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taaLam: rUpaka
Composer: Mahaa Vaidyanaatha Aiyyar
Language: Sanskrit
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pallavi

shrI shankara guruvaram cintayAmi bhava haram

anupallavi

sAshanka ratipati bANa jAla tUla kAlAnalam
(ciTTasvara)
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caraNam

ajnAna timira taraNim angIkrta shruti saraNIm
su-jnAna sukha karaNim sUkSma praNavAraNim

Meaning:

cintayAmi - I meditate (upon)
shrI shankara guruvaram - Shri Shankaracharya, the best of Gurus
bhava haram - the destroyer of Samsara

A: sAshanka ratipati bANa jAla - (to) the bunch of arrows of Manmatha, sent with trepidation tUla kAlAnalam - ( he is as) the cataclysmic fire to cottonwool.

C: ajnAna timira taraNim - (He is) The Sun to the darkness of ignorance,
angIkrta shruti saraNIm - the one who approves the path of the Vedas,
su-jnAna sukha karaNim - the causer the bliss of pure knowledge,
sUkSma praNavAraNim - the araNi (flint-like wood) that ignites the subtle consciousness or Omkara.

Notes : araNi is the wooden instrument that is used to kindle fire in Yagnas through attrition/churning.

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Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Rajani Arjun Shankar. Devanagari script contributed by balaji629.