Lyrics,queries and meaning- Kannada

[Sudarshan C R]

snEhitarellArigU ‘mahAshivarAtri’ habbada shubhAshayagaLu.
Best wishes to all our friends on the occasion of ‘Mahashivarathri’ festival.

Dear Lakshmanji
Here is the lyric and meaning of the song ‘noDuvude kaNNu”

rAga: dhanyAsi
tALa: aTTa
racane: shrI puraMdaradAsaru

nODuvude kaNNu kELuvude kivi pADuvude vadana (kRuShNa) /pa/
gADikAra shrI vENugOpAlana kUDi koMDADuva sukhada sobaganu /anupa/

poMgoLalUduta mRuga pakShigaLanella saMgaDisutalippana
aMgaja janaka gOpAMganeyaroDane beLadiMgaLoLage suLidADo raMgayyana /1/

navilaMte kuNiva haMseyaMte naliyuva mari kOgileyaMte kUguva
eraLeya mariyaMte jigijigidADuva duMbi JEMkarisuvaMdadi JEMkaripana /2/

muruDu kubjeya DoMka tiddi rUpiya mADi sereya piDisi koMbana
garuDa gamana shrIpuraMdara viThThalana sharaNAgata suradhEnu raMgayyana /3/

Meaning of the song:

The pleasure (suKada)/beauty (sobaganu) of prasing (kUDi koMDADuva) the handsome (gADikAra) Shri Venugopala with our eyes (kaNNu) to see (nODuvude), listen (kELuvude) with our ears (kivi) and sing (pADuvude) with our face/mouth (vadana)

One who nurtures (saMgaDisutalippana) all the birds/animals (mRuga pakShigaLanella) by playing his golden-flute (poMgaLolUduta)
Ranga, father of Manmatha (aMgaja janaka), who plays/move (suLidADuta) around with gopikas (gOpAMganeyaroDane) in moon-light (beLadiMgaLoLage)

Dance (kuNiva) like peacock (navilaMte), plays (naliyuva) like swan (haMseyaMte),
sings (kUguva) like small (mari) cuckoo (kOgileyaMte)
jumps (jigijigidADuva) like small (mari) antelope/deer (eraLeya)
murmur (jhEMkarisuva) like bumble bees (duMbiyaMte)
(In all above actions we can feel the presence of Lord)

Shri Rama when he was small child forcibly picked up by dwarf (kubjeya) old-woman (muruDu-Manthara)
and escaped from her arms (sereya piDisikoMbana)
ShripuraMdaraviThala who travels (gamana) on eagle/aquila (garuDA)
Ranga, protector of destitues (sharaNAgata) also called celestial-cow (suradhEnu)

(suradhEnu/kAmadhEnu=celestial Cow which fulfills all our wishes)

Here is the part-story of Manthara in Ramayana explained by Shri Bannanje Govidacharya:

"The seed was sown long back.
When Ramachandra was but a mere toddler, everyone was naturally enchanted by
the cute baby. All said and done, Manthara had a motherly heart as well. She
too fell in love with the baby. She wanted to hold the baby in her arms. She
reached out to Him. But this Puppeteer went ahead and set the stage for the act
to follow. He refused to go to her. But, Manthara would not give up. She
forcefully picked up the child. But Rama threw a tantrum, kicking her and got
down.
Kids
pick fights. Grown-ups actually fight. Kids quickly forget and unite. Grown-ups
never forget and turn it into enmity. Kids, due to this nature, show greatness."

More details here:
http://www.indiadivine.org/showthrea...ovindacharya-2

Audio courtesy: www:musicmazaa.com/www.hummaa.com
Audio by Shri Vidyabhushana:
http://musicmazaa.com/kannada/devoti...Kritigalu.html
Audio by shri Maharajapuram Santhanam:
http://www.hummaa.com/music/song/noduvude-kannu/133645#

2 more caraNas of the song:

eLetuLasiya vanamAleyiMdoppuva
eLeya gOvaLaroDanADuva
taLita taruvina neLalalli nalivana
naLinanAbhana muddu nageya sobaganu /1/

molle mallige jAji pUmAlegaLa dharisi
celuveyarige muDisuvana
jalakELi vanakELi modalATagaLiMda
celvakaMgaLa muddu pullanayanana /2/