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Sarasija Nabha Sodhari

Ragam: Naga Gandhari {20th Melakartha Janyam}

ARO: S R2 M1 G2 R2 M1 P D1 , N2 S || (or M1 P N2 N2 S )

AVA: S N2 D1 P M1 , G2 , R2 G2 (R1) S ||

Talam: Rupakam

Composer: Muthuswamy Dikshitar

Version: Ram Kaushik (Youtube Original)
Lyrics Courtesy: Lakshman Ragde

Meanings Courtesy: Guru Guha Vaibhavam: https://guru-guha.blogspot.com/2008/10/dikshitar-kriti-sarasija-nabha-sodari.html

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Pallavi: sarasija nAbha sOdari Sankari pAhi mAm
Anupallavi: varadAbhaya kara kamalE SaraNAgata vatsalE
caraNam:
parandhAma prakIrtitE paSu pASa vimOcitE pannagAbharaNa yutE nAga gAndhArI pUjitAbja padE
sadAnanditE sampadE

madhyama kAla sAhityam: vara guru guha janani mada Samani mahishAsura mardini manda gamani mangaLa vara pradAyini

Meaning: (Courtesy: Guru Guha Vaibhavam): https://guru-guha.blogspot.com/2008/10/dikshitar-kriti-sarasija-nabha-sodari.html

Pallavi

sarasija nAbha sOdari - O sister of Vishnu (who has a lotus springing from his navel)!

Sankari - O wife of Shiva (Shankara),

pAhi mAm - Protect me!

Anupallavi

varada-abhaya kara kamalE - O one whose lotus-like hands gesture granting of boons and freedom from fear!

SaraNa-Agata vatsalE - O one tenderly affectionate to those who have come seeking refuge!

CaraNam

paraM-dhAma prakIrtitE - O one renowned as the supreme abode (housing the universe)!

paSu pASa vimOcitE - O one who liberates creatures from bondage!

pannaga-AbharaNa yutE - O one in the company of Shiva (who wears snakes as ornaments)!

nAga gAndhArI pUjita-abja padE - O one whose lotus-feet are worshipped by Nagagandhari Raga!

sadA nanditE - O ever-blissful one!

sampadE - O supreme wealth (precious to your devotees)!

vara guru guha janani - O mother of the eminent Guruguha!

mada Samani - O one who extinguishes arrogance!

mahisha-asura mardini - O slayer of the buffalo-demon Mahishasura!

manda gamani - O one with a languorous (graceful) gait!

mangaLa vara pradAyini - O giver of auspicious boons!

Comments:

This Kriti is in the eighth (Sambodhana Prathama) Vibhakti

The name ‘parandhAma’ is found in the Lalita Sahasranama

The names ‘padmanAbha sahOdarI’, ‘paSu pASa vimOcinI’ and ‘ mada nASinI’ are found in the Lalita Sahasranama, similar to the epithets here