAvana) force that protects (rakSaka) the devotees that think of you (nenesida) and come to you seeking refuge (SaraNAgata).

C2: You protected (rakSisida) prahlAda from whose thoughts you were never absent (smaraNegaida)! You are the one that tore open (sILida) the stomach (udarava) of the cruel/evil (duruLa) hiraNyaka (hiraNyakana).

C3: The second (akshaNa) you heard her cries for help (moreyiDala), you are the great/exalted soul (mahAtmA) who destroyed/rescued (kshayavitta) the young lady (taruNi) draupadi from her burden (bharadinda)[1]

C4: The power inherent in the mere chanting of your name is exemplified by the story of how once (andu - that day) you appeared/came (bandu) to protect (saLahi) the sinner ajamiLa from Lord yama on his deathbed because he had called out his son's name (his son was named nArAyaNA) with his dying breath, and granted/showed him (tOrida) bliss/happiness (Anandava).[2]

C5: Lord purandara viTTala you (nI) are the husband (ISa) of lakshmI (SrI) and the protector (oDeyana) of creation (srishTige) - You are the oine we must pray to (bhajisi) so that we can touch/attain (muTTi) you/your feet (salvation).

[1] - the episode in the kuru court where draupadi was disrobed and how krishNa protected her with the gift of a never ending sArI/pallU.
[2] - the reason why, even to this day, many Hindus name their children after gods in the pantheon.

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 15 Apr 2008, 20:06

rs,
In the episode of ajAmiLa, the Lord Himself did not come but His messengers came to rescue him (ajAmiLa) from the clutches of messengers of yama. - SB - Book 6 : Ch 1.
However, if the kriti wordings are such, then I have nothing to say.

rasikapriya21 · Post by **rasikapriya21** » 15 Apr 2008, 22:40

Meena, many thanks for your post

Ravi and vgvindan,
thank you for the word2word translation and the corrections added. I was not familiar with the story of ajamila and yama; it's such a joy to be discovering new things

thank you

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Apr 2008, 23:12

vgvindan wrote:rs,
In the episode of ajAmiLa, the Lord Himself did not come but His messengers came to rescue him (ajAmiLa) from the clutches of messengers of yama. - SB - Book 6 : Ch 1.
However, if the kriti wordings are such, then I have nothing to say.

VGV,

I agree that the story of ajamiLa is not portrayed in totality here - even in one of the ugabhOgas popularized by Smt. MLV (aneyu karedarE), it is 'ajAmiLanu karedare nArAyaNa bandantE, aDavialli dhruvarAya karedare vAsudEva bandantE' etc ... etc....I think the point being made is that a mere chanting of 'nArAyaNa' is enormously potent, with amazing consequences....

meena · Post by **meena** » 16 Apr 2008, 00:11

I hope Meena/Ramakriya don't mind,

shankar,
Ur kidding right? NO i will not mind, Thanku.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 16 Apr 2008, 06:10

Rshankar

You have given the meanings very clearly.

-Ramakriya

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Apr 2008, 06:11

Thanks Meena/Ramakriya!

kjrao · Post by **kjrao** » 16 Apr 2008, 06:29

In RShankar's transalation 'from her burden (bharadinda)[1]' should be replaced by 'in a hurry (bharadinda)[1]'

I always enjoy RShankar's translation.

Jayachandra

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Apr 2008, 07:35

Thanks, Jayachandra for that correction!

Ravi

Ramnath Iyer · Post by **Ramnath Iyer** » 16 Apr 2008, 08:12

There is an exquisite rendering of this song by Rama Ravi on www.cmana.org
Click on the audio and select 'Rama Ravi'....

shriroop · Post by **shriroop** » 19 Apr 2008, 11:15

Harismarane mado nirantara, hear to MLV or Sudha Raghunathan, you will enjoy the song best.

Shridhar

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 23 May 2008, 03:05

Added this to the rasika wiki:

http://www.rasikas.org/wiki/hari-smarane-mado

(rshankar : I have added the meaning you posted in this thread, with appropriate acknowledgement. Let me know if it is not OK with you; I have also fixed the meaning of the third charaNa)

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 May 2008, 04:25

Ramakriya,

Thanks for the acknowledgment, but all I did was to embellish the meaning posted by Meena!