Lyrics needed for Gurumangalashtakam

vjswamy · Post by **vjswamy** » 01 May 2009, 02:44

Does anyone have the lyrics for Gurumangalshtakam? It is by Venkatarmana Bhagavatar -in Sanskrit. It is a homage to Saint Tygaraja. Sanjay Subramanyan has rendered this piece beautifully in one of his albums. The lyrics start with "Srimat karkala Vamsabdhi" Thank you very much.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 01 May 2009, 03:02

shrImad kAkarla. rAgamAlikA.

srImad kAkarlavamshAbdhi chandrAya manatEjasE
pUrNAya punyashIlAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

rAmabrahma suputrAya rAmanAma sutAtmanE
rAmachandra swarUpAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

nAradAchArya karuNApAtrAya guNakIrtayA (?)
dhIrAya nirvikArAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

sri kAruNyasamudrAya lOkAnugrahakAriNE
sAkEtAdhipabhaktAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

yOgipungava mitrAya yOgAnanda swarUpiNE
rAga lObhA vimuktAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

gAna shAstra pravINAya kalikalmasha nAshinE
sharaNAgata pOshAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

kAvEri tIra vAsAya karuNyAmrta varshiNE
avanIsura rAjAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

dInamAnava pOshAya divyanAma sambodhinE
~gnana bhakti virachanAya tyAgarAjAya mangaLam

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 01 May 2009, 04:50

Is this gurumanglAshtakam originally set as ragamalika?

vjswamy · Post by **vjswamy** » 02 May 2009, 02:06

Thank you very much Mr. Lakshman for the lyrics. you are truly amazing!

I have heard Sanjay singing this piece as a ragamalika, I would assume the composer being a student of Tygaraja meant it as a ragamalika.

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 02 May 2009, 12:29

chandrAya manatEjasE should probably be chandraya+ amita-tEjasE or chandrAya+amala-tEjasE..

I would go with the former..

guNakIrtayA (?) is definitely guNakIrtayE..

varshiNE should be varShiNE..

divyanAma sambodhinE is problematic, It disturbs the prosody.. Could it be divyanAma subodhinE..?

~gnana bhakti virachanAya also disrupts the metre; and I can only guess what the right phrase may be.. gnAna-bhakti-virAjaya..? this one is a speculation..