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mOhana rAma

Ragam: Mohanam { 28th Melakartha Janya Ragam}

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

ARO: S R₂ G3 P D2 S ||

AVA: Ṡ D₂ P G3 R2 S ||

Talam: Adi (2 kalai)

Composer:  Tyagaraja

Version: Ram Kaushik (Original YouTube)

Lyrics & Meanings Courtesy: Tyagaraja Vaibhavam http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/02/thyagaraja-kriti-mohana-rama-raga.html 

Youtube Class / Lesson: https://youtu.be/3SFMkIAnsEU 

MP3 Class / Lesson: http://www.shivkumar.org/music/mOhanarAma-class.mp3  

Pallavi:

mOhana rAma mukha jita sOma

mudduga palkumA

anupallavi

mOhana rAma modaTi daivamA

mOhamu nIpai monasi(y)unnadirA (mOhana)

caraNam

dhara manuj(A)vatAra mahima vini

sura kinnara kimpurusha vidyAdhara

sura pati vidhi vibhAkara candr(A)dulu

karagucu prEmatO

vara mRga pakshi vAnara tanuvulacE

girini velayu sItA vara cira kAlamu

guri tappaka mai maraci sEvinciri

vara tyAgarAja varad(A)khila jagan(mOhana)

Meaning Courtesy: Thyagaraja Vaibhavam: http://thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com/2008/02/thyagaraja-kriti-mohana-rama-raga.html 

Sahityam: P: mOhana rAma mukha jita sOma

mudduga palkumA

Meaning:  O Captivating (mOhana) Lord rAma whose face (mukha) vanquishes (jita) the moon (sOma)! Please speak (palkumA) to me charmingly (mudduga).

Sahityam: A: mOhana rAma modaTi daivamA

Meaning: O Captivating (mOhana) Lord rAma - the foremost (modaTi) (literally first) God (daivamA)! 

Sahityam: mOhamu nIpai monasi-unnadirA (mOhana)

Meaning: I have been captivated by You (mOhamu nIpai monasiyunnadirA) (literally attraction (mOhamu) towards You (nIpai) has developed (monasi unnadirA) (monasiyunnadirA)).

O Captivating Lord rAma whose face vanquishes the moon! Please speak to me charmingly.

Sahityam: dhara manuja-avatAra mahima vini   sura kinnara kimpurusha vidyAdhara

Meaning: Hearing (vini) Your greatness (mahima) of having incarnated (avatAra) as a human being (manuja) (manujAvatAra) in the World (dhara), celestials (sura), kinnara, kimpurusha, vidyAdhara, 

Sahityam: sura pati vidhi vibhAkara candra-Adulu    karagucu prEmatO

Meaning:  ... indra – Lord (pati) of celestials, brahmA (vidhi), Sun (vibhAkara), moon (candra) and others (Adulu) (candrAdulu),

melting (karagucu) with love (prEmatO), 

Sahityam: vara mRga pakshi vAnara tanuvulacE   girini velayu sItA vara cira kAlamu

Meaning: ... having embodied (tanuvulacE) (literally with bodies) as blessed (vara) animals (mRga), birds (pakshi) and monkeys (vAnara),

O Consort (vara) of sItA shining (velayu) on the Mount (girini) prasravaNa or suvEla!

Sahityam: guri tappaka mai maraci sEvinciri     vara tyAgarAja varada-akhila jagan-(mOhana)

Meaning: .. without missing (tappaka) the aim (guri), worshipped (sEvinciri) You for a long (cira) time (kAlamu) bereft of body (mai) consciousness (maraci);

O Great (vara) Bestower of boons (varada) on this tyAgarAja!

O Lord SrI rAma who captivates (mOhana) the whole (akhila) (varadAkhila) Universe (jagat) (jaganmOhana) whose face vanquishes the moon! Please speak to me charmingly.