Lyrics- SubramaNyena Rakshitoham

[sbala]

I'm looking for the lyrics for this Suddha Dhanyasi Krithi. It would be good if someone can point me to a resource or post the same here.

[meena]

website for lyrics, we have taken the time to lookup and post the links , please look up this thread before requesting. thanks

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1090

[sbala]

Thanks Meena, I was listening to 2 renditions - one by Shri Semmangudi and another by Smt. Vedavalli. There seem to be some variations in the charanam. guruguha.org has another variation.

In Shri Semmangudi's and Guruguha, it is bhogamokhsadanena whereas Smt. Vedavalii renders it as bhogamokhsapradena. Also, Smt Vedavalli and guruguha have it as venkatesvarasupujitena while Shri Semmangudi's renders it as venkatesvaranamarupena.

Which is the right version?

[ajaysimha]

the krithi says:
Subrahmanyena Rakshitoham Ashtaadasha Lochanaakhandena
which translates to:
I am protected by Lord Subrahmanya, possessing eighteen eyes and he is immeasurable.

usually it is said that sri Subrahmanya has 6 faces(shanmukha), then it should have been dwa-dasha lochana (12 eyes)

is there any significance of 18 eyes ??

[Lakshman]

Perhaps the six eyes on the foreheads are included?

[rshankar]

As I understand it, each face has 3 eyes, as Lakshman-ji has indicated.

[ajaysimha]

oh that was a brilliant find by lakshman ji.