Krishna Mukunda Murare song meaning

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laya2
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Krishna Mukunda Murare song meaning

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Hi

Can somebody give me the meaning for the song "Jai Krishna Mukunda Murare"
pallavi

krSNA mukundA murArE jaya krSNA mukundA murArE

caraNam 1

karuNA sAgara kamalAnAyaka kanakAmbaradhAri gOpAlA

caraNam 2

kALiya mardana kamsa niSUdana kamalAyada nayanA gOpAlA
(toghaiyarA)
kuTila kuntaLam kuvalayadaLa nIlam madhura muraLIrava lOlam
kOTi madana lAvaNyam gOpi puNyam bhajAmi gOpAlam

caraNam 3

gOpijana mana mOhana vyApaka kuvalayadaLa nIlA gOpAlA


Thank you.

rshankar
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Here's my attempt, for janmAshTami!

pallavi
krSNA mukundA murArE jaya krSNA mukundA murArE

Oh kRshNA, giver of salvation (mukunda), enemy of the demon mura (murAri = mura + ari)! Victory to thee (jaya).

caraNam 1
karuNA sAgara kamalAnAyaka kanakAmbaradhAri gOpAlA

Ocean (sAgara) of coampssion (karuNA), lord/husband (nAyaka) of lakshmI (kamalA), wearer (dhAri) of golden (kanaka) garments (ambara), Oh cowherd (gOpAlA)

caraNam 2
kALiya mardana kamsa niSUdana kamalAyada nayanA gOpAlA

Subduer (mardana) of kAlIya, destroyer (nishUdana) of kamsa, with elongated (Ayata) eyes (nayanA) like lotuses (kamala).

togaiyarA
kuTila kuntaLam kuvalayadaLa nIlam madhura muraLIrava lOlam
kOTi madana lAvaNyam gOpi puNyam bhajAmi gOpAlam

With curly (kuTila) locks (kuntaLam), a blue complexion (nIlam) like that of a blue-waterlily (kuvalaya) petal (daLa), captivating (lOlam) with sweet (madhura) songs (rava) from his flute (muraLI). With the charm (lAvaNyam) of countless (kOTi = crores) manmathas (madana), I worship (bhajAmi) the cowherd (gOpAlam) who is the very virtue (puNyam) of the gOpIs.

caraNam 3
gOpijana mana mOhana vyApaka kuvalayadaLa nIlA gOpAlA

One who has spread (vyApaka) in the minds/hearts (mana) of the cowherds (gOpIjana), captivating them (mOhana), oh blue-hued (nIlA) one, like the petal of a blue-waterlily.

kuvalaya - is the same as a nIlOtpala, I think.

Edited per Rajani's clarification.
Last edited by rshankar on 04 Sep 2018, 20:39, edited 1 time in total.

Sachi_R
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Re: Krishna Mukunda Murare song meaning

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Beautiful, Ravi. Last night, Podhigai was broadcasting "Meera".

I have a feeling kuvalaya=blue water lily and nIlotpala=blue lotus are used interchangeably by our poets, but botanical differ. I think the blue water lily blooms at night.
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(sorry, not blue in colour ๐Ÿ™ƒ)

rshankar
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Thank you! The flowers are beautiful!

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Ravi - Thank you for that beautiful translation.

One small comment - mardana directly means only one who crushes or torments. Usually it would be to ok to extend it as destroy. But since Krishna did not kill Kaliya, it would be better to say tormentor or subduer.

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rshankar ji and Rajani,

It is always a pleasure for me to go thru your posts.

Regards.

rshankar
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Rajani wrote: โ†‘04 Sep 2018, 16:44 Ravi - Thank you for that beautiful translation.

One small comment - mardana directly means only one who crushes or torments. Usually it would be to ok to extend it as destroy. But since Krishna did not kill Kaliya, it would be better to say tormentor or subduer.
Thank you...I will edit the post...

Thank you, Smt. Savitri!

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Thanks Ravi. Savitriji - thank you for your kind words.

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Thank you very much Mr. Shankar.

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