South Indian Classical (Carnatic) Music Archive: Classes / Lessons

gaNa rAjEna rakshitOhaM (Class / Lesson) - Arabhi - Misra Chapu - Dikshitar


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gaNa rAjEna rakshitOhaM

Ragam: Aarabhi (29th Mela

Janyam):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabhi

ARO: S R2 M1 P D2 S                     || 

AVA: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S         ||

Talam: Mishra Chapu

Composer: Muthuswamy Dikshitar

Version: Ram Kaushik (Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhMvpz17NTM

)

Youtube Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDH5SsHfvRw

MP3 Class: http://www.shivkumar.org/music/ganarajena-rakshitoham-class.mp3

 

Pallavi:

gaNa rAjEna rakshitO(a)haM

Madhyama kAla sAhityam:

guNi jana nuta

pallava padEna

samashTi caraNam

aNimAdyashTa

siddhi pradEna

mANikya

makuTAdi dharENa

mantriNI pUjita

su-mukhEna

mAnita guru

guha vanditEna

madhyama kAla sAhityam:

dina-kara kOTi

prakASEna   vinatASrita mandArENa

manu pUjita

pASAnkuSEna  kAnana sthita brahma-caryENa

MEANING:

Sahityam: gaNa rAjEna rakshitO(a)haM

gaNa: Ganas (a group of
semi-divine beings who are followers of Lord Shiva, and by extension, Ganesha)

rAjEna: By the king

rakshitO: Protected

(a)haM: I am 

rakshitO-ahaM 

-              I am protected

gaNa rAjEna 

-                by Ganesha, the
king of the Ganas,

Sahityam: guNi jana nuta pallava padEna

guNi: Virtuous

jana: People

nuta: Praised

pallava: Tender sprout

padEna: By the feet

guNi jana nuta pallava padEna –the one whose (tender)

sprout-like feet are praised by virtuous people,

 

Sahityam: aNimAdyashTa

siddhi pradEna

aNimA: Minutest

Ady: Beginning with

ashTa: Eight

siddhi: Powers or accomplishments

pradEna: By the giver

aNimA-Adi-ashTa siddhi pradEna –the giver of the eight

Siddhis (Yogic attainments),

mANikya makuTAdi dharENa

mANikya: Ruby or gem

makuTa: Crown

Adi: Etcetera, indicating the presence of other

ornaments

dharENa: Wearing

mANikya makuTa-Adi dharENa –    the one wearing a gem-studded crown and

other ornaments,

mantriNI

pUjita su-mukhEna

mantriNI: Minister, referring to Goddess Mantrini, a

principal figure in Shaktism, closely associated with Lalita Tripurasundari

pUjita: Worshipped

su-mukhEna: With a pleasant face

mantriNI pUjita su-mukhEna –    the pleasant-faced one, worshipped by

goddess Mantrini,

 

mAnita

guru guha vanditEna

mAnita: Honored

guru guha: A name for Kartikeya, Dikshitar's chosen

deity, also known as Muruga or Skanda

vanditEna: Saluted

mAnita guru guha vanditEna –    the one saluted by the revered Guruguha,

 

madhyama

kAla sAhityam:

Sahityam: dina-kara

kOTi prakASEna  

dina-kara: The sun

kOTi: Crore (ten million)

prakASEna: With the brilliance

dina-kara kOTi prakASEna  -    

the one shining like a crore suns,

 

Sahityam: vinatASrita

mandArENa

vinata: Supplicated, humbled

ASrita: Taken refuge, surrendered

mandArENa: Celestial wish-fulfilling tree

vinata-ASrita mandArENa –       the celestial wish-fulfilling tree to

those who supplicate and surrender,

 

Sahityam: manu

pUjita pASAnkuSEna 

manu: The first man and lawgiver in Hindu mythology

pUjita: Worshipped

pASa: Noose

ankuSEna: Goad

manu pUjita -                  the one worshipped by Manu,

pASa-ankuSEna –                 the one with a Pasha(noose)

and Ankusha(goad),

 

 

Sahityam: kAnana

sthita brahma-caryENa

kAnana: Forest

sthita: Residing

brahma-caryENa: Celibacy

kAnana sthita brahma-caryENa –  the celibate , residing in a forest.

 

Additional Comments:

·       

This
Kriti is in the third Vibhakti

·       

Mantrini
is the minister of Goddess Lalita. In the war against Bhandasura, Ganesha is
invoked by her, to destroy  the “Vighna
yantra”  by Bhandasura

·       

Manu
also means Mantras, so manu-pUjita can also mean one who is worshipped with
Mantras

·       

The  eight Siddhis or  Yogic attainments are :

Anima (ability to reduce the size of the body, to even

the size of an Anu or atom),

Mahima (ability to become gigantic in size)

Laghima (ability to become very light)

Garima, (ability to become very heavy)

Prapti, (ability to acquire anything anywhere)

Prakamya, (ability to obtain anything desired)

Ishitvam (lordship over all creation)

Vashitvam (control over all creation)


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