Song:
lambOdaram avalanbE ambAsutam
lambOdaram avalanbE ambAsutam
raagam: kAmbhOji
Aa:S R2 G3 M1 P D2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S N3 P D2 S
taaLam: c/rUpaka
Composer: Mysore VaasudEvaacaarya
Language:
pallavi
lambOdaram avalanbE ambAsutam aharnisham
anupallavi
tumburu nArada vinutam lambAlakam ibhavadanam
caraNam
surabhUsura samsEvita caraNam agha vidUram
sharaNAgata mandAram karuNAsAgaram
hariNAnka garvaharam dhIram guha sOdaram
vara pAshAnkushadharam vAsudEva bhakta varam
Meaning:
pallavi
avalanbE - I take as (my) support
lambOdaram - Ganesha the long-bellied one,
ambA sutam - the son of Parvati,
aharnisham - day and night.
anupallavi
tumburu nArada vinutam - (he is) the one extolled by the sages Tumburu and Narada
lambAlakam - the one with long, hanging curls
ibha vadanam - the elephant faced one.
caraNam
sura bhUsura samsEvita caraNam - the one whose feet are worshipped by Devas and Vedic scholars,
agha vidUram - the one who removes sins,
sharaNAgata mandAram - the wish-fulling Mandaara tree to those who surrender,
karuNA sAgaram - the ocean of mercy,
hariNAnka garvaharam - the destroyer of the pride of the Moon (who has a deer-shaped mark),
dhIram - the wise one,
guha sOdaram - the brother of Subrahmanya,
vara pAshAnkusha dharam - the one holding an excellent noose and goad,
vAsudEva bhakta varam - the eminent devotee of Vasudeva.
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Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Corrections and meaning by Rajani Arjun Shankar.