Lyrics for Bhuvanathraya Sammohanakara

[HarishankarK]

Request lyrics for Bhuvanathraya Sammohanakara Saasthaaram in raga Mohanam by Sri. GNB
Audio recording by Sri Tanjore S Kalyanaraman is available in youtube - but lyrics are not clear !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DrOfmwOjpE

Thanks

[Lakshman]

bhuvanatraya sammOhanakara. rAgA: mOhana. Adi tALA.

P: bhuvanatraya sammOhanakara shAstAram bhajEham
A: bhavabhaya haraNam bhaktajana santAna saubhAgya varada caraNam
shiva mAdhava tatvaikyava taraNam shabarigiri kOTi sharaNakaraNam
C: kuvalAkSa kuTilALaka mrgamada tilaka kuNDala shobhita vadanam divasakara
kOTi kAnti vijita nirupama sukumAra apahanam
nava jalajA bhayakara kusumacara maNIpAtra kArmukhEsu vahanam
shivara skandAti vAhanArUDha pUrNA puSkalA sahita gamanam

[HarishankarK]

Request someone to post the meaning of the song. I know that the song is addressed to Sri GNBs kula deivam Sastha. But does anyone know which temple and location was Sri GNBs kula deivam. There are many Sastha kovils in Thirunelveli District. Sastha is also our Kula Deivam and am hoping to sing this song in my next visit to my kula deivam temple.

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Some corrections::

bhuvanatraya sammOhanakara. rAgA: mOhana. Adi tALA.

P: bhuvanatraya sammOhanakara shAstAram bhajEham
A: bhavabhaya haraNam bhaktajana santAna saubhAgya varada caraNam
shiva mAdhava *tatvaikyavataraNam* shabarigiri kOTi sharaNakaraNam
C: kuvalAkSa kuTilALaka mrgamada tilaka kuNDala shobhita vadanam divasakara
kOTi kAnti vijita nirupama sukumAra apahanam
nava *jalajAbhayakara* kusumacara maNIpAtra kArmukhEsu vahanam
shivara *skandAdi* vAhanArUDha pUrNA puSkalA sahita gamanam


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I rever ShAsta,His form enchanting the three worlds.[p]

Destroyer of the fear of the physical world.

His feet bestow the good luck of begetting progeny

for the devotees.

The incarnation of the union of Shiva and viShNu,

The refuge for the millions [of devotees] at Shabarigiri [a p]

the beautiful face,with lotus eyes, curly hair,{adorned with} the kasturi

tilakam,ear rings,

surpassing the brightness of millions of suns,unmatched,delicate.

Granting safety to the Shankham {conch shell} holding the bowl made of

precious gems,the bow,

riding the elephant, the peacock,moving with pUrNa {and} puShkala,His consorts.{c}



PS:: could not make out the word *apahanam* and *kusumacara*

Corrections welcome.

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[Lakshman]

Thanks Savitri for the word corrections.

[rshankar]

Smt. Savitri - in this kRti, Sri GNB invokes Lord SAstA not as a bachelor, but with his consorts pUrNa and pushkala - so I think that the last phrase should mean - one who moves/walks (gamanam) along with (sahita) pUrNa and pushkala dEvis.

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rshankar Ji

thanks for the correction. I have edited accordingly.

Regards

[Rajani]

Nice translation, Savitriji.

Some thhoughts :
nava jalajA bhayakara kusumacara maNIpAtra kArmukhEsu vahanam - I think this means
" Holding a conch, abhaya-hasta, flower arrows, gem-studded bowl, bow& arrows"

Dikshitar also refers to Shasta holding sugarcane bow and arrows.

I think in the last line it is "skandha" referring to the shoulder (we might say neck/back) of the elephant where he sits with his Devis.

Also, koti may mean the peak (of Shabari giri)

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Rajani,

It is more clear now.

Thanks for the clarification.

Regards.

[HarishankarK]

Thanks aaaaabbbbb for the meaning. Very useful.
I see the song has a lot of details on Sastha.

Divakara is Sun; is divasakara also sun??
What is the meaning of word apahanam??

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Yes.

*divasakara*,one who makes the day, sun.

Not sure about *apahanam*

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Detailed clarification by Rajani::

*nava jalajA bhayakara kusumacara maNIpAtra kArmukhEsu vahanam - I think this means

" Holding a conch, abhaya-hasta, flower arrows, gem-studded bowl, bow& arrows"

Dikshitar also refers to Shasta holding sugarcane bow and arrows.

I think in the last line it is "skandha" referring to the shoulder (we might say neck/back) of the elephant where he

sits with his Devis.

Also, koti may mean the peak (of Shabari giri)*

Thanks to Rajani.

*kusumacara* may be *kusumaShara::arrow of flower*

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Found that the word is *apaghanam*,not apahanam

*apaGhanam*::limbs {hands or feet}

*sukumAra apaGhanam*::delicate limbs.

In SrI Tygaraja swamy pancaratna kriti in nATa,

one of the caranas start with::

indranIlamaNi sanniBhApaGhana candrasUryanayana.

[Lakshman]

In the published book it is apahanam. Must be a typo then.

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Yes Lakshman Sir,

It may be a typo.

[Rajani]

"apaghanam" it must be! Thanks Savitriji.
karmukeshu means bow and arrow, but I think it may actually be karmukekshu which means sugarcane bow. That would complete the kusumashara.

Also, I think nava-jalaja is probably "fresh lotus" not "fresh conch". I see him holding a lotus in some images when searching online. If it were conch, then discus would also have been said.

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Thanks Rajani.

The word *apahanam* was on my mind when all of a sudden I remembered

*sanniBhApaGhana* and* nirAmayApaGhana*

and the rest followed.

We get to know so many more things than we ever expect.

Thanks to the pruccakas.

Regards.

[harimau]

Request someone to post the meaning of the song. I know that the song is addressed to Sri GNBs kula deivam Sastha. But does anyone know which temple and location was Sri GNBs kula deivam. There are many Sastha kovils in Thirunelveli District. Sastha is also our Kula Deivam and am hoping to sing this song in my next visit to my kula deivam temple.

I read somewhere that this song is on Sri GNB's kula deivam and the temple is in Tanjore district. Unfortunately, I can't recall the exact town/village where this temple is located.

Google shows 6 Sastha temples in Tanjore district.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

AnandatAndavapuram ayyanAr Temple !
Ananda-tAndavapuram village is near Mayavaram (Mayiladuthurai) in Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu.

Kriti composed by GNB:-
“mama kulEshvaram shAstAram santatam cintayEham
Ananda tANDava puravihAram … …”

It is discussed here:-
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... am#p153511

[HarishankarK]

Thanks everyone for the clarifications. I was confused between Mayavaram Sastha temple and Thirunelveli Sastha temple. Now am clear. But since the song is on Sastha i hope that i can be sung in any of the Sastha temples even Sabari Malai.

[rshankar]

I think you can sing it anywhere - he is invoked as the one who grants refuge to the devotees at Sabari giri.

[HarishankarK]

Okay thanks

[HarishankarK]

Just confirmed today that Sastha and Aiyyappan are same from Sri Papanasam Sivan's - Appan avataritta song - where he mentions 'Ayyappan' in Pallavi and 'thiru Sastha enum peyar udan' in the Karaharapriya song

[HarishankarK]

Smt Neela Ramgopal has sung it so beautifully in YouTube

With scintillating multiple sangatis in Pallavi