meanings for two annamacharya krithis

sourirjn · Post by **sourirjn** » 07 Mar 2008, 15:11

Dear all, Could anyone please narrate the meanings of the Annamacharya krithis: (1) Mangambudhi Hanumantha, and (2) Chakkani Talliki Changubala. Even Google has failed to tell me. Carnatic Music Lover : Sourirjn.

Rigapada · Post by **Rigapada** » 09 Mar 2008, 10:39

Dear sourirjn,
The lyrics for the two songs is given below: I shall provide the meanings later.These are from the site of Sistla.org.

Mangambudhi Hanumantha

3-334)sAmaMtaM/dharmavati
pa|| maMgAMbudhi hanumaMta nI SaraNu | maMgaviMcitimi hanumaMtA ||
ca|| bAlArkabiMbamu PalamanipaTTina | AlaricEtalahanumaMtA |
tUlanibrahmAdulacE varamulu | vOlijEkonina vO hanumaMtA ||
ca|| jaladhidATa nI satvamu kapulaku | nalari delipitivi hanumaMtA |
yilayu nAkasamu nEkamugA naTu | balimi berigitivi BaLI hanumaMtA ||
ca|| pAtALamulOpali mairAvaNu- | nAtala jaMpina hanumaMtA |
cEtulu mODcuka SrIvEMkaTapati- | nItala golicE hita hanumaMtA ||

Chakkani Talliki Changubala

1-84)pADi
pa|| cakkani talliki cAMgu baLA tana | cakkera mOviki cAMgu baLA ||
ca|| kulikETi muripepu gummariMpu dana | saLupu jUpulaku cAMgu baLA |
palukula soMpula batitO kasareDi | calamula yalukaku cAMgu baLA ||
ca|| kinneratO bati kelana nilucu dana | cannu merugulaku cAMgu baLA |
unnati batipai noragi nilucu dana | sannapu naDimiki cAMgu baLA ||
ca|| jaMdepu mutyapu sarula hAramula | caMdana gaMdhiki cAMgu baLA |
viMdai vEMkaTaviBu benacina tana | saMdi daMDalaku cAMgu baLA ||

sourirjn · Post by **sourirjn** » 11 Mar 2008, 17:22

Dear Shri.Rigapada, Thanks for the lyrics. But I already have the lyrics. I am much impressed with the krithis. I would love to understand the meanings of the lyrics. Hope you would help me soon. Thanks again for all the efforts. with love for carnatic music, sourirjn.

Rigapada · Post by **Rigapada** » 16 Mar 2008, 22:30

Mangambudhi Hanumantha

3-334)sAmaMtaM/dharmavati
pa|| maMgAMbudhi hanumaMta nI SaraNu | maMgaviMcitimi hanumaMtA ||

This version of the Pallavi is not easily understood. If one hears this song as sung by Balakrishna Prasad, at places, one can hear a slightly different version which goes as:

maMdAMbudhi hanumaMtA nI SaraNa maMdagiMcitimi hanumaMtA ||
O Hanuman, subduer of the ocean!(maMda+aMbudhi), we are adorned (covered) by your (nI) shelter (SaraNamu+aMdagiMcitimi)

ca|| bAlArka biMbamu Palamani paTTina AlaricEtala hanumaMtA |
O Hanuman, you are with troublesome actions (Alari cEtalu = wicked actions), like holding (paTTina) the the morning sun (bAlArka biMbamu) thinking it is a fruit (phalamu+ani)

tUlani brahmAdulacE varamulu Oli cEkonina O hanumaMtA ||
O Hanumanta, you have taken (cEkonina) boons (varamulu) in line (Oli)from Gods like Brahma and others (brahmAdulacE) who are immovable(tUlani is negative form of tUlu, to move or stagger). Oli also means dowry or money given to the bride by the maternal uncle.

ca|| jaladhi dATa nI satvamu kapulaku alari telipitivi hanumaMtA |
O Hanuman, you showed off (alari telipitivi) your (nI) strength (satvamu) to cross the ocean (jaladhi dATa)

ilayu nAkasamu nEkamugA naTu balimi perigitivi bhaLI hanumaMtA ||
O Hanuman, Bravo! (bhaLi) you grew with strength (balimi perigitivi) such that the earth and the sky became one (ilayu -n-Akasamu -n-EkamugA-n-aTu)

ca|| pAtALamu lOpali mairAvaNu (n)Atala caMpina hanumaMtA |
O Hanuman, you killed playfully (Atala caMpina) MairavaNa of Patala

cEtulu mODcuka SrI vEMkaTapati (n)Itala golicE hita hanumaMtA ||
O Hanumanta, with folded hands(cEtulu mODcuka) you salute (golicE) SrI vEMkaTapati standing on the side (Itala).

I would like to quote Sri G Balakrishna Prasad from one of his books:
"The kirtanams of Annamacharya are lofty both from linguistic as well as imaginative points. We are not able to enjoy the full meaning of these songs as many of the words are not used at present and no dictionary is giving the appropriate meaning. And also Annamacharya has wide knowledge of different Shastras like Agama, and different languages of that time like Tamil, Kannada etc and used the words as well as style of those languages. So one has to be adept in all those languages as well as the Sampradaya of those times to be able to correctly interpret his songs. It is true that some times, Annamayya's songs are sung without knowing the correct meanings."
So, please take my effort above in that spirit. I tried to give the central Bhava of the song. The meanings and interpretation of individual words may be debatable, but they are correct as per the Sankaranarayana Dictionary.

--Rigapada

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Mar 2008, 22:54

Rigapada,

No need to apologize - as usual, your efforts speak for themselves! Thank you so much for taking the trouble with your translations! That this is such a lovely composition becomes clear when one reads your translation.

rigapada wrote:ca|| bAlArka biMbamu Palamani paTTina AlaricEtala hanumaMtA |
O Hanuman, you are with troublesome actions (Alari cEtalu = wicked actions), like holding (paTTina) the the morning sun (bAlArka biMbamu) thinking it is a fruit (phalamu+ani)

This is described equally picturesquely in the sankaT mOcan hanUmAn ashTak -
'bAl samay ravi bhakS liyO tab tInahu lOk bhayO andhiyArO' - In your childhood (bAl samay), when you swallowed (bhakS liyO) the sun (ravi), you plunged the 3 worlds (tInahu lOk) into darkness (bhayO andhiyArO)!

rigapada wrote:ca|| pAtALamu lOpali mairAvaNu (n)Atala caMpina hanumaMtA |
O Hanuman, you killed playfully (Atala caMpina) MairavaNa of Patala

The same composition ends with this prayer -
bandhu samEt jabai ahi rAvaN lai raghunAth pAtAl sidhArO |
dEbahi pUji balI bidhi so balI dEu sabai mili mantra vicArO ||
jAy sahAy bhayO ahirAvaN sainya samEt samhArO |
kAj kiyE baDh dEvan kE tum vIr mahAprabhU dEkhi vicArO ||
kaun so sankaT mOr garIb kO jO tumsE nahIn jAt hai ThArO |
bEgI harO hanUmAn mahaprabhU jO kachu sankaT hOi hamArO ||

sourirjn · Post by **sourirjn** » 17 Mar 2008, 12:36

Dear Shri Rigapada and Shri R Shankar,
Thanks to both of you for all your efforts. Sourirjn

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 18 Mar 2008, 19:10

sourirjin,

The credit belongs to rigapada alone, and so should your thanks!

Rigapada · Post by **Rigapada** » 22 Mar 2008, 19:06

-84)pADi

pa|| cakkani talliki cAMgu bhaLA, tana cakkera mOviki cAMgu bhaLA ||

bhallArE, bhaLa, bhaLA, bhaLAre, bhaLArE, bhaLi, bhaLira, bhaLI are all
interjections meaning well done, very good, bravo! excellent.

cAMgu = (verb intransitive) to be stretched or extended, to extend, lengthen, to fall prostrate.

cAMgurE = (interj) well done, excellent.

The beauty of Alamelumanga is extraordinay and Samkirtanacharya is praising her beauty by saying "cAMgu bhaLA"

Bravo to the beautiful mother (cakkani talliki), bravo to her (tana) sugary
(cakkera) lips.

ca|| kulikeDi muripepu kummariMpu tana saLupu jUpulaku cAMgu bhaLA |

Bravo to the sharp (saLupu) glances (jUpulaku), which are pouring out of her
graceful beauty. She is conscious of her beauty. Hence she moves with a proud gait. And due to this affected movement (kulikeDi), her beauty (muripepu) is over flowing (kummarimpu) through her eyes as glances. Bravo to them.
saLupu literally means sharp pain.

palukula soMpula batitO kasareDi calamula (y)alukaku cAMgu bhaLA ||

Bravo to her fickle or false (calamula) anger (alukaku) which is shown by her
speaking roughly (kasareDi) to her husband (patito) with delightful (soMpula)
words (palukula). She seems to be showing her anger by seemingly speaking
roughly but with delightful words. Bravo to her false anger!

ca|| kinneratO bati kelana nilucu tana cannu merugulaku cAMgu bhaLA |

Bravo to the brilliance (merugulaku) of her breasts (tana cannu) as she stands
(nilucu) by the side of her (kelana) huaband (bati) along with a lute! (kinneratO)

unnati batipai noragi nilucu tana sannapu naDimiki cAMgu bhaLA ||

Bravo to her (tana) slender (sannapu) waist (naDimiki) as she stands(nilucu)
leaning (oragi) on her tall (unnati) Lord! (batipai)

ca|| jaMdepu mutyapu sarula hAramula caMdana gaMdhiki cAMgu bhaLA |

Bravo to her who is having the smell (gaMdhiki) of sandal (caMdana) and one with necklace (hAramula) of strands (sarula) of pearls (mutyapu)!
jaMdepu =? does it represent a number of the strands used for the necklace ?

viMdai vEMkaTaviBu benacina tana saMdi daMDalaku cAMgu bhaLA ||

Bravo to the ornaments on her shoulders (tana saMdidaMDalaku) as she
embraced with her hands (benacina) around VeMkaTavibhu as a treat (viMdai)!
saMdi = daMDa = upper arm. So, we can also interpret as: Bravo to her arms which embraced vEMkaTavibhu!

Bravo to the colors of HOLI used by Krishna and Radha!

Best wishes to all on this holy day of Holi!

--Rigapada

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Mar 2008, 00:21

Thanks, Rigapada for that lovely translation. And a very happy Holi to you too.

This is a rather folksy composition, very appropriately set in the folksy pADi. Do you know if SrI annamAccAryA set it to pADI himself?

rigapada wrote:And due to this affected movement (kulikeDi)

Ambika/Umesh/Parimal:
Is this the ullAsa naDai in bharatanATyam terminology?

sourirjn · Post by **sourirjn** » 24 Mar 2008, 12:17

Dear Shri Rigapada, Thanks a lot for the excellent translation and Dear Shri R Shankar Thanks for the informed discussions. With respects, sourirjn.

shacha · Post by **shacha** » 24 Mar 2008, 17:02

Hi All,

I would like to listen to this song - Mangambudhi Hanumantha.

Please tell me from where I can listen to it.

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 24 Mar 2008, 17:06

shacha,
It is often broadcast by Worldspace - particularly during evening 4 - 7 PM slot. Please send a request to them.

Rigapada · Post by **Rigapada** » 24 Mar 2008, 18:41

You may download from TTD site in Real format along with about 700 other songs.

--Rigapada

sourirjn · Post by **sourirjn** » 27 Mar 2008, 11:38

The song mangambudhi hanumantha is sung by Smt Vishakha Hari as a part of her album 'Sundarakandam -Thyagaraja Ramayanam' released by Moser Baer.