Song:
udaja gOpa sundara giridhara
udaja gOpa sundara giridhara
raagam: umAbharaNa
28 harikaambhOji janya
Aa:S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S
Av: S N2 P M1 R2 G3 M1 R2 S
taaLam: Adi
Composer: OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyyar
Language: Tamil
pallavi
udaja gOpa sundarA giridhara UlUkka lAlAna dAmOdara murahara hari
anupallavi
vidagdha gOpa vadhUjana jIvana vENugAna vinOda vAdana
caraNam
sadA madhura muralIgAna sudhArasa adharapAna samAna
latA nikunja kuTIra nidAna rAja rAjagOpAla madhusUdana
Meaning:
pallavi
udaja gOpa - O O Cowherd who drives cattle (to graze)!
sundara - O Handsome one
giridhara - O One who lifted the mountain!
ulUkhala AlAna - O One tied down to the mortar(by Yasoda)!
damOdara O One with rope marks on your abdomen!
murahara - O Destroyer of the demon Mura!
anupallavi
vidagdha - O Skilled one!
gOpa vadhUjana jeevana - O Very life of the Gopa women (i.e. Gopikas)
vENu gAna vinOda vAdana - O One playfully playing the flute!
caraNam
sadA madhura muraḷI gAna - sudhArasa adhara pAna samAna -
O One whose nectar-like sweet flute music is like the ambrosial kiss of your lips!
latA nikunja kuṭeera nidhAna - O One residing in the creeper bower-house!
rājagōpāla - O Regal Gopala!
madhusUdana -O Destroyer of the demon Madhu!
Notation:
Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Rajani Arjun Shankar.