Meaning for varnam "manavi chekonarada"

[vidya1980]

Hi All,

Namaskar.

Could anybody please post the meaning for the varnam "Manavi chekonarada", Raga: Shankarabharanam, Tala: Adi by Ponniah.

Thanks,
Vidya

Follow Ups:

[mahakavi]

Welcome to the forum, vidya!

I will give you the gist. Somebody whose mother tongue is Telugu could give you word by word meaning.

This particular varNam is in praise of Lord Shiva, who is enshrined in the great ThanjAvUr temple, known as BrihadIswara temple (or periya kOyil= Big temple). The item is well suited for dance as a piece de resistance. The dancer makes entreaties to the Lord to listen to her loving words and come to her rescue. She elaborates how all the delightful things such as the cool breeze and melodious music of the birds are not appealing to her. She begs the Lord not to disappoint her but come and bless her.

[meena]

here is the txt:
http://pub8.bravenet.com/forum/680760113/fetch/484739/

[rshankar]

Vidya,
It is one of the varNams taken up by Priyadarshini Govind for a very detailed demonstration and performance in her DVD 'varNams' brought out by the Sanskriti Series of Swathi Soft Solutions...

[vidya1980]

Thanks all. Its a very good forum with very quick responses
I am aware of the gist of the varnam and have a rough idea about the meaning. However since I am a dancer, I would appreciate it if someone could provide the translation of the lines. I have provided the lyrics below:

Lyrics

Pallavi :
a)Manavi chei kona rada chakani Swami na.
b) Mamata miri yun na nura.

Anu Pallavi :
a) Vinara Sri Tanja-purini velayo ma Brigadhisha.
b) Nee nu ne ra nami nanura nika muka madi loru.

Sahittia :
a) Nee neratanamu nee doratanamu neeke tabuna netsalasaga (Swami).
b) Aporuna madi bramasi virahamano sagaramulo mukunchi teno chunnati.

Charanam :
Pan ta mela ra nato

Sahittia :
Swami ne sati dora ne ka nara.

Sahittia :
Pancha sharudu vidu vanchi sharankunagu minchina velalo vanchana lediki.

Sahittia :
Dara di pati yeni dora doralu pokanera karinjanula tara tare meriki ira
Kalushi mella tira nabai tripa sudara marulu michi nara nanu che kora.

Thanks again,
Vidya

[divakar]

some corrections (bolded words) to the text available at the link provided by meenaji.
I have doubt about the underlined words.
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P: manavi cEkonarAdA cakkani svAmi mamata mIriyunnAnurA
A: vinarA shrI tanjapurini velayu mA brhadIsha ninnu nera nammiyunnAnurA nikkamuga madilOna
(muktAyisvara):
nI neratanamu nI doratanamu nIkE tagunani nE dalancakA
apuDu nAmadi bhramasi kalayuTaku sAhasamu sEya tagunA I vELalO
C: pantamElarA nAtO
1:sAmi nI sATi dora nE gAnanura
2: panca sakhuDu vilu vanci viricaramu iccenurA ikanu vancana tagadura
3: dharAdhipatiyani doradoralu pogaDerA kavijanulu tarAtaramerige dhIrA kaluSamEla dhIrA nApai kRpa jUDarA marulu mincinadAnanu cEkonara
4: vEmAru cilukalu kalakalamani palukaga nEDu tALuduni Ela IvELa nannEla jAgEla shrIlOla nIkidi mEragAdurA kOTi manmadhAkAra nI sari sATi lEdani maNci pATa pADucu sArasAkSa nI kRpanu nApai lEkanyAyamEmi I vagalu cAlu cAlu ElarA nIku mRokkeda
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Meaning:

P:
manavi = request
cEkonarAdA = why dont you accept
cakkani = pretty / nice
mamata = affection/ attachment
mIriyunnAnurA = mIri + unnAnu + rA = have exceeded

A:
vinarA = listen
velayu = who resides
ninnu = you
nera = completely/ fully
nammiyunnAnurA = trusted/ believed in you
nikkamugA = truly
madilOna = in my mind

nI = your
neratanamu = respectability
doratanamu = governance / supremacy
nIkE = only to you
tagunani = that it befits you
nE = I
talaNcaka = without thinking
apuDu = then
nA = my
manasu = mind
bhramasi = be deceived
kalayuTaku = to meet with you
sAhasamu = dare
sEyaka = not to do
tagunA = is it proper
I vELalO = at this time

C1:
paNtamElarA = why this determination
nAtO = with me
swAmi = O lord
nI sATi = your match
nE = I
gAnanurA (kAnanurA) = cannot find

C2:
paNca sakhuDu = arjuna (?)
vilu = bow
vaNci = bend
viricaramu = garland (?) (viri = flower, caramu = moveable)
iccenurA = gave
ikanu = now
vaNcana = betrayal
tagadurA = not proper

C3:
dharAdhipatiyani = that you are the ruler of the earth
doradoralu = kings
pogaDerA = praised
kavijanulu = poets
tarAtaramu = lineage / parampara
erigi = have knowledge
(tarAtaramu = erigi = tarAtaramerigi)
dhIrA = O brave one
kaluSamEla = why this sin (kaluSamu = sin)
nApai = upon me
kRpa = mercy
jUDarA = have / show
marulu = desire
miNcina = exceed
dAna = a female form in verbs.
marulu miNcinadAnanu = i am female who has excess desire
cEkonarA = accept me/ receive me


C4:
vEmAru = a thousand times
cilukalu = parrots
kalakalamani = making noise
palukaga = when they sing
nEDu = this day
tALuduni = bear
Ela = why
IvELa = this moment
nannEla (nannu + Ela) = to save me / to govern me
jAgEla = why this delay
shrI lOla = devoted to shrI
nIkidi = for you
mEra (maryAda) = respect
gAdurA (kAdurA) = it is not
mEragAdurA = not respectable to you
kOTi = a crore
manmadhAkAra = form of manmadha
nI = your
sari = correct
sATi = equal
lEdani = not there
maNci = good
pATa = song
pADucu = singing
sArasAkSa = one with lotus eyes
nI = your
kRpanu = mercy
lEka = without
anyAyamu = injustice
lEkanyAyamu = (lEka + anyAyamu)
I = this
vagalu = graceful gestures
cAlu = enough
ElarA = why
nIku = to you
mRokkeda = I pray

corrections welcome

[shishya]

Divakar, the following caraNam should be so:

paNca sakhuDu = manmathuDu (?)
vilu = bow
vaNci = bend
viricaramu = flowery arrow (?) (viri = flower, Saramu = arrow)
iccenurA = gave
ikanu = now
vaNcana = betrayal
tagadurA = not proper

[shishya]

Correction:
paNca SaruDu= one with five bANas (manmatha)

[rshankar]

Yes: Sishya is correct - the nAyika finds the taunts and torments of manmatha's flowery arrows unbearable and feels betrayed by brihadISwara.

[mahakavi]

Just a digression.

manmatan (aka kAman) holds the allegorical bow (mind) in his hand and the five senses as the five flowery arrows. With such weapons(?) he can cause hearts to mellow and pine. Many times they lead to happy endings but on a few occasions they can cause problems if the arrows do not resonate properly between the targets (as in the case when he tried to help umA at the request of the celestials and targeted them at Lord Siva and got incinerated).

It appears the same bow and the flowery arrows are held by ambAL (lalitAmbikai) perhaps appropriated from kAman. Dr. Sudha Seshaiyyan (philosopher/religionist par excellence) gives a beautiful explanation regarding these weapons in the hands of kAman and ambAL. For the sensual feelings manmatan is the king. But ambAL provides the energy to properly channelize those feelings.

[rshankar]

I posted this elsewhere, but the pancabANa of manmathan is supposed to have these 5 flowers:
He fires the aravindam (lotus) at the hapless maiden's heart, and the first stirrings of longing and love awaken.
The next is the aSoka flower-tipped arrow aimed at the maiden's brow, making her giddy and delirious.
Then comes the cUta flower that is fired at her lips making her tongue-tied...
And when he showers navamallikA (jasmine) flowers into her eyes she bursts into tears for no understandable reason,
And finally, when the all-powerful nIlOtpalam (blue lotus) is shot at her head, she swoons away....

[vgvindan]

panca bANa - the information I have is as under -

Five-Fold Flower Arrows – paJca bANa – Five fragrant flowers - Lotus, Jonesia azOka, mango blossom, Arabian jasmine and blue lotus.

“.....Mohana, Stambhana, Unmadana, Soshana and Tapana—fascination, stupefaction, intoxication, emaciation and burning. One arrow causes fascination in young men when they see a beautiful form. Another arrests their attention. The third intoxicates them. The fourth arrow causes intense attraction towards the form. The fifth arrow inflames and burns their heart. It pierces their cardiac chambers deeply. No one on this earth, nay, in all the three worlds, has the power to resist the potential influence of these arrows. These arrows pierced even the heart of Lord Siva and many Rishis of yore....â€

[mahakavi]

. The fifth arrow inflames and burns their heart. It pierces their cardiac chambers deeply.

While what is written above is figuratively correct, I always wondered why people associate all emotions such as love, anger, fear etc, with the heart. The word manas or manam has dual connotation in poems, stories, musical lyrics etc.,--that associated with the mind (thinking) and with the heart (mistakenly thought associated with feeling). In actuality both the thinking and feeling are done by the two halves of the mind (actually the brain in physical form but called mind in functional parlance). The brain releases the appropriate hormones--adrenaline, norepinehrine etc and those make the heart palpitate and pump blood faster. The same thing applies to "butterflies" in the stomach too. But who am I to question the poets or sad story writers when they say "the heart is melting" or "un manasu kallA?" (is your heart a stone?)

[NatyaArasan Shanolin]

Vanakkam
Please can someone share the Sollukattes for the Jathi’s as well as the Swaras.

Thank You

[Lakshman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YsQheAZRGo

[NatyaArasan Shanolin]

Thank you Lakshman Sir, is there no soft copy version of it to read?

Sincerest apologies for all the trouble.

Hope to hear from you soon!
Thank you

[Lakshman]

If you mean the notations in Tamil, I have it.