Can someone help me with a word to word translation of Dolayam chala dolayam by Shri Annamacharya.
A link to a website that offers translations will be much appreciated
Dolayam chala dolayam - meaning
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VK RAMAN
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DolAyAM cala DolAyAm
rAgam: khamAs
tALam: tishra Adi
pallavi
DolAyAM cala DolAyAm hare DolAyAm
caraNam
mIna kUrma varAha m.rgapati avatArA dAnavAre guNashaure dharaNIdhara marujanaka || 1||
vAmana rAma rAma varak.rShNa avatArA shyAmaLAN^gA raN^ga raN^gA sAmajavarada muraharaNa||2 ||
dAruNa buddha kaliki dashavidha avatArA shIrapANi gosamANe shrIveN^kaTagiri kUTanilaya || 3 ||
rAgam: khamAs
tALam: tishra Adi
pallavi
DolAyAM cala DolAyAm hare DolAyAm
caraNam
mIna kUrma varAha m.rgapati avatArA dAnavAre guNashaure dharaNIdhara marujanaka || 1||
vAmana rAma rAma varak.rShNa avatArA shyAmaLAN^gA raN^ga raN^gA sAmajavarada muraharaNa||2 ||
dAruNa buddha kaliki dashavidha avatArA shIrapANi gosamANe shrIveN^kaTagiri kUTanilaya || 3 ||
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rshankar
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Veda,
Here you go. I am unsure of SIra pANE and gOsamANe. If I am incorrect, I hope Keerthi/Rajani/CML/krishnaa or anyone else who knows sanskrit will fix the errors.
By the way, Sri Annamacharya combines the prevailing philosophy in neighboring Orissa and the rest of SI to come up with his (own) list of 10 avatAras, by including buddha and rejecting balarAma in the process to come up with matsya, kUrma, varAha, narasimha, vAmana, paraSurAma, rAma, krishNa, buddha, kalki.
pallavi
DOlAyAM cala DOlAyAm hare DOlAyAm
Let us rock the cradle/swing (DOlAyAm) with krishNa (harE) on it and set it into motion (cala).
caraNam 1
mIna kUrma varAha m.rgapati avatArA dAnavAre guNashaure dharaNIdhara marujanaka (DOlAyAm...)
(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), the father (janaka) of manmatha (maru), the one who held up (dhara) the earth (dharaNi), the repository of moral character (guNa) and valor (SaurE), and the enemy (arE) of the demons (dAnava), who incarnated (avatArA) as a fish (mIna), a tortoise (kUrma), a boar (varAha) and the king (pati) of the beasts (mRga), the lion (narasimha).
caraNam 2
vAmana rAma rAma varakRshNa avatArA shyAmaLANgA raNga raNgA sAmajavarada muraharaNa (DOlAyam...)
(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), who overpowered (haraNa) the demon, mura, who granted the boon (varadA) of life to the elephant king (sAmaja), the wonderful raNgA with blue-hued (SyAmaLa) limbs (aNgA), who took the form of (avatArA) vAmana, paraSurAma, rAma, and the excellent (vara) krishNa.
caraNam 3
dAruNa buddha kaliki dashavidha avatArA shIrapANi gosamANe shrIveNkaTagiri kUTanilaya (DOlAyAm...)
(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), who lives/resides (nilaya) at the summit (kUTa) of the divine (SrI) venkaTa mountain (giri), holds a plough (shIra) in his hands (pANE), and smells (AnE) of myrrh (gOsam), who took the form of (avatArA) as the superlative (dAruNa) buddha and kalki (kaliki) to make up the ten (daSa) types (vidha) of incarnations.
Here you go. I am unsure of SIra pANE and gOsamANe. If I am incorrect, I hope Keerthi/Rajani/CML/krishnaa or anyone else who knows sanskrit will fix the errors.
By the way, Sri Annamacharya combines the prevailing philosophy in neighboring Orissa and the rest of SI to come up with his (own) list of 10 avatAras, by including buddha and rejecting balarAma in the process to come up with matsya, kUrma, varAha, narasimha, vAmana, paraSurAma, rAma, krishNa, buddha, kalki.
pallavi
DOlAyAM cala DOlAyAm hare DOlAyAm
Let us rock the cradle/swing (DOlAyAm) with krishNa (harE) on it and set it into motion (cala).
caraNam 1
mIna kUrma varAha m.rgapati avatArA dAnavAre guNashaure dharaNIdhara marujanaka (DOlAyAm...)
(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), the father (janaka) of manmatha (maru), the one who held up (dhara) the earth (dharaNi), the repository of moral character (guNa) and valor (SaurE), and the enemy (arE) of the demons (dAnava), who incarnated (avatArA) as a fish (mIna), a tortoise (kUrma), a boar (varAha) and the king (pati) of the beasts (mRga), the lion (narasimha).
caraNam 2
vAmana rAma rAma varakRshNa avatArA shyAmaLANgA raNga raNgA sAmajavarada muraharaNa (DOlAyam...)
(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), who overpowered (haraNa) the demon, mura, who granted the boon (varadA) of life to the elephant king (sAmaja), the wonderful raNgA with blue-hued (SyAmaLa) limbs (aNgA), who took the form of (avatArA) vAmana, paraSurAma, rAma, and the excellent (vara) krishNa.
caraNam 3
dAruNa buddha kaliki dashavidha avatArA shIrapANi gosamANe shrIveNkaTagiri kUTanilaya (DOlAyAm...)
(Let us rock the cradle with krishNa), who lives/resides (nilaya) at the summit (kUTa) of the divine (SrI) venkaTa mountain (giri), holds a plough (shIra) in his hands (pANE), and smells (AnE) of myrrh (gOsam), who took the form of (avatArA) as the superlative (dAruNa) buddha and kalki (kaliki) to make up the ten (daSa) types (vidha) of incarnations.
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keerthi
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sira-pANE means balarAma, and there is no need to lmit the avatAra-s to ten, as seen in the bhAgavata-purAna.. The histiricity of the 'dasha' avatAra-s is an interesting topic, and this set can't be older than a thousand years..
I tried to initiate a discussion on it in the bhakti section, under an avatAra thread, but it fizzled out..
gOsamAnE is tricky, but if we consider that gOsamAnE and dOlAyAm are in the same case (locative/ saptami vibhakti/ adhikaraN kArak - me,pE,par); we can surmise that
gosamANe shrI-veNkaTa-giri-kUTa-nilaya-DOlAyAm
could mean
'On the swing at srIvenkaTagiri, that is equal to the whole world..'
gO - cow, earth, universe etc.,
samAnE = equal, equivalent, similar to etc.,
I tried to initiate a discussion on it in the bhakti section, under an avatAra thread, but it fizzled out..
gOsamAnE is tricky, but if we consider that gOsamAnE and dOlAyAm are in the same case (locative/ saptami vibhakti/ adhikaraN kArak - me,pE,par); we can surmise that
gosamANe shrI-veNkaTa-giri-kUTa-nilaya-DOlAyAm
could mean
'On the swing at srIvenkaTagiri, that is equal to the whole world..'
gO - cow, earth, universe etc.,
samAnE = equal, equivalent, similar to etc.,