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Devar Munivar

Composition by LaalguDi Jayaraaman

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Title: Devar Munivar

Composer: LaalguDi Jayaraaman

Language: Tamil

Ragas: Sanmukhapriya

Talas: Adi

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Lyrics

pallavi

devar munivar tolum jagannathan dina dayalan tirumagalurai marban

anupallavi

mavali valimaiyait-talal alanda tirumal sri venkatagiri cen;kamalak- kanna peruman (muktayisvara) sa* ri* sa* dha ri* sa* dha sa* dha pa ma ga ma pa , ga sa ri ga ma pa dha ni sa* ri*, sa* ri* ga* ma* pa* ga* , ri* , sa* pa dha ni sa* ri* ni , dha , pa , sa ri ga ma pa dha ni (muktayisvara sahitya) tirumalai tannil sada kadal alai pol mati mukham darisittu govinda vaikuntha anandam niye enradiyavar magila

charanam

srinivasan perumai collat-tarama (cittasvara) 1: deyvam yavum onrinaindu vanda nam 2: sankham aliyudan angai abhayam tara tunga alarmel mangai manavalan 3: kaliyugam tanil karunamurti tulabam malar manikya vaidurya alankara gambhira saundaryan sevai kana pala koti kangal venum 4: anru parthan terotti arul gitaiyudan aram kattu maram eluruva saram eydu tan tiram nattidum parandhaman annai magila padmavalli tannai anbodu mananda venkataramanan bhaktar neyan padmanabhan nitya kalyana

Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Pallavi: dEvar munivar tozhum jagannAthan dIna dayALan tirumaghaLurai mArban
Anupallavi: mAvali valimaiyait-tALAl aLanda tirumAl shrI vEnkaTagiri cen;kamalak-
kaNNa perumAn
                            (muktAyisvara)
sa* ri* sa* dhA ri* sa* dhA sa* dhA pa ma ga ma pA , ga sa ri ga ma pa dha ni sa* rI*, sa*
ri* ga* ma* pa* gA* , rI* , sA* pa dha ni sa* ri* nI , dhA , pA , sa ri ga ma pa dha ni
                       (muktAyisvara sAhitya)
tirumalai tannil sadA kaDal alai pOl mati mukham darishittu gOvinda vaikuNTha
Anandam nIyE enraDiyavar magizha

Charanam: shrInivAsan perumai collat-taramA
             (ciTTasvara)
 1: deivam yAvum onriNaindu vanda nam
 2: shankham AzhiyuDan angai abhayam tara tunga alarmEl mangai maNavALan
 3: kaliyugam tanil karuNAmUrti tuLabam malar mANikya vaiDUrya
    alankAra gambhIra saundaryan sEvai kANa pala kOTi kaNgaL vENum
 4: anru pArthan tErOTTi aruL gItaiyuDan aram kAttu
    maram Ezhuruva saram eidu tan tiram nATTiDum parandAman
    annai magizha padmavalli tannai anbODu maNanda vEnkaTaramaNan
    bhaktar nEyan padmanAbhan nitya kalyANa

Meanings: (approximate)
Pallavi: O Lord (“naathan”) of the World (“Jagan”), his lotus feet (“pAdan”) is revered
(“tozhum”) by the gods (“devar”) and sages (“munivar”).
He is compassionate (“dayALan”) towards the poor (“dIna”).
He has the divine Lakshmi (“tirumaghaLurai”) in his chest (“mArban”).

Anupallavi: He is the lord (“tirumAl”) who measured (“aLanda”) the earth and heavens
(“mAvali valimaiyai”) with his steps (“tALAl”) [reference to Vamana avataram].
He is the lord (“perumAn”) at Venkatagiri (“vEnkaTagiri”) who has is the lotus-eyed
(“cen;kamalak-kaNNa”) one.

Muktayi Swaram: He resides (”tannil”) in Tirupati (”tirumalai”). The gods and sages
look to get a glimpse his face which is always serene like the ocean waves. After getting

this darshanam/glimpse those (“enraDiyavar”) that equate you (“nIyE”) to bliss
(“Anandam”) are ecstatic (“magizha”) as if they were transported to vaikuntam.

Charanam: Can one even start to (“taramA”) describe (“cholla”) the glories (“perumai”)
of Lord Srinivasa (“shrInivAsan”) ?

Chitta Swaras:
1. He is the one (“onriNaindu”) who is worshipped (“vanda nam”) by all (“yAvum”) the
devas (“deivam”).
2. He has the conch (“shankham”) and discus (“AzhiyuDan”) and gives (“tara”)
fearlessness (“abhayam”). He is the husband (“maNavALan”) of Lakshmi (“tunga
alarmEl mangai”).
3. In this Kali Yuga (“kaliyugam tanil”), he is the graceful one (“karuNAmUrti”).
He is decorated (“alankAra”) with a garland of tulaba flowers (”tuLabam malar”) and
with jewels (“mANikya vaiDUrya”). He stands impressive (“gambhIra”) and beautiful
(“saundaryan”). To even see him (“sEvai kANa”), one needs (“vENum”) several (“pala”)
crores (“kOTi”) of eyes (“kaNgaL”).
4. Then (“anru”) he was the charioteer (“tErOTTi”) of Arjuna (“pArthan”) and showed
him the direction of dharma (“aram kAttu”) with the Bhagvad Gita (“aruL gItaiyuDan”).
[need to translate these lines… ]
      maram Ezhuruva saram eidu tan tiram nATTiDum parandAman
      annai magizha padmavalli tannai anbODu maNanda vEnkaTaramaNan
He is the fulfiller (“nEyan”) of desires of his bhaktas (“bhaktar”). He is Padmanabhan,
one with a lotus-navel (“padmanAbhan”). He is the one who gives auspiciousness
(“kalyANa “) forever (“nitya”).

Pallavi:
dEvar munivar tozhum pAdan jagannAthan
dIna dayALan tirumaghaLurai mArban

S , ,       N            ,   ,   P D           N     S- N     S      N D P M
dE - -      var          -   -   mu -          ni     - var    -     - to zhum -

G ,      , R             ,   , S R             G ,     , M          ,    P D N
pA -     - dan           -   - Ja -            gan    - nA -             than - -

S R      G -S             , -G R-       N    , - R S N              D - P D N
dI -     - na            -   - -        da -    yA -   -            -   Lan - -

S N ,        D           P   M     -G    R     , -S R G             M     P D     N
Ti ru -      ma         ghaL -      u    rai    - mAr - -           -     ban -   -

Anupallavi:
mAvali valimaiyait-tALAl aLanda tirumAl

shrI vEnkaTagiri cen;kamalak-kaNNa perumAn

N  P         , -D         N        D         P        M   G     M          D M     G R          S   N
mA -         - va         -        li         -       -   va    -          li -    mai -        yai -

S ,      R         G          , -M P                  ,     D , D             N    ,    S ,           ,
tA -     -        LAl         - aL an                 -     da - ti           ru   -    mAl -         -

R N      S        R           ,    S R G                   ,-    P     M      G    ,    G R       N
shrI -   -        vEn         -    ka - Ta                  -    gi    -      ri   -    cen -     -

S R ,         G           ,       G R             S       D ,         P D              M -P D N
Ka ma -       lak-       -        kaN -           -       Na -        pe ru            - mAn - -

Mukthayi Swaram:
tirumalai tannil sadA kaDal alai pOl mati mukham darishittu
gOvinda vaikuNTha Anandam nIyE enraDiyavar magizha

S R S -D                  , - R S D                        ,- S            D ,           P M G M
Ti ru ma lai              - tan nil -                      - sa            dA -          kaDal al ai

P   ,    ,    ,           ,       ,     ,         ,         ,    ,    ,      M           , P D N
pOl -    -    -           -       -      -        -        -    -      -     Rak         - tar - gal

S R S -D                  , - R S D                        ,- S            D ,           P M G M
Ti ru ma lai              - tan nil -                      - sa            dA -          kaDal al ai

P   ,    , - G           S R G M                           P D N S                       R , ,        ,
pOl -    - ma            ti mu kham-                       da ri shit -                  tu - -           -

S R S -D                  , - R S D                        ,- S            D ,           P M -G M
Ti ru ma lai              - tan nil -                      - sa            dA -          kaDal al ai

P   ,    , - G           S R G M                           P D N S                       R , ,        -S
pOl -    - ma            ti mu kham-                       da ri shit -                  tu - -       gO

R   G M P               G , ,           R                 , , S ,                       P D N S
-   vin - da            vai - -         kuN               - - Tha -                     A - nan -

R - N     ,    ,        D ,           , P                 , S R G                       M- P D N
dam nI   -     -        yE -          - en                - ra Di ya                    var magizha
                                                                                                (devar)
Charanam:
shrInivAsan perumai collat-taramA

N , ,        D                 P       D -N S                 N -D P             M          P G M ,
shrI - -     ni                -       - vA -                 -  san -           -          pe - ru -

P , ,        ,             ,       ,       D P                G ,         ,     R           G M P D
mai - -      -             -       -       col -              lat- -      -     ta          ra mO - -

Chittai Swaras:

(1) deivam yAvum onriNaindu vanda nam
N , , P            , , D ,            ,                       M , ,                  P , ,       R
Dei - - vam        - - yA -           -                       vum - -                on - -      ri

, G , ,                M , , G                           ,    , D ,
                                                             , - G , ,
- Nain - -             du - - van                        -  - - da -
                                                                 nam,
                                                                  (shrI)
(2) shankham AzhiyuDan angai abhayam tara tunga alarmEl mangai maNavALan

N ,      D -P          , M             P D               N , - S R                   G M P D
Shan-    kham A        - zhi           yu Dan            an -  gai a                 bha yam ta ra

N , - D P              D N R                       S     N , -
                                                            G    G R S  D N
Tun - ga a             lar mE -                     l    man-
                                                            Na vA - Lan gai ma
                                                                  (shrI)
(3) kaliyugam tanil karuNAmUrti tuLabam malar mANikya vaiDUrya
     alankAra gambhIra saundaryan sEvai kANa pala kOTi kaNgaL vENum
N D N P               D M P- G           N N D P            M G      R S
Ka li yu gam -            ta nil ka      ru NA -     -       -   mUr - ti

G    R G- S            R-          P D             N     G R    -S R                 G N        D -P
tu   La bam ma         lar         mA -            Ni     - kya  vai -               DU -       rya- A

D N -G            R    G P                 M       G     R     S-       S R          G -N D N
lan kA -          ra   gam -               -       bhI    -    ra       sau -        ndar - yan sE

R    S N D             P M P-                      N     G     R -G N                D- N G R
-    vai kA -          Na pa la                    kO    -     Ti ka -               NgaL vE - Num
                                                                                           (shrI)
(4) anru pArthan tErOTTi aruL gItaiyuDan aram kAttu
    maram Ezhuruva saram eidu tan tiram nATTiDum parandAman
    annai magizha padmavalli tannai anbODu maNanda vEnkaTaramaNan
    bhaktar nEyan padmanAbhan nitya kalyANa

S    ,   ,   P         ,       S       ,       G         R S        N    D           P M    G    R

An -      -   ru       - pA -      rthan     - tE -           -            rO -      -        -

S ,       ,   S        R -G ,          R     G M ,                G        M P D N
TTi -     -   a        ruL gI -        tai   yu Dan -             a        ram kA - ttu

S R ,         G        R S- N          D     -N    S ,            R        S    N        D P
ma ram -      E         - zhu ru       va     sa   ram -          ei       -    du       tan –

D     N ,         S    N D      P M          S R ,                G         ,   M   ,         ,
tir   am -        kA   - Tti    Dum -        pa ran -             dA       -    man

S R ,         G        R S- N          D     N     S ,            R        S    N        D P
ma ram -      E         - zhu ru       va    sa     ram -         ei       -    du       tan –

D     N ,         S    N D      P M          S R ,                G         ,   M , - P
tir   am -        kA   - Tti    Dum -        pa ran -             dA       -    man - an

,     M -G R            S -N , D             S ,      N           D        P M -P D
-     nai ma gi        zha pad - ma          val -    li          tan      - nai an -

N S G R                 ,   N S    ,         R     G M                G    R   ,          ,        S
bO Du ma Nan           -    da vEn -         ka    Ta ra              ma   Nan -         -        Bha

R     G , S             ,   R ,    N         S ,      ,           P        D      N ,   P
-     ktar - nE        -     - -   -         yan -        -       pa       -      dma - nA

,     D   ,   M        P , ,       S         R     G ,            S        ,     S       ,        D
-     -   -    -       bhan - -    ni        -     tya -          kal      -    yA       -        Na
                                                                                                  (shrI)

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