Lyrics for kanthamAm - mayuram viswanatha shastry

smala · Post by **smala** » 12 Jan 2010, 03:37

thanks!

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 12 Jan 2010, 07:28

kAntamAm kadir. rAgA: dEshyatODi/Sindhubhairavi. Adi tALA.

P: kAntamAm kadir kaMam tanil Or vEdAntamAm
A1: shAntamAghi manam kuvindu EkAnta mOna nilai aLittiDum
2: shruti layamuDan tudi sheyyum vargati duritamAi gatiyaLittiDum
3: bhAva rAga tALam viriyAlE vazhi kATTum antara
jIvanAda vEdapuriyilE onru kUTTum sundarak-
C1: nAvinil ruciyE navinriDat-tIrudu pashiyE adu pErinba ruciyE pArkkak-kiDaittOr tapasiyE
AndavanaDi shEra shEra anbu perugudu Era Era kadir kAmam enru kUrak-kavalaigaLaDiyODu dhIra
sheyyumAm karuNai mArip-peyyumAm kaLittiDa gati uyyumAm kaNDAlidu nal vaghaiyum tiru muruga rUpak-
2: manam maDangAdu mannavanai ninaittiDum pOdu dinam avanaiyallAdu gati vErenakkEdu vElavan pugazh
pADap-pADa vEgamAi manam nADa nADa shIlanai uTkoNDADa Ada shEvaDigaLai tEdat-tEDat-tONumAi
divya jyOti kANumAm teLindAl anbu pUNumAm darishikka bhAgyam vENumAm vaDivElavanenra
3: santamum ariyEn pugazhap-perum tamizh ariyEn nAn bhaktiyil shiriyEn bAla kandanukk-kaDiyEn
kadir kAma vazhi mella mella kaDugi naDandu shella shella edirp-pulangaLai vella vella eDutturappadE nalla nalla
nEramAm nigharaTra guNa sAramAm viritturaikka abhAramAm vishvam tanakku pakAramAmvaramaruLum divya

smala · Post by **smala** » 12 Jan 2010, 07:32

Sri Lakshman-ji - indebted to you lifelong for this invaluable help you provide.

smala · Post by **smala** » 13 Jan 2010, 00:52

Ravi, would you like to take this on?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Jan 2010, 02:20

S-P - I will set the ball rolling with this first installment. I am trying to understand the caraNams. BTW, this is an interesting composition in that it is presented as having three different anupallavi sections. I have interpretted it as if the pallavi is tacked on to each of them

pallavi
kAntamAm kadir kamam tanil Or vEdAntamAm

There is an electrifying beauty/effulgence (kAntamAm), a principle/spiritual presence (vEdAntamAm) in (tanil) kadir kAmam!

anupallavi 1
shAntamAgi manam kuvindu EkAnta mOna nilai aLittiDum (kAntamAm...)

(There is an electrifying beauty/effulgence, a principle/spiritual presence in kadir kAmam) that allows-us-to-attain (aLittiDum) the state (nilai) of introspective contemplation (EkAnta mOna) [1] after we achieve (Agi) peace (SAntam) through a mind/heart (manam) that is engaged in prayer (kuvindu).

anupallavi 2
shruti layamuDan tudi sheyyum vargati [2] duritamAi gatiyaLittiDum (kAntamAm...)

(There is an electrifying beauty/effulgence, a principle/spiritual presence in kadir kAmam) that grants (aLittiDum) salvation (gati) expeditiously (duritamAi) to those that offer prayers/sing (tudi Seyyum) with a voice that is aligned (uDan) in perfect pitch (Sruti) and rhythm (layam)!

anupallavi 3
bhAva rAga tALam viriyAlE vazhi kATTum antara
jIvanAda vEdapuriyilE onru kUTTum sundarak-(kAntamAm...)

(There is a) handsome (sundara) (and electrifying beauty/effulgence, a principle/spiritual presence in kadir kAmam) that reveals/points to (kATTum) the right path (vazhi) through the expansion (viriyAlE) created by the confluence of emotion/feeling (bhAva), melody (rAga) and rhythm (tALam) and unites (onru kUTTum) with the inner (antara) spirit in a place called vEdapuri (vEdapuriyilE) where life (jIva) is blissful (Ananda).

FOOTNOTES
[1] EkAnta literally means solitary or private, and mOna means silence
[2] I am not sure if 'vargati' is a correct word

smala · Post by **smala** » 13 Jan 2010, 02:56

What is kadir kAmam?

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 13 Jan 2010, 03:03

Kadir KAmam is a Murugan shrine in Sri Lanka. Most revered place for Srilanka Thamizh people.

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 13 Jan 2010, 03:24

>> tudi sheyyum vargati duritamAi gatiyaLittiDum<<

There are two "gatis" in the same line.
One possible variation in the line could be:
"tudi seyyum avarkku adi duritamAy gatiyaLittiDum" or "tudi seybavarkku adi...."
which would mean "granting salvation very quickly to those who offer worship"

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Jan 2010, 06:59

S-P sorry for not making it clear - at kadir kAmam is a very famous murugan temple as already explained, and some people actually believe that it may be part of the arupaDai vIDu (replacing pazham-udir-SOlai)...