raghuvara tumko

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rmdeer2000
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Post by rmdeer2000 »

hello all,

can i have lyrics for this bhajan in ahir bhairav composed by tulsidas?

thanking you,

ramakrishnan
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meena
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raghuvara tum kO
raghuvara tum kO mErI lAj
sadA sadA main sharaN tihAri tumhI garIb nivAj
patita udhAan virad tumhArO sravanan sunI AvAz
hO tO patit purAtan kahiyE pAr utArE jahAj
agha khaNDan dukh bhanjan jan kE yahI tiharO kAj
tulsidAs par krpA kIjai bhagati dAn dehu Aj

rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

Meena: lovely composition....
"agh khaNDan dukh bhanjan yahI tihArO kAj" (after all, your only business is destroying sin and dissipating grief) Interesting sentiment! :D

Small correction:

4th line: patit udhAran virat tumhArO .....

meena
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Post by meena »

Thanku shankar

Here is Pt. Bhimsen Joshi rendetion , just lovely:
http://sacred-songs.blogspot.com/2007/0 ... tumko.html

rmdeer2000
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Post by rmdeer2000 »

thank you shankar and meena....would you mind posting the meaning also?

thanks so much in advance

ramakrishnan
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rshankar
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PanditjI's rendition is AWESOME! So serene! Thanks, Meena!

Ramakrishnan,

Here you go: the meaning:

raghuvar tum kO mErI lAj

Oh exemplary among the raghUs (raghuvar - rAm), I surrender everything, including my honor (mErI lAj) to you (tum kO) because I realize your greatness!

sadA sadA mein sharaN tihAri tumhO garIb nivAj

I (mein) will seek refuge at your (tihArI) feet (Saran) always (sadA sadA), because you (tum) are (hO) the protector (nivAj) of the poor (garIb)[1]

patita udhAran virad tihArO sravanan sunI AvAz

I have heard (sravanan sunI = heard with my ears) it said (AvAz - literally sound/words) that it is a vow (virad/virat) of yours (tihArO) to uplift (udhAran) the fallen/sinners (patit)

hUn tO patit purAtan karidE pAr utAr jahAj

I am (hUn tO) certainly a sinner (patit) - so, keep your vow, and make (karidE) my sins go away/a thing of the past (purAtan), and help this ship (jahAj) of my life cross (pAr utAr) the ocean of life.

agha khaNDan dukh bhanjan jan kE yahI tiharO kAj

I have heard/Is it not correct that your (tihArO) only (yahI) work/business (kAj) is the destruction (khaNDan) of sin (agh) and dissipation (bhanjan) of grief (dukh) of the beings (jan kE) that inhabit this world?

tulsidAs par kirpA kIjai bhakti dAn dehu Aj

Today (Aj), I, tulsidAs, request you to shower/show (kIjai) your compassion/mercy (kirpA) on (par) me, and give (dEhu) me the gift (dAn) of devotion (bhaktI)!

[1] in the grant sAhib of the Sikhs, 'garIb-nivA(z)j' is synonymous with 'god', and the two are used interchageably.
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rmdeer2000
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thank you so much sir

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