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kancadaLaayadaakshee
raagam: kamalaa manOhari

27 sarasaangi janya
Aa: S G3 M1 P N3 S
Av: S N3 D1 P M1 G3 S

taaLam: Adi
Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar
Language: Sanskrit

pallavi

kanjadaLAyatAkSi kAmAkSi kamalAmanOhari tripurasundari

anupallavi

kunjaragamanE maNimaNDita manjuLacaranE mAmavashiva panjarashuki paNkajamukhi guruguha ranjani duritabhanjani niranjani

caraNam

rAkA shashivadanE suradanE rakSitamadanE ratnasadanE shrIkAncana vasanE surasanE
shRNgArAshraya mandahasanE EkAnEkAkSari bhuvanEshvari EkAnandAmRtahari bhAsvari EkAgramanOlayakari shrIkari EkAmrEsha gRhEshvari shaNkari

Meaning:
kanjadaLAyatAkSi - lotus petaled eyes
kAmAkSi - goddess kAmakshi
kamalA - lotus
manOhari - stealer of heart
Tripurasundari - tripura sundari, beautiful in three worlds

kunjaragamanE - walks majestically like an elephant
maNimaNDita - gem adorned
manjuLa - delicate
caranE - feet
mAmava - protect me
shiva - lord shiva
Panjara - cage/heart
shuki - parrot
paNkajamukhi - lotus faced
Guruguha - guruguha
Ranjani - delighter
durita - miseries
Bhanjani - breaker
niranjani - ever shining

rAkA shashi - full moon like
vadanE - face
suradanE - beautiful row of teeth
rakSita - protected
madanE - madana/cupid
ratna - jeweled
sadanE - home
shrI - wealthy
kAncana - gold
vasanE - clothed
surasanE - tasteful
shRNgAra - delicately
Ashraya - provides refuge
Manda - gently
hasanE - smiling

EkAnEkAkSari - she is described in one or many letters
bhuvanEshvari - lead of the universe
EkAnanda - happiness
amRita - nectar
Jhari - river
bhAsvari - effulgent
EkAgra - concentrated
manO - mind
layakari - disciplined
shrIkari - holding the wealth
EkAmrEsha - lord EkAmresha in kAnchIpuram
gRhEshvari - consort of his home
shankari - sankari

Summary:

Oh lotus eyed kAmAkshi, tripura sundari, you are enchanted by the lotus flowers. Oh mother of guruguha, your face shines like beautiful lotus flower, you walk majestically like that of an elephant, your delicate feet are decked with gems, you are in the heart cage of lord Siva and please protect me and remove my miseries. Your face is as graceful as full moon with perfect teeth, your home is embellished with gems and you are the rescuer of Madana/cupid! You wear tasteful clothes woven of gold thread and you provide refuge with a gentle and smiling face. You name can be a single letter or multiple letters (goddess lalita has more than one thousand names), you are the leader of the universe, you make happiness flow like a river of nectar, you have a strong mind with concentration and discipline and you are the consort Sankari of EkAmresa in kAnchipuram.

Notation:
Notation available here at Shivkumar Kalyanaraman's Krithi Archive. Also, listen to the music class here.

Other information:
Lyrics from Compositions of Tyagaraja by TK Govinda Rao. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi.