pallavi
SrI nArada nAda sarasI-ruha bhRnga Subh(A)nga
anupallavi
dIna mAna rakshaka 1jagad-ISa 2bh(E)Sa sankASa (SrI)
caraNam
3vEda janita vara vINA vAdana tatvajna
khEda hara 4tri-tApa rahita 5khEcara vinuta
yAdava kulaj(A)pta sadA mOda hRdaya 6muni varya
SrI-da tyAgarAja vinuta SrI-kara mAm pAlaya (SrI)
pallavi
SrI nArada nAda sarasI-ruha bhRnga Subha-anga
O Lord SrI nArada! O Bee (bhRnga) which hovers over (or drinks the nectar of) the lotus (sarasI-ruha) called nAda! O Auspicious (Subha) bodied (anga) (literally limbed) (SubhAnga)!
anupallavi
dIna mAna rakshaka jagad-ISa bha-ISa sankASa (SrI)
O Protector (rakshaka) of the honour (mAna) of the humble people (dIna)! O Lord (ISa) of the Universe (jagat) (jagadISa)! O Lord who resembles (sankASa) the moon – Lord (ISa) of lunar asterisms (bha) (bhESa)!
O Lord SrI nArada! O Bee which hovers over (or drinks the nectar of) the lotus called nAda! O Auspicious bodied!
caraNam
vEda janita vara vINA vAdana tatvajna
khEda hara tri-tApa rahita khEcara vinuta
yAdava kulaja-Apta sadA mOda hRdaya muni varya
SrI-da tyAgarAja vinuta SrI-kara mAm pAlaya (SrI)
O Expert (tatvajna) (literally philosopher) player (vAdana) of blessed (vara) lute (vINA) – born (janita) of vEdas!
O Lord who removes (hara) afflictions (khEda)! O Lord who is beyond (rahita) (literally bereft of) the triad (tri) of afflictions (tApa)! O Lord praised (vinuta) by tumburu – the gandharva (khEcara)!
O Friend (Apta) of kRshNa – born in the race (kulaja) (kulajApta) of yadu (yAdava)! O Lord whose heart (hRdaya) is always (sadA) in a state of bliss (mOda)! O Lord sought (varya) by ascetics (muni)!
O Bestower (da) of prosperity (SrI) (SrI-da)! O Lord praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja! O Lord who causes (kara) prosperity (SrI) (SrI-kara)! Please protect (pAlaya) me (mAm);
O Lord SrI nArada! O Bee which hovers over (or drinks the nectar of) the lotus called nAda! O Auspicious bodied!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
2 – bhESa – bha+ISa – ‘bha’ means the number ‘27’ and ‘stars of lunar asterism’.
3 – vEda janita vINA vAdana – views of well-known vINA player E Gayatri are – “ The scriptures, ... talk of two veenas — Deivee and Manushi. The human body itself is the Deivee Veena. The wooden instrument that human beings play on is the Manushi. .... the distance between the centre of the eyebrows and mulaadhaara is 48 inches, the same as the distance between the bridge and the beginning of the frets of the veena. In the same way as the vertebrae sections become smaller and smaller as they go up, the distance between the frets also get narrower. .... Veena is the only instrument prescribed by the divine scriptures as an instrument containing many universal code secrets to help reveal the ultimate truth to the human being. That is why it has been given an exalted status in Carnatic music". Source – Veena in Music
vINA - ‘mahati’ is the name of nArada’s vINA – Mahati
4 – tri-tApa – tApa-traya - AdhyAtmika, Adhi-daivika, Adhi-bhautika – (ourselves, others, will of God).
6 – muni varya – vAlmIki was initiated by sage nArada.
General – To know more about ‘nArada’ - Story of Narada. ‘Narada Bhakti Sutras’ is the most famous work of sage nArada.
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Comments
1 – jagadISa – The significance of this epithet is not clear. ‘jagatI’ is a metre in ancient Sanskrit texts – for more information on Ancient Text - jagatI metre
5 – khEcara – This word means ‘one moving in the air’, ‘a bird’, ‘a gandharva’ and also Lord Siva. In my opinion, this word might mean ‘tumburu’ – the chief gandharva – celestial musician who is often associated with sage nArada.
Incidentally ‘KhEcari’ is the name of a mudra defined in hatha yOga - khEcari mudra.
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