sangeetha saamraajyam
raagam: mOhana kalyANi

65 mEcakalyANi janya
Aa: S R2 G3 P D2 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M2 G3 R2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: Bangalore RAmamUrti
Language: Sanskrit

pallavi

sangIta sAmrAjya sancAriNi shrngAra shrngEripura vAsini

anupallavi

unnata pANDya kEraLa vAsini sannutashrI cakra madhya nivAsini
kAlaDi shankara hrdaya nivAsini kAla pAlaka brahma vishvAsini

caraNam

gAndhAra pancama dhaivata rUpiNi niSAda madhyama sapta svarUpiNi
mandAra kusum maNimaya tEjO mAdhurya mOhanakalyANi svarUpiNi

Meaning:

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

Carnatic Compositions - The Essence and Embodiment
-Aparna Munukutla Gunupudi

sangIta sAmrAjya - The kingdom of music
sancAriNi - wanders in
sringAra - beautiful
sringEri pura - town of Sringeri
vAsini - resides in

unnata - high
pAnDya - pandya land
kEraLa - the state of Kerala
vAsini - resident
sannuta - well praised
srI chakra Madhya - in the center of sri chakra
nivAsini - resides in
kAlaDi - the town of KAladi (birthplace of Adi SankarAcharya)
sankara hrudaya - in the heart of Sankara
nivAsini - lives in
kAla - the lord Sankara, the time keeper
dikpAlaka - the lords of the eight directions
brahma - the lord Brahma
visvAsini - trusts you

gAndhAra - musical note gandhara
panchama - musical note panchama
dhaivata - musical note dhaivata
rUpiNi - in the form
niSAda - Musical note nishada
Madhyama -musical note madhyama
sapta swara rUpiNi - took the form of the seven musical notes
mandAra kusuma - the flower hibiscus
maNimaya - jeweled in abundance
tEjO - shining
mAdhurya - melodeous
mOhanakalyANi - mohana Kalyani
svarUpiNi - dwells

Summary:

This is a krithi on goddess Saraswati of Sringeri. She is said to wander in the kingdom of music and the beautiful town of Sringeri. She is known to have lived in the lands of pandyas in Kerala and she is well praised as the one who resides in the center of sri chakra, a mystical geometric pattern of interlocking triangles where the center is known for creation and force. She certainly is in the heart of Adi SankarAcharya of KAlaDi and she has the full trust of lord Siva, the lords of the eight directions and Brahma. She is living in the form of all the musical notes, shines with beautiful hibiscus flowers and other jewels and dwells in the melodious tune of Mohanakalyani.

Sringeri is known as the Sakthi peetham established by Adi Sankara, by the river banks of Tunga in the beautiful Chikmagaluru hills of Karnataka. The primary deity in the temple is Saradamba/Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and fine arts. The location and the temple surroundings are very lush and green with new plants sprouting everywhere showing the sign of prosperity. It presents a very peaceful and serene environment with very pleasant weather. Many families visit the temple with their young children to launch their educational journey officially and ritually (akshara abhyAsam - practice of letters) and receive the blessings of goddess Saradamba!

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Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi via Neccheli.