meaning of song - muralidhara

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sreevin25
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Post by sreevin25 »

Hi

Can someone give me the meaning of the song - muralidhara gopala?
song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfePKl8_vaw
lyrics - http://www.karnatik.com/c1470.shtml

Thanx

Sundara Rajan
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Post by Sundara Rajan »

This song is addressed to Young Krishna:
Pallavi: Oh One with flute in hand, Cowherd/protector of cows, One who lives in Vaikunta,

Anupallavi:Oh giver of freedom, lotus eyed one, colored/hued as dark blue clouds

CharaNam: One who held up a hill by the tiny fingers that once stole butter from hanging pots,
One in whose chest/heart Lakshmi lives.

sreevin25
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Post by sreevin25 »

Thanks much Mr.Rajan

But is it possible to get word to word meaning since I need it for dance mudras to choreograph -

Just for the charanam I need word to word meaning -
uri
Endiya
tiral
veNNaiyai
tiruDum
shiru
viralAl

giri
Endiya
hari
mAdhava
tirumagaL
vaLar
tiru
mArbA

Thanks much!

rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

Sree: Here you go - padArtha

You are the husband (dhavA) of laksmI (mA), the Lord Hari, who lifted up (Endiya) the gOvardhan mountain (giri) with same the little (Siru) finger (viralAl) that stole (tiruDum) a ball (tiRaL) of butter (veNNaiyai) contained (Endiya) in a pot placed in a network of ropes (uRi) suspended from the ceiling! Oh Lord in whose chest (mArbA) laskhmI (tirumagaL) dwells (vaLar)!
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sreevin25
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Post by sreevin25 »

Thanks much!

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