En kanavai kelaai amma - Arunachala Kavirayar

[HarishankarK]

Hi
Please provide lyrics for the subject tamil song. I think it is from Rama Natakam. Anyone can also explain the context of the song and who is singing it to Seetha devi?
Thanks,

[Pratyaksham Bala]

Please check this:
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... ai#p181740

Shri Lakshman:
A few minor corrections --

C2:
karigaLAkkar-ugavum - karigaLAk-karugavum
origaLummE - OrigaLummE
C3:
sellavO - shellavO
sollavO - shollavO

[rshankar]

trijaTA, vibhIshaNa's daughter, is one of the women who guard sItA and she dreams of rAma coming to lankA and the destruction of rAvaNa, and the release of sItA - she describes the dream in detail to boost sItA's sagging morale. That is what is captured in this song.
This is one of the reasons why pArAyaNa of the sundarakANDam is supposed to grant the benefit of reading the whole epic...hanumAn recites the pUrva katha to win sItA's trust, and trijaTA's dream tells the story to come.

[Lakshman]

Thanks Pratyaksham Bala.

[HarishankarK]

Very interesting, so Trijata is singing this one to Sita is it?

en kanavai. rAgA: shankarAbharaNa. Adi tALA.

P: en kanavai kELAyammA jAnaki ammA Enunakkuk-kavalai ammA
A: mangaLam unakkuNDAmE val arakkan vAzhvu pOmE
C1: sundari maNDOdari verum talaiyai shIvinAL andiDattilE avaL vizhundazhudu kUvinAL
inda mannan vIDu viTTezhundoru peN tAvinAL en taghappan vITTil avaL vandugandu mEvinAL
2: bhUvulagellAm karigaLAkkar-ugavum kaNDEn kOvilgaLellAm mezhugu pOl urugavum kaNDEn
pEi vagaiyum origaLummE perugavum kaNDEn rAvaNan eNNait-talaiyODE varugavum kaNDEn
3: pattu muDi rAvaNanaik-kottuDanE kollavO vaitta shirai viTTamarar svastamoDu sellavO
uttami un pattini mahattuvam enna sollavO ittanaiyum lankaik-kanartham enbadallavO

I need the word by word meaning for this song. I can't understand some of the words and lines.

Sudha ji has sung it most impressively. It has such a calm and soothing effect almost like a lullaby. She is really great with this song. There is no other rendition available.

[bkishore]

any audio rendition

[HarishankarK]

Hi bkishore,
Please check in sangeethapriya.org search option and type "kanavai" and click search. You will get only one result, that of Smt Sudha Raghunathan's rendition. Fabulous, i should say. Do enjoy it,

[bkishore]

thanxs a lot

[HarishankarK]

Request someone to post the meaning of this song,
thanks

[HarishankarK]

Can anyone post the meaning for the below verse ?

C1: sundari maNDOdari verum talaiyai shIvinAL andiDattilE avaL vizhundazhudu kUvinAL
inda mannan vIDu viTTezhundoru peN tAvinAL en taghappan vITTil avaL vandugandu mEvinAL

[Rajani]

(This describes the misfortune that will befall Mandodari when Ravana dies )
sundari maNDOdari verum talaiyai shIvinAL - The beautiful Mandodari combed her head bereft of hair
andiDattilE avaL vizhundazhudu kUvinAL - She fell to the ground and wept and lamented

(This describes the goddess Rajya-lakshmi abandoning Ravana and favouring Vibhishana)
inda mannan vIDu viTTezhundoru peN tAvinAL - A lady(goddess) leapt up from this king Ravana's house
en taghappan vITTil avaL vandugandu mEvinAL - she happily went to reside in my father Vibhishana's house

[HarishankarK]

Thank you so much Rajani. Very useful and insightful.