word for word mean kriti: ksreerabdhi Kanyakaku

[dakshinapalli]

Please provide the word for word meaning for the Annacharya's Kriti:
Ksreerabdhi Kanyakau.

[Lakshman]

kSIrAbdhi kanyaku. rAgA: kurinji. cApu tALA.

P: kSIrAbdhi kanyaku shrI mahAlakSmikini nIrajAlayamunaku nIrAjanam
C1: jalajAkSi mOmunaku jakkavakucambulaku nelakonana kappuragu nIrAjanam
alivEni dUrumunaku hasta kamalambulaku niluvu mANikyamula nIrAjanam
2: caraNa kisilayamulaku sakhiyarambOrulaku niratamagu muttEla nIrAjanam
ariti jagambunaku adiva nija nAbhiniki niradhi nAnAvarNa nIrAjanam
3: pagaTu shrI vEnkaTEshu paTTapurANivai negaTu satigaLalakunu nIrAjanam
jagadi alamElumanga cakkatanamulakella nikuDu nija sOpanaku nIrAjanam

Meaning:
pallavi: neeraajanam (haarati, benediction) to the daughter of the milky ocean, to the goddess shree mahaa lakshmi, and to the one whose abode is a lotus.
caraNam 1: To the face of the lady jalajAkshi, one with eyes like lotus petals, and to her pert breasts, benediction with camphor (karpooram). To her mass of hair (aLivENi, one with hair dark), thick like a swarm of dragonflies (tummedalu), and to her lotus hands, benediction with gems.
caraNam2: With poise, in daytime she became the supreme consort of shree venkaTEsha, queen of the land - to such lady's virtues, benedictions. In this whole world, ever fresh benedictions only to alamElu manga's beauty.

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Some words are to be altered:
kanyaku-----------------kanyakaku
nelakonana-------------nelakonna
kappuragu--------------kappurapu
dUrumunaku------------turumunaku
kisilayamulaku----------kisalayamulaku
adiva---------------------ativa
nAbhiniki-----------------nAbhikini
niradhi--------------------nirati
nikudu---------------------nigudu
sopanaku-------------------SObhanapu

[Lakshman]

Thanks for all the corrections aaaaabbbbb.

[smala]

Thanks for all the corrections aaaaabbbbb.

Lakshman-ji - 5a's and 5b's = Smt. Savitri

[Lakshman]

Thanks shyama-priya.

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kShIrABdhi kanyakaku:To the daughter of the milky ocean
SrI mahAlakShmikini:to Sri Mahalakshmi
neerajAlayamunaku:to her,who resides in the lotus
neerAjanam:benedictions [p]
jalajAkShimOmunaku:to the face with lotus like eyes
jakkava kucambulaku:to the breasts like cakravAka birds
nela konna kappurapu nIrAjanam: blissful benedictions
with camphor[c1]
alivENi turumunaku: to the tresses,black as beetles
hastakamalambulaku: to the lotus like palms,
niluvu mAnikyamula nIrAjanam: benedictions
with gigantic rubies[c2]
carana kisalaya mulaku:to the pair of lotus like feet,
sakiyarambOrulaku: *to the lotus soft voice*
niratamagu muttela nIrAjanam: eternal benediction
with pearls[c2]
aridi jaGhanambulaku: to the thighs like the plantain trunk,
ativa nija nABhikini: to the navel of the dEvi
nirati nAnA varna nIrAjanam: benediction with many
colours[c2]
pagatu SrI venkatEshu patapuraNivai: in the day the queen
of SrI venkatEsha
negatu satigaLalaku: in the night displaying the art of the
consort
nIrAjanam:benedictions[c3]
jagati SrI alamElmanga: to the youthful alamElmanga
cakkadanamulakella: and her graceful figure
niGuDu nija ShOBhanapu nIrAjanam: eternal blissful
benedictions[c3]
corrections and comments welcome
for “sakiyarambOrulaku”

[keerthi]

rambhOru means Uru (thighs) that are smooth and shapely like banana(rambhA) stems.

aridi jaGhanambulaku: to the thighs like the plantain trunk

araTi is the word for plaintain, and jaghana is used to refer either to the hips, the loins or the buttocks.

Broad hips are supposed to be a sign of fertility and thereby(?) beauty.

terms like pRthu-shROnI and ghana-jaghana vouch for this.

janghA means thigh.

alivENi turumunaku: to the tresses,black as beetles

ali is surely bee and not beetle. the name is derived from ala meaning sting, and the formation like chakrI or shankhI, implies 'one who has a' sting. The name is applicable to scorpions etc, but is most popularly used for bees.

carana kisalayamulaku:to the pair of lotus like feet

kisalaya and pallava refer to tender leaf sprouts (tuLiR and kozhundu in Tamizh, tene? and chiguru in kannaDa; chiguru is used in telugu as well)

sakhiya! rambhOrulaku: *to the lotus soft voice*

O friends! to that shapely-thighed one, nIrAjanam!

ativa nija nABhikini: to the navel of the dEvi

Adiva/ ativa - I'm not sure of the term, i would tend towards the former, sanskRt poetry speaks of a low navel [nimna-nAbhI = deep naveled ->concave bellied->slender] and this may be a similar usage.

pagatu SrI venkatEshu patapuraNivai: in the day the queen of SrI venkatEsha
negatu satigaLalaku: in the night displaying the art of the consort

In the day, she fulfils her role of the chief consort (paTTA-mahiSI), and in the night, her wifely role (skills). This is a touching account of the agam and puram roles as the housewife and the creatrix of the world etc.

cakkadanamulakella: and her graceful figure

to her goodnesses/ to all her virtues. [cakkatanam = nallatanam, sadguNa-s]


karpurapu/ mutyAla/ mAnikyamula/ ShOBhanapu nIrAjanam - refer to the various kinds of hArati that are waved, using lamps, camphor, pearls and rubies(latter sometimes substituted by corals); and accompanied by the singing of the sObhana.

It was common practise till recent times, for royalty to perform hArati, driSTi-nivAraNa and rakSA, by waving precious gems in front of the person(s) and then giving the gems away.

The same practise is reflected in the marital ritual of waving fists-ful of coloured rice in front of the couple, and then scattering them in the various directions as an offering the benign and malefic spirits governing the directions.

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keerthi ji,
I am at a loss of words to thank you for your scholarly observations.
Writing "thank you" is too small to convey my gratitude.
With respects
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[vgovindan]

mutyAla hArati has a special significance - Please see the following links -
http://www.tirumala.org/sevas_daily_desc.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarikonda_Venkamamba

[Rajani]

Keerthi - that was breathtakingly beautiful. Thanks to you and Mrs S

[rshankar]

Lovely Keerthi!

[keerthi]

Thank you all for your kind words.

Mrs.S, Please don't embarrass me. I am constantly guilty about not taking up translation requests as often as I would like. Most often, I wait for someone to start and then add my fix.

We must be grateful to the original poster, who made the request, and got us all to savour this lovely song. Of course, we are all inadequately thankful to annamayya the prolific bard, and Smt. MSS who brought it to the public.


I think the lasting value of rasikas lies in the fact that we are able to create a fairly accurate corpus of critically examined lyrics and translation. We should look towards archiving all of this material - rshankar's poetic and Rajani's meticulous translations, and all the other translations that we have, in a better pruned, searchable format like govindan sir's opus.

[smala]

Enjoyed a lot, Smt. Savitri's elegant translation and Keerthi's added detailed insights and descriptors. This is very sensual, a picturesque description of Sri Devi by Annamaya.

[rshankar]

S-P many of Sri annamayya's compositions are padams (that clearly come under the category of erotic love poetry) - but he only talks about sensual love between his lord of the seven hills and 'taruNi' alamElumanga, unlike later composers who described carnal love between mortals and the lord (like SivadIkshA that Keerthi likes!) and finally between two mortals...Sri annamayya has a composition (that escapes my memory currently) where he describes the disheveled state the sakhis find alamElumangA in, after a night of love making, that is rather graphic - but his poetry is always elegant and eloquent IMO, not crass and crude.

[smala]

Oh, thanks for the info rshankar, didn't know this about Annamaya at all. Would love to know more of the composition you mention when it comes to mind - please do post and maybe Sri Lakshman can provide lyrics and we can get a translation as well.

[ShrutiLaya]

.Sri annamayya has a composition (that escapes my memory currently) where he describes the disheveled state the sakhis find alamElumangA in, after a night of love making, that is rather graphic - but his poetry is always elegant and eloquent IMO, not crass and crude.

Are you thinking of "Emako ciguruTadharamuna" ? Dr. Velcheru Narayana Rao, in his beautiful book "God on the hill" provides this translation (Not word to word, but trying to preserve the poetry):

Thse marks of black musk
on her lips, red as bud,
what are they but letters of love
sent by our friend to her lover?

Her eyes the eyes of a cakora bird,
why are they red in the corners?

Think it over, my friends:
what is it but the blood
still staining the long glances
that pierced her beloved
after she drew them from his body
back to her eyes?

What are they but letters of love?

How is it that this woman's breasts
show so bright through her sari?

Can't you guess, my friends?
It's the rays from the crescents
left by the nails of her lover,
rays luminous as moonlight on a summer night?

What are they but letters of love?

What are these graces,
these pearls,
raining down her cheeks?

Can't you imagine, friends?
What could they be but beads of sweat
left on her gentle face
by the god on the hill
when he pressed hard,
frantic in love?

What are they but letters of love?

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Annamacharya's poems were divided into two major categories, the "Sringara" or erotic and the "adhyaatma" or metaphysical, and these divisions are already in the copper plates. In the preface, Dr. Velcheru says "The former, which comprise nearly three quarters of the entire surviving corpus, deal with the infinite varieties and nuances of the god's love life; usually these are couched in the female voice. The adhyatma poems are sung in the poets own voice and deal with his sense of himself as an agonized turbulent human being in relation to the god he worships".

- Sreenadh

[smala]

Lakshmanji, Sreenadh has given the line... Emako ciguruTadharamuna

Please post lyrics. Hopefully Keerthi or Mrs. Savitri will translate.

[rshankar]

Sreenadh, the one you posted is certainly of the category that I was alluding to - but the one I was referring to, specifically, was palukutenela talli (I first saw/heard the song was part of a dance performance that I reviewed previously)....

[vgovindan]

pa|| paluku tEniyala talli pavaLincenu |
kaliki tanamula vibhuni kalisinadi gAna ||

ca|| niganigani mOmupai nerulu gelakula cedara |
pagalaina dAka celi pavaLincenu |
tegani pariNatulatO tellavArina dAka |
jagadEka pati manasu jaTTigone gAna ||

ca|| kongu jArina merugu gubba lolayaga taruNi |
bangAru mEDapai pavaLincenu |
cengaluva kanugosala singAramulu dolaka |
angajagurunitODa alasinadi gAna ||

ca|| muripempu naTanalatO mutyAla malagupai |
paravaSambuna taruNi pavaLincenu |
tiruvEnkaTAcalAdhipuni kaugiTa galasi |
aravirainunu cemaTa naNTinadigAna ||

Source - SrIannamAcArya kIrtana Volume – 1 (500 Lyrics) 1
Documented by: Sree Rama Chandra Murty Sistla (Sree Sistla)

Transliteration as per HK (Modified) convention

[smala]

Here's a beautiful rendition plus delightful visuals, Sri Alarmelmunga seated with Sri Chakra? representing Venkatadri :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_poKVkaWhvE

Hope Mrs. Savitri and Keerthi can provide us a translation for the above.

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At best this is only a gist of the kriti “paluku tEnela talli”
The divine mother with honey sweet speech is sleeping.
as she joined her Lord in exuberance,[thus] [p]
On her luminous face,the dark curls lay dangling and disheveled.She is sleeping long into the day,[as,] till dawn she captured the heart of the one and only Lord of the universe with continued fervour.[thus,][c1]
Her raiment is slightly displaced,her glittering breasts are vaguely visible.She is sleeping in the golden palace [as]
with the corners of her lotus eyes,full of passion for the Master of cupid,she is exhausted.[hence][c2]
In an endearing posture,she is sleeping on the pearl white bed
with abandon, as the embrace of the Lord of venkaTadri has made her sweat so very lightly[so,][c3]
[apologies to Sri Annamacharyulu]
Corrections welcome