zrI nArada nAda
Sahityam
Pallavi
zrI nArada nAda sarasI-ruha bhRGga zubhAGga
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O Lord Sri Narada! O Bee which hovers over (or drinks the nectar of) the lotus called Nada! O Auspicious bodied!
Anupallavi
dIna mAna rakSaka jagad¹-Iza bhEza² saGkAza (zrI)
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O Protector of the honour of the humble people! O Lord of the Universe! O Lord who resembles the moon – Lord of lunar asterisms!
Charanam
vEda³ janita vara vINA vAdana tatvajna
khEda hara tri⁴-tApa rahita khEcara⁵ vinuta
yAdava kulajApta sadA mOda hRdaya muni varya
zrI-da tyAgarAja vinuta zrI-kara mAm pAlaya (zrI)
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khEda hara tri⁴-tApa rahita khEcara⁵ vinuta
yAdava kulajApta sadA mOda hRdaya muni varya
zrI-da tyAgarAja vinuta zrI-kara mAm pAlaya (zrI)
O Expert player of blessed lute – born of Vedas! O Lord who removes afflictions! O Lord who is beyond the triad of afflictions! O Lord praised by Tumburu – the Gandharva! O Friend of Krishna – born in the race of Yadu! O Lord whose heart is always in a state of bliss! O Lord sought by ascetics! O Bestower of prosperity! O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! O Lord who causes prosperity! Please protect me.
Variations
References
- 2 bhEza – bha+Iza – ‘bha ’ means the number ‘27’ and ‘stars of lunar asterism’.
- 3 vEda janita vINA vAdana – views of well-known Veena 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 – [[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401120600.htm Veena]]
- 4 tri-tApa – tApa-traya - AdhyAtmika, Adhi-daivika, Adhi-bhautika – (ourselves, others, will of God).
Commentary
- 1 jagadIza – The significance of this epithet is not clear. ‘jagatI ’ is a metre in ancient Sanskrit texts – for more information on ‘jagatI metre’ please visit - [[http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/vedol-9-R.html Ancient Texts]]
- 5 khEcara – This word means ‘one moving in the air’, ‘a bird’, ‘a Gandharva’ and also Lord Siva. This word might mean ‘Tumburu’ – the chief Gandharva – celestial musicians who is often associated with sage Narada.
- Incidentally ‘KhEcari ’ is the name of a Mudra defined in Hatha Yoga. For more details, please visit web site – [[http://www.santosha.com/philosophy/hathayoga-pradipika-chapter3.html Hatha Yoga]]
- 6 muni varya – vAlmIki was initiated by sage Narada.
- General – To know more about ‘Narada’, please visit – [[http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/ListOfCollatedArticles/Narada.html Narada]]. ‘Narada Bhakti Sutras’ is the most famous work of sage Narada.