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pAvana guru

 

RAGAM- hamsAnandi  (53rd Melakartha Ganashrama Janyam)

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AROHANA:        S
R₁ G₃ M₂ D₂ N₃
Ṡ             ||

AVAROHANA:  Ṡ
N₃ D₂ M₂ G₃ R₁
S            ||

taaLam: Rupakam

Composer: Lalita Daasar

Lyrics: Courtesy karnatik.com and Lakshman Ragde

Meanings: ChatGPT Plus with author edits

Version: Ram Kaushik (Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn7dVpLB5zA
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Audio Class (MP3): www.shivkumar.org/music/pavanaguru-hamsanandi-class.mp3

 

Pallavi:

pAvanaguru pavana purAdhIshamAshrayE

 

Anupallavi:

jIvana dhara samkAsham krSNam gO-lOkEsham bhAvita nArada
girisham tribhuvanAvanO vEsham

 

caraNam:

pUjita vidhi purandaram rAjita muraLIdharam vraja lalanA
nandakaram ajitam udAram

smara shata shubhakAkAram niravadhi karuNApUram rAdhA vadana cakOram laLitA sOdaram param

Meaning: (ChatGPT Plus with author edits)

Pallavi:

Sahityam: "pAvanaguru pavana purAdhIshamAshrayE"

Meaning: "I seek refuge in the pure teacher
('pAvanaguru'), the pure ('pavana') lord of the sacred city
('purAdhIsham')."

This line is an invocation, expressing
devotion and surrender to a divine figure, Lord Krishna, who is seen as a pure
and guiding force.

 

Anupallavi

Sahityam: "jIvana dhara samkAsham krSNam gO-lOkEsham bhAvita nArada girisham
tribhuvanAvanO vEsham"

Meaning: "Like the sustainer of life ('jIvana dhara'),
Krishna ('krSNam'), the lord of Gokula ('gO-lOkEsham'), contemplated by Narada
('bhAvita nArada'), the lord of the mountains ('girisham'), in the guise of the
protector of the three worlds ('tribhuvanAvanO vEsham')."

Caraṇam

Sahityam: "pUjita vidhi purandaram rAjita muraLIdharam vraja lalanA
nandakaram ajitam udAram"

Meaning: "Worshipped in the right way ('pUjita vidhi'),
the glorified bearer of the flute ('rAjita muraLIdharam'), the joy-giver
('nandakaram') to the women of Vraja ('vraja lalanA'), the unconquered
('ajitam') and magnanimous ('udAram')."

Sahityam: "smara shata shubhakAkAram niravadhi karuNApUram rAdhA vadana
cakOram laLitA sOdaram param"

Meaning: "Remember ('smara') the one of a hundred
auspicious forms ('shata shubhakAkAram'), endless ('niravadhi') in compassion
('karuNApUram'), like the cakora bird to Radha's face ('rAdhA vadana cakOram'),
the playful ('laLitA') brother ('sOdaram'), the supreme ('param')."