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maa ramaNan
raagam: hindOLam
20 naTabhairavi janya
Aa: S G2 M1 D1 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 M1 G2 S
taaLam: roopakam
Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan
Language: Tamil
pallavi
maa ramaNan umaa ramaNan
malaraDi paNi manamE dinamE
(maa)
anupallavi
maara janakan kumaara janakan
malai mEl uraibavan paarkaDal
alai mEl tuyilbavan paavana
(citta swaram)
citta swaram
m, ndmg dmgs n.d. || m., d.m.n.d. sn.gs mg ||
m, gsn.s d.n.s, gs || m, gmdn dmgs mg ||
m, dndd ndmg md || m, nndd ngmd nS ||
M, GSMG MGSn GS || M, GSnd m,gs n.s ||
(maa)
caraNam
aayiram peyaraal azhaippinum
aayiram urumaarinum - uyar
taayin migu dayaaparan padam
tanjam enbavarai anjal enraruLum
(citta swaram)
Meaning:
pallavi:
maa - mother, to denote Lakshmi
Lord Shiva (ramaNan), married to Uma
malaraDi - feet as beautiful as a flower
paNi - go down to (feet)
manamE - heart
dinamE - daily
The one married to Lakshmi (Vishnu) and the one married to Uma (Siva), I bow down to your feet as beautiful as a flower, my love, every day.
anupallavi: janakan - father
maara - god of love
kumaara - Shanmuga, Murugan, Manmadan
malai mEl - on the mountain (Kailash)
paarkaDal - the ocean upon which Vishnu lies
alai - wave
Father of the god of love (Vishnu), and the father of Murugan (Siva). The one who lives on the mountain Kailaash (Siva), even the one who lies on the ocean waves (Vishnu) upon his snake worships you.
caraNam: aayiram - 1000
peyar - name
azhai - to call
urumaarinum - changing form
uyar - highest respected
taay - mother
migu - more than
dayaaparan - Shiva
padam - feet
tanjam - surrender
anjal - don't be afraid
aruLum - to bless
Even if I call you with a 1000 names (done for Visnhu), even if you change forms a 1000 ways (Siva), with more respect than even given a mother, he blesses all at his feet. One who surrenders himself at his feet will not be afraid, because Shiva will bless you and take you with him.
Notation:
Notation available here at Shivkumar Kalyanaraman's Krithi Archive. Also, listen to the music class
here.
Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Anuradha Suresh.