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taaLam: Adi
Composer: Swaati TirunaaL
Language:

pallavi

dAni sAmajEndra gAmini tapAmi iha kAmini

anupallavi

mAnini sukhadAni madhumAsa cAru dinAni mAnanIya shrI padmanAbha dhutAni mama tu mOghAni

ciTTa swara sAhitya

dhAma dhATi vinirjita vidita sArasa vishikham anupama
pada nipatad akhila vibudham anurajani
manasAnu kalayAmi madhupaveNi

caraNam 1

gAna parANIhALi kulAni
(svara sAhityams)
1. gADha sAnvayah pikOpi vitapini

caraNam 2

gAmalaghu sa purA patirakrta yAm ahaha bahudhA hrdi lagati

caraNam 3

mApam ApatitAkhilAdhi bharApaha sucaritam Akalaya madhu
rasa madhurima sadrsha vacasam ati mrduhasam ayi mayi sarasam ihahi

caraNam 4

pAtum ayi mA sumashar-Ashuga parIpatana nIrasa dhrta
bisAm upadhAnita bAhulatAm adhunA tamrtE mahAniha nahi nahi
kim aparam apagatatamAssuradhunI patIm apAnnidhim rtE vishati

caraNam 5

sAdhaya mama manasi bahudhA ratividhA dhava samIpamayi
sAmpratamitO(a)bhiyAhi tarasA, nishA viratimAgatA raviragAd
ESha kokakAminI viyOga hA sa pUrvashaila
sImanIha vAti shItamarudapi surabhi
malaya mahIdharatopi ca shiva shiva
sarasaguNanidhimiha tamayi jhaTiti samupagamaya kamani

Meaning:

by Rajani Arjun Shankar

Heroine addressing her friend, describing her condition and requesting her to bring her Lord SriPadmanabha to her

pallavi

kAmini - O beautiful girl!
dAni sAmajEndra gAmini - O One with the gait of a king elephant in rut!
tapAmi iha - I suffer here.

anupallavi

mAnini - O Dignified one!

madhumAsa cAru dinAni - The beautiful days of spring
sukhadAni - giving joy (to others),
mAnanIya shrI padmanAbha dhutAni - being disregarded by the esteemed Sri Padmanabha, mama - (are) to me
tu mOghAni - but wasted, worthless.

citta swara sAhitya

madhupaveni - O One with bees buzzing (on flowers) in your braid !
anurajani - Through the nights,
manasA - in my mind
anukalayAmi - I repeatedly meditate on
(Sri Padmanabha)
dhAma dhATi vinirjita vidita sArasa vishikham - who trounces the famous Manmatha (who has lotus arrows), with an upsurge of radiance,
anupama pada nipatadakhila vibudham - who has all the Devas falling at his incomparable feet.

caraNam 1

iha - Here
aLi kulAni - the swarms of bees
gAna parANi - are intent on singing(buzzing).

pikOpi vitapini - On the tree
pikOpi (pikah api) - the cuckoo too
gADha sAnvayah - (is) in tight embrace.

caraNam 2

ahaha - Alas!
gAm - The word
yAm - which
sa patih - that Lord
alaghu - earnestly
akrta - gave (promised)
purA - earlier,
lagati - cuts
hrdi - in the heart
bahudhA - repeatedly.
(ie he gave his word in seriousness, that he would come, but has not come)

caraNam 3

ayi - Oh!
Akalaya iha hi - Bring (him) here indeed,
mApam -the lord of Ma(Lakshmi),
Apatita akhila Adhi bhara apaha sucaritam - the one with the virtuous conduct of removing the burden of sorrows that befall (devotees),
madhurasa madhurima sadrsha vacasam - the one whose words equal the sweetness of honey,
ati mrduhasam - the one with a gentle smile,
mayi sarasam - the one with affection towards me.

caraNam 4

ayi - Oh!
adhunA - Right now,
tam rtE - apart from him,
pAtum mA - to protect me (who is)
nIrasa - listness,
sumashara Ashuga parIpatana - due to the incessant falling of Manmatha's arrows,
dhrta bisAm - wearing lotus-stems ,
upadhAnita bAhulatAm - who (lying on the floor) has her slender creeper-like arm as pillow,
mahAn nahi nahi - there is no one greater
iha - here.

(Lotus stems, vettiver, sandalpaste etc. are traditionally used to cool the body of someone suffering from fever)

kim - Does
suradhunI - the divine river Ganga,
apagata tamAh - without ignorance/darkness,
vishati - attain
aparam - another,
rtE - apart from
patIm apAnnidhim - (her) lord, the ocean ?

caraNam 5

ayi kamani - O Charming girl!
sAdhaya - Fulfill
bahudhA - the intense
ratividhA - desires
mama manasi - in my heart.

sAmpratam - Now,
itah abhiyAhi - go from here
dhava samIpam - (to) near my husband,
tarasA - quickly.

nishA - The night
viratim AgatA - has reached its end.

ESha ravih - This Sun,
kokakAminI viyOga hA - the remover of the (pangs of) separation of the female Chakravaka bird,
agAd - has gone
pUrvashaila sImani - to the Eastern mountain side.

(Note: Chakravaka pairs are inseparable mates but cannot see at night. Hence every night they suffer separation and reunite at sunrise)

ca - And
sa shItamarud api - That cool breeze too,
vAti iha - blows here,
surabhi - with fragrance,
malaya mahIdharatah api - from the Malaya (Pothigai) mountain too.

shiva shiva - (Exclamation of distress)

jhaTiti - Speedily
samupagamaya - reunite (with me)
tam sarasa guNanidhim - him, the respository of charming virtues,
iha - here.

Notation:

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning and corrections by Rajani Arjun Shankar.