Balasubramanyam Padame (Class / Lesson) : Vishnupriya ; Adi; Thanjavur Shankara Iyer

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bAlasubramaNyan pAdamE

Ragam: viSNupriyA (32 Ragavardhini janya)

ARO: S G3 M1 P D1 N2 S  ||

AVA: S N2 D1 P M1 G3 M1 R3 S ||

Talam: Adi

Composer: Thanjavur Shankara Iyer

Lyrics: Lakshman Ragde

Version: Ram Kaushik / TVS version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeujdadFCbw)

Pallavi

bAlasubramaNyan pAdamE tuNai pADum vEdattil meipporuLAnavan

Anupallavi:

nIla mayil uDai murugan nammai nittam kAttiDum viSNupriya marugan

Charanam:

pArvati paramEshvaran kumAran panniru kaNNuDai Arumukhan

pArp-pugazhum pazhani ANDavan pAmarargaLum nambi vaNangiDum

Meaning: (approx.)

P: The feet (“pAdamE”) of Bala-subramanyan are my refuge (“tuNai”). He is the one revered as the essence (“mei-pporuL-Anavan”) of the vedas (“vEdattil”).

A: He is Muruga (“murugan”) who rides on (“uDai”) the blue (“nIla”) peacock (“mayil”). He shows (“kAttiDum”) us (“nammai”) the way to salvation daily (“nittam”). He is the dear nephew of Vishnu (“viSNupriya marugan”) – also a reference to the raga name of Vishnupriya.

C: He is the son (“kumAran”) of Parvati and Parameshwaran (Shiva). He has twelve (“panniru”) eyes (“kaNNuDai”) in his six faces (“Aru-mughan”). He is universally revered (“pArp-pugazhum”) and is the lord (“ANDavan”) that resides on the Palani (“pazhani”) mountain. Ordinary people (“pAmarargaLum”) place their trust (“nambi”) in him and pray to him (“vaNangiDum”).