Lyrics and meaning for Sri VenkataSaila Vihara - H.Kalyani-

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 11 Sep 2008, 11:33

Request you to provide me the lyrics and meaning for Sri VenkataSaila Vihara - H.Kalyani- Subbaraya Sastri Composition - am putting an effort to learn the same

Thanks

Rigapada · Post by **Rigapada** » 15 Sep 2008, 19:08

veMkaTa Saila vihAra, hamIru kalyANi, Adi, Subbaraya Sastry.

P: veMkaTa Saila vihAra nIvE gati brOva rAdA, SrI

A: paMkajabhava surapati nuta caraNa
kiMkara saMkula saMkata haraNa Sri | veMkaTa |

C1: viMTini nE nI vara guNa kathalanu vInulakeMtO AnaMdamuga
kaMTini girini gOpuramula maNimaya maMTapamula
nI baMTuDa naiti | veMkaTa |

--Rigapada

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 16 Sep 2008, 19:32

Thanks a lot

Any site where i can get the meaning !!

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 16 Sep 2008, 19:35

Thanks a lot

Any site where i can get the meaning of this krithi

Harish

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Sep 2008, 23:16

Harishankar,

A beautiful composition! Thanks for bringing to everyone's attention, and thanks to Sarmaji for providing the lyrics.

Here is my attempt at translating it. Sarmaji (rigapada) can fix the errors:

pallavI:
Oh resident (vihArA) of tirupati (venkaTa Saila â€“ the mountain/hillock called vEnkaTa)! Are you not able to (rAdA) protect (brOva) me, a destitute that has no other recourse (gati) but you (nIvE) for salvation?

anupallavI:
Oh Lord, whose feet (caraNa) are worshiped (nuta) by brahmA (pankajabhava) and indra (surapati)! You are the one who destroys (haraNa) the troubles (saMkaTa) of all (saMkula = throngs) of your devoted servants (kiMkara).

caraNam:
As I (nE) heard (viMTini) the stories (kathalanu) extolling your sterling (vara) character (guNa) â€“ stories that were so (eMtO) delightful (AnandamugA) to hear (vinulaku), and as I beheld (kaMTini) the gOpuram (gOpuramula), and the jewel-encrusted (maNimaya) manDapam (maMTapamula) on top of the veMkaTa hill (girini), I became (aiti) your (nI) most devoted servant (baMTuDanu).

Rigapada · Post by **Rigapada** » 17 Sep 2008, 07:14

Dear Shankar,
Very well done.
The AP can also be written as: "all the troubles of your servants"
--Rigapada

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 17 Sep 2008, 08:08

Thank you!

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 17 Sep 2008, 14:16

Really a very beautiful composition!
I have not heard of the composer before....

and, are there any audio versions online?

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 18 Sep 2008, 11:26

Thanks a lot everybody - I like Sowmya's rendering of this best
This rendering is available for free download and listening in Sangeethapriya.org. Just search with hamir kalyani or venkatasaila etc

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 18 Sep 2008, 11:27

Syama Sastriji is simply great in this composition !!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 18 Sep 2008, 16:17

If this is Sri Syama Sastri's composition, then it would appear to be missing another caraNa with his mudra in it. Is that the case, or, is this one of the compositions without his mudra?

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 18 Sep 2008, 16:29

sorry for the confusion - this is Subbaraya Sastri's composition !! As such i donot differentiate b/w Subbaraya Sastri's and Syama Sastri's compositons - i feel all of them are Syama Sastri's only !!

krishnaa · Post by **krishnaa** » 20 Sep 2008, 18:57

Thanks for the info on the audio, Harishankar!

chingan · Post by **chingan** » 21 Sep 2008, 14:09

Dear Sirs,
Thanks for the lyrics and the meaning. When I saw the meaning I could enjoy the lyrics as well as the Tirumala and Tirupathi came visually before my eys. Added to that I heard the music clippings of Malladi Brothers who has given this song with a very nice presentation of Hamir Kalyani raga aalapanai in Music season recordings of 2000.
Narasimhan