kandarpa janaka - Lyrics

kandarpa janaka

raagam: mOhana,valaji

Aa:S R2 G3 P D2 S Av: S D2 P G3 R2 S

Aa:S G3 P D2 N2 S Av: S N2 D2 P G3 S

taaLam: Adi Composer: Annamaacaarya Language:

pallavi

kandarpa janaka garuDa gamana nandagOpAtmaja namO namO

caraNam 1

vAridhi shayana vAmana shrIdhara narasimhA krSNa namO namO nIraja nAbha nigamagOcara nArAyaNa hari namO namO

caraNam 2

parama puruSa bhava vimOcana- varada vasudhA vadhUvara karuNA kAnta kALindI ramaNa narasaKa shaurE namO namO

caraNam 3

dAnava damana dAmOdara shrI bhAnu sashi nayana mana balabhadrAnuja dIna rakSaka shrI tiruvEnkaTEsha nAnA guNamaya namO namO <

Meaning:

pallavi

kandarpa janaka - O father of Manmatha ! garuDa gamana - O one who travels on Garuda ! nandagOpAtmaja = O son of Nandagopa ! namO namO - Many salutations (to you) !

caraNam

vAridhi shayana - O one who reclines in the ocean ! vAmana shrIdhara narasimhA krSNa - (different names/forms of the Lord) nIraja nAbha - O one having a lotus emerging from your navel ! nigamagOcara - O one attainable by the Vedas ! nArAyaNa hari - O Narayana, Hari ! namO namO - Many salutations (to you) !

caraNam 2

parama puruSa - O Supreme One! bhava vimOcana - O liberator from worldly existence ! varada - O giver of boons ! vasudhA vadhUvara - O husband of Sita, the daughter of Goddess Earth ! karuNA kAnta - O one charming due to compassion ! kALindI ramaNa - O Lord of Kalindi narasaKa - O companion of Nara ! shaurE - O scion of Shurasena's lineage ! namO namO - Many salutations (to you) !

caraNam 3

dAnava damana - O subduer of Asuras ! dAmOdara - O one having rope-marks on the abdomen ( due to Yashoda tying you up) ! shrI bhAnu sashi nayana - O one whose eyes are the sun and moon ! balabhadrAnuja = O younger brother to Balarama ! dIna rakSaka - O protector of the poor/weak ! shrI tiruvEnkaTEsha - O Lord of Tirupati ! nAnA guNamaya - O abode of all virtues ! namO namO - Many salutations (to you) !

Notes:

i. Kalindi is one of the eight chief queens of Krishna. ii. Nara and Narayana are twin Avataras of the Lord, performing penance in Badarinath together. iii. Shurasena is Vasudeva's father and hence Krishna's grandfather.

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