Lyrics + meaning for chalamela natakuranji varnam

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arudis
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I've been searching for word by word meaning for the Natakuranji varnam Chalamela Jesevayya. I'm particularly interested in the meaning of the sahityam for muktayi swarams and chitta swarams - most of the resources online completely omit the lyrics for these and none of them have the meaning. I kind of know Telugu and right now when I practice, the sahityam for muktayi and chitta swarams sounds like garbage to me. Any help would be appreciated!

Lakshman
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calamEla jEsEvayya (varNa). rAgA: nATakuranji. Adi tALA. Composer: Mulaivittu Rangasami Nattuvanar.

P: calamEla jEsEvayya cakkani mA rangayya
A: kAla kalamu nI pAdamulE gatiyani nammmiyuNDaga
(muktAyisvara sAhitya)
kari moraliDa vini uramuna veDali makharini dunimi karivaraduDa nI birudu
dharanu velasi surulu pogaDa galigina patita pAvanuDa nA manavivonu
C: nannu brOva nIku bhAramA
1: idE bAgani yUragAnu nIvunna nInu nE vIDacEdAna
2: nIdu smaraNa gAka vEre eruganu nIraja nayana danuja mada haraNa
3: anDaANDa mulakunadhipati vani niNDa moraliDaga vinivinaka yuNDa
sariya guna madanajana kuNDa varamosagu nanu dinamu
4: A draupadiki valuva sabhalO taragaganu osagina mahA daya gala ninu pogaDanu nA taramaguna siri velayu rangapurini Elina pati nAgala rangani komaruNDa telisi teliyaka nandacina palu naDatulunu madi talupa valadu valadu sharaNu murahari

arudis
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Post by arudis »

Thanks Lakshman but I believe this is still inaccurate

ninu pogaDanu nA taramaguna siri velayu rangapurini ElinapaDi nAkala

After this you missed the following
Rangani komarunda telici teliyaka nadacina palu nadatalanu madi telupa ...and so on


I really appreciate if someone who knows the language can shed some light on the meaning and also the proper way to split the sahityam
Last edited by arudis on 09 Aug 2008, 05:52, edited 1 time in total.

Rigapada
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Post by Rigapada »

calamEla jEsEvayya (varNa). rAgA: nATakuranji. Adi tALA.

Composer: Mulaivittu Rangasami Nattuvanar.

A few minor spelling and transliteration corrections and readjustment of spacing is given below: Now the meaning should be clear!

P: calamEla jEsEvayya cakkani mA rangayya |

A: kala kAlamu nI pAdamulE gatiyani nammi yuNDaga
(muktAyisvara sAhitya)
kari moraliDa vini, rayamuna veDali, makarini dunimi,
kari-varadu-Dani birudu dharanu velasi, suralu pogaDa galigina
patita pAvanuDa! nA manavi vina ||ca||

C: nannu brOva nIku bhAramA

1: idE bAgani UrakAnu nIvunna ninu nE viDacedanA

2: nIdu smaraNa gAka vEre eruganu, nIraja nayana, danuja mada haraNa

3: anDANDamulaku-nadhipati-vani niNDa moraliDaga, vinI-vinaka yuNDa
sari-yagunA? madana janakuNDa, varamosagi anudinamu

4: A draupadiki valuva sabhalO tarugakanu osagina mahA daya gala ninu
pogaDanu nA taramagunA, siri velayu rangapurini Elina pati,
nAgala rangani komaruNDa, telisi teliyaka nadacina palu naDatalanu
madi talupa valadu, valadu, sharaNu murahari

Note1: I only changed a letter here and there and readjusted the spaces to bring out the meaning more clearly.

note2: in C4, instead of "valuva sabhalO tarugakanu osagina" I suggest using "sabhalO taragani valuva-losagina" as the syntax is more straight forward, provided the tAla is ok. More research and discussion is required about this.

--Rigapada
Last edited by Rigapada on 24 Aug 2008, 18:37, edited 1 time in total.

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

Thanks Rigapada.

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Re: Lyrics + meaning for chalamela natakuranji varnam

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Namaskaram. I have learnt this Varnam from my guru from Kalakshetra but I have failed to find any good recording of the audio. I was wondering if anyone could help me get a good quality, uncut version of the audio, the version choreographed by Rukmini Devi. I will be willing to pay for the audio if it is necessary, I don't mind. Assistance will be highly appreciated guys.

Anusha Subramanyam
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Re: Lyrics + meaning for chalamela natakuranji varnam

Post by Anusha Subramanyam »

Vishkir wrote: 05 Oct 2018, 08:01 Namaskaram. I have learnt this Varnam from my guru from Kalakshetra but I have failed to find any good recording of the audio. I was wondering if anyone could help me get a good quality, uncut version of the audio, the version choreographed by Rukmini Devi. I will be willing to pay for the audio if it is necessary, I don't mind. Assistance will be highly appreciated guys.

Dear

Have you got the audio. I do have a recording of the Kalakshetra Varnam. Best wishes Anusha

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Re: Lyrics + meaning for chalamela natakuranji varnam

Post by Anusha Subramanyam »

You can get in touch with me at
anusha@beeja.com
Best wishes Anusha

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