Vidai Meethu

[preyas]

Does someone have the lyrics for Vidai Meethu Pavani Vanthar. I hope I am right with the name. I believe it is on Shiva. A keerthanam. I was not sure of the composer or the ragam and talam.

thank you

[rshankar]

Has to be a composition of Siva - viDai mIdu bhavani vandAr (He came in procession, atop a bull/nandi)...

[Rajani]

This is one of the first songs in the Krishnamari (Karumari) Kuravanji which Kalakshetra puts up. I can post the lyrics in a day or two.

[Rajani]

Pallavi:

viDai meedu bhavani vandaan vEdapuri naathan

Anupallavi

naDamaaDum siva yOgan naagamaNiyum bOthan
kuDamuni paNindEtthum kOdilaa siva naathan

Charanam

naadhamisaikkum deva - naareemaNigaL aaDa
naaraNan biramanum narkaram siram chooDa
geetha gandharvarellaam kiLarisai yaazh olikka
kavi paaDi endhaiyar uLLam kuthoogalikka

[suguravi]

Thanks for the lyrics!
I am looking for the meaning...

[rshankar]

Will post later...

[VK RAMAN]

What is the ragam and who is the author of the lyrics.

[venkatakailasam]

It is a composition of Papanasam Sivan

[Lakshman]

It is not in any of the published books.

[rshankar]

Lji - it could a composition that came about when he was at Kalakshetra, composing for Smt. RDA.

[rshankar]

Suguravi,

Here you go:
pallavi:
viDai mIdu bhavani vandAn vEdapuri nAthan

The lord (nAthan) of vEdapuri [1], astride/sitting on top of (mIdu) a bull (viDai), came (vandAn) on a procession (bhavani)!

anupallavi
naDamADum Siva yOgan nAgamaNiyum bOdhan
kuDamuni paNindETTum kOdilA Siva nAthan (viDai mIdu…)

The dancing (naTamADum) [2] Siva yOgi (yOgan) [3], the wise one (bOdhan) who is adorned (aNi) with snakes (nAgam), the one who is extolled (Ettum) and worshipped (paNindu) by sage agastya (kuDamuni), the blemishless (kOdilA) Siva (Siva nAthan) (astride a bull, came on a procession).

caranam
nAdamisaikkum devA - nArImaNigaL ADa
nAraNan biramanum narkaram siram cUDa
gIta gandharvarellAm kiLarisai yAzh olikka
kavi pADi endaiyar uLLam kutUgalikka (viDai mIdu…)

(The lord of vEdapuri) who makes/creates (isaikkum) music (nAdam), as the women (nArI maNigaL) [4] dance/sway (ADa), as vishNu (nAraNan) and brahma (biramanum) raise their hands (narkaram) above their heads (siram cUDa), as all (ellAm) the musical (gIta) demi-celestials (gandharvargaL) make (olikka) sweet music (kiLarisai) from their harps (yAzh), and our masters’ (endaiyar) hearts (uLLam) become rapturous (kutUhalikka) as they sing (pADi) paens (kavi), (, astride a bull, came on a procession).

FOOTNOTES
[1] AFAIK, vEdapuri has a dakshiNAmUrti svAmi temple
[2] naDamADum can also mean one who is ambulatory
[3] the purpose of the juxtaposition is that a yOgan should be in the state of ascetic meditation, while naTamADum or naDamAdum is someone who is in a state of motion – the concept is that Siva combines the two opposite concepts – even as he is performs his cosmic dance, his mind is in a yOgic trance
[4] the women here include pArvati on his iDam (left) and gangA on his siram (head)

[Rajani]

Nice translation, Ravi. Thanks for this.

Since this is part of Karumari Kuravanji, I am sure this is on the Lord Vedapurishwara, whose temple is about a km away from the famous Karumari amman temple in Tiruverkadu. Verkadu or Tiru-verkadu as it is known today, as well as in the times of Sambandar(7th Century) who visited and composed a Tevaram verse here, has a Sanskrit name Vedapuri. There are other Vedapuris too.

Just thinking it may be deva-narimanigal as one compound word ie the Apsaras singing, since there is no other direct address to Shiva in the song, ony descriptions of.

[suguravi]

Thanks so much Sir rshankar for the detailed meaning.

[rshankar]

Rajani - thank you so much for the clarification! Makes much more sense (and how, by the incorrect addtion of a single stroke, if you will - the mAtra for A instead of 'a' [dEvA instead of the correct dEva] I got completely side tracked!).

One more question - what is the rAgam this is sung in?

Suguravi - I could not edit my previous post to incorportate the point made by Rajani - so I am re-posting the corrected meaning here:

pallavi:
viDai mIdu bhavani vandAn vEdapuri nAthan
The lord (nAthan) of vEdapuri [1], astride/sitting on top of (mIdu) a bull (viDai), came (vandAn) on a procession (bhavani)!

anupallavi
naDamADum Siva yOgan nAgamaNiyum bOdhan
kuDamuni paNindETTum kOdilA Siva nAthan (viDai mIdu…)
The dancing (naTamADum) [2] Siva yOgi (yOgan) [3], the wise one (bOdhan) who is adorned (aNi) with snakes (nAgam), the one who is extolled (Ettum) and worshipped (paNindu) by sage agastya (kuDamuni), the blemishless (kOdilA) Siva (Siva nAthan) (astride a bull, came on a procession).

caranam
nAdamisaikkum deva nArImaNigaL ADa
nAraNan biramanum narkaram siram cUDa
gIta gandharvarellAm kiLarisai yAzh olikka
kavi pADi endaiyar uLLam kutUgalikka (viDai mIdu…)
(The Lord of vEdapuri, astride a bull, came on a procession) accompanied by the celestial (deva) women (nArimaNigaL) [4] who play (isaikkum) music (nAdam) dancing (ADa) along, with vishNu (nAraNan) and brahma (biramanum) raising their hands (narkaram) above their heads (siram cUDa), and all (ellAm) the musical (gIta) demi-celestials (gandharvargaL) making (olikka) sweet music (kiLarisai) from their harps (yAzh), and our masters’ (endaiyar) hearts (uLLam) becoming rapturous (kutUhalikka) as they sing (pADi) paens (kavi),

FOOTNOTES
[1] This is on vEdapurISvarar near tiruvErkADu as explained by Rajani
[2] naDamADum can also mean one who is ambulatory
[3] the purpose of the juxtaposition is that a yOgan should be in the state of ascetic meditation, while naTamADum or naDamAdum is someone who is in a state of motion – the concept is that Siva combines the two opposite concepts – even as he performs his cosmic dance, his mind is in a yOgic trance
[4] corrected based on the Rajani’s input

[suguravi]

Thank you Rajani & rshankar!
The ragam is Simhendra madhyamam.

[rshankar]

Thank you for the info on the rAgam. I assume the tALam is Adi?

[suguravi]

tAlam is Rupakam.