ninna nAnEna bEDe dEva koDalenage.

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Please, can I have the lyrics of this dEvaranAma?

It is set to rAga::reetigowLa.

The composition is in kannaDa.

[Sachi_R]

Dear Savitri-ji,
I am on the job. I remember listening to this song 40-50 years ago. I have asked some experts. Hope to report success soon

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Sachi ji

Thank you. I had heard this song on. AIR long ago,

All of a sudden I remembered this but failed to get the words.

It is a beautiful composition set to an enchanting reetigoula.

Looking forward to your post..

Thank you once again.

Regards.

[Sachi_R]

ಅಹೋ ಭಾಗ್ಯಮಹೋ ಭಾಗ್ಯಂ!
Found it in a book:
Keertanakaararu by Dr. H. S Venkatesha Murthy

I leave it to you Ma'am to do the translation of this wonderful Nindaastuti on Shiva.

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Sochi avarE,

I am finding it hard to find words to thank you.

Such a lovely keertana which was not heard these days.

I will try to translate as soon as possible.

Regards.

[Sachi_R]

The word is ಸುಖವ instead of ಸುಖದ after ನಿರ್ಗುಣ

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My thanks are due to Sri Sachi_R, who was kind enough to search out this keertana for me.

ninna nAnEna bEDali dEva,koDalenage

ninnoLEnunTadellava nAnE tiLidu{p}


ashananavanu beDuvenEkAlakUTavu hO dEva

vasanavanu bEDuvenE seDedAnedovalu

posabhUshanava bEDuvenE bhIkarAhigaLu

misupagandhava bEDuvene hENada bUdi{c1}


turagavanu bEDuvene bahudinada mudiyettu

karadapAtreyanu bEDuvene taleyODu

aramaneya bEDikombuvene pitrvanabhUmi

paricArakaranu bEDuvene bhUtagaLu{c2}


ninna saguNda siriyidintu bhikshAvrtti

ninna nirguNa sukhava nODe kEvalavu

innidondanu bEdenenage ninnaya bhakti

yanne karuNisi salahu gurusiddha rUpa{c3}

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Translation::

God,Almighty, I myself know, what all you have in your possession,

What can I beg from you?What have you got to grant me?{P}

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If I am to beg for food,Oh God,You consume the venom of kAlakUTa.
If I am to beg for clothes, You wear the frozen skin of an elephant.
If I am to beg for new ornaments, Your adornments are fearful snakes.
If I am to beg for perfumes, You apply the ashes of a corpse{1}

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If I am to beg for horses,You ride an ancient bull.
If I am to beg for a bowl, You hold a skull as a bowl
If I am to beg for a palace,You stay in the permanent resting place of ancestors.
If I am to beg for attendants, You have demons as attendants{2}

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Your form as saguNa is the affluence in the livelihood of begging.
Your bliss of having no qualities,{nirguNa} leads to aloneness
Now I will not beg for anything,except devotion towards You.
gurusiddha rUpa grant me only that and protect me {3}

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{corrections welcome}

[rshankar]

Beautiful (nindA) stuti.... has great scope to be developed as a very nice piece for bharatanATyam with so much scope for different types of sancAris.
Thank you, Smt. Savitri avare, for making everyone understand the beauty of this composition!

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rshankar ji,

Thank you.The major problem was to search.

Sachi ji was kind enough to do this. Thanks are due to him.

And it was he, who suggested a translation.

Thank you once again,

Regards

[Sachi_R]

Lovely.

I would only suggest a small variation:
ninna nirguNa sukhava nODe kEvalavu

kEvalavu is "aloneness" which is neither joyful nor sorrowful. Simply peace. So the poet is implying even that is unattractive.

I was informed that this composition is by the saint sarpabhUShaNa. His mudrike is guru siddha rUpa.

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Sachi_R avarige hrtpUrvaka

DhanyavAdagaLu.

ನೀವು ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದ ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

[Sachi_R]

[braindrain]

Fabulous composition. Now, is there any audio version of this available anywhere ?

[Sachi_R]

Sri. B. S. Vijaya Raghavan used to sing it on the radio in 60s and 70s. In fact both of us recalled that and began this thread

One of these days, I have every intention of locating a recording or making someone sing it and record it