bhajare re manasa - word by word meaning

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 21 Apr 2008, 02:45

Raga - Abheri
Talam - Aadi 2 kalai
Composer - Mysore vasudevacharyar

Sahityam

bhajarE rE mAnasa shrI raghuvIram bhukti mukhti pradam vAsudEvam harim
(bhajarE)

anupallavi

vrijina vidUram vishvAdhAram sujana mandAram sundarAkAram
(bhajarE)

caraNam

rAvana mardanam rakSita bhuvanam ravi shashi nayanam ravijAti madanam
ravijAdi vAnara parivrtam naravaram ratnahAra parishObhita kandaram

madhyama kaalam

ravi shashi kuja budha guru shukra shanIscara rAhu kEtu nEttAram
rAjakumAram rAmam pavanajAptam avanijA manOharam
(bhajarE)

Audio
http://www.sangeethamshare.org/harihara ... Abheri.mp3

Let me give a try, requesting some one to fill in

bhajarE rE mAnasa - O mind, pray
shrI raghuvIram - Sri rama
bhukti mukhti pradam - one who gives liberation (mukthi) from worldly enjoyment (bukthi)
vAsudEvam harim - other names of rama (also kavi mudra appears here)

vrijina vidUram - ??
vishvAdhAram - The one who is basis for entire universe (vishva + adhAram)
sujana mandAram sundarAkAram - ??

rAvana mardanam rakSita bhuvanam - One who killed ravana and saved the world
ravi shashi nayanam - one has surya & chandra as his eyes
ravijAti madanam - ??
ravijAdi vAnara parivrtam naravaram - ??
ratnahAra parishObhita kandaram - (ratna + hAra - garland of ratnas) - ????

ravi shashi kuja budha guru shukra shanIscara rAhu kEtu nEttAram - The one who has the navagrahas as his ??? (sun + moon + angaraka + budha + bruhaspati + sukra + sani + rahu + ketu)
(What is nEttAram - ?? - nEta is leader - does it mean leader of grahas??)
rAjakumAram rAmam - Prince rama
pavanajAptam - pavana (vayu) + aja (son) + Aptam (friend & relative?) - A friend / relative of hanuman?? (Doesn't make sense)
avanijA manOharam - ???

I would greatly appreciate your help..

-hari

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 21 Apr 2008, 06:20

Hari,
Some words that I could understand-
sujanamandAram-who fulfills the desire of the good people(mandAra tree is referred to here)
sundarAkAram-one who has a beautiful form
Netaram-leader(like we use 'netas'in politics)-all the words are in the accusative case-dvitiya vibhakthi -like Raguveeram,muktipradam, vaasudevam etc.here the original word is 'nEtru'(shabdam) and it becomes 'nEtaram' in the accusative case.
ratnahAra parishobhithkandharam-one whose neck/shoulders are adorned by ratnahAras-necklaces of precious stones
He is described as the nEta of the navagrahas.
pavanajAptam-Apta also means someone dear-hence one who is dear to Hanuman
Avanija is an epithet of Seetha-'born from the earth'-henace avanijA manoharam means the beloved of Sita-Bhhomija is another name for Sita, meaning the same
vAnara parivrtam-sorrounded by the vAnarAs-monkeys
naravaram-the best among the human beings
The other words,Iam not too sure about.
Waiting for some one to explain

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 21 Apr 2008, 07:04

Some more translations :
vrijina vidUram - One far removed from sin
ravijAdi vAnara parivrtam - One surrounded by Vanaras starting with Sugriva the son of Surya (ravi-ja)
naravaram - king ( lit. best among men)
ratnahAra parishObhita kandaram - One whose neck(kandhara) is resplendent with a necklace of gems

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 21 Apr 2008, 07:06

Cool - I will wait for remaining meanings from others..... Thanks...

I will try and initiate such work once a week to begin with, hope this will be useful to everyone..

-hari

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 21 Apr 2008, 07:07

vrijina vidUram - One far removed from sin -> vrijina is sin??

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 21 Apr 2008, 08:42

s_hari wrote:vrijina vidUram - One far removed from sin -> vrijina is sin??

Yes, that's what my dictionary says

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 21 Apr 2008, 12:12

Well, vṛjina can mean a few negative things; please refer: http://vedabase.net/v/vrjina.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 21 Apr 2008, 13:50

ravijAri will then mean enemy of Surgeeva-ie.Vaali-ravijAri mardanam means slayer of Vaali.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 Apr 2008, 18:29

You guys have done an excellent job. Here is the missing word for completion
ravijAti madanam = delighter(madanam) of Surya (ravi) vamsha (jAti)
vrijina vidUram would also mean vrijina(sin) vidUram(remover).

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 22 Apr 2008, 04:15

Is it 'ravijAti madanam' or 'ravijAri mardanam'?
If the former, cml has given the meaning.
If the latter, see my earlier post#8

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 22 Apr 2008, 06:28

From what i heard of Smt DKP & Smt Ponnamaal - I think, it is ravijAti madanam (Punarvasu it is not mardanam -- i think it was a typo in your post #10)

-hari

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 22 Apr 2008, 07:05

'ravijAri mardanam'

If we view this in terms of the conjugation of vowels and consonants in Sanskrit, it is ravi+ja+ari
ravi = Sun; ja= born out of. Hence ravija in the context of the rAmAyaNa is ascribed to sugrIva. (c.f. comments on caraNa 6 of pALaya ShrI raghuvIra - dEvagAndhAri http://thyagaraja.sulekha.com/blog/post ... vam-11.htm)
The correct word we need here is "mardana." ari means foe.

Hence, "ravijAri mardana" means One who quelled the foe of sugrIva.

Netaram-leader

nEta roughly means master, ruler and synonyms alike. In context, araM is conjugated to mean most suited, fit, ready.

tulasidAsa echoes this sentiment in his bhajan:

sUraj mangal sOm bhrgu sut bandhu aru guru varadAyak tErO
rAhu kEtu kI nAhI gamyatA sang shanIcar hOt ucErO

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Apr 2008, 20:16

It is 'ravijAti madanam' only. See also
http://www.karnatik.com/c1256.shtml

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 22 Apr 2008, 21:39

cml -- lyrics which i posted in #1 is from karnatik.com only!!!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Apr 2008, 21:55

Independantly MV is a scholar who pays attention to meaning prasa etc inlyric constrction. Since he has already used mardanam he would not repeat the same idea again. Also he uses 'ravi' deftly in different contexts. Once you know the word meanings you can enjoy the lyric as well as music immensely. Note the difference between 'ravi jAti' vs ravija Adi which are musically different which the musicians (Ponnama and DKP) intonate differently!

DKJ also has rendered this very deliightfully.

In fact I was so fascinated by this lyric and raga that I tried even a crude imitation
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=756&p=7
post #156
I may be excused

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 22 Apr 2008, 22:03

cmlover wrote:Independantly MV is a scholar who pays attention to meaning prasa etc inlyric constrction. Since he has already used mardanam he would not repeat the same idea again. Also he uses 'ravi' deftly in different contexts. Once you know the word meanings you can enjoy the lyric as well as music immensely. Note the difference between 'ravi jAti' vs ravija Adi which are musically different which the musicians (Ponnama and DKP) intonate differently!

DKJ also has rendered this very deliightfully.

In fact I was so fascinated by this lyric and raga that I tried even a crude imitation
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=756&p=7
post #156
I may be excused

AFAIK, it is not ravijAti madanam, but ravijAti mardanam.

And there is no fear of repeating the same phrase, as the first line (again, as I have learnt) is rAvaNa mathanam, and not rAvaNa mardanam

-Ramakriya

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Apr 2008, 22:47

AFAIK, it is not ravijAti madanam, but ravijAti mardanam

I can accept 'mathanam'.

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 23 Apr 2008, 07:01

cmlover wrote:It is 'ravijAti madanam' only. See also
http://www.karnatik.com/c1256.shtml

Checked vAsudEva kIrtana manjari v.2. It is ravijAri mardanam.

rajesh_rs · Post by **rajesh_rs** » 16 Jul 2008, 01:56

I too think it ravijaari mardanam. I remember it being so from countless listenings of Santhanam's rendition of this song. Over the past week, it has become a default song for me - either I hum it or try and play it on my guitar when I cannot think of anything else. Abheri truly is beautiful.

ksl · Post by **ksl** » 27 Dec 2008, 01:20

wouldnt madanam being construed as delighter have had made more sense if we were talking of sita...madan (kaama devata ) and thus madanam. This presentation supports ravijaari mardanam too..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdA9e8yhL1w

ksl · Post by **ksl** » 27 Dec 2008, 01:25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLO-ZNED ... re=related
ravijari mardanam