A single line from LGJ's shanmukhapriya varnam

Place to go if you want to ask someone identify raga, tala, composer etc or ask for sāhitya (lyrics) or notations or translations.
Post Reply
Ranganayaki
Posts: 1760
Joined: 02 Jan 2011, 06:23

A single line from LGJ's shanmukhapriya varnam

Post by Ranganayaki »

Ravi, could you please translate this line from the last charanam of the shanmukhapriya varnam of Lalgudi Jayaraman's?

(...) arul Geethaiyudan aram kAttu
maram Ezhuruva saram eidu tan tiram nATTiDum parandAman


My apologies if this has been discussed here, but I did search without finding a translation.

rshankar
Posts: 13754
Joined: 02 Feb 2010, 22:26

Re: A single line from LGJ's shanmukhapriya varnam

Post by rshankar »

Hi Ranganayaki!

This is an interesting varNam - particularly in these lines where the composer combines elements/events from kRshNAvatAra and rAmavatAra in describing the paramAtmA, venkaTESa perumAL:
Protecting (kAttu) moral/virtuous/religious values (aRam) (by) graciously (aruL) instructing (upadESam) arjuna on the gIta while driving his chariot, you are the paramAtmA (parandAman) who established (nATTiDum) his (tan) physical prowess (tiran) by shooting (eidu) a single arrow (Saram) that passed through (uruva) seven (Ezhu) trees (maram).

The part about the seven trees is from the kiSkinda kANDam of the rAmAyaNa. Arunschala Kavirayar refers to it in yEn paLLikonDIrayya when he enquires if that was one of the reasons for His lassitude (marangaL Ezhum tuLaittOm....)

Ranganayaki
Posts: 1760
Joined: 02 Jan 2011, 06:23

Re: A single line from LGJ's shanmukhapriya varnam

Post by Ranganayaki »

rshankar wrote: 16 Mar 2018, 11:59 Hi Ranganayaki!

This is an interesting varNam - particularly in these lines where the composer combines elements/events from kRshNAvatAra and rAmavatAra in describing the paramAtmA, venkaTESa perumAL:
Protecting (kAttu) moral/virtuous/religious values (aRam) (by) graciously (aruL) instructing (upadESam) arjuna on the gIta while driving his chariot, you are the paramAtmA (parandAman) who established (nATTiDum) his (tan) physical prowess (tiran) by shooting (eidu) a single arrow (Saram) that passed through (uruva) seven (Ezhu) trees (maram).

The part about the seven trees is from the kiSkinda kANDam of the rAmAyaNa. Arunschala Kavirayar refers to it in yEn paLLikonDIrayya when he enquires if that was one of the reasons for His lassitude (marangaL Ezhum tuLaittOm....)

Oh, beautiful, thank you, Ravi!

Post Reply