Sarasija Nabha Sodhari
Ragam: Naga
Gandhari {20th Melakartha Janyam}
ARO: S R2 M1 G2 R2 M1 P D1 , N2 S || (or M1 P N2 N2 S )
AVA: S N2 D1 P M1 , G2 , R2 G2 (R1) S ||
Talam: Rupakam
Composer: Muthuswamy
Dikshitar
Version: Ram Kaushik (Youtube
Original)
Lyrics Courtesy: Lakshman Ragde
Meanings Courtesy: Guru Guha Vaibhavam: https://guru-guha.blogspot.com/2008/10/dikshitar-kriti-sarasija-nabha-sodari.html
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Pallavi:
sarasija nAbha sOdari Sankari pAhi mAm
Anupallavi:
varadAbhaya kara kamalE SaraNAgata vatsalE
caraNam:
parandhAma prakIrtitE
paSu pASa vimOcitE
pannagAbharaNa yutE
nAga gAndhArI pUjitAbja padE
sadA nanditE sampadE
madhyama kAla
sAhityam:
vara guru guha janani mada Samani
mahishAsura mardini manda gamani
mangaLa vara pradAyini
Meaning: (Courtesy:
Guru Guha Vaibhavam):
https://guru-guha.blogspot.com/2008/10/dikshitar-kriti-sarasija-nabha-sodari.html
Pallavi
sarasija nAbha sOdari - O sister of Vishnu (who has a lotus
springing from his navel)!
Sankari - O wife of Shiva (Shankara),
pAhi
mAm -
Protect me!
Anupallavi
varada-abhaya kara kamalE - O one whose lotus-like hands gesture
granting of boons and freedom from fear!
SaraNa-Agata vatsalE - O
one tenderly affectionate to those who have come seeking refuge!
CaraNam
paraM-dhAma prakIrtitE - O one renowned as the supreme abode
(housing the universe)!
paSu
pASa vimOcitE - O one who liberates creatures
from bondage!
pannaga-AbharaNa yutE - O one in the company of Shiva (who
wears snakes as ornaments)!
nAga
gAndhArI pUjita-abja padE - O one whose lotus-feet are worshipped by Nagagandhari Raga!
sadA
nanditE - O ever-blissful one!
sampadE - O
supreme wealth (precious to
your devotees)!
vara
guru guha janani - O mother of the eminent Guruguha!
mada
Samani - O one who
extinguishes arrogance!
mahisha-asura mardini - O slayer of the buffalo-demon
Mahishasura!
manda
gamani - O one with a languorous
(graceful) gait!
mangaLa vara pradAyini - O giver of auspicious boons!
Comments:
This Kriti is
in the eighth (Sambodhana Prathama) Vibhakti
The name ‘parandhAma’ is found in the Lalita Sahasranama
The names ‘padmanAbha sahOdarI’, ‘paSu pASa vimOcinI’
and ‘ mada nASinI’ are
found in the Lalita Sahasranama, similar to the
epithets here
Pallavi:
sarasija nAbha sOdari Sankari pAhi mAm
sarasija nAbha sOdari - O sister of Vishnu (who has a lotus
springing from his navel)!
Sankari - O wife of Shiva (Shankara),
pAhi
mAm -
Protect me!
1 2 3 1 2 3
(ndnd)
S R | pm gr M P || P – pd | M - ps nD, ; || ; ; ; ; dsnn || P ; ; ; ; ; ||
Sa ra si - - ja- nA- bha sO - da ri –
S R | pm gr M P || P – pd | M - ps nD,
; ||
S ; ; n s n – d p m || P
; P- pm g r s r ||
Sa ra si - - ja- nA- bha sO - da ri – San - ka- - ri - - pA - hi mAm - - - -
sr sr | pm gr M P || P,n– dp | dm – gr s- D , || nsrg S- n s n – d p m || P
; P- mpdp
mgrg ||
Sa ra si - - ja- nA- bha sO - da - ri
– San - - ka- - ri - - pA - hi mAm - - - -
S R | pm gr M P || P – dp | dm - ps nD, ;
|| ; ;
; ; dsnn ||
P ; ; ;
; ; ||
Sa ra si - - ja- nA- bha sO -
da ri –
Anupallavi:
varadAbhaya kara kamalE SaraNAgata vatsalE
varada-abhaya kara kamalE - O one whose lotus-like hands gesture
granting of boons and freedom from fear!
SaraNa-Agata vatsalE - O
one tenderly affectionate to those who have come seeking refuge!
1 2 3 1 2 3
; s s , D , snN
P ||
; m p , n N S
; ||
Vara dA bha- ya ka ra kama lE
; s s , D , snN
P ||
,d- m p , n N S
; ||
Vara
dA bha- ya ka ra kama lE
ns-
r s , D , snN
P ||
,d- m p , n N S
; ||
Vara dA bha- ya ka ra kama lE
ns-
r s , D , dsnn || P- m p
, n N
S - ns ||
Vara dA A-bha- ya ka ra kama lE - -
ns-
r s , D , dsnn || P- m p
, n N
S ; ||
Vara dA A-bha- ya ka ra kama lE - -
S R s r M r s R || pm dp s n – r s , - D , ||
Sa ra NA- - ga- ta va- - - - - tsa - lE
; - r s , D ,
snN P
|| ,d- m p
, n N
S ; ||
Vara dA bha- ya -- ka ra kama lE - -
S R s r M
r s R || pm dp s n – r s , - D
, ||
Sa ra NA- - ga- ta va- - - - -
tsa
- lE
; - r s , D ds nn || P - m
p , n N S
; ||
Vara dA A-bha- ya ka ra kama lE - -
Variant:
; - gr rs , D ds nn || P - m p
, n N
S ; ||
Vara dA A-bha- ya ka ra kama lE - -
S R s r Mpm
r
s R || p n s r s n –
dp m g r g ||
Sa ra NA- - ga-
ta va- - - tsa - lE -
- - -
sr sr | pm gr M P || P,n– dp | dm – gr s- D , || nsrg S- n s n – d p m || P
; P- mpdp
mgrg ||
Sa ra si - - ja- nA- bha sO - da - ri
– San - - ka- - ri - - pA - hi mAm - - - -
S R | pm gr M P || P – dp | dm - ps nD, ;
|| ; ;
; ; dsnn ||
P ; ; ;
; ; ||
Sa ra si - - ja- nA- bha sO -
da ri –
caraNam:
parandhAma prakIrtitE
paSu pASa vimOcitE
pannagAbharaNa yutE
nAga gAndhArI pUjitAbja padE
sadA nanditE sampadE
paraM-dhAma prakIrtitE - O one renowned as the supreme abode
(housing the universe)!
paSu
pASa vimOcitE - O one who liberates creatures
from bondage!
pannaga-AbharaNa yutE - O one in the company of Shiva (who
wears snakes as ornaments)!
nAga
gAndhArI pUjita-abja padE - O one whose lotus-feet are worshipped by Nagagandhari Raga!
sadA
nanditE - O ever-blissful one!
sampadE - O
supreme wealth (precious to
your devotees)!
1 2 3 1 2 3
P P ; P D M || P – mg r s - R M ; || pdpd mp ; ; ; ||
Paran dhA - ma pra kI- - - rti tE
S
R Mpm
gr M – P || P ;
dm – ps , D ,
||
paSu pA- - - Sa vi mO- - -
ci - - tE-
P P ;
pndd
; P || dp – mg r s - rm
rm
; ||
Paran
dhA - - ma pra kI- - -
rti tE
S
R Mpm
gr M – P || dP , dm – gr s- D
, ||
paSu pA- - - Sa vi mO- - -
ci - - tE-
P P ;
pd ns- sp || dp m- g r s - R
M ; ||
Paran
dhA - - ma pra - kI- - -
rti tE
S
R Mpm
gr M – P || dP , dm – gr s- D
, ||
paSu pA- - - Sa vi mO- - -
ci - - tE-
pmP ; - ps
, D ,
|| M P
N N S
; ||
pan
- - na- - gA- bhara Na yu tE
S
R sr
M G ; ||
D ; R ; S
; ||
nA- ga - - gAn dhA rI - pU-
grs
– d ; M P N || S ;
; M P
; ||
ji-
tA - bja - pa dE - sa dA
MP ; ps D ; || M- dp ; pm- G ; ||
Nan- - di- tE - sam- - - pa- dE -
pmP ; - gr
s - D
, || M
P N N S
; || S R
sr M G ;
|| D ; R ; S
; ||
pan
- - na- - gA- bhara Na yu tE - nA- ga - - gAn dhA rI - pU-
grs
– d ; dm P N || S ;
; M P
; || MP ; ps D ; || M- dp ; pm G ; ||
ji-
tA - bja - pa dE - sa dA Nan- - di- tE - sam- - - pa-
dE –
; M - dp pm G ; || (ALT)
- sam-
- -
pa- dE -
madhyama kAla
sAhityam:
vara guru guha janani mada Samani
mahishAsura mardini manda gamani
mangaLa vara pradAyini
vara
guru guha janani - O mother of the eminent Guruguha!
mada
Samani - O one who
extinguishes arrogance!
mahisha-asura mardini - O slayer of the buffalo-demon
Mahishasura!
manda
gamani - O one with a languorous
(graceful) gait!
mangaLa vara pradAyini - O giver of auspicious boons!
s r m g r s r m P ; || ; ; ; ; ; ; ||
vara guru guha jana ni -
s r m
g r s r
m P
,d || m p n n S ;
; ; ||
vara guru guha jana ni - mada Sama ni - - -
s r m
g r s r
m P
,d || m p n n S –
p g R – g s
||
vara guru guha jana ni - mada Sama ni mahi shA sura
s n r s D , - n p m P ||
mar-di ni man-da gamani
s r m
g r s r
m p d p d || m p n n S – m g
R – g s ||
vara guru guha
jana ni -
mada
Sama ni mahi shA sura
s n r
s D , - n
p m P || r s n d p D – p mg rg ||
mar-di ni man-da gamani man-gaLa vara pra dA- yini
sr sr | pm gr M P || P,n– dp | dm – gr s- D , || nsrg S- n s n – d p m || P
; P- mpdp
mgrg ||
Sa ra si - - ja- nA- bha sO - da - ri
– San - - ka- - ri - - pA - hi mAm - - - -
S R | pm gr M P || P – dp | dm - ps nD, ;
|| ; ;
; ; dsnn ||
P ; ; ;
; ; ||
Sa ra si - - ja- nA- bha sO -
da ri –