Lyrics & Translation: mAmakAparAda shatam by Narayan Tirtha

[HariKrishna]

Mamaka Aparadha Satham (rAga: sAvEri, tALa: rUpakam)
Sung by Malladi Brothers on Sri Narayana Theertha's Sri Krishna Leela Tharangini Vol. 3

[Enna_Solven]

māmakāparādhasaśatam : tođi (śaņkarābharaņam) : tripuţa

pallavi
māmakāparādhaśataM kşamyatāM tvayā

anupallavi
māmakāparādhaśataM mā gaņayāthavāyutam
śyāmavarņa śamānvita śāśvatānanda sandoha

caraņam
atyantakŗpāsāgara ādipuruşānādhāra
nityada jagadādhāra nihnutāsura
śrutyanantavanasaňcāra śobhanaphaladācāra
bhŗtyadayādhŗtākāra bhramakāraņavidāra

kāmaśatakoţiveşa khaņđitanikhiladoşa
dāmodarodārabhāşa dāsapoşa
kamalākŗtābhilāşa kāmanākalitāśeşa
sāmagītāśritāśeşasādhujanasantoşa

ādityacandramaņđalābhyantarādhāra nirmala
bodharūpānandācala poşitākhila
vedapurāņādimūla veņugānakrīđālola
sundarataragokulaśrīdharanātha gopāla

dhārādharākāra dhīra ghorārisamhāra śūra
nīrajanābha nirupama nirmalānanda-
pārāvāra śrīvihāra pāpatimirabhāskara
nārāyaņatīrtha santāra nānāgamāntasaňcāra

[HarishankarK]

Mamaka Aparadha Satham (rAga: sAvEri, tALa: rUpakam)
Sung by Malladi Brothers on Sri Narayana Theertha's Sri Krishna Leela Tharangini Vol. 3

In Sangeethapriya there is a version of this song rendered in Sahana raga by Dr Subhashini Parthasarathy.
My father-in-law who is quite old now, has a much much older Tamil book (the pages of which are almost dilapidated) - in that book there are compositions of Sri Narayana Teerthar - given with lyrics and meaning. Very important - for each of the composition there is a raga name mentioned in which it has to be sung.

THEN WHY ARE THERE SO MANY VERSIONS/TUNES IN DIFFERENT RAGAS FOR SRI NARAYANA TEERTHAR COMPOSITIONS.

[keerthi]

I have re-presented the lines with hyphens to split up the compound words, and exclamation marks to indicate the end of a word.

māmakāparādhasaśatam : tođi (śaņkarābharaņam) : tripuţa

pallavi
māmakāparādhaśataM kşamyatāM tvayā

anupallavi
māmakāparādhaśataM mā gaņayāthavāyutam
śyāmavarņa śamānvita śāśvatānanda sandoha

caraņam
atyantakŗpāsāgara ādipuruşānādhāra
nityada jagadādhāra nihnutāsura
śrutyantavanasaňcāra śobhanaphaladācāra
bhŗtyadayādhŗtākāra bhramakāraņavidāra

P:
| māmaka-aparādha-śataM kşamyatāM tvayā |

May my multitude of offences be forgiven by you.

tvayā - by You
māmaka - my/mine
āparādhaśataM - hundreds of offences
kşamyatāM - (let they)be condoned


AP:

|māmaka aparādha-śataM mā gaņaya athavā ayutam|
|śyāma-varņa! śamā-anvita !śāśvata-ānanda-sandoha!||

O dark one! ever tranquil! O locus of perennial bliss! Condone my offences, be they a hundred or ten thousand.

śyāmavarņa - O dark one!
śamānvita - O tranquil one!
śāśvata - everlasting
ānanda - beatitude
sandoha - repository
māmaka - my/mine
āparādha - offences
śataM - hundred(s)
athavā - or
ayutam - ten thousand(s)
mā - don't
gaņaya - count

C1 :
|atyanta-kŗpā-sāgara! ādi-puruşa anādhāra!
|nityada! jagadādhāra! nihnutāsura! |
|śruti-anta-vana-saňcāra! śobhana-phaladācāra!
|bhŗtya-dayā-dhŗta-ākāra! bhrama-kāraņa-vidāra! ||

O ocean of infinite mercy, O primaeval being,one who needs no support, but is the support of the universe. O bestower of the Eternal, O destroyer of demons, you stroll in the woods of the upaniSad. You are wont to give splendid boons. You took several incarnations, out of mercy on your votaries, and you dispel the sources of delusion.

atyanta-kŗpā-sāgara -O ocean of infinite grace!
ādi-puruşa - original One!
anādhāra! - independent one!
nityada! - giver of the everlasting state!
jagadādhāra! - Substratum of the world!
nihnutāsura! - destroyer of demons
śruti-anta-vana-saňcāra! - You sport in the groves of Vedantic thought[1]
śobhana-phaladācāra! - You confer auspicious boons
bhŗtya-dayā-dhŗta-ākāra! - you took several forms out of compassion on your devotees
bhrama-kāraņa-vidāra!- You remove the root cause of confusion[2]

Notes -

1. I think it must be srutyanta-vana and not srutyananta-vana, though both are meaningful phrases.

2. Mostly a reference to mAyA.

[Rajani]

Keerthi - awesome, beautiful translation!

[keerthi]

Thanks Rajani, I suspect it seems good more because of tIrtha-nArAyana-yati's poetry, than because of anything I did.

kāma-śata-koţi-veşa! khaņđita-nikhila-doşa!
dāmodara! udārabhāşa! dāsapoşa!
kamalā-kŗta-abhilāşa! kāmanā-kalita-aśeşa!
sāma-gīta! āśrita-aśeşa-sādhu-jana-santoşa !


You are as beautiful as a hundred crore cupids, you destroy all sins,O dAmOdara! of magnanimous speech, you protect your devotees. You are desired by kamalA (lakSmI)You hve created everything, merely by wishing it into existence, You are sung by the sAman verses, and delight the saintly people that take refuge in you.


kāma-śata-koţi-veşa! - Your form rivals a hundred crore manmatha-s
khaņđita-nikhila-doşa! - You absolve all sins
dāmodara! - One whose belly is tied by rope/ one whose belly contains everything
udārabhāşa! - you are of munificent speech
dāsapoşa! - and protect your devotees
kamalā-kŗta-abhilāşa! - you are loved by LakSmI,
kāmanā-kalita-aśeşa! - You create everything ,on a whim
sāma-gīta! - sung by the sAman verses,
āśrita-aśeşa-sādhu-jana-santoşa! - you gladden the saints who take succour in you.



āditya-candra-maņđala-abhyantara-ādhāra! nirmala-
bodha-rūpa-ānanda! acala! poşitākhila!
veda-purāņa-ādi-mūla veņu-gāna-krīđā-lola!
sundara-tara-gokula-śrīdhara-nātha! gopāla!

You sustain the orbs of the sun and the moon, you are the immaculate knowledge, and the bliss that gives, you are immovable, and sustain everything. You are the root source of the vEdic, purAnic and similar literature. You revel in playing on the flute, O lord of the charming gOkula, O gOpAla!


dhārā-dhara-ākāra! dhīra! ghora-ari-samhāra! śūra!
nīraja-nābha! nirupama! nirmala-ānanda-
pārāvāra! śrī-vihāra! pāpa-timira-bhāskara!
nārāyaņa-tīrtha-santāra! nānā-āgamānta-saňcāra!

Your form resembles the clouds, O resolute one, Destroyer of the terrible foes, O brave one. O lotus-navelled one, unequalled , you are the ocean of pure bliss, You sport with shrI (lakSmI), you are the sun to the darkness of sin, you are the saviour of nArAyaNa-tIrtha, the scriptures are imbued with your presence.

[smala]

Yes, makes a very beautiful read, Keerthi. One question : jagadādhāra : in the full translation it is "support of this universe" but in the phrase translation you say, substratum of the world. Is there a discrepancy ?

[rshankar]

jagat+AdhAra = world+basis = jagadAdhAra - could be the substratum as well.