Untitled

karnATik


Untitled
Home
Subscribe
Contact

Donate via PayPal




Print Friendly and PDF

Song: nammammaa shaaradE


nammamma shaaradhE
raagam: mOhanam

28 harikaambhOji janya
Aa: S R2 G3 P D2 S
Av: S D2 P G3 R2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: Kanaka Daasa
Language: KannaDa

pallavi

nammammA shArade umA mahEshwarI
nimmoLagihanArammA

anupallavi

kammagOlana vairi sutanAda sonDila
hemmeya gaNanAthanE

caraNam 1

mOre kappina bhAva moradagalada kivi
kOredADeyanArammA
mUrukaNNana suta
muridiTTa chandrana
dhIra tA gaNanAthanE

caraNam 2

uTTa pachcheya bigiduTTa chellaNada
diTTa tAnivanArammA
paTTada rANi pArvatiya kumAranu
hoTTeya gaNanAthanE

caraNam 3

rAshi vidyeya balla
ramaNI hambalanolla
bhAsHiganivanArammA
lEsAgi janara salahuva
kAginele
AdikEshava dAsa kaNE


Meaning:
Here kanakadAsa engages in an interrogative in which he poses a rhetorical question about who "this person" is and then replies to it with the answer, "gaNanAtha, of course!", each time referring to a different facet of Lord GaNesha.

pallavi: Who, O Mother, is the one who is inside of you?

anupallavi: kammaGolana = kamman gOl = (carrying an) arrow of flowers = kAma (desire). The vairi (enemy) of kAma is Lord Shiva. The son of Shiva is Ganesha, our proud Lord, of course!

caraNam 1: Who is He of huge ears and a broken tusk?
The son of He who has three eyes
In "muridiTTa chandana," Kanakadasa here probably refers to a tale in which Ganesha breaks the moon on his father's head.
The brave Lord, of course!

caraNam 2: Line 3 says he is our beloved Queen Paarvati's son. He belongs to the stomach of Parvati, of course!

caraNam 3: Possessing infinite knowledge
One who is not interested in the fair sex
Who is this great orator?
One who cares for his children, people, folk
"Kaginele," in Dharwad district in north Karnataka, is where Kanakadasa hailed from. KanakadAsa was a devotee of Lord Vishnu and was highly attached to a beautiful Vishnu temple in Kaginele.
Our devotee of Lord Vishnu, of course!


Other information:
"AadikEshavaa" is also Kanaka Daasa's pen name, or mudra.


first | previous | next

Contact us

This page provided by Geocities

updated on 03/23/2009