Bageerathi Bava Dveshini

(Oh goddess who was brought by Bhageeratha, who hates  the cycle of birth and death)

Ragam  :               Adana                                                                   Thalam    :            Kerva

 

Composed  by

 

Professor B. Ramamoorthy Rao

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

 

Pallavi

 

Bageerathi bava dveshini

Bageeratha nandini

Sankara jata pravahini

Sankata harani (ganga ma)                                                                                           (Bhageerathi)

 

Pallavi

Oh goddess who was brought by Bhageeratha,

And  hates  the cycle of birth and death

And who is the daughter of Bhageeratha,

Who flows from the matted hair of Lord Shiva,

 Who is the mother Ganges, who removes sorrow.

 

Anupallavi

 

Vishnu charana brahma karana sivajatase ayi mayi

Garaja garaja ayi darathi

Darathi sakala pavana karu (ganga ma)                                                   (Bhageerathi)

 

Anupallavi

 

Oh mother who originated due to Brahma,

From the feet of Lord Vishnu

And was made glittering by Lord Shiva,

Roar and roar and make us fear,

Make us afraid and make us pure (Oh mother ganges)

 

Charanam

 

Punya boomi kasi kshethrame viswanatha charana doya

Danya danya santhana jana

Ganga snana papa harana

Danya krishnadasa charana

Sakala papa baya harani (ganga ma)                                                                        (Bhageerathi)

 

Charanam

 

In the holy city Kasi you washed the feet of God Viswanatha,

Blessed and blessed indeed are the sages and people,

For bath in Ganga removes all their sin,

Blessed indeed is the feet of Krishnadasa,

For mother Ganges removes all his sins and fears.