Cholkettu Vakra Tunda Maha Kavya in Ragamalike in talam

Chokettu

Ragamalika

Thalamalika

Shloka (raga - Lavangi)

Vakra Thunda Mahakaya

Kodi soorya samaprabha

Nirvignam kurume deva

Shubha karyeshu Sarvada

vakra -curved, 

thunda - trunk

maha - large, kaya - body

Kodi - million

soorya - sun

samaprabha - with brilliance of

Nirvignam - free from obstacles

kurume - make

deva - God

Shubha - all

Karyeshu - work

sarvada - always

Oh the one with curved trunk, large body

radiating like millions of suns!

Free me from the obstacles

in all my works, always

Raga - Arabhi

Talam - Adi

// tei, ya, tha ,,m kita taka tari kita / tei, ya, ta ,,m kita taka taka tari kita taka//

// ja m ta nam , ta, taka ja m ta nam , ta, taka / di, tam, ,,, ta jam ,, ta jam ,, ta //

di mi ta di mdimita di mi ta di mdimita/ . tei.ya ta, m tei, ya, ta , m tei, ya//

                                                                ..... tei ya.. tam....

Raga - Suruti

Thala - Mishrachappu

1                      2              3              +             1               2                 3                4

ta                     ri              ta                            na              m                ta               ka

di                     mi            ta                            na              m                ta               ka

ri                      ma           pa                           ni               -                 ni               -

ja                     nu            ta                            di               m               di               m

ja                     nu           di                             m              sa               sa               sa

ja                     nu           ta                             di              m                ri               sa

ni                     da           ja                             nu             ta                ka              di

m                     ta           di                             m              ki                na              to

m                     ta           di                              m             ki                na             to

m                     ta             -                              -                  -                   -                - 

-                     -              -                             -                    -                  -               -

Sahithyam

vellapalunku niramotha

vidagda roopi

kallam kalanju kamalathilezunna

Shakti

Vellathile thirukal

Thalli varum kanakken

Ullathil vanne velayaduka

Saraswathi nee....

Vellapalunku - pearl

niramotha - color like

vidagda - unique

roopi  - structure

kallam - lie

kalanju - remove

kamala - lotus thil - in ezunna - come

shakti - power

vella - water

thile - in

thirakal - waves

thalli - pull

varum - come

veayaduka - play

saraswathee

nee- you

(sahityam in mishara chappu)

Your color is pearl-like

you sit on lotus

oh, the shakti power

may the waves of the seas

pull you here, come to me

oh, saraswathi

Raga - Maand

Thalam - Rupakam

x                           x                         V

Tham                   Tham                  tha ka di mi

dim                      dim                     tha ka di mi

thom                    thom                   tha ka di mi

tha n ta dim         - ta thom             ta na m ta

tha -- m               tm ta di               m ki na thom

di--m                  dim ta di              m ki na thom

tho--m                thom ta di            m ki na thom

ta-m ta                ki ta di-                m ta ki ta

ga ma da ni        sa - ta di               m ki na -

tho--                  --m                       ga ma da ni

sa -ta di             m ki na-                tho--m

ga ma da ni       sa - ta di                m ki na -

                                                                           ..... tei ya.. tam....

Enthaho Valladbha padam lyrics with word to word translation and meaning

A Swathi Thirunal padam, where the girl approaches her lover, Padmanabha, on her own. She asks him directly, what happened that he is so silent and doesn’t talk to her. She confesses the pain of her bleeding heart, which was full of love when she came to her lover.  And the surrounding beauty of the nature makes it perfect time for love, yet her lover is rejecting her. She tries to ask him if it was some evil schemes or gossips that made him turn away from her and in the end reproached Padmanabha for forgetting that girls are sensitive creatures (their heart compared to a mimosa flower) and being a gentleman he should not reject her so mercilessly. I liked last charanam particularly :) I found the comparison innocent and touching.

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Enthaho Valladbha

Ragam – Asaveri

Talam – Aadi

Pallavi

Enthaho Vallabha

Enneram Mauna bhavam

Enthaparadham Cheythu njan

Enthaho – what happened

Vallabha – beloved

Enneram – this time

Mauna – silence

Bhavam – expression

Entha – what

Paradham – fault

Cheythu – did

Njan – I

Translation: What happened, my love? Today you are not talking to me. What did I do wrong to deserve it?

Anupallavi:

Chentharsayaka santhapathodu

Kantha nyanumupanthe vannu

Chentar – flower (lotus?), sayaka – arrow

Santhapa – sorrow

Kantha – love

Njan – I

Upanthe – close to you

Vannu – came

Kamadeva’s flower arrows just induce sorrow, yet I came to you with all my love.

Charanam – 1

Mallika gandhavum

Mantha pavanam thanum

Chollarnna chandra shobhayum

Nalla samayamithu

Mullasharanu daya thellum

Akathalirilille ithu pozhuthum

Mallika – jasmine

Gandhavum –smell

Mantha – slow

Pavanam – wind

Thonum – north

Chollarna – enchanting

Chandra – moon

Shobhayum – shine

Nalla – good

Samayamithu – this time

Mullasharanu – flower arrows (meaning Kamadeva)

Daya – kind

Thellum – little bit

Akathalitilille – not in his mind

Ithu – this time

The smell of jasmine and soft touch of northern wind, the enchanting shine of the moon – all make it good time for love. At this time Kamadeva has not even least mercy in his mind.

Charanam – 2

Rosham undakuvan

Eashani aaru cholli

Deshyam ennodu thonniyo

Yoshakal jagathi sireeshamathikalithu

Bhushanamalla vishesha purushothama

Rosham – anger

Undakuvan – appear

Eashani – gossip, slander

Aaru – who

Cholli – said

Deshyam – upset, angry

Ennodu – with me

Thoniyo – did you feel

Yoshakal – ladies

Jagathi – world

Sireeshamathikalithu – mimosa flower-like heart

Bhushanamalla – it is not apt to you

Vishesha – special

Purushothama – supreme being

Are you displeased

Because of someone’s  slander?

Do you feel vexed with me?

You know, that all the ladies in the world possess a heart soft like a mimosa flower,

The way you are treating me is not apt to such an extraordinary gentleman like you.

Kanthanodu Chennu melle lyrics with word to word translation and meaning

A Swathi Thirunal padam, perfectly representing the bhava of his style. Bhakti again is transmitted through the idea of a female intoxicatingly desiring reunion with her Lord, here in the form of  Krishna. The lady is talking with her friend, asking her to go to Krishna and in a sweet bird voice talk to him about her sufferings in separation from the Lord. She is trying to please her friend mentioning her beauty and good qualities of a character, meanwhile asks her not to forget  how much sufferings she is enduring.

When I was getting help to translate the padam, I had to look for a person knowing Sanskrit, as Malayalam here is intermixed with Sanskrit words. Our Registrar , Sundareshan sir, was a big help. He also shared some interesting peculiarities about some words used. Like for example word Shashadharamukhi – moon faced girl, which literally translates in a curious way. So Shasha means rabit and dhara hole. The dark craters on the moon visible for us, earthlings, apparently were compared to the holes of a rabbit, so the moon got one of such epithetic names.

The words kadarakshi and chalamizhi used in the context of the beautiful girl, actually translates as – the girl whose eyes move from side to side, trembling eyes. On my question why  would it be related to beauty he laughed and said that it represent that epoch men’s arrogance, where female in fear, shyness or any other subjected role would be considered as possessing an ideal feminine quality.

The padam as learned in Kalamandalam is a short version of the original kriti, as only one Caranam was used for the choreography, making it compact and audience friendly piece.

Roman script transliteration is taken from the book  "Musical Works of Maharaja Swati Tiurnal" by M. Hariharan, Gowri Kuppuswamy

Kāntanōḍu Cennu

Raga: Nīlāṃbari

Tāḷa: Rūpaka

Pallavi:

Kāntanōḍu Cennu melle kiḷimoḷi súchamihavada

Kanthanodu – beloved

Chennu – approach

Melle- slowly

kili – bird moḷi – voice

Shucha – clear

Iha – here

Vatha – tell

Approach my beloved slowly and with your bird voice let him know about my state( my sufferings)

Anupallavi:

Kādarākshi tāntayāyi maruvunnēn taruņīmayi

Hē ramaņīya guņavasati chaḷamizhi

Kādarākshi – moving (trembling) eyes

Tāntayāyi – uneasiness, anxiety

Maruvunnēn – I am living

Taruņīmayi – beautiful girl
Ramaniya - beautiful
guna - quality
vasati - good

Oh friend with trembling glance, I feel so restless and anxious. You are beautiful and posess outstanding qualities.

Caranam:

Paladivasam uņḍihajŋān pariņata sásádharamukhi

Valayunnathu mōŗkka nī valabhidādi suranatanām

Vasudēvasutan varumenniha mamadhavanayi sakhi

Paladivasam – several days

Undiha nyan – I am

Pariņata – suffer

Sásádharamukhi – moon faced

Valayunnathu – troubles

ōŗkka – remember

Valabhidādi – perhaps meaning Inra

Suranatanām – protector of devas

Vasudevasutan – son of vasudeva

Varumenn – will come

Iha – here

Mama – my

Dhavanayi  - ? (we couldn’t translate, but perhaps the one belonging to me)

Sakhi – friend

For several days I have been suffering

Oh, moon-faced, remember all my troubles

I thought that Krishna, son of Vasudeva , who is worshipped by Indra and other devas, would come to me and be mine.

Aayar sheriyar Shabdam lyrics with meaning

A very famous shabdam in Bharatanatyam narrating about Lord Krishna and his miracles and mischievous games in Vrindavan. The meaning is approximate, as , once again, with Tamil here it’s a bit hard. :D

Interesting discovery with the lyrics was when teacher was trying to explain me the annupalavi, where krishna’s face is radiating.

-         -  Don’t you know, - she said, - that monks and sadhus have flames playing on their faces?

      I was amazed. As indeed I saw people, spiritual practitioners, having this amazing warm radiance coming through their skin. Apparently, in India it’s a well known phenomenon. :)

Aayar Sheriyar

Ragamalika

Talam Misra Chapu

Jathi

Thaha thai datha tham dathai

Thaha thai yatha thai datham

Thadana Thandana Thagonu Dim Dimi

Thanam Thana kita Thadim dimi  kita

Tha ha tha da tha tham

Pallavi (ragam Kamboji):

Aayar Sheriyar Arinthidamalum

Anney Thanthayan Therinthidamalum

Neyar Gopiyar Nenjam Kavarnthida

Mayavan Kuzhaloothuran

Enkal yadavan Kuzhaloothuran

Jathi -1

Thadana thandana thajonu  dim dimi

Thanam thankitta thadim dimikita

Anupallavi (ragam Shanmukhapriya):

Surundudrunda a kuzhulkal assernthida

Sundara Mukham thulankida

Marunda Naninam meghey maranthida

Mayavan Kuzhaloothuran

Pavala vayan kuzhaloothuran

Jathi-2 (kamboji)

Thadana thandana thajonu  dim dimi

Thanam thankitta thadim dimikita

Charanam – 1 (ragam Nattakurinji)

Cheruviral kalal kuzhale thazhukida

Chenka malarkan sazhthida

Kuruviyare a purucam nelinthida

Gopalan kuzhaloothuran

Enkal balan kuzhaloothuran

Jathi  - madhyamaavathi ragam

Thadana thandana thajonu  dim dimi

Thanam thankitta thadim dimikita

 Charanam – 2

Govindan juzhal geetha nadavum

Gopiyar sevi sazhtida

Moham kondodi vegamayvara

Kannane dyanam seykuran

Kamala kannane dyanam seykuran

Charanam Jathi:

Thalanku thom taka thadi kinathom

Thadinam takum taru kidathaka

Thaka dinam takum tari kidathaka

Dithinam takum tari kidathaka

Thankanku thom taka tadi kinathom

Datheya they tatha tam ---

Meaning: 

Magician Krishna is playing his  flute,  and no one, neither his mother, father, not gopis, know it

His hair is curly and beautiful as its floating at him playing the flute, at this time his face is radiant like flames. His music makes the deer forget his body. Krishna’s lips are like coral stone

His beautiful delicate fingers caress the flute, his eyebrows are dark and attractive. His music makes the gopis, forgetting their chores, run to hear him and praise him.




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Thodi (Todi)Jathiswaram lyrics with tala and adavus in Mohiniyattam

Another mohiniyattam Jathiswaram, a more complex and rhythmical than Chenjuruthi (at parts reminds me of Bharatanatyam in its speed and rhythmical patterns), brought into Kalamandalam by Chinnamu Amma, though believed to be revised by Satyabhama. The lyrics of the Jathiswaram are tabled in talam and below I wrote the corresponding adavu count tabled in talam.

Jathiswaram

Raagam  -  Thodi

Thalam – Aadi

Pallavi

X	1	2	3	X	V	X	V
Ś---	--Ś-	N-D-	P-M-	G---	--D-	--P-	M-G-
R---	---R	Ṣ--Ṇ	Ḍ-Ṇ-	S---	--G-	M-P--	-D-N

Anupallavi

X	1	2	3	X	V	X	V
ṠṘṠN	-NṠN	D- -N	ṠNṠṘ	Ṡ---	--ṠN	DPMG	MPDN
ṠṘṠN	-NSṠN	D—N	ṠNṠṘ	Ṡ -ND	P-GR	S-GM	P-DN

Charanam – 1

X	1	2	3	X	V	X	V
D---	--DN-	DPMG	MPDN	D---	--DN	ṠṘṠN	ṠṘṠN
D---	--DN	D---	--NS	D---	-NSN	D---	-GMG
D-ND	PMGM	D-NP	DNṠN	D-NṠ	D-ṘṠ	D-ḠṘ	ṠD-N

Charanam – 2

X	1	2	3	X	V	X	V
Ṡ- - -	--- ṘN	ṠDN-	NPDM	P-PG	MRGS	RṆSḌ	ṆḌSR
S---	----	ḌṆSR	ṆSRG	SRGM	RGMP	GMPD	MPDN
SS-N	DNSN	D---	NN-D	PDND	P---	DD-M	DNSR
NGRS	NDNS	RSND	PMGM	PDNP	DNSD	NDSN	SRNR

 Pallavi Adavu – 1

X	1	2	3	X	V	X	V
Tei - - -	Hi-tha-	di---	Thi---	Tei---	Hi-tha-	Tho--m	-tei dithi tei
Tei - - -	Hi-tha-	di---	Thi---	Tei---	Hi-tha-	Tho--m	-tei dithi tei
Thei-hi tha	di-thi-	Tei-hi tha	Tom tei dithi tei	Thei-hi tha	di-thi-	Tei-hi tha	Tom tei dithi tei
Tei-hi tha	Thom tei dithi tei	Tei-hi tha	Thom tei dithi tei	Ta ki ta tei	Dithi tei ta ka	Tei dithi tei ta	Ka tei dithi tei

Pallavi Adavu - 2

X	1	2	3	X	V	X	V
Tom-tha thom	-ta kit a	Ta kit a thom	-Tha thom-	Ta kit a ta	Ki ta thom -	Ta thom – ta	Ki ta thom-
Tha tom – ta	Ki  ta thom -	Tha thom thom -	Tha thom ta di	M Ki na tom	Ta di m ki	Na thom ta di	M kin a thom

Anupallavi Adavu

X	1	2	3	X	V	X	V
Tei – tei -	Di thi tei -	Tei-tei-	Di thi tei-	Dithi tei ta ka	Ta ka dhi mi	Dithi tei ta ka	Dithi tei dithi tei
Ta-tei-	Tei-ta-	Dit-tei-	Tei-ta	Tei dithi tei ta	Ka tei dithi tei	Ta tei dithi tei	Ta tei dithi tei
Dit dit tei-	Dit dit tei-	Dit dit tei-	Dit dit tei-	Ta ka dhi mi	Ta ki ta tei	Ditdit tei tei ditdit	Tei tei dit dit tei

Charanam – 1 adavu

X	1	2	3	X	V	X	V
Tei-hit tha	Ta---	Ta-te-	Ta-ka-	Tei-hi tha	Ta - - -	Ta-te-	Ta-ka-
Ta-jham-	Ta ka taka	Ta-ka-	Dhi-mi-	Ta-jham-	Ta ka ta ka	Ta-ka-	Ta dit dit tei
Ta- nu ta	Dit dit tei-	Ta jo nu ta	Dit dit tei -	Ta ka jha am	Tei tei ditdit tei	Tei tei ditdit tei	Tei tei ditdit tei