maadhava maamava (laali) - Lyrics

maadava maamava

raagam: neelaambari

29 dheera shankaraabharaNam janya Aa: S R2 G3 M1 P D2 P N3 S Av: S N3 P M1 G3 R2 G3 S

taaLam: aadi Composer: NaaraayaNa Teertar Language: Sanskrit

pallavi

mAdhava mAmava dEva krSNa yAdava krSNa yadukula krSNa

anupallavi

sAdhu janAdhAra sarvabhAva

caraNam 1

ambuja lOcana kambu shubha grIva bimbAdhara candra bimbAnana cAmpEya nAsAgra lagna sumauktika shArada candra janita madana

caraNam 2

Agama giri shikharOdita satya chidadvaya lakSaNa sukha bhAnO bhOgi kuLOttama bhOga shayana dugdha- sAgarajA lakSaNAdhya tanO

caraNam 3

indirayA saha sundara krSNa purandarAdi vandya padakamala nandanandana yOgivarya dhurandhara nArAyaNa tIrtha mativihAr

Meaning: pallavi

mAdhava - O husband of Lakshmi (mA) ! mAmava - Protect me. dEva krSNa - O Lord Krishna ! yAdava krSNa yadukula krSNa - O Scion of the Yadu dynasty !

anupallavi

sAdhu janAdhAra - O Support of good people ! sarvabhAva - O Embodiment of all creation !

caraNam 1

ambuja lOcana - O Lotus-eyed one ! kambu shubha grIva - O One with an auspicious conch-like neck ! bimbAdhara - O One with (red) lips like a bimba fruit (kovvai pazham)! candra bimbAnana - O One whose face is like the orb of the moon ! lagna sumauktika - O One with a nice pearl fixed cAmpEya nAsAgra - at the tip of the nose that resembles the Champaka flower ! shArada candra - O One (pleasing) like the autumnal moon ! janita madana - O Father of Manmatha !

caraNam 2

bhAnO - O Sun Agama giri shikhara udita - rising atop the hill of the Vedas, satya chidadvaya lakSaNa sukha - embodying existence, awareness and bliss that is your singular definition ! bhOgi kuLOttama bhOga shayana - O One reclining on the hood of the best of serpents ! dugdha- sAgarajA lakSaNAdhya tanO - O One whose body is endowed with the mark (residence) of Lakshmi, the daughter of the Milk Ocean !

caraNam 3

sundara krSNa - O Handsome Krishna (who is) indirayA saha - along with Lakshmi ! purandaraadi vandya padakamala - O One whose lotus-feet are saluted by Indra and other Devas ! nandanandana - O Child of Nanda ! yOgivarya dhurandhara - O Foremost among the best of Yogis ! nArAyaNa tIrtha mativihAra - O One sporting in the mind of Narayana Teertha !