shrI ranganAtham

 

Ragam: pUrNacandrikA { 29th Melakartha Ragam}

                ARO:     S R2 G3 M1 P D2 P S                          ||

AVA:     S N3 P M1 R2 G3 M1 R2 S                ||

Talam: Adi

Composer:  Ambi Dikshitar

Version: Ram Kaushik  Lyrics Courtesy: Lakshman Ragde

 

Pallavi:

shrI ranganatham upAsmahE nityam sItA-vallabham shrI shankara guruguha vEdyam

 

Samisti Charanam:

nAradAdinuta shyAmaLa gAtram niranjAri mArtANDa sunEtram
dhIrataram sharacApa dharaNam dEvarAja pUjitAbja caraNam

 

Meaning: (approximate)

I meditate (“upAsmahE”) daily (“nityam”) upon sri ranganatha. He is the consort (“vallabham”) of sita. He is meditated (“vEdyam”) upon by Sankara and Guru Guha.

He is worshipped (“nuta”) by Narada and others (“nArad-Adi”). His neck (“gAtram”) is dark in color (“shyAmaLa”). He has lovely eyes (“su-nEtram”) which are like the lotus (“niranjAri”) and martanda. He is brave (“dhIrataram”). He holds (“dharaNam”) the bow and arrows (“sharacApa”). His feet (“caraNam”) are prayed (“pUjitAbja”) to by Indra, the king of devas (“dEva-rAja”).

 

Pallavi:

shrI ranganatham upAsmahE nityam sItA-vallabham shrI shankara guruguha vEdyam

 

I meditate (“upAsmahE”) daily (“nityam”) upon sri ranganatha.

 

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P,r     sn  P     pm R    G -  M                | pmgm    R – sn    |  P – rs      R ;       ||

shrI   ran ga   na - -    tham u              pA - -    sma hE      -    ni -    tyam

 

pdpr     sn  P     pm R    G -  M            | pmgm    R – sn    |  P – rs      R ;       ||

shrI      ran ga   na - -    tham u           pA - -    sma hE      -    ni -    tyam

 

pdpr     sn  P     pm R    G -  M            | pmgm    R – Srs    |  np – rs      R ;   ||

shrI      ran ga   na - -    tham u           pA - -    sma hE        -      ni   tyam

 

He is the consort (“vallabham”) of sita. He is meditated (“vEdyam”) upon by Sankara and Guru Guha.

 

gmpm   gm P    mpdp     , s S              | ; gm      r s    n p     | pm gm      gr gm     ||

sI- - -    tA- -    val - -     - labham        shrI-   shan-kara    guruguha  vE-dyam

 

pdpr     sn  P     Pdp Mpm  R - M    |  pmgm    R – Srs    |  np – rs      R ;     ||

shrI      ran ga   na - -    -   tham u       pA - -    sma hE        -      ni   tyam

 

gmpm   gm P    mpdp     , s R             | ; gm      r s    n p     | pm gm      gr gm     ||

sI- - -    tA- -    val - -     - labham        shrI-   shan-kara    guruguha  vE-dyam

 

pdpr     sn  P     Pdp Mpm  R - gm    |  pmgm    R – Srs    |  np – rs      R ;    ||

shrI      ran ga   na - -    -   tham u       pA - -    sma hE        -      ni   tyam

 

gmpm   gm P    mpdp     S  R             | ; gm      r s    n p     | pm gm      gr gm     ||

sI- - -    tA- -    val - -     la  bham        shrI-   shan-kara    guruguha  vE-dyam

 

P,r     sn  P     pm R    G -  M                | pmgm    R – sn    |  P – rs      R ;       ||

shrI   ran ga   na - -    tham u              pA - -    sma hE      -    ni -    tyam

 

; ;       S ;         ;  ;   ;  ;           |   ; ;        ; ;            |    ; ;       ; ;            ||

- -       - -          -  -             -   -              - -        - -               - -     -  -

 

Samisti Charanam:

nAradAdinuta shyAmaLa gAtram niranjAri mArtANDa sunEtram
dhIrataram sharacApa dharaNam dEvarAja pUjitAbja caraNam

 

He is worshipped (“nuta”) by Narada and others (“nArad-Adi”). His neck (“gAtram”) is dark in color (“shyAmaLa”).

 

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P ;      P – P        D P       S R                    |  ; sr         , g M   |  R ;          S  ;       ||

nA     ra    dA-      - di       nu ta              shyA        maLa   gA      tram

 

snpm  R – gm       pd dp       S R           |  ; sr         , g   M  |     R ;    S  ;          ||

nA     ra    dA-      - -  di       nu ta            shyA      ma La      gA      tram

 

snpm  R – gm       pd dp       S S            |  sr gm        pm gm  |     R ;    S  ;     ||

nA     ra    dA-      - -  di       nu ta          shyA --     ma  La      gA      tram

 

He has lovely eyes (“su-nEtram”) which are like the lotus (“niranjAri”) and martanda.

 

G ,m   R – sr        sn – P      pm R        |  gm p r        sn P     | pm gm    R ;     ||

Ni -    ra    jA        -     ri     mA- r          tAN- -       Da su-     nE - -     tram

 

GpmM;   R – Srs       sn – P      pm R        |  gm p r        sn pn     | pm gm    R S          ||

Ni -    -   ra    jA         -     ri     mA- r           tAN- -        Da su-     nE - -     tram

 

He is brave (“dhIrataram”). He holds (“dharaNam”) the bow and arrows (“sharacApa”). His feet (“caraNam”) are prayed (“pUjitAbja”) to by Indra, the king of devas (“dEva-rAja”).

 

S   s s     S – s  s        S ,  s       s s S           |  ;  ;               ; sn      | pm gm     R S               ||
dhIrata  ram shara    cA  pa  dharaNam    -  -            -  - -        - -  - -      -  -

 

S   s s     S – s  s        S ,  s       s s S           |  G m- r      , r – S   |   n P  m      g m R           ||
dhIrata  ram shara    cA  pa  dharaNam  dEva rA     ja   pU    ji tAbja    caraNam

 

Chitta Swaram:

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R gm     r s n p       , p -    rs     R – gm   |  r p m – g    m – r g m |  p d p s         S  ;      ||

sn p-r     , r- gm     R r  -  s      n p – R    |  S   P            r s n - p     | d p m- g   m-r g m ||

 

pdpr     sn  P     Pdp Mpm  R - gm    |  pmgm    R – Srs    |  np – rs      R ;    ||

shrI      ran ga   na - -    -   tham u       pA - -    sma hE        -      ni   tyam

gmpm   gm P    mpdp     S  R             | ; gm      r s    n p     | pm gm      gr gm     ||

sI- - -    tA- -    val - -     la  bham        shrI-   shan-kara    guruguha  vE-dyam

 

P,r     sn  P     pm R    G -  M                | pmgm    R – sn    |  P – rs      R ;       ||

shrI   ran ga   na - -    tham u              pA - -    sma hE      -    ni -    tyam

; ;       ; gm       R  ;                S ;           |   ; ;        ; ;            |    ; ;       ; ;            ||

- -       - -          -  -             -   -              - -        - -               - -     -  -