poomEl vaLarum annaiyE - Ananda Bhairavi

[smala]

Please post lyrics for this composition by Mazhavai Chidambara Bharathi. Thanks.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

http://promiserani.proboards.com/index. ... &thread=69

[smala]

Thank you for the find, P.Bala. the following lyrics, courtesy Lakshmanji, posted here. rshankar please post a translation.


pUmEl vaLarum. rAgA: Anandabhairavi. Adi tALA. Composer: Mazhavai Chidambara Bharati.

P: pUmEl vaLarum annaiyE oLi porundum ponnE rakSippAi ennaiyE shezhum kamala
A: kAmEvum malarinil tEmEvum sUrai nagar kATSiyA vandaruL mInAkSi maNam porundum
C1: mAnE sokkEsar pangil tAnE vaLarum krpai vAnE mAmukhan mayilin murugOnE tAyenna vaLai
mInEr vizhiyE unnai tAnE migha vaNanginEnE cidambaram shol tEnE parugi tam
2: vANi bhuvi magizh sarvANi madhura malar vENi mangaLa vacana sukhapAni nitya
kalyANi aintozhilum trANi perum sundara rANi vEdAngama purANi anudinam
3: tAyE trividha guNamAyE malaiyarasan sEyE santatam enakkaruL sheivAyE aNaittum
nIyE vanjar manam pughAyE terindiDAyi nAyEn shei pizhai poruppAyE anbadariyap-

[Pratyaksham Bala]

P:
rakSippai = rakSippAi
A:
kATSiyA = kATSiyAi
C3:
terindiDAyi = terindiDA yI

[rshankar]

I will, Smala. If you have not already, I suggest you listen to a version of this beauty by Sri TNS...it is absolutely fantastic...

[smala]

if you have a link for the TNS version, please post, rshankar.

I enjoyed a lovely version from Sanjay Subrahmanian.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiMMtFW5NyM

[rshankar]

The version by Sri TNS I have is from a commercial album.

Here is my attempt at the meaning. Lji - please note numerous small corrections.

The anupallavi was particularly trying. For instance, kAmEvum malarinil could also mean 'in a flower (malarinil) where sarasvati (kA) dwells (mEvum)', but it did not appear to make contextual sense. As always, corrections and comments welcome:

pallavi
pUmEl vaLarum annaiyE oLi porundum ponnE
rakSippAi ennaiyE, shezhum kamala (pUmEl…)
Oh mother (annaiyE), a streak of golden light (oLi porundum ponnE) who dwells (vaLarum) upon (mEl) a beautiful (Sezhum) lotus (kamala) flower (pU), please protect (rakshippAi) me (ennaiyE)!

anupallavi
kAmEvum malarinil tEmEvum shurai nagar kATSiyAi vandaruL
mInAkSi maNam porundum (pUmEl…)
Oh mInAkshI, (who dwells upon a beautiful lotus) filled with (porundum) sweet scent (maNam), please come (vandu) and bless us (aruL), as the vision (kATshiyAi) in the city (nagar) where the nectar (tE) that is found (mEvum) in flowers (malarinil) found in (mEvum) the forest (kA) [1] overflows (Surai/surai) everywhere!

caraNam 1
mAnE sokkEsar pangil tAnE vaLarum krpai vAnE
mAmukhan mayilin murugOnE tAyenna vaLar
mInEr vizhiyE unnai tAnE miga vaNanginEnE
cidambaram shol tEnE parugi nidam (pUmEl…)
(Oh mother who dwells in a beautiful lotus) after consuming (parugi) the sweet honey (tEnE)-like words (Sol) of the poet (cidambaram) [2] daily (nidam), you are the beautiful one (mAnE) who manifests (tAnE vaLarum) in the (left) half/part (pangil) of Siva (SokkESar), a cloud (vAnE) that showers compassion (kRpai), who is cherished (vaLar) as the mother (tAyena) of gaNESa (mAmukhan) and muruga (mayilin murugOnE), one with eyes (vizhiyE) like (nEr) a fish (mIn), you (unnaiyE tAnE) are the one to whom I have been bowing down to (vaNaNginEnE) a lot (miga).

caraNam 2
vANi bhuvi magizh SarvANi madhura malar vENi
manjuLa vacana shukapANi nitya kalyANi
aintozhilin trANi perum sundara rANi
vEdAgama purANi anudinam (pUmEl..)
pAravti (SarvANi), the embodiment of speech and learning (vANi) that the world (bhuvi) delights in (magizh), one with long hair (vENi) adorned with flowers (malar) filled with honey (madhura), one who holds a sweet-talking (manjuLa vacana) parrot (Suka) in her hand (pANi), one who is forever/always (nitya) auspicious (kalyANi), one who sustains (train) the five (ain) functions (tozhilin) [3] of Siva, the mighty (perum) queen/consort (rANi) of sundarESvara (sundara), the mistress (purANi) of the vEdas and the Agama texts (vEdAgama), (the one who dwells on a beautiful lotus) everyday (anudianm).

caraNam 3
tAyE trividha guNamAyE malaiyarasan shEyE
santatam enakkaruL sheivAyE anaittum nIyE
vanjar manam pugAyE terindiDAyE nAyEn shei
pizhai poruppAyE anbar idayap-(pUmEl…)
(Oh mother who dwells upon the flower-like) hearts (idaya) of your devotees (anbar), the mother (tAyE) who is the embodiment of three types (trividha) of qualities (guNamayE) [4], the child (SEyE) of the king (arasan) of the mountains (malai), please shower your grace (aruL SeivAyE) on me (enakku) at all times (santatam). You (nIyE), who never enter (pugAyE) the minds (manam) of the deceitful (vanjar), are everything (anaittum) (to me). Please be accommodating/forbearing/forgiving of (poruppAyE) the many mistakes (pizhai) I (nAyEn) have unknowingly (terindiDAyE) committed (Sei)!

FOOTNOTES
[1] What a wonderful way to describe 'madhurApuri' - the city of nectar?
[2] The composer, Mizhavai Chidambara Bharati's aMkita
[3] The five functions are: creation, preserving, destroying, concealing, and ultimately, revealing
[4] The three qualities are rajas or rajOguNa (associated with creation), sAtvika or satvaguNa (associated with preservation), and tamas or tamOguNa (associated with destruction)

EDITED with Rajani's corrections from post #8

[Rajani]

Thanks Ravi for the lovely translation.

Some minor corrections that came to mind -
kA means a garden or forest ( as in poon-gA)
(kAn and kAnagam mean the same too )

Also "miga" would be 'very much', not 'forever'

[rshankar]

Thank you Rajani - I have edited my post with your corrections.

[smala]

Thank you rajani for the input and rshankar for the effort in translating this beautiful ode to the godess.