mA padAmbOruham - Lyrics

mA padAmbOruham

raagam: kuntaLavarALi

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taaLam: kuntaLavarALi. Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan Language: Tamil

pallavi

mA padAmbhOruham bhaja bhaja mAnasAnavaratam shrI ra-

anupallavi

ApadAm nivAraNacaNam amarEsha sanakAdi pUjitam shrI ra-

caraNam mahA payOnidhE hastAbharaNam mahA viSNOr vakSa-sthalAbharaNam mahA mOha vaitaraNI taraNam mahA janana maraNa bhavOddhAraNam

Meaning:

pallavi

mAnasa - O mind, bhaja bhaja anavaratam - worship/seek incessantly mA padAmbhOruham - the lotus feet of mA(Goddess Lakshmi) shrI ramA - (who is also) ramA, the one who delights

anupallavi

ApadAm nivAraNa caNam - (Those feet that are) adept at prevention of calamities, amarEsha sanakAdi pUjitam - and are worshipped by Indra, the king of Devas and the rishis beginning with Sanaka

caraNam

hastAbharaNam - (The feet that ) adorn the hands of mahA payOnidhE - Samudraraja, the god of the milk-ocean, vakSa sthalAbharaNam - (the feet) that adorn the chest mahA viSNOr - of Maha Vishnu, mahA mOha vaitaraNi taraNam - (the feet) that help cross the worldly delusion that is like the river from hell , Vaitarani mahA janana maraNa bhavOddhAraNam - that uplift one from the great cycle of births and deaths.

Note : Samudraraja, the ocean-god is the father of Lakshmi. So this would probably mean when he seats her on his lap, his hands would hold her feet to support her.