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Mamava Meenakshi (Class / Lesson): Varali ; Misra Chapu; Dikshitar

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Mamava Meenakshi

Ragam: Varali (39th Melakartha Jhalavarali Janyam)

ARO: S G₁ R₁ G₁ M₂ P D₁ N₃ Ṡ ||

AVA: Ṡ N₃ D₁ P M₂ G₁ R₁ S ||

Talam: Misra Chapu

Composer: Dikshitar

Version: Semmangudi 

Meaning Courtesy: http://guru-guha.blogspot.com/2008/04/dikshitar-kriti-mamava-meenakshi-raga.html

Sahityam: mAmava mInAkshi rAja mAtangi

Meaning

mAM-ava - Protect me!

mInAkshi - O Goddess Meenakshi, the fish-eyed one!

rAja mAtangi - O regal daughter of Sage Matanga!

Sahityam: mANikya vallakI pANi madhura vANi varALi vENi

Meaning: 

mANikya vallakI pANi - O one holding a ruby-studded (mANikya) Veena (vallakI) in your hands (pANi) !

madhura vANi - O one whose voice and speech (vANi) are sweet (madhura)!

vara-aLi vENi - O one whose braid (vENi) is (dark and glossy) like a superior bumble-bee (vara-aLi)!

Sahityam: sOma sundarESvara sukha sphUrti rUpiNi

Meaning:  O one whose form (rUpiNi) is a wellspring (sphUrti) of joy (sukha) to Shiva (Somasundareshvara),

Sahityam: SyAmE Sankari digvijaya pratApini

Meaning: O dark one! O wife of Shiva (Shankara)! O heroic one (pratApini) who conquered (Vijaya) (countries in) all the directions (dig)!

SyAmE - O dark one!

Sankari   - O wife of Shiva (Shankara)!

dig-vijaya pratApini - O heroic one (pratApini) who conquered (Vijaya) (countries in) all the directions (dig)!

Sahityam: hEma ratnAbharaNa dhAriNi

Meaning:  O one wearing (dhAriNi) bejeweled golden (hEma) ornaments (ratna-AbharaNa) !

Sahityam: ISa guru guha hRdAgAriNi

Meaning: O one whose residence (AgAriNi) is the hearts (hRd) of Shiva (Isa) and Guruguha!

Sahityam: kAmitArtha vitaraNa dhOriNi kAruNyAmRta pari-pUraNi

Meaning: O uninterrupted stream (dhOriNi) of bestowal (vitaraNa) of desired (kAmitha) objects (Artha)! O one filled (pari-pUraNi) with the nectar (amRta) of compassion (kAruNya)!

kAmita-artha vitaraNa dhOriNi - O uninterrupted stream (dhOriNi) of bestowal (vitaraNa) of desired (kAmitha) objects (Artha)!

kAruNya-amRta pari-pUraNi - O one filled (pari-pUraNi) with the nectar (amRta) of compassion (kAruNya)!

Sahityam: kAma krOdhAdi nivAriNi kadamba kAnana vihAriNi

Meaning: O one who removes (nivArini) desire (Kama), anger (KrOdha) and other (Adi) evil tendencies… O one who sports in (vihArini) the Kadamba forest (kAnana)!...

kAma krOdha-Adi nivAriNi - O one who removes (nivArini) desire (Kama), anger (KrOdha) and other (Adi) evil tendencies…

kadamba kAnana vihAriNi  - O one who sports in (vihArini) the Kadamba forest (kAnana)!

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