nammammaa shaaradE - Lyrics

nammamma shaaradhE

raagam: mOhanam

28 harikaambhOji janya Aa: S R2 G3 P D2 S Av: S D2 P G3 R2 S

taaLam: aadi Composer: Kanaka Daasa Language: KannaDa

pallavi

nammammA shArade umA mahEshwarI nimmoLagihanArammA

anupallavi

kammagOlana vairi sutanAda sonDila hemmeya gaNanAthanE

caraNam 1

mOre kappina bhAva moradagalada kivi kOredADeyanArammA mUrukaNNana suta muridiTTa chandrana dhIra tA gaNanAthanE

caraNam 2

uTTa pachcheya bigiduTTa chellaNada diTTa tAnivanArammA paTTada rANi pArvatiya kumAranu hoTTeya gaNanAthanE

caraNam 3

rAshi vidyeya balla ramaNI hambalanolla bhAsHiganivanArammA lEsAgi janara salahuva kAginele AdikEshava dAsa kaNE

Meaning: Here kanakadAsa engages in an interrogative in which he poses a rhetorical question about who "this person" is and then replies to it with the answer, "gaNanAtha, of course!", each time referring to a different facet of Lord GaNesha.

pallavi: Who, O Mother, is the one who is inside of you?

anupallavi: kammaGolana = kamman gOl = (carrying an) arrow of flowers = kAma (desire). The vairi (enemy) of kAma is Lord Shiva. The son of Shiva is Ganesha, our proud Lord, of course!

caraNam 1: Who is He of huge ears and a broken tusk? The son of He who has three eyes In "muridiTTa chandana," Kanakadasa here probably refers to a tale in which Ganesha breaks the moon on his father's head. The brave Lord, of course!

caraNam 2: Line 3 says he is our beloved Queen Paarvati's son. He belongs to the stomach of Parvati, of course!

caraNam 3: Possessing infinite knowledge One who is not interested in the fair sex Who is this great orator? One who cares for his children, people, folk "Kaginele," in Dharwad district in north Karnataka, is where Kanakadasa hailed from. KanakadAsa was a devotee of Lord Vishnu and was highly attached to a beautiful Vishnu temple in Kaginele. Our devotee of Lord Vishnu, of course!