meaning for kanakadasa's krithi

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CHELLAM
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meaning for kanakadasa's krithi

Post by CHELLAM »

can someone help me with the meaning for

yAdavarAya brindAvanadoLu vEnu nAdava mADutire

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thanking in advance

mukta
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Re: meaning for kanakadasa's krithi

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reproduced from "karnATIk"
pallavi

yAdavarAya br.ndAvanadoLu vEnu nAdava mADutire

anupallavi

rAdhA muntAda gOpiyarella madhusUdana ninnanu sEvisutire
suraru ambaradi snadaNisire apsara strIyaru mai maretire
(yaadava)

caraNam 1

karadali koLalanu Uduta pADuta sa ri ga ma pa da nI
svaragaLa nuDisuta hari
hara brahmaru nalidADutire tumburu nAradaru pADutire
(yaadava)

caraNam 2

aravinda daLa nayana kr.shna karugaLa sahitale gOkulavella
siri kAgineleyAdi kEshava rAya tarugala sahitale varagOpAla
(yaadava)



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Meaning:
pallavi: While the yAdava prince (Krishna) is playing the flute in Brindaavana...

anupallavi: Radha and other Gopis serving you, all the gods in the heaven crowding to look at you and the apsaras (nymphs) forgrtting themselves (at the sight).

caraNam 1: (While you are) playing the notes with your flute and singing, trimoortis (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, the three main gods) are rejoicing and Sages Tumburu & NArada are singing along.

caraNam 2: Lotus eyed Krishna, kAginele AdikEshava (the composer) along with cows and calves of Gokulam (while playing flute in Gokula), are enjoying your music.

mukta
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Re: meaning for kanakadasa's krithi

Post by mukta »

A couple of corrections in the sAhitya
It is "sandaNisire' ,not"snadaNisire" in the second line of anupallavi
And it is 'turugala" not"tarugala" in the last line of the last charana
Taru means tree and turu means cows and calves..

Lakshman
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Re: meaning for kanakadasa's krithi

Post by Lakshman »

In the version I have the last line of the last caraNa reads:

siri kAgineleyadi kEshavarAya tiruhuta mellane vara gOpAla

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Re: meaning for kanakadasa's krithi

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It is "tiruguta" i,e "roaming" and "baara" i.e, "come along"
"while roaming, softly/ slowly [mellane] comealong
Thank You

radhikashetty
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Re: meaning for kanakadasa's krithi

Post by radhikashetty »

Even I have the last line as Lakshman sir suggests. Yes, it is tiruguta. Since it's a Kanakadasa composition, tiruguta mellane can also refer to the episode of Shri Krishna idol in Udupi turning due to the prayers offered by Kanakadasa. This is just my guess.

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Post by aaaaabbbbb »

May be.I think your guess is o.k.
The idol is said to have turned slowly to let Kanaka dasaru have darshan.
The beauty of the lyric is such that the word "mellane" brings to mind the
murty of Sri Krishna turning slow ly and you can relish that move in the mind.
A beautiful kriti indeed.

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