Abhayakaram (Dasavatharam_ - request for lyrics and meaning

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poonmahe
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Abhayakaram (Dasavatharam_ - request for lyrics and meaning

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Dear SME rasika, May I request lyrics and meaning of this krithi composed by R Muralidharan.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L_gVlI6vI0

Thank you so much

Lakshman
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Re: Abhayakaram (Dasavatharam_ - request for lyrics and meaning

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abhaya karam allavO. rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA. Madurai Muralidharan.

(rAgA: cArukEsi)
P: abhaya karam allavO alai magaLuDan urai tirumAl avan aramalaradu kavalai tIrttiDum
A: azhagu karam allavO alamElu annaiyai aNaittiDum karam allavO
(rAgA: amrtavarSiNi)
C1: abhaya karam allavO Azhiyil maraitta arum nAnmarai tannai aLLi tanda
(rAgA: kalyANi)
2: abhaya karam allavO mandara giri malai tannai tAngi amrtam kaDindiDa aruL seida
(rAgA: rItigauLa)
3: abhaya karam allavO akhilamum tAngum annai bhUdEviyai kAtta
(rAgA: mOhana)
4: abhaya karam allavO arum narasimhavAi hiraNyan uDal tannai kizhittaruL sida
(rAgA: ranjani)
5: abhaya karam allavO mUnraDi maN kETTu mUvulagum aLanda vAmananAi aruL seida
(rAgA: AbhEri)
6: abhaya karam allavO ennaruL parashurAmAnAi Erkkalapai tannai Endiya
(rAgA: hamsAnandi)
7: abhaya karam allavO anbuDan sItaiyai maNam seyya haran vil tannai uDaitta
(rAgA: karNaranjani)
8: abhaya karam allavO aNNan anbu aridanru ariya syya balarAmanAi aruLiya
(rAgA: kApi)
9: abhaya karam allavO abalaiyAi sabhaiyil ninra pAncAliyin mAnam tannai kAtta
(rAgA: rEvati)
10: abhaya karam allavO kaliyagan kODiyil puraviyil EriyE kavalaigaL tIrkka vand-aruLum

rshankar
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Re: Abhayakaram (Dasavatharam_ - request for lyrics and meaning

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Poonam - here you go: Musically very nice...lyrically, not all that impressive. See the footnotes section for some of my misgivings.

(rAgA: cArukEsi)
pallavi
abhaya karam allavO alai magaLuDan uRai tirumAl avan karamalaradu kavalai tIrttiDum

Aren't (allavO) they the hands/arms (karam) that promise/grant fearlessness (abhaya) - the flower (malaradu)-like hands (karam) of vishNu (tirumAl avan), who resides (uRai) with (uDan) lakshmi (alai magaL) [1], that dispel/put an end to (tIrttiDum) to concerns/anxiety (kavalai)?

anupallavi
azhagu karam allavO alamElu annaiyai aNaittiDum karam allavO

Aren't (allavO) they the beautiful (azhagu) hands (karam) that promise fearlessness, the hands that embrace (aNaittiDum) mother (annaiyai) alamElumangA (alamElu) [2]?

(rAgA: amRtavarshiNi)
caraNam 1
abhaya karam allavO Azhiyil maRaitta arum nAnmaRai tannai aLLi tanda

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, the hands that returned/gave (tanda) the four (nAn) unique (arum) vEdas (maRai) that were hidden (maRaitta) in the ocean (Azhiyil)?

(rAgA: kalyANi)
caraNam 2
abhaya karam allavO mandara giri malai tannai tAngi amRtam kaDaindiDa aruL seida

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, that showered divine grace (arul seida) to help with the churning (kaDaindiDa) for nectar (amRtam) by bearing/supporting (tAngi) mount (giri malai tannai) mandAra (mandara)?

(rAgA: rItigauLa)
caraNam 3
abhaya karam allavO akhilamum tAngum annai bhUdEviyai kAtta

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, that protected (kAtta) mother (annai) earth (bhU dEviyai) who supports (tAngum) the universe (akhilamum)?

(rAgA: mOhana)
caraNam 4
abhaya karam allavO arum narasimhamAi hiraNyan uDal tannai kizhittaruL seida

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, that showered grace (aruL seida) by tearing apart (kizhittu) the body (uDal tanai) of hiraNyakaSipu (hiraNyan) as the beloved (arum) man-lion (narasimhamAi)?

(rAgA: ranjani)
caraNam 5
abhaya karam allavO mUnraDi maN kETTu mUvulagum aLanda vAmananAi aruL seida

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, that showered grace (aruL sieda) when, as the dwarf (vAmananAi), he asked (kETTu) for 3 (mUn) paces (aDi) of land, and ended up measuring (aLanda) the three (mu) worlds (ulagam)?

(rAgA: AbhEri)
caraNam 6
abhaya karam allavO ennarum parashurAmAnAi Erkkalapai tannai Endiya

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, that, as my beloved (ennarum) paraSurAma (paraSurAmanAi) carried (Endiya) a plowshare (Erkalappai tannai) [3]?

(rAgA: hamsAnandi)
caraNam 7
abhaya karam allavO anbuDan sItaiyai maNam seyya aran vil tanai uDaitta

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, that broke (uDaitta) Siva's (aran) bow (vil tanai) to lovingly (anbuDan) wed (maNam seiyya) sItA (sItaiyai)?

(rAgA: karNaranjani)
caraNam 8
abhaya karam allavO aNNan anbu aRindanRu ariya seyya balarAmanAi aruLiya

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, that showered grace (aruLiya) as balarAma (balarAmanAi) who made his sibling realize (aRindu) the love (anbu) of an older brother (aNNan) that day (anRu), allowing his sibling to accomplish (seyya) amazing/difficult (ariya) tasks [4]?

(rAgA: kApi)
caraNam 9
abhaya karam allavO abalaiyAi sabhaiyil ninRa pAncAliyin mAnam tannai kAtta

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, that protected (kAtta) the honor (mAnam tannai) of draupadi (pAncAliyin) who stood (ninRa) helplessly/defenselessly (abalaiyAi) in the open court (sabhaiyil)?

(rAgA: rEvati)
caraNam 10
abhaya karam allavO kaliyadan kODiyil puraviyil ERiyE kavalaigaL tIrkka vand-aruLum

Aren't they the hands that promise fearlessness, that will come (vandu) at the end (kODiyil) of kali-yug (kali-adan) mounted atop (ERiyE) a horse (puraviyil) to destroy/remove (tIrkka) anxiety/distress (kavalaigaL), and shower grace (aruLum)?

FOOTNOTES
[1] alai magaL - daughter (magaL) of the waves (alai) - alai - ocean - in line with names such as sindhujA, sAgara putri etc. to describe lakshmi
[2] alamElu/alamElumangA/alamElumangai - are all corruptions of alarmElmangai - the lady (mangai) on (mEl) a flower/lotus (alar) - in sanskRt, padmAvati
[3] This is incorrect, IMO - paraSurAma carries a battle-axe, and not a plow
[4] This whole balarAma segment is not clear - it was balarAma who carried a plow

rshankar
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Re: Abhayakaram (Dasavatharam_ - request for lyrics and meaning

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Lji, the letters in red represent corrections based on what I heard in the Youtube link.

Lakshman
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Re: Abhayakaram (Dasavatharam_ - request for lyrics and meaning

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Thanks rshankar for the corrections.

suneethaprakash
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Re: Abhayakaram (Dasavatharam_ - request for lyrics and meaning

Post by suneethaprakash »

Hello

The link for this song doesn't seem to be working. Anyone has another workable link or song pl???
Thanks

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