Enu dhanyaLo lakumi enta mAnyaLo - purandara dAsaru

[Sreeni Rajarao]

I wanted to initiate this thread and request for Smt. Savitri's help with the meaning and any corrections, if required.

I have copied and pasted here lyrics provided by Lakshmanji in another thread.

Enu dhanyaLO lakumi. rAgA: tODi. aTa tALA. Composer: Purandaradasa.

P: Enu dhanyaLO lakumi enthA mAnyaLO sAnurAgadinda hariya tAne sEve mADutihaLu
C1: kOTi kOTi bhrtyariralu hATakAmbarana sEve sATiyillada pUjegaLanu dhATiyinda mADutihaLu
2: chatra cAmara vyajana pariyanka pAtra rUpadalli nintu citra caritanAda hariya nitya sEve mADutihaLu
3: sarva sthaLadi vyAptanAda sarva dOSa rahitanAda garuDa gamananAda purandara viTTalana sEvisuvaLu

I would like to give this link that I just recently discovered, so that fellow members enthusiastic about dAsa sAhitya would also be able to enjoy this version!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmt4kxCpayU

(I have heard this before in tODi rAga. Arasi avaru has mentioned elsewhere that she has heard this in pUrvi kalyANi)

[rshankar]

This, to me is a logical follow-up to kshIrAbdhi kannikE....yArigE vaduvAguvE?

[smala]

Love this version from Sri Vidyabhusana :

http://www.kannadaaudio.com/Songs/De...ushana/Enu.ram

If the above link doesn't work, try this.

[It works from this page below where I found it. Scroll down to post #29 by one Sudarshan C. for song Enu dhanyalo lakumi and below it is the link.]

http://www.mayyam.com/talk/showthread.p ... nada/page3


Is it just me, I find that beautiful as Mahalakshmi Shenoy's rendition is - it sounds filmy or "romantically devotional" as one comment put it - or is it that this raga/rendition is popular with film music directors ?

[smala]

Yet another version From Sri Vidyabhushana, raga ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZFyqnwh5c0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQqxF82_ ... re=related

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P: Enu dhanyaLO lakumi enthA mAnyaLO sAnurAgadinda hariya tAne sEve mADutihaLu
C1: kOTi kOTi bhrtyariralu hATakAmbarana sEve sATiyillada pUjegaLanu dhATiyinda mADutihaLu
2: chatra cAmara vyajana pariyanka pAtra rUpadalli nintu citra caritanAda hariya nitya sEve mADutihaLu
3: sarva sthaLadi vyAptanAda sarva dOSa rahitanAda garuDa gamananAda purandara viTTalana sEvisuvaLu


How fortunate is lakShmi,how revered is she
With affection she is serving hari by herself.[p]
Though millions and millions of servants are there
She is serving the golden robed one,worshipping with
unmatched fervour[c1]
She has assumed the shapes of Chatra.the cAmara,the saddle, the utensil
She is perpetually serving hari who has performed distinguished deeds[c2]
She is serving the Omnipresent,Flawless,purandara viTTala,who rides the garuDa[c3]

{chatra::the umbrella}
{cAmara :: the whisk made from the hairs of yak}
{vyajana::whisking}
{pAtra::the utensils used for worship}

Corrections welcome.
{due apologies to dAsavarENya}

[smala]

Although I like all the renditions above (see links in previous posts) this is, by far, the BEST rendition I have heard so far, imho.

(Mahalakshmi Shenoy, Vidhyabhushana (2 different renditions)


Pandit Vinyak Torvi.
http://www.muzigle.com/track/yenu-dhany ... alo-lakumi
(last line is "sarvAdi vamdya" purandhara viTTaLAna)

Thanks for the translation, Smt. Savitri.

[smala]

Found this translation on the net.

How fortunate (dhanya) and respectable (mAnya)
woman is Mahalakshmi (lakumi)
Serving (sEve mADutihaLu) Shri Hari herself(tAne)
with love/passion(sAnurAgadiMda)

There are servants (bRutya) in crores (kOTi-kOTi)
to serve hATakAMbara(Shri Hari with golden apparels)
excellent(shrEShTa)/unmatched (sAtiyillade) service (sEve)
done by noble-woman (pUrNaguNalu)

Catra-umbrella, cAmara-fan made of wool (animal's hair)
vyajana-another type of fan, paryaMka- Cot
serving Shri Hari, a marvelous historian (citra caritanAda)
daily (nitya) in various forms (pAtra rUpadalli)

Shri Mahalakshmi is serving Shri purandaravittala, who is
flawless/stainless (sarva dOSharahitanAda), having Garuda as
his vehicle (garuDagamana), worshipped by all (sarva vaMdya)
available everywhere (sarvatradi vyAptanAda)

[rshankar]

How fortunate is lakShmi,how revered is she
With affection she is serving hari by herself.[p]

If I understand this correctly, this concept is at the very core of the SrIvaishNava belief - which elevates mahAlakshmi to the status of the 'parama guru'. If we believe that one of the main purposes of a guru is to intercede with God on behalf of their disciples - then, mahAlakshmi, with her selfless service places herself in the unique situation of being in the best position to intercede on anyone's behalf.
Krishna and Arasi may be able to correct me.

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rshankarjI,
your opinion is correct.Even in daily life the lady of the house
is more approchable than the householder.
'nannu brOvamani ceppavE sItamma talli'.
smalajI.
Thank you.
I took 'pAtra'in the line as 'utensil'
'citra carita' means 'manifold adventured'
'marvelous historian' may not be the suitable meaning.
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[rshankar]

Smt. Savitri - thank you for the meaning and your explanation as well!

[metnanda]

I have heard the delightful rendering of this song in Thodi by
Mysore V Doraiswamy Iyengar. Don't know if it is available on the net.

[classicallover]

5a5b & others,

This song has been rendered by MLV and a few others in Chakravaakam very mellifluously with bhaava. As for ur meanings given, vyajana is a fan made of metal or bamboo. Contextually speaking, "chitra charitanaada hariya" should mean the God who has or possesses many different avataaraas & histories, isn't it ?