uruga vENDAmO - kIravANi - ambujam krishNA

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 20 May 2009, 08:40

Could I have the lyrics and meaning of this song? Thanks very much in advance.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 22 May 2009, 03:12

Lji/Arasi - do either of you have the lyrics?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 22 May 2009, 04:09

I am waiting for it. It is one of the unpublished ones.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 22 May 2009, 20:28

Here are the lyrics which I transcribed from a recording and then verified with Vedavalli Amma. Please correct typos / transliteration / transcription errors. Looking forward to Ravi's translation of this lovely song.

uruga vENDAmO - kIravANi - rUpaka - Smt. Ambujam Krishna [Tuned by Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. R. Vedavalli]

Pallavi -

uruga vENDAmO [mei uruga vENDAmO] [aDimai mei uruga vENDAmO] rAmA rAmA rAmAvenDru - [uruga vENDAmO]

Anupallavi -

aruLuDan ennai kAkkum paramA vaDi-
-vazhaguDan unnarum guNangaL ninaindu - [uruga vENDamO]

CaraNa -

paN pADinAl pOdumO koNDADi koNDADi unnai kaNNAra kaNDu kaLittiDa vENDAmO
pada malar pUjittAl pOdumO adan nizhaLil paravasham aDaindiDa vENDAmO

[MadhyamakAla]

pankaja malar Celvi parinduRai mArbinil
mangalamAyttigazh maNiyil uRaindu
angamelAm puLagAngitameidu pEr-
-Ananda nilai peRa allum pagalum nAn - [uruga vENDAmO]

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 May 2009, 20:49

Great, Prashant!

I have a few corrections. Please check again with your guru.

madhyama kAlam:

tigazh;
puLagAngitam eidi (in tamiizh we use La and gi)*
nilai peRa
Second line:uRaindu??

*Arun, Please help.
Personally, I am increasingly leaning towards sanskrit oriented words sung as they sound in tamizh. The flow is there too this way. I know it is hard for non-tamizh speakers to agree with this.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 22 May 2009, 21:02

Thanks Prashant.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 22 May 2009, 21:22

Thanks arasi - I have made the corrections which are mostly a result of bad transliteration by me

uRaindu is what I wrote down while checking the lyrics. On listening to the recording again, it seems to be correct...

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 22 May 2009, 22:26

Prashant,

Thank you for introducing me to this powerfully moving and horripilation-inducing composition of Smt. Ambujam Krishna. I think my translation is very tame and pale compared to the tsunami-like emotions the original verses invoke. If I can improve on this I will try, but do not hold your breath.

pallavi
uruga vENDAmO (mei uruga vENDAmO) (aDimai mei uruga vENDAmO)
rAmA rAmA rAmAvenDru (uruga vENDAmO)

ShouldnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t (vENDAmO) [1] my heart melt completely (uruga) [2], nay, shouldnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t the heart and soul (mei) of this slave (ADimai) of yours melt completely and glow with love (uruga) while immersed and lost in thoughts of rAmA (rAmA rAmA enDru) [3]?

anupallavi
aruLuDan ennai kAkkum paramA vaDivazhaguDan
unnarum guNangaL ninaindu (uruga vENDamO)

(Shouldn't my heart and soul melt completely and glow with love) even as I think (ninaidu) of your (un) great/unique/sterling (arum) qualities/virtues (guNangaL) along with (uDan) the unequalled/exemplary (parama) beauty (azhagu) of your form (vaDivu) as you protect (kAkkum) me (ennai) with (uDan) grace (aruL)?

caraNam
paN pADinAl pOdumO koNDADi koNDADi unnai kaNNAra kaNDu kaLittiDa vENDAmO
pada malar pUjittAl pOdumO adan nizhaLil paravasham aDaindiDa vENDAmO

Will it be enough (pOdumO) to merely sing (pADinAl) songs (paN) in your praise? Shouldn't (vENDAmO) one celebrate (koNDADi) and cherish (koNDADi) you (unnai), and exult (kaLittiDa) in beholding (kaNDu) you to one's heart's/eye's content (kaNNAra)? Will it be enough (pOdumO) to merely offer prayers (pUjittAl) at your flower-like (malar) feet (pada)? Shouldn't (vENDAmO) one experience (aDaindiDa) rapturous transports of joy (paravaSam) while in the shadow (nizhalil) of those (adan) feet of yours?

madhyamakAla sAhityam
pankaja malar Celvi parinduRai mArbinil mangalamAyttigah
maNiyil uRaindu angamelAm puLakAntitameidu pEr-
-Ananda nilai pera allum pagalum nAn (uruga vENDAmO)

(Shouldn't my heart and soul melt completely and glow with love) so that I (nAn) too can rest (uRaindu) [4] in that gem (maNiyil) of a chest (mArbinil) that shines brightly (tigazh) exuding propitiousness (mangaLamAi), the same chest where the auspicious lady (Selvi) of the lotus (pankaja) flower (malar), mahAlakshmI, lovingly (parindu) resides (uRai), and experience horripilations (pulakAnkitameidu) all over my body (angamelAm) as I attain (pera) the state (nilai) of supreme bliss (pErAnanda) for eternity (allum pagalum - day and night, continually, eternally)?

FOOTNOTES
[1] Although I have chosen to translate vENDAmO as 'shouldn't', I think that 'mustn't' would be perfectly appropriate as well
[2] Melting of the heart is a very powerful metaphor - one's heart is supposed to be like butter - the white representing the purity, and the ease with which butter melts representing how one's heart is supposed to melt with love and compassion for one's fellow-beings and the Almighty. And it is this 'butter-like' heart that the Lord covets - forming the philosophy behind the antics of the delightful mAkhan cOr of brindAvan
[3] The concept of thinking of rAmA is not explicit in the pallavi, but becomes clear in the anupallavi
[4] The composer/devotee is longing for the ultimate union - both physical and metaphysical with the Lord - the jIvAtmA merging completely with the paramAtmA

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 23 May 2009, 04:04

Ravi, uRaindu need not mean merging "metaphysically". There is a reference SrIvISNu purANA that the jIvAtmA is rests the thirumaru exactly like SrImahAlakShmi and the koustubham. Even svAmi dEsikan refers this in a pAsuram, "puruDan maNivaramAga ponnAmUla pirakiti...". This reference can be used here. SrImati kRSNa is talking about her being an ornament for perumAL, SrIrAman. This is like asking for nityakaimkaryam (eternal service).

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 23 May 2009, 06:48

Thank you, Ravi, for your [as usual!] evocative and easy-to-follow translation. It's a huge help while learning the song...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 May 2009, 07:02

Krishna,
While your family would have known AK well, do you remember meeting her as a child? She would have loved to have heard what you have said and would have been moved...

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 23 May 2009, 07:30

ksrimech wrote:Ravi, uRaindu need not mean merging "metaphysically". There is a reference SrIvISNu purANA that the jIvAtmA is rests the thirumaru exactly like SrImahAlakShmi and the koustubham. Even svAmi dEsikan refers this in a pAsuram, "puruDan maNivaramAga ponnAmUla pirakiti...". This reference can be used here. SrImati kRSNa is talking about her being an ornament for perumAL, SrIrAman. This is like asking for nityakaimkaryam (eternal service).

This is a very nice analogy ksrimech. Thanks for sharing it...

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 23 May 2009, 08:17

I dont think my family knew the TVS group that well except for my mAmA. He was very close to the TVS family particularly SrImAn kRSNa. My father himself was employed with SrImAn T V sundaramayyangAr's grandson about 15 years or so (when I was a small kid). He has seen her at functions. My grandmom could have met her. I haven't met her personally. I have loved every bit of her bhakti through her kritis. I think I too would have enjoyed interactions with her. BTW, I'm related to the Hindu group and the Madras Music Academy group

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