pranamamyaham shri pankeruhAsanAm Lyrics pl – by BMK ?

[Sundar Krishnan]

I would like to have the Lyrics and Taalam of this song :
pranamamyaham shri pankeruhAsanAm
composed by BMK ? (because the mudra : "muraLi gana" is there)
in vAgadIshwari Ragam.

Thanks in advance.

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[Lakshman]

praNamAmyaham shrI. rAgA: vAgadIshvari. k/Eka tALA. Balamuralikrishna.

P: praNamAmyaham shrI pankEruhAsam pancAnanAdi sarvadEva bhAvitam
A: praNavArttha pradarshanIm praNatArtti pracamanIm
para sukha dAyinIm vara kavinuta caraNAm vAgadIshvarIm
C: virinci vanitAm vimalAm muraLIgAna-muditAm vara kaccappirava
niratAm pustaka sukha sarasijAkSa mAlAdi dhrtAm satatam

[Sundar Krishnan]

Thanks for the Lyrics.

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[Rajani]

Lji - seems to me the Pallavai shd have "pankEruhAsAm" and " bhAvitAm" since the epithets for Sarasvati must be all feminine.

[Lakshman]

Rajani: I am a little lost here. Did you mean to say that these the pallavi line SHOULDN't have ...?

[Rajani]

Sorry for not being clear. No, I meant both these words should have a long "A" as the last vowel.

[Sundar Krishnan]

After Rajani's suggestions, I heard this song many times over, with the Lyrics given by Shri Laksman by the side.

And Dr BMK's voice is very clear.

The Lyrics, as I could clearly listen to his mp3 file, is as follows, with some highlightings - just to mark the small points :

P: praNamAmyaham shrI pankEruhAsanAm panchAnanAdi sarvadEva bhAvitAm
A: praNavArttha pradarshanIm praNatArtti prashamanIm
para sukha dAyinIm vara kavinuta charaNAm vAgadIshvarIm
C: virinchi vanitAm vimalAm muraLIgAna-muditAm vara kacchappirava
niratAm pustaka sukha sarasijAkSa mAlAdi dhrtAm satatam

a) After clearly listening to the composer himself singing in clear voice, the one "correction" is : pankEruhAsanAm instead of pankEruhAsam, or even "pankEruhAsAm" as Rajani says.

b) I have forgotten Sanskrit Grammar now ; but I believe that the Capital "A" as in "bhavitAm", vanitAm vimalAm etc all project the feminine nature in Sanskrit here.
So too, the Capital "I" as in "pradarshanIm", "vAgadIshvarIm".

c) I prefer to read it as "ch" instead of just "c" - this is just my style, for easier association / pronounciation. Some others may not agree to this, but no arguments pl.
So, c to ch is really not a correction in that sense.

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[Lakshman]

Rajani: Thanks.

[smala]

Rajani - pl do give us a translation here.

[Rajani]

S_P: Here is my attempt:

praNamAmyaham - I prostrate to
shrI pankEruhAsanAm - the one seated on a lotus
pancAnanAdi sarvadEva bhAvitam - the one meditated upon by Shiva(the five-faced) and all other gods

praNavArttha pradarshanIm - (She who) expounds the meaning of the Pranava (OM),
praNatArtti prashamanIm - who destroys the distress if those who bow to her,
para sukha dAyinIm - the giver of divine bliss,
vara kavinuta caraNAm - whose feet are praised by great poets,
vAgadIshvarIm - the goddess of speech

virinci vanitAm - (She who is) the wife of Brahma,
vimalAm - the pure one
muraLIgAna-muditAm - who is pleased by the music of the flute,
vara kaccappirava niratAm - who is immersed in the sound of her veena named kacchapI,
pustaka sukha sarasijAkSa mAlAdi dhrtAm - who holds a book, a parakeet , a lotus and a rosary(aksha-maalaa) in her hands


Some minor corrections are "prashamanIm" and "shuka" in the AP and C respectively.

[rshankar]

Rajani - lovely!
A couple of questions:
Shouldn't it be praNatArthi?

And in the caraNam, shouldn't it be 'pustaka Suka...' and not Sukha? As far as I can tell, there is no word 'Sukha' in sanskRt....

[smala]

I knew the beautiful description of veena pustakadhArini would come alive with your translation, thanks, Rajani. There is something soothing in all her portrayals and learnt something new here, the name of her veena.

[Rajani]

Thanks , Ravi and S-P.

Ravi - it is indeed "Suka" or "shuka", as I had mentioned in the last line of my post, but forgot to correct in the lyrics while translating. Thank you for pointing it out.

"Arti:" means sadness or distress. The phrase would be "praNata"+"Arti"+"prashamanIm"

[rshankar]

Thank you, Rajani.