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Song: shrI hari vallabhE mAm pAhi


shrI hari vallabhE mAm pAhi
raagam: udaya ravi candrikA

22 kharaharapriya janya
Aa:S G2 M1 P N2 S
Av: S N2 P M1 G2 S

taaLam: c/tripuTa
Composer: Mysore VaasudEvaacaarya
Language: Sanskrit

pallavi

shrI hari vallabhE mAm pAhi shrita bhakta sulabhE suvarNAbhE

anupallavi

Ehi mE sadanam sAmOdam dEhi mE dhana dhAnya sampadam

caraNam

brahma rudrAdi varadAyini brahma rudrAdi padadAyini
brahma janani jaganmOhini bhAva rAgAdi tOSiNi
(madyama kAlam)
mahita kIrti shAlini tavapadE ratirastu mE maNimAlini
mAra janaka vAsudEva hrtkELini mangaLa pradAyini


Meaning:

By Aparna from Neccheli (original article here, reproduced with permission)

Carnatic Compositions - The Essence and Embodiment
-Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi

shrI - Lakshmi
hari vallabhE - having Hari as her lord
mAm pAhi - I have come to our rescue
srita bhakta - pious devotees
sulabhE - easily accessible
suvarNAbhE - equivalent to gold
EhimE sadanam - provide me with home
sAmOdam - pleasure
dEhi mE - give me
Dhana - money
dhAnya - grains
Sampadam - wealth
brahma - lord Brahma
rudrAdi - lord Siva
padadAyini - provider of their path
brahmAnDa - entire universe
Vyaapini - permeate
Padmini - one who is like lotus flowers
brahma janani - mother of lord Brahma
jaganmOhini - beautiful in the entire world
bhAva - emotions
rAgAdi - music
tOshiNi - enjoys
mahita - famously
kIrti - laurel
sAlini - contains
tavapadE - at your feet
atirastumE - bless me
maNimAlini - wearing garlands of gems
mAra - manmadha (cupid)
Janaka - father
vAsudEva - lord Vishnu
hritkELini - stays in his heart
mangaLa - goodness
pradAyini - provider

Ths krithi by Mysore Vasudevacharya is all about Sree Maha Lakshmi and what a devotee can pray for from her. It is well known that Lakshmi has multiple synonyms of her name and one of them is Varalakshmi which means that one that blesses devotees with boons. In pallavi, he first requests her to protect him and describes her as the consort of Sree hari, who is as good as gold and who is easily reachable for her devotees. In anupallavi, he starts to beg her to provide a home, happiness, food, money and wealth. In charanam, he describes her powers and abilities. She is the one who provided the path for Brahma and Eswara, one who permeates the entire universe, one who is enchanted by lotuses, she is the mother of Brahma, she is the most beautiful, one who enjoys music, and one has gained a lot of laurels, decked with garlands of gems, one who is in the heart of lord vishnu (father of Manmadha) and one who bestows good things. Just as the wealth must always be shared, Maha Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, is kind and very generous. Therefore, she is known to bestow everybody with all kinds of wealth, especially during this Navaratri season. Wish you all a happy Navaratri and may the Tridevi (three goddesses) bestow you all with knowledge, strength and wealth!


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Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi via Neccheli.


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