Lyrics and meaning needed for a Purandaradasa song..

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janaki_rajan
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Post by janaki_rajan »

Hello,

Can someone give me the lyrics and meaning for this Purandaradasa song- "Kundidhaado krishna"?

Thanks,
Janaki

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

kuNidADO krSNa. rAgA: kAmavardhani. Eka tALA.

P: kuNidADO krSNa kuNidADo
A: paNiya meTTi bAlava piDidu kuNi kuNidADuva pAdadoLomme
C1: munguruLungura jaDegaLaraLele pongoLolali rAgangaLa nuDisutta
tribhangiyali nindu dhigi dhiditAngiNa tAngiNA takka takka dhimiyendu
2: mukha jAridu pulla gavAjiye jhem jhem jhem cumbanakAgi jhaNAm
jhaNAm jhEm kiTa tA kiTa kiTa tOnginatO dhimi tOngina pAdadoLomme
3: prakaTadi dinangaLu paricArangaLu vikalita nATaka bhErigaLu
tongiNi tomhiri tondari tarikiTa takkiTa tarikiTa tikiTa shabdadi
4: peraNagAncittadamvegam sarahara pratija vAgarashenda
shrNAm urrAm endu dhimikiTa dhimikiTa tadhikuta dhikutam taddA tai endu
5: panca sthaLadali laghuviDi domme gaNapati narasimha kOnEri timma
panca nATaka bhEdava vAcisutta uDupili nindanu purandara viTTala

ramakriya
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Post by ramakriya »

Something seems to be wrong with charaNa 4! Has there been some mix up?

-Ramakriya

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

There could be. I am trying to figure out where I got this caraNa from! I can find the text for the other 4 caraNAs easily.

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

Ok. The caraNa text is from the book "Sri PurandaradAsasara Sankirtanegalu" published by Sri Rama Vithala Trust, Chennai.
The text is in tamil but uses subscripts. I checked it again and it is printed the way I have posted. Maybe there is an error in the publication.

ramakriya
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Post by ramakriya »

I'll check if my book in kannaDa has this dEvaranAma, and if it has, I will post any corrections.

-Ramakriya

drshrikaanth
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kuNidADO krShNa. rAgA: kAmavardhani. Eka tALA.

kuNidADO krShNa kuNidADo ||P||

phaNiya meTTi bAlava piDidu |
kuNi kuNidADuva pAdadoLomme ||AP||

C1: munguruLungura jaDegaLaraLele |
pongoLolali rAgangaLa nuDisutta tri- |
- bhangiyali nindu dhigi dhiditAngiNa |
tAngiNA thakka thakka dhimiyendu ||

C2: mukha jAridu pullagavAjiye |
jhem jhem jhem cumbanakAgi |
jhaNAm jhaNA jhEm kiTatA kiTa kiTa tOnginatO |
dhimi tOngiNa pAdadoLomme ||

C3: prakaTadi dinangaLu paricArangaLu |
vikalita nATaka bhErigaLu |
tongiNi tomtam tonDari tarikiTa |
takkiTa tarikiTa takiTa shabdadi ||

C4: peraNagAncittaledamvegam |
sarahara pratija vAgaraSenda |
SruNAm urrAm endu dhimikiTa dhimikiTa |
tadhikuta dhikutam taddAthai endu ||

C5: panca sthaLadali laghuviDidomme |
gaNapati narasimha kOnEri timma |
panca nATaka bhEdava vAcisutta |
uDupili nindanu purandara viTTala ||


The caraNa 4 as given by you is by and large correct. I have made some corrections and given above. This version is from araLumallige pArthasArathy's book. This song is so much like kALinganartana tillANa. If only it catches the attention of Aruna Sayeeram:rolleyes::D

I think Sukanya Prabhakar has rendered this. The song has solkaTTus and can be a great dance piece.

chetana
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Post by chetana »

DRS wrote: "If only it catches the attention of Aruna Sayeeram"

Why do you say that?I'm not familiar with her style or preferences , hence the curiosity.

Thanks.
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drshrikaanth
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chetana wrote:DRS wrote: "If only it catches the attention of Aruna Sayeeram"

Why do you say that?I'm not familiar with her style or preferences , hence the curiosity.

Thanks.
Hear this and you will know.

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/KqC ... As1NMvHdW/

janaki_rajan
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Post by janaki_rajan »

Hello,

Thanks for the lyrics, Lakshman sir and drshrikaanth.. Can someone please provide the meaning ?

Janaki

ramakriya
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drshrikaanth wrote:C5: panca sthaLadali laghuviDidomme |
gaNapati narasimha kOnEri timma |
panca nATaka bhEdava vAcisutta |
uDupili nindanu purandara viTTala ||
A question here. Where is kOnEri ? ( supposing it is the name of a place). It appears in another composition of Vyasaraya as well ( ranga bArO) as 'angajanayya konEri timma bArO'. Google revealed a kriti of annamayya where there is reference to 'kOnETi timma'.

-Ramakriya

drshrikaanth
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kOnEri is the name of a lake/tIrtha in tirupati (tirumala). It is the swAmi puShkariNi. kOnEri is kOn+Eri which means eaxctly "swAmi puShkariNi". kOn means king/Lord in tamizh.

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ramakriya
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Post by ramakriya »

Thanks DRS and vgvindan! I found this link which has a picture of Swami pushkariNi.

http://www.vaisnava.cz/clanek_en.php3?no=167

-Ramaprasad

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