naamam annadu keL- namo narayana

[VK RAMAN]

I like to have the lyrics for this kriti

[Pratyaksham Bala]

Kriti? There is a stanza in Kamba Ramayana Yuddha Khanda with the words "nAmam; annadu kEL, namO nArAyaNAya" -- not sure whether this is what is referred to.

kAmam yAvaiyum taruvadum, ap padam kaDandAl,
shEma vIDu uRac ceivadum, shen tazhal mukanda
Oma vELviyin uRu padam uyppadum, oruvan
nAmam; annadu kEL, namO nArAyaNAya.

[VK RAMAN]

PB you are right on but it was sung like a kriti and that is why I wrote. There is a madhyama kaalam also. I do not know what it is.

nAmam; annadu kEL, namO nArAyaNAya

Oma vELviyin uRu padam uyppadum, oruvan.....

kAmam yAvaiyum taruvadum, ap padam kaDandAl,
shEma vIDu uRac ceivadum, shen tazhal mukanda.....

then madhyama kaalam

I will send you the recording If I have your email address. Send the email through rasikas mail system. Thanks PB

[venkatakailasam]

this was rendered by Smt.Gayathri girish...as per my noting..
Karnaranjani-Naamam annadu kel-Misra chapu-Kamba Ramayanam
I was not able to get the lyrics nor audio so far..

now I got the lyrics from you..

[VK RAMAN]

I also need the madhyma kaalam lyrics and I believe it is also from Kamba Ramayanam

[VK RAMAN]

I have sent the audio PB to your email. Thanks.

[Pratyaksham Bala]

VK RAMAN:
Got it! Thanks for giving me this opportunity. Here is the full version in the kriti format.

P:
nAmam; annadu kEL, namO nArAyaNAya

AP:
Oma vELviyin uRu padam uyppadum, oruvan

C:
kAmam yAvaiyum taruvadum, ap padam kaDandAl,
shEma vIDu uRac ceivadum, shen tazhal mukanda

MK:
maNNin ninRu mEl malar ayan ulagu uRa vAzhum
eNNil bhUtangaL niRpana tirivana ivaTRin
uL niRainduLa karaNattin Ungu uLa uNarvum
eNNuginRadu ivveTTu ezhuttE, piRidu illai.

[rshankar]

I think this was set to music by Smt. Gayathri's guru, Sri TNS.

[VK RAMAN]

Thanks PB. I am always attracted songs sung in Karnaranjani.

[cmlover]

VKR
Now I await your spirited rendering in karNaranjani!

Yes indeed shankar
TNS used to sing it often sometime back.
There must be some recordings...

[smala]

A translation please.

[sridhar_ranga]

kAmam yAvaiyum taruvadum = that (name) which grants all desires
ap padam kaDandAl = once (a jeeva) crosses that stage (of worldly desires)
shEma vIDu uRac ceivadum = (that which) ensures eternal (kshEma, lit. safe) liberation / mOksha (vIDu)

shen tazhal mukanda Oma vELviyin uRu padam uyppadum = (that which) grants the high state (such as paramapadam) obtained through ritual sacrifices involving red-hot flames of fire

oruvan nAmam; annadu kEL = (is) one name, hear that (name)
namO nArAyaNAya = it is the name (chanted/worshipped as) namO nArAyaNAya

[sridhar_ranga]

maNNin ninRu = from this earth
mEl malar ayan ulagu uRa = to the upper world (satya lOka) of Lord Brahma
vAzhum eNNil bhUtangaL = the countless lives that inhabit / exist
niRpana tirivana = the inanimate and the animate (achEtana / chEtana ) objects
ivaTRin uL niRainduLa = that (life-force) which pervades (is inside ) all these
karaNattin Ungu uLa uNarvum = (finding this a bit difficult! may mean some form of consciousness / jnAna as conveyed by the word uNarvu)
eNNuginRadu = always keep in their mind / meditate on
ivveTTu ezhuttE= these eight letters I(Om namo nArAyaNAya)
piRidu illai = (and) nothing else

[rshankar]

Sridhar - awesome!! What a lovely set of verses! Thank you.

[smala]

Thank you, sridhar-rang for unraveling these Tamil verses which seem harder than the usual ones.

[CRama]

This song is available in TNS album Kamba Ramayanam. He only has tuned this song in Karnaranjini.

[sridhar_ranga]

Thanks Ravi, and you're welcome smala. Kamban lived at least 8 centuries ago, and his Tamil is by no means easy to understand to us speaking a much different version of Tamil today.

I think the phrase "karaNattin Ungu uLa uNarvum", after a search through the Tamil online Lexicon, could mean "Consciousness (uNarvu) superior to (Ungu uLa) the mind / senses (karaNattin)"

[classicallover]

Sridhar,

As per some old texts and pundits, KaraNa is "conscience" and also " indriyas" ( senses ) not consciousness. uNarvu is feelings.

[sridhar_ranga]

karaNa I assume is of Sanskrit origin and I did indicate it could mean "senses".

uNarvu, imho, does mean consciousness. 'uNarvu izhattal' is still used in the sense of losing consciousness. uNarchi is more commonly used in the sense of feelings.

[classicallover]

I perceive that in this composition karaNa should mean conscience. uNarchi is the sensory feeling of touch. uNarvu is the perceptory sense of abstract feeling. That is today's Tamizh corresponding also to Samskritam.

[hariharan]

Please hear the full version of this song sung by Shri. TNS. The audio link is :
http://www.freewebs.com/sarojaramanujam ... om2006.htm

Unlike Dikshitar Kritis or Thyagaraja Kritis, the verses of Kambaramayanam are not set to any particular raga. So, can these verses be sung in another ragas & Tala also, as a same song in Ashtapadi and Abhangs are rendered in different ragas. The Adi tala (8beats) also suits to the lyrics . Without using the madhyamakala the lyrics also fit into Adi tala when sung as charanam 2 and 3. If so the complication gets reduced while rendering in Misra chaap. If so, Can some one try to render this song in another raga, set to Adi tAlam and without Madhyamakala sancharam.

[hariharan]

Thanks to sridhar_rang for posting the meaning which is very useful, and also guides to understand the inner concept of these verses of Kambar. Will you please explain the word by word meaning of the stanza
"shen tazhal mukanda Oma vELviyin uRu padam uyppadum". Thanks