Meaning for Sri Raman Ravi Kula Soman

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HarishankarK
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Meaning for Sri Raman Ravi Kula Soman

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Hi
Need meaning for the bold phrases in below Papanasam Sivan kruthi

shrI rAman ravikula sOman raNadhIran shrI raghuvIran avanE enadu tuNai

anupallavi

ArAvamudan amarar tuyar dhIra bhuviyil dasharatha kumAran enavavataritta udAra caritan oru tAraviratan jaya

caraNam

mAdhark-kaNikalam ena varu sItApati vana gamana vinOdan munNijana hrdayA
mOda nidhAnan vAtAtmaja mrdukara dhrDha pAdan
vanaja vadanan sAkEta nagara jana hrdaya sAdhaka-vabinnava nIrada sundaran

rshankar
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Re: Meaning for Sri Raman Ravi Kula Soman

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pallavi
shrI rAman ravikula sOman raNadhIran shrI raghuvIran avanE enadu tuNai

That rAma, who is 1) the moon (sOman) of the solar (ravi) dynasty (kula), 2) a skillful warrior (raNadhIran) 3) the brave scion of the raghu (raghuvIran) - he (avanE) is my (enadu) companion (tuNai)

anupallavi
ArAvamudan amarar tuyar tIra bhuviyil dasharatha kumAran enavavataritta udAra caritan oru dAra viratan jaya

Victory (jaya) to him, [who] 1) is the ambrosia that never satiates (ArAvamudan) 2) incarnated (avataritta) as (ena) the son (kumAran) of daSaratha on this earth (bhuviyil) in order to put an end to (tIra) the sorrows (tuyar) of the gods (amarar), 3) has a phenomenally generous (udAra) nature (caritan), and 4) has taken a vow (viratan) to have only one (oru) wife (dAra[m])

caraNam
mAdark-kaNikalam ena varu sItA pati vana gamana vinOdan munNijana hrdayA
mOda nidhAnan vAtAtmaja mrdukara dhrDha pAdan
vanaja vadanan sAkEta nagara jana hrdaya sAdhaka-vabhinava nIrada sundaran

He 1) is the husband (pati) of sItA, who comes/appears (varu) as (ena) the adornment (aNikalam) of womankind (mAdarku), 2) is amazing (vinOdan) as one who went (gamana) to the forest (vana), 3) is a joyful (mOda) resident (nidhAnan) in the hearts (hRdaya) of sages (munijana), 4) has the son of vAyu (vAtAtmaja = hanumAn) firmly (dRDha) planted at his soft (mRdukara) feet (pAdan), 5) has a lotus (vanaja)-like face (vadanan), 6) is handsome (sundaran) like a fresh (abhinava) cloud (nIrada) that energizes (sAdhaka) the hearts (hRdaya) of the peoples (jana) of the city (nagara) of ayOdhyA (sAkEta).

Rajani
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Re: Meaning for Sri Raman Ravi Kula Soman

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Very nice Ravi.

Could it be vAtAtmaja mrdukara dhrta pAdan (one whose feet are held by the soft hands of Hanuman)
Like Tyagaraja says "surasA ripu karAbja lAlita caraNa" in Jagadanandakaraka.

rshankar
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Re: Meaning for Sri Raman Ravi Kula Soman

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Rajani: you are probably correct. I think it would be useful to see the original lyrics.

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