Lyrics and meaning for Mannavan Mahadevan - Huseini

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HarishankarK
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Lyrics and meaning for Mannavan Mahadevan - Huseini

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Please provide me with the lyrics for Mannavan Mahadevan song - raga huseini - tamil song but am not sure whether this is pallavi line or anupallavi line,.

Thanks
Harish

Lakshman
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Re: Lyrics and meaning for Mannavan Mahadevan - Huseini

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It is difficult to locate the lyrics if this is the start of the anupallavi line.

VK RAMAN
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Re: Lyrics and meaning for Mannavan Mahadevan - Huseini

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I believe the pallavi line is -
Enna kutram sheydeno in Huseni

anupallavi
Mannavan Mahadevan

smala
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Re: Lyrics and meaning for Mannavan Mahadevan - Huseini

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Please post an audio link.

Lakshman
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Re: Lyrics and meaning for Mannavan Mahadevan - Huseini

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Thanks VK Raman for the pallavi line words. Here are the lyrics.

enna kuTram sheidAnO. rAgA: husEni. cApu tALA. Composer: M.D.Ramanathan.

P: enna kuTram sheidAnO enna kuTram sheidAnO innamum shollAyO nIyO annaik-kanni kumariyE
A: mannavan mahAdEvan manam uvandu undanai mAmaNam sheyya vandAn maruttAyE adu pOlE
(ciTTasvara)
S R S – P , P – N D M , - P N D N S , | S , S N D M – P N D M , - P M G R S ||
R G M R G S – P N D M P – N D N S’ , | R’ G’ M’ R’ G S’ , P S’ N D M , P M G || R S ||
C: pannaga shayanan padumanAbhan sOdariyE sannutAngi nIyE pArttOr kannam pOTTu nI (or sAdhujana pOSiNI)
munna pinnum teriyAdavan pOlE nIyum ippO innum pArAmukhamEnO cinnavan varadadAsan

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Re: Lyrics and meaning for Mannavan Mahadevan - Huseini

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pallavi
enna kuTram sheidAnO enna kuTram sheidAnO innamum shollAyO nIyO annaik-kanni kumariyE


What (enna) offence (kuTRam) is he guilty of (SeidAnO)? What (enna) crime (kuTRam) has he committed (SeidAnO)? Oh mother (annai) kanyAkumari (kannikumariyE), will you (nIyO) not tell (SollAyO) us what is was at least now (innamum)?

anupallavi
mannavan mahAdEvan manam uvandu undanai mAmaNam sheyya vandAn maruttAyE adu pOlE (enna kuTRam...)


(Will you not tell us) what kind of (adu pOle) (offence he was guilty of) for you to refuse (maruttAyE) to marry my Lord (mannavan), Siva (mahAdEvan - the mighty god), when he came (vandAn) to wed (mAmaNam Seyya) you (undanai), after having understood (uvandu) your heart (manam)-felt desire [1]?

caraNam
pannaga shayanan padumanAbhan sOdariyE sannutAngi nIyE pArttOrkannam pOTTum nI
munnam pinnum teriyAdavaL pOlE nIyum ippO innum pArAmukhamEnO cinnavan varadadAsan (enna kuTRam SeidAnO...)


Why are (EnO) you (nIyum) still (innum) turning your face away (pArAmukham) from me like (pOlE) a stranger (munnam-pinnam teriyAdavaL) [2], Oh beautiful (sannutAngi) [3] sister (sahOdariyE) of the lotus (paduma)-naveled (nAbhan) lord who reclines (Sayanan) on a snake (pannaga), who feeds (annam pOTTu) the multitudes on this earth (pArttOrku)? After all, (what crime has) the destitute (cinnavan) [4] servitor (dAsan) of Tigar Varadacariar (varada) [5] (committed)?

FOOTNOTES
[1] This is actually contrary to the story I am familiar with - kanyAkumari did not refuse to marry Siva, but is supposed to be still waiting for him to arrive form kailAS to marry her - I wonder what Sri MDR's reference is here
[2] 'munnam-pinnam teriyAdavaL' - a lady who does not recognize (one) despite previous encounters
[3] sannutAngi - one whose limbs (angi) are praised (sannuta) for their beauty
[4] cinnavan literally means a small person
[5] varada dAdan is Sri MDR's mudra
Last edited by rshankar on 05 Mar 2010, 18:39, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: Lyrics and meaning for Mannavan Mahadevan - Huseini

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[2] 'munnam-pinnam teriyAdavaL' - a lady who does recognize (one) despite previous encounters......

Did you mean NOT recognize ?

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SP - yes...I have edied my post...

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