Karunai  Cheyvaye Amma

By

Neelakanda ivan

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 

(Sage Neelakanta Sivan was a great composer belonging to South Travancore and lived at the end of 19^th century. Though a very great composer of Carnatic music Krithis,  very many people do not know about him.  His Disciple Papanasam Sivan  is however well known.  http://www.carnaticcorner.com/articles/nilakanta_sivan.html  as well as http://www.carnatica.net/neelakantasivan.htm give a very detailed account of this composer  and his Krithis. Though he is said have composed over 2000 Krithis very few of them are now available.)

 

 

Ragam  Sahana

Thalam  Roopakam

 

Pallavi

Karunai cheyvaye Amma nin

 

Anupallavi

Aru marai nangum –perum pugazh ongum,

Porule, Mey thangum thiruvarul thengum,

Paraye, Thiruvadi pothi  iru vinai  noyathu mathi,

Saran perum thondargal  thothi yarul umaye , yenai yaththi

 

Charanam

Athiyandhamillatha chilaye, Othi munivar  pugazhum paraye,

Poothi  thigazhndha  adiyar anaye, Kothila maniye,

 Pathi mathi  chadai konda chothiyenum  neela kandar ,

Meedhu oru  pathiyil  pendaam adhiye, nee gathi kandai.

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

Please shower your mercy, mother

 

Anupallavi

That one whose great fame is sung by the four great Vedas,

That divine one which supports truth and is filled with grace ,

Oh Uma, who cures the  two great sufferings ,

When your holy feet are worshipped, Please console me.

 

Charanam

Oh statue which does not have end nor beginning,

Oh  divine one whose fame is sung by learned sages ,

Oh mother  of those devotees  who have realized God,

Oh gem without any blemish, Oh lady  who occupies ,

Half the body of  the light called Neelakanta ,

Who wears  the crescent , Oh primeval one, only you know the future path.