meaning for nava nava sundara ...

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Lakshman
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meaning for nava nava sundara ...

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A rasika has requested the word for word meaning of this caraNa from a tillAnA by BMK. Thanks

nava nava sundara vilasita shashimukha kavanAdi lalita kaLA paripUrNa
shravaNAnanda kara muraLI vAdana vishArada nIrada nIla varNa

Rsachi
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I am sure there are many far more competent and confident who will reply, but I just feel tempted to try:
nava nava sundara - ever-fresh, ever-beautiful
vilasita - shining, lustrous
shashimukha - face like the moon
kavanAdi lalita kalA paripurNa - endowed with fine arts like poetry- fully accomplished in fine arts and poetry
shravaNAnandakara - so melodious to the ears, giving bliss,
muraLIvAdana vishArada- expert in flute playing
nIRada nIla varNa - blue like the lotus. (= KRISHNA)

kavanam (spelt as kawanam in Telugu Online Dictionary) =poem/poetry.
Last edited by Rsachi on 18 Apr 2012, 18:31, edited 2 times in total.

Lakshman
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Thanks for the quick response.

rshankar
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Sachi - great job...just want to add that 'muraLi' also serves as the composer's mudra.

Rajani
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Sachi - very nice.

Just a small addition:
nIrada refers to a cloud.

Also "shravaNAnandakara" is an adjective for the "muraLi-vAdana"

Rsachi
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nIrada=water-giver=cloud. My mistake.
Yes, BMK's mudra is 'Murali'.

classicallover
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niirada = water bearer , not water-giver

Amateur
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Post by Amateur »

given that the root da means to give, should not water giver also be acceptable?

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