Varnam - Nanda Gopalanai

[radhikashetty]

Can I please have the lyrics & meaning of the Varnam Nanda Gopalanai by Periasamy Thooran.

[Lakshman]

nandagOpAlanai (pv). rAgA: bhairavi. Adi tALA. Periasami Tooran.

P: nanda gOpAlanai cintai kavarndavanai inda vELaiyil vara shollaDi sakhiyE
A: anda mAyanuDan kUDi magizhndiDa allum paghalum nAn Ashai mighak-koNDEn
(ciTTasvara sAhityam)
kunrai oru viralAl kuDai pOl piDittavan gOpiyar veNNai koNDODit-tinravan
kanrugaL mEittavan kALiya nartanan kamsan shei tuyarellAm kaNamonril mAittavan
C1: viNNum maNNum mayanga vindai purindavan naNban kucElanin tunbam kaLaindavan
maNNai uNDu annai vAi tiraveNNum pOdu vAyinil aNDamellAm kATTiyE ninravan
2: uralinil kaTTi vaikka uruTTik-koNDODiyE marangaLAi ninra dEvar shApangaL tIrttavan
parivuDan pAncAli mAnattai kAttavan pArthasArathiyAga jayattinai sErttavan
3: sIr mighum brndAvanam AdalgaL en sholvEn kArmukhil vaNNanin vEin-kuzhal isaiyil kAr
kuzhal Aicciyar kaDamai marandAr kanruDan pashuvum ninru pashi marandu kAnam tanil mayangi
shilai pOl irundana yamunA nadiyin puNNiyam ennavO yAr adan perumaiyai shollavum vallavar

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[rshankar]

Radhika - I was not aware that Sri Thooran composed varNams. Thank you for bringing this absolutely lovely composition to my attention. Has anyone rendered this varNam - is there an audio available?

Since it is not in a typical padavarNam format, I wonder how you will structure the pUrvAnga. I guess, you could treat each caraNam like caraNasvara sAhityam, but then, what will serve as the caraNam? For me, in a pdavarNam, the short caraNam symbolizes the shift in the varNam (both in terms of slightly faster pace, as well as a subtle/not too subtle change in the sentiment expressed) in addition to serving as an anchor for the caraNasvaras and the caraNasvara sAhitam...so the lack of a clear caraNam here does bother me.

My attempt:
pallavi
nanda gOpAlanai cintai kavarndavanai inda vELaiyil vara shollaDi sakhiyE
Dear friend (sakhiyE)! Please ask/tell (SollaDi) the cowherd (gOpAlanai) who belongs to nanda, the one who has captured (kavanrdavanai) my heart/mind/thoughts (cintai) to come (vara) to me at this (inda) time (vELaiyil).

anupallavi
anda mAyanuDan kUDi magizhndiDa allum pagalum nAn Ashai migak-koNDEn
I continually [(day = pgalum) and night = allum)] experience (koNDEn) excessive (miga) amounts of desire (ASai) to rejoice (magizhndiDa) by uniting (kUDi) with (uDan) that (anda) illusionist (mAyan) [1].

ciTTasvara sAhityam
kunrai oru viralAl kuDai pOl piDittavan gOpiyar veNNai koNDODit-tinravan
kanrugaL mEittavan kALiya nartanan kamsan shei tuyarellAm kaNamonril mAittavan
He is the one who:
1) held up/supported (piDittavan) a mountain (kunrai) like (pOl) an umbrella (kuDai) on one (oru) finger (viralAl)
2) ran away (ODi) after getting hold of/stealing (koNDu) the gOpi's (gOpiyar) butter (veNNai) and ate it (tinravan)
3) herded (meittavan) the claves (kanrugaL)
4) danced (nartanan) on kAliya
5) destroyed/put an end to (mAittavan) to all (ellAm) the sorrows (tuyar) created by (Sei) kamsa (kamsan) in a single (onril) second (kaNam)

caraNam 1
viNNum maNNum mayanga vindai purindavan naNban kucElanin tunbam kaLaindavan
maNNai uNDu annai vAi tiraveNNum pOdu vAyinil aNDamellAm kATTiyE ninravan
He is the one who
1) performed (purindavan) wondrous deeds (vindai) to astound/fascinate/charm (mayanga) both the celestial (viNNum) and earthly (maNNum) worlds
2) removed (kaLaindavan) the distress (tunbam) of his friend (nanban), kucEla (kucElanin)
3) after eating/swallowing (uNDu) mud (maNNai), when (pOdu) asked by his mother (annai) to open (tiraveNNum) his mouth (vAi), existed/stood there (ninRavan) showing (kATTiyE) the entire universe (aNDamellAm) in his mouth (vAyinil)

caraNam 2
uralinil kaTTi vaikka uruTTik-koNDODiyE marangaLAi ninra dEvar shApangaL tIrttavan
parivuDan pAncAli mAnattai kAttavan pArthasArathiyAga jayattinai sErttavan
He is the one who
1) removed/put an end to (tIrttavan) the curse (SapangaL) the demi-gods (dEvar) who existed (ninra) as trees (marangaLai) were under by rolling (uruTTi koNdu) and dragging (ODiyE) the mortar/grindstone (uralinil) he had been tied to (kaTTivaikka)
2) protected (kAttavan) the honor (mAnattai) of draupadi (pAncAli) [2] with great care and affection (parivuDan)
3) ensured/obtained (SErttavan) victory (in the kuru war) by becoming (Agiya) arjuna's (pArtha) chariotter (sArathi)

caraNam 3
sIr migum brndAvanam ADalgaL en sholvEn kArmugil vaNNanin vEyin-kuzhal isaiyil
kAr kuzhal Aicciyar kaDamai marandAr kanruDan pashuvum ninru pashi marandu
kAnam tanil mayangi shilai pOl irundana
yamunA nadiyin puNNiyam ennavO yAr adan perumaiyai shollavum vallavar
What (en) can I say (SolvEn) about the graceful/beautiful (Sir migum) dances (ADalgaL) in bRndAvan (bRndAvanam)? Captivated by the music (iSaiyil) emanating from the bamboo (vEyin) flute (kuzhal) of the lord whose complexion (vaNNanin) is like that of a black (kAr) cloud (mugil), dark (kAr)-tressed (kuzhal) ladies (Aicciyar) forgot (marandar) their duties (kaDamai); in the forrest (kAnam tanil), intoxicated (mayangi) cows (paSu) with (uDan) their calves (kanru) stood (irundana) around, immobile (ninru), like (pOl) statues with their hunger (paSi) forgotten (marandadu). And what (ennavO) about the merits (puNNiyam) that must have been accumulated by the river (nadi) yamuna? Who (yAr) is the person capable of (vallavan) of talking about/describing (Sollavum) its (adan) greatness (perumai)?

FOOTNOTES
[1] mAyan can also mean dark-complexioned one
[2] draupadi - as she is the daughter of drupad, and pAncAli as she is the princess of pAncAla

[VK RAMAN]

Very nice varnam.

[Lakshman]

rshankar: He has also composed a tAnavarNa:


murugA enadAruyirE (tv). rAgA: madhyamAvati. Adi tALA.

P: murugA enadAruyirE varuvAi anbE ArumukhanE
A: varadA kumArA vElAyudA pEraruLA azhagA
C: tirumAl arumarugA marai pugazhum

[smala]

Simple yet beautiful.

[radhikashetty]

Thank you so much, Ravi. Indeed a beautiful composition. I will go through it in detail & start working on it with my teacher here. Don't have an audio clip. My friend happened to mention about it & I just wanted to have a look at the varnam.
Thanks again.

- Radhika.

[vgovindan]

lakshmanji,
Is 'pEraruLA' correct? Normally 'pEraruLALA' is the usage.

[Lakshman]

vgovindan: I checked in the book and it is pEraruLALa as you pointed out. Thanks.

[pramadoss]

Namaskaram all

I have heard versions where the last sahityam is not sung. Does anyone have an audio/youtube link where the last sahityam is sung?

Thank you