Lyrics for Baale brihat shristhi mule -Simhendramadhyamam

[Meenalochani]

Dear All,

I came across a beautiful song "Baale brihat Shrusti mule vimale in the ragam Simhendramadhyamam rendered by Sri. R.K. Srikantan. The song was composed by Sri Jayachamaraja Wodeyar and I could not find any other version of the song on YouTube or anywhere else. I think the song is addressed to Balambika Amman. Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar's Balamba Vibhakthi krithis consists of 8 songs praising Balambika Amman (also known as Thaiyalnayagi amman ) in Vaitheeswaran kovil. Can someone tell me more about Balambika Amman? I would be thankful if I can have more information on this topic

Thank you all very much.

[Lakshman]

bAlE brhatshrSTi. rAgA: simhEndramadhyam. tripuTa tALA.

P: bAlE brhatshrSTi mUlE vimalE kapAlIshvara mahAdva lIlE
A: jvalE vicitra mAyAjAlE krpAlavAlE mOkSakari kuNDala mAlE kOmalE
C: namOntAdi divya nAma pUjitE nava varNAntagrta vasantE bhUmi pAla naratE
brahmajAtE bhUdharAdi pati sutE shiva sahitE kamanIya simhEndramadhyamE vara
kaNThIrava manOramEnamaka camaka stOtrapritE shrI vidyE sadA namastE

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Some changes::
{c} namOmta divyanamapUjite navAvaraNAntargatavAsarate
BhUmupAlanarate brahmajAte BhUDharADhipatisute Shivasahite
kamanIya simhEndramaDhyame narakanThIravamanOrame
namakacamakastOtrasuprIte Srividye sadA namaste

[Meenalochani]

I am thankful to both members who have provided me with lyrics for the requested song. However, I do not know Sanskrit very well and therefore it is difficult for me to understand the meanings to the lyrics.i will appreciate if some member can provide the meanings also for the song lyrics.

Thank you.

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Meaning::

{corrections welcome}

Youthful maiden,the root of this gigantic creation,

pure, [blemishless] the charmer of the Lord kapAlIshwara,

the Eminent God [He who posseses the kapala or skull] [p]

glowing weaver of wonderful artifice, [mAyAjAla] merciful,

the bestower of deliverance, wearing ear rings and chain.soft.[ap]

worshipped with sacred names, starting and ending with namo [salutations]

Delighted in residing at the inner [hidden] circle of navAvaraNa

occupied in nourishing the earth, mother of brahma,daughter of the lord of the earth and the mountains

united with Shiva, charming, with a waist, [slim] like the middle of a lion

pleasing the mind of the lion like king of men,

delighted in the[reciting of ] hymns of namaka,camaka,

The presiding Deity of SrIvidya, salutations to you forever.[c]

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Please read
,* mother of brahma*,daughter of the lord of the earth and the mountains
as *born of brahma*
sorry for the mistake.

[Rsachi]

Thank you for bringing up this composition! It is new to me.

As HRH Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar was a Srividya Upasaka, this composition covers many aspects of Devi=Srividya.
Since the concept of Devi covers both Lakshmi and Parvathi, the epithet narakanThIrava-manorame could also mean the beloved of Narasimha.

[rshankar]

Meenalochani - if you go to this link, you will see the uber-erudite discussion from Dr. Shrikanth Murthy on this kRti on page 6.

[Meenalochani]

Dear members who have replied to my post providing me with meanings for Baale and also the link to a site providing lot of infomation on Wodeyar's compositions. The link is quite elaborate and it will take a while for me to read all the information the link. Meanwhile, it would be a great pleasure for me to share the song with the appreciative members. As I mentioned before, the version I have was rendered by the Sri R.K. Srikantan. It is an mp3 file about 25 MB long. The song starts with an elaborate simhendramadhyamam raga rendition, then the song and kalpanaswaranms and finally the tani. The duration of the song is about 40 minutes. I have a copy of the song in my Dropbox but i do not know how to share it with others. Any suggestions that could help me?

Thank you all very much.

Meenalochani

[Rsachi]

Sign in to the Dropbox website (if you haven't already).
Right-click on the file name to open the contextual menu.
Click Share link from the drop-down menu.
Select Get link to copy the URL.
Paste it in your post here at rasikas.org in the appropriate thread.
For example I am giving a link here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rhjw5hfki30ea ... %20001.m4a

[CRama]

Meenalochani, I have not heard this song. I would be thankful if can share the song.

[Meenalochani]

Dear Members,

I think I have managed to create the link to download the song Baale by Sri R.K.Srikantan from my dropbox but I do not know whether it works. So if either CRama or Rsachi would be kind enough to give me their e-mail address (it should be a g-mail address) I will send (1) the dropbox link as well as (2) attach the song in mp3 format. This idea is to give the responsibility to get the song file out to others through someone who can do it better than me.

Thank you all very much.

Meenalochani

[Rsachi]

Meena,
Please Try sending me your email with just the link via rasikas.org ( you can click my name and it will give you an email option).
25MB etc. as an MP3 email attachment is not a good idea!

[Rsachi]

Thanks to Meenalochani, here is the dropbox link for the RKS track:
Http://bit.ly/1cflFgn

I have been able to download it and am listening to the alapanas just now!