Kathakali Padam

Shyama · Post by **Shyama** » 11 Apr 2008, 10:47

Does anyone have the lyrics for the padam in the link below:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=96nKsGMjGb4

Thanks!

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 12 Apr 2008, 10:33

kaNDEn nikaTE : khamAs

from naLacharitham Day 1 by Unnayi Variyar

kaNDEn nikaTE ninnE kaLivAkku tava kEttEnE
kunja bhavananuDe vAhanamE, kamrarUpamathiramyaCADu vachanam

prEshakanAyathu kamalajanO tava naishadhapuramOparamapadam
madhurAkruthE guNavAridhE khaga sArvabhauma jaya naumi tE Caritam

naLinAsanavaravAhana nI mama naLanrupaguNagaNamOthukeDO
tava vACikam azhalmOCakam mama karNamAraCaya puNyalESayutham

santhathamuLLa manOratHavum punarinnu bhavAnoDu nhAn parayAm
tuNayAkilO gurukrupAkulASaya dInayAmeniykku mAnanIyaguNa

Shyama · Post by **Shyama** » 12 Apr 2008, 11:27

Thank you, braindrain.

From the video, it appears like Damayanthi talking to the swan. Can anyone translate the padam.

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 12 Apr 2008, 17:30

Ok, here is my attempt ( not a word by word traslation), Experts please correct/add appropriately...

Dear Swan, who is the 'vAhana' of Brahma ( kanja - lotus flower ; kanjabhavanan : who stays in lotus flower), I have seen you so near ( kanDEn nikaTE ).
heard your sweet talk( kaLivAkku kEttEnE). You are beautiful ( kamrarUpa ) and your words are sweet ( atiramya CADu vachanam)

Who have sent you ( prEshakan) ? is it Brahma ( kamalajan) , where are you from ( paramapadam) ? Are you from Naishadhapuram ? Wherever you are from, I respect your story ( tE Caritham naumi)

Hey naLinAsana varavAhana ( who carry brahma ) , please tell me about the good deeds of NaLa. Your words reduces my sadness ( azhalmOCakam) and are blessing to my years ( karNamAraCaya puNya).

Hey kindhearted ( gurukrupakulASaya), if you be of my help ( tuNayAkilO) I will tell you my feelings and longing.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 12 Apr 2008, 17:45

Doesn't his padam fall under the category of 'annam viDum tUdu/dUtu'? - using a swan as a messenger - another one is of course, Sri Subbudu's valaci varNam, 'annamE aruginil vA'! This particular one is the prelude where damayantI appears to tell the swan that she will confide her innermost thoughts and feelings, if the swan is ready to become her companion....

Doesn't tuNai mean companion?

In malayalam, does the word paramapadam carry the meaning of 'place' in addition to 'divine feet' or 'great feet'?

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 13 Apr 2008, 14:07

rshankar wrote:Doesn't tuNai mean companion?

In malayalam, does the word paramapadam carry the meaning of 'place' in addition to 'divine feet' or 'great feet'?

tuNai can also mean companion. Here Damayanti wanted his help/support ( yes , companionship). paramapadam in this context is your divine seat or place. Hence translated so.

Originally, this padam was tuned in kAmbOji ( called kAmOdari in kathakali music) . However, of late , this is sung in khamAs.

Shyama · Post by **Shyama** » 14 Apr 2008, 10:23

Thanks, braindrain & rshankar. I am not familiar with Kathakali mudras. So, knowing the meaning helps.
Although, I guess it has to be the other way around:)

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 15 Apr 2008, 09:39

You are right. Padams are the dialogues. The artist have to show mudra to match the singing. On the other hand, the singers have to continue the same line, until the mudra is completed (it takes a couple or more times).

ramseetharam74 · Post by **ramseetharam74** » 09 Dec 2021, 16:43

Can someone pls provide lyrics in English/ devanagri for the Kathakali Daksha Yaaga padam ' Lokadeepa kanta'. It is usually rendered in yadukula kambodhi.

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 16 Jan 2022, 07:52

ramseetharam74 wrote: ↑09 Dec 2021, 16:43 Can someone pls provide lyrics in English/ devanagri for the Kathakali Daksha Yaaga padam ' Lokadeepa kanta'. It is usually rendered in yadukula kambodhi.

This is a kathakaḷi padaṁ from the "dakṣayāgam" āṭṭakathā of irayimman thanpi. IINM, this scene describes Parvati pleading with paramaśiva to give her permission to attend her father's yāgam. It is also a popular piece in concerts. Appreciate if someone could give the running meaning.

rāga: erikkilakkāmōdari
tāḷaṁ: cempaṭa

ślōkaḥ ||

itīrivaitīśvarē kr̥tanatau gatē nāradē
kratutsavamathōrjitaṁ pituratīva sā vīkṣitum
kutūhalavatī tadākhilasatī śirōmāḷikā
satī bhagavatī nijaṁ patimuvāca ||

pallavi
lōkādhipa! kānta! karuṇālaya! vācaṁ mākarṇṇaya mē śaṁbhō!
anupallavi
ākāṁkṣayonnen_eṟa manatāril vaḷarunnu atinanuvadikkēṇamāśritajanabandhō!

caraṇaṁ 1
innu mē janakan ceyyunna yāgaghōṣaṅṅaḷ - cennu kaṇṭu varūvānennil ninkayūpa vēṇaṁ.
ennuṭe sōdarimārellāpērumaviṭe - vannīṭumavarēyuṁ vaṭivilkkaṇṭīṭāmallō

caraṇaṁ 2
tara ñān gamicceṅkil tātanuḷḷa vidvēṣaṁ - atrayūmakannīḍumatramātaravvūmalla
etrayuṁ paritōṣamallō kumuḷavākum - satravuṁ vaḻipōle saphalamāy bhaviccīḍuṁ

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