Meaning for gAngEya vasana dhara

Mahalakshmi · Post by **Mahalakshmi** » 09 Sep 2008, 20:36

Can anyone please give the meaning for this work of Swati tirunAl?
Especially the word khalaphani bothers me much.

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Thankyou

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 09 Sep 2008, 21:03

khala-phaNi would I think, refer to the rogue-serpent kALiya on whose hood Krishna danced.
Please post the whole lyrics for a translation

Mahalakshmi · Post by **Mahalakshmi** » 09 Sep 2008, 21:49

Here it is.

gAngEya vasana. rAgA : hamIr kalyANi tAlA: Adi swAti tirunAl

P: gAgEya vasana dhara PadmanAbha
mAmava nava jaladAnga
A: raNga stala phaNi phaNa
rAmaNIya karuNAlaya mura hara
C: vAraya pApamakhila mayi mAmita
mOhana mrudu hAsa pAta vijaya khala-
phaNi vihaga parilasa mama hridi
pannagEndra Saya sAdhu janAvana

sarasija bhava vaLa vidaLana pariNuta
krupA vAsa bhavE kshipa mA vishayE.

Radhakrishnan · Post by **Radhakrishnan** » 10 Sep 2008, 11:46

http://www.swathithirunal.in/htmlfile/76.htm

Rajani · Post by **Rajani** » 10 Sep 2008, 18:52

khala-phaNi-vihaga would mean "One who is verily Garuda to the snakes called rogues" It is a rUpaka(metaphor) similar to "animiSha-vairi-vArida-samIraNa" (one who is the powerful wind to the clouds that are asuras) found Tyagaraja's "jagadAnandakAraka".
The rest of the meaning is found in the website mentioned.
Hope this helps

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 10 Sep 2008, 20:56

Thanks Rajani!

Mahalakshmi · Post by **Mahalakshmi** » 10 Sep 2008, 23:34

Oh! Thankyou so much Rajani

Mahalakshmi · Post by **Mahalakshmi** » 10 Sep 2008, 23:41

Can we split the word khala from phani while singing?