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Enna Thavam Sheidanai

Ragam: Kapi {22nd Melakartha Raga (Kharaharapriya) Janyam }

ARO:   S R2 M1 P N3 S  ||

AVO : S N2 D2 N2 P M1 P G2 R2 S ||

Talam: Adi

Composer: Papanasam Sivan

Version: Sikkil Gurucharan

Lyrics & Meaning Courtesy: Karnatik.com

Pallavi

enna tavam sheidanai yasOdA engum nirai parabhrammam ammAvenr-azhaikka

Anupallavi

IrEzu bhuvanangaL paDaittavanaik-kaiyil Endi shIrATTi pAlUTi tAlATTa nI

Charanam 1:

bhramanum indranum manadil porAmai koLLa uralil kaTTi vAi pottik-kenjavaittAi tAyE

Charanam 2:

sanakAdiyar tava yOgam sheidu varundi  sAdhittadai punita mAdE eLidil pera

Meaning (Karnatik.com)

P: Yashoda, what (“enna”) tapas (“tavam” i.e. prayer, sacrifice) did you make (“seidanai”), that the all pervading (“engum nirai”)Almighty(“parabhrammam”) himself calls you dearly (“venr-azhaikka”), "Mother" ? (“ammA”)

A: To take Krishna, the One who created (“paDaittavanai”) the 14 worlds (“IrEzu bhuvanangaL”), to lift him into your arms (“kaiyil Endi”), to rock him to sleep (“shIr-ATTi”), to feed him milk (“pAl-UTi”), what great tapas did you do, Yashoda (“nI enna tavam sheidanai”) ?

C1: O mother (“tAyE”) what tapas did you do, that to the great envy (“manadil porAmai koLLa”) of Brahma and Indra, you could tie (“kaTTi”) Krishna himself to the grinding stone (“uralil”) and bound his mouth (“vAi potti”) and make him beg you for mercy (“kenjavaittAi”)!

C2: What great sages (“Adiyar”) like Sanakaa achieved (“sheidu”) through great tapas and yoga (“tava yOgam”), what they reached by prodigious effort (“varundi sAdhittadai”), you achieved so easily (“mAdE eLidil pera”) - what tapas did YOU do to have this great fortune?