Shyamala Dhantakam lyrics

There is a folk story about how he came about to write this stotra. He was a foolish wood cutter who was made to act wise by the courtiers of a proud princess and thus convinced the princess marry him. The princess advised the wood cutter to enter in to a temple of Kali, and when she went for a walk, he locked himself in. When Kali came back, the wood cutter refused to allow her in, unless she made him wise. After she did, the first prayer of this wood cutter to Kali was Shyamala Dandakam

മാണിക്ക വീണ uphalaalayaMteeM
madaalasaam  manjula vaagvilaasam
maahendra neela dyuthi koomalaangim
mathanga kanya manasaasmaraami.

Meaning : I meditate on the daughter of Matanga,
Who plays the veena made of precious gems,
Who has become lazy due to her exuberance,
Who is blessed with very sweet words,
Who has a pretty mien which shines like the blue gem.

Chaturbhuje Chandrakala vatamsee
kuchonuthe kumkuma raga shone
pundrekshu pasankusa pushpa bhana haste
namaste jagadaika maathaa....

My salutations to that mother of universe,
Who has four hands,
Who wears the crescent as an ornament,
Who has very high breasts,
Who is of the colour of saffron,
And who holds flower, sugar cane, rope, arrow,
The goad and pundareeka in her hands.

Matha marakata shyama mathangi mada salini
Kuryath kadaksham kalyani kadambha vana vasini

Jaya Mathanga thanaye, Jaya Neelolpala dhyuthe,
Jaya Sangeetha rasike (2), Jaya Leela shuka priye. 4

Jaya janani,
sudha samudranthar udhuyanmani dheepa samrooda vilwadavi Madhya
Kalpadhruma kalpa kadambha kadhara  vasa priye,
krithivasa priye,
sarva loka priye.

Sadararabdha sangeetha sambhavana a sambhrama lola neepasraga
badha chooli sanadathrike,
Sanumath puthrike
















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Lyrics of Bhagyada Lakshmi Baaramma

Bhagyada Lakshmi baramma



namm-amma nee souw-bhagyada lakshmi baramma



hejjaya mel oru hejjeyanikkuta gejje kalgala

dhvaniya toruta

sajjana sadhu pujeya velege majjige

geyoLagina beNNe yante

(bhAgyada)



caraNam 2



kanaka vrStiya kareyuta bAre mana kAmanaya siddhiya tOrE

dinakara kOTi tEjadi hoLeva janakarAyana kumAri vEdha

(bhAgyada)



caraNam 3



sankhye illAda bhAgyava koTTu kankaNa kaiya tiruvuta bAre

kunkumAnkite pankaja lOcane venkaTa ramaNana binkada rANI

(bhAgyada)



caraNam 4



attittalagalade bhaktara maneyali nitya mahOtsava nitya sumangaLa

satyava tOruva sAdhu sajjanara chittadi hoLevA puttaLi bombe

(bhAgyada)



caraNam 5



sakkare tuppa kAluve harisi shukravAradha pUjaya vELage

akkareyuLLa aLagiri rangana cokka purandara viThalana rANI

(bhAgyada)

Benefits of Mohanam Raga

Mohanam  is one of the popular ragas in carnatic music.It does not contains madhyamam or nishadam.Its arohana is like this S R2 G3 P D2 S and avarohana is S D2 P G3 R2 S .This is a janya raga which is derived from the 28th Mela raga Harikambhoji.Vara Veena is one of the famous geetham in this raga.