Suryamurte Namostute

Composition by Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

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Title: Suryamurte Namostute

Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar

Language: Sanskrit

Ragas: Saurastra

Talas: Dhruva

Sources:

karnatik.com
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Notation (HTML)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Notation (PDF)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Class recording (MP3)
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org): Recording (MP3)
YouTube: Video

Lyrics

pallavi

suryamurte namostute sundara cayadhi pate

anupallavi

karya karanatmaka jagatprakasa simha rasyadhipate aryavinutatejasphurte arogyadiphaladakirte

caraNam

sarasamitra mitra bhano sahasrakirana karnasuno krura papahara krsano guruguha modita svabhano suri janedita sudinamane somadi graha sikhamane dhirarcita karma saksine divyatara saptasva rathine saurastrarna mantratmane sauvarna svarupatmane bharatisa hariharatmane bhukti mukti vitaranatmane

Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

pallavi
sUrya mUrtE namO(a)stu tE sundara chAyAdhipatE

anupallavi
kArya kAraNAtmaka jagatprakASa -siMha rASyadhipatE

(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
Arya vinuta tEjaHsphUrtE ArOgyAdi phalada kIrtE

caraNam
sArasa mitra mitra bhAnO sahasra kiraNa karNa sUnO
krUra pApa hara kRSAnO guru guha mOdita svabhAnO
sUri janEDita su-dinamaNE sOmAdi graha SikhAmaNE
dhIrArcita karma sAkshiNE divya-tara saptASva rathinE

(madhyama kAla sAhityam)

saurAshTArNa mantrAtmanE sauvarNa svarUpAtmanE
bhAratISa hari harAtmanE bhukti mukti vitaraNAtmanE

Meaning Courtesy: Guru Guha Vaibhavam: http://guru-guha.blogspot.com/2008/10/dikshitar-kriti-soorya-
moorte-raga.html
namO(a)stu tE      - Salutations to you,
sUrya mUrtE       - O Lord Surya,
sundara chAyAdhipatE - O husband of the beautiful Chaya Devi!

kArya kAraNAtmaka - O one who is cause and effect!
jagatprakASa     - O one who lights up the entire earth!
siMha rASyadhipatE; - O Lord of the Leo zodiacal sign!

Arya vinuta     - O one praised by the noble-minded!
tEjaHsphUrtE      - O fountainhead of light!
ArOgyAdi phalada kIrtE - O one famed for granting benefits like good health!

sArasa mitra       - O friend of the Lotus!
mitra          - O friend (of the world!)
bhAnO            - O bright one!
sahasra kiraNa       - O one with a thousand rays!
karNa sUnO           - O one whose son is Karna!
krUra pApa hara kRSAnO - O fire that destroys deadly sins!
guru guha mOdita        - O one who delights Guruguha!
svabhAnO           - O self-luminous one!
sUri janEDita       - O one sung by the wise!
su-dinamaNE           - O lovely gem of the daytime(sky)!

sOmAdi graha SikhAmaNE - O supreme crest-jewel of all the (rest of the) Grahas, starting with
Chandra (the moon)!
dhIrArcita       - O one worshipped by the brave!
karma sAkshiNE       - O witness of all actions!
divya-tara saptASva rathinE - O one with an exceptionally divine seven-horse chariot!

saurAshTArNa mantrAtmanE - O one who is the personification of the eight-lettered solar Mantra!
sauvarNa svarUpAtmanE - O one whose form is golden!
bhAratISa hari harAtmanE - O one who is Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva!
bhukti mukti vitaraNAtmanE - O liberal bestower of enjoyment as well as liberation!

Comments:
This Kriti is in the eighth (Sambodhana Prathama) Vibhakti
Since Surya is described as “Namaskara-priya” (one who likes salutations), the kriti has “namostute”
(Salutations to you) in the very first line

Pallavi:
sUrya mUrtE namO(a)stu tE sundara chAyAdhipatE

sUrya mUrtE        - O Lord Surya,
namO(a)stu tE      - Salutations to you,

1    2     3   4   | 1     2 | 1      2      3 4 | 1            2    3 4 ||
P,m DP    PM GM | mgR ; ; | rs S ; ;        S ; N S | sn D      D ; dNd P ; ||
sU- - -   rya- mU-   - - - - - rtE-- - -    na mO - - -         stu tE - - --

sundara chAyAdhipatE - O husband of the beautiful Chaya Devi!

SN S ; S ;       RS| R; R;      | G ; ; ; MG Mpm | mgR SR S R GM ||
Sun- - - da     ra - - - - -      chA- - - yA- - - - dhi- pa- - tE- - -

P,m ND PM GM | mgR ; ; | rs S ; ;           S;     N S | sn D   D ; dNd P ;       ||
sU- - - rya- mU- - - - - - rtE-- - -        na     mO - - -     stu tE - - --

SN S ; S ;       RS| R; R;      | G ; ; ; MG Mpm | mgR SR S R GM ||
Sun- - - da     ra - - - - -      chA- - - yA- - - - dhi- pa- - tE- - -

dnS snD PM gmpd | pmgr ; ; | rs S ; ;         S;    snsrS; | nSn ; D dNd P ;           ||
sU- - - rya- mU-  - - - - - rtE-- - -         na    mO - - -      stu tE - - --

SN S ; S ;       RS| R; R;      | G ; ; ; GM pdnd | pmgr SR S R GM ||
Sun- - - da     ra - - - - -      chA- - - yA- - - - dhi- pa- - tE- - -

dnS snD PM gmpd | pmgr ; ; | rs S ; ;         S;    snsrS; | nSn ; D dNd P ;           ||
sU- - - rya- mU-  - - - - - rtE-- - -         na    mO - - -      stu tE - - --

SN S ; S ;       RS| R; R;      | G ; ; ; GM pdnd | pmgr SR rsS ; ; ||
Sun- - - da     ra - - - - -      chA- - - yA- - - - dhi- pa- - tE- - -

anupallavi
kArya kAraNAtmaka jagatprakASa -siMha rASyadhipatE

kArya kAraNAtmaka - O one who is cause and effect!
jagatprakASa     - O one who lights up the entire earth!
siMha rASyadhipatE; - O Lord of the Leo zodiacal sign!

 1     2     3  4  | 1          2 | 1  2          3   4 | 1           2       3  4 ||
M;    ; ;   M ; GM | GR       SR | MG M ;         P; P; | P;         P;     ; ; P , d ||
kAr   - -   ya  kA- - -       ra- NA- - -         tma ka  ja -       ga     - - tpra

pmM ; ; G M ; P ; | ; ; PM | D ;           ; ; DP ; ; | P M mgR S R ; r p ||
kA - - - Sa siM- - - ha - rA-              - - Sya- - - dhi- pa- - tE - - - -

ppmm ; ;       M ; GM | GR SR | MG M ;                P; P; | P;      P;     ; ; P , d ||
kAr  - -       ya kA- - - ra- NA- - -                 tma ka  ja -    ga     - - tpra

pmM ; ; G M ; P ; | ; ; PM | D ;           ; ;    dNd P ; | gmpd          pmgr    S R ; r p ||
kA - - - Sa siM- - - ha - rA-              - -    Sya- - -  dhi-          pa- -    tE - - - -

ppmm ; ;       M ; gmpd | pmgr     R ; | MG M ;         P; P; | P; P;             ; ; P , d ||
kAr  - -       ya kA-     -- -     ra- NA- - -          tma ka  ja - ga           - - tpra

pmM ; ; G M ; P ; | ; ; P M | dnS snD dNd P ; | gmpd                      pmgr S R ; ; ||
kA - - - Sa siM- - - ha - rA- - - Sya- - -      dhi-                      pa- - tE - - - -

Madhyama kAla sAhityam:
Arya vinuta tEjaHsphUrtE ArOgyAdi phalada kIrtE

Arya vinuta     - O one praised by the noble-minded!
tEjaHsphUrtE      - O fountainhead of light!
ArOgyAdi phalada kIrtE - O one famed for granting benefits like good health!

 1     2     3     4   | 1     2 | 1             2    3  4    | 1    2      3     4
S ;   N – R S R – G M | P ; N D | DP             S ; S ; S P | P - D P M – mg R S R ||
Ar-   ya vi nu ta tE -   jaHs phU- rtE           A- rO - gyA- di pha la da kI- - rtE -

S ;   N – R S R – G M | P ; N D | DP             S ; S ; S P | P - D P M – mg R GM ||
Ar-   ya vi nu ta tE -  jaHs phU- rtE            A- rO - gyA- di pha la da kI- - rtE -

dnS snD PM gmpd | pmgr ; ; | rs S ; ;            S;     snsrS; | nSn ; D dNd P ;                 ||
sU- - - rya- mU-  - - - - - rtE-- - -            na     mO - - -      stu tE - - --

SN S ; S ;        RS| R; R;      | G ; ; ; GM pdnd | pmgr SR rsS ; ; ||
Sun- - - da      ra - - - - -      chA- - - yA- - - - dhi- pa- - tE- - -

caraNam
sArasa mitra mitra bhAnO sahasra kiraNa karNa sUnO
krUra pApa hara kRSAnO guru guha mOdita svabhAnO
sUri janEDita su-dinamaNE sOmAdi graha SikhAmaNE
dhIrArcita karma sAkshiNE divya-tara saptASva rathinE

sArasa mitra        - O friend of the Lotus!       mitra             - O friend (of the world!)
bhAnO             - O bright one!

 1      2       3     4   | 1   2 | 1      2   3  4    | 1     2     3            4
S ;    ; ;    R ;    S ; | snD dNd | P ; PM D P P M | GM mg R S R                 R ; ||
sA-    --     ra -   sa - mi-- - - - tra- mi- - - tra-   bhA- - - - nO            - -

sahasra kiraNa       - O one with a thousand rays!
karNa sUnO           - O one whose son is Karna!

S;    snD     ; ; SN        |S;   R ; | G ; GM mgR R ; | G ; M ,d D P ; ; ||
Sa    ha- -    - - sra-      ki   ra -  Na ka- - - - rNa sU- - - nO- - -

krUra pApa hara kRSAnO - O fire that destroys deadly sins!
guru guha mOdita    - O one who delights Guruguha!
svabhAnO         - O self-luminous one!

 1    2        3     4   | 1    2 | 1           2     3    4  | 1    2     3     4
G;   ; ;      M;     P ; | ; ; P ,d | M ;      M;    ; ; G M | mgR ; ;    rsS    ; ; ||
krU- - -      ra -   pA    - - pa- ha          ra     - - kR-  SA-- - -   nO-     --

S;    R;      G;     M ; | P ; ; D | dNd P ;         ; ; P M | mgR G M P ;       ; ; ||
Gu    ru      gu     ha    mO - - di-- ta -           - - sva- bhA- - - nO-       --

sUri janEDita    - O one sung by the wise!
su-dinamaNE        - O lovely gem of the daytime(sky)!
sOmAdi graha SikhAmaNE - O supreme crest-jewel of all the (rest of the) Grahas, starting with
Chandra (the moon)!

 1   2         3      4  | 1    2 | 1    2   3          4   | 1      2    3     4
PM DP         PM     GM | mgR R ; | G ; M ; P ;         D ; | NS    snD dNd P ;         ||
sU- - -       ri -   ja-  nE- - - - Di- ta su-          di    na-   ma-- NE-- - -

pmM ; ; ;      M ; ; ,p | mg R ; ; | G ; M ; P , m D ; | ; ;        DR S; ; ;           ||
sO- - - -      mA- - - di- - - - - gra- ha   Si - khA - -           ma- NE- - -

dhIrArcita       - O one worshipped by the brave!
karma sAkshiNE       - O witness of all actions!
divya-tara saptASva rathinE - O one with an exceptionally divine seven-horse chariot!

 1     2       3      4    | 1    2 | 1     2   3    4  | 1    2     3    4
Drs R ; ;     S;     ; ;   | SR S ; | sn D ; ; D R S ; | ; ,n snD dNd P ; ||
dhI- - - -    rAr    --      ci- ta   kar- - - ma - sA-   - - kshi- NE-- - -

PM N D        P M GM       | mg R ; ; | S ;    ; sn D ; S ,n | S R gmpm mgR ; ; ||
di- - -       vya- ta-       ra - - - - sa -    - ptA-- - Sva ra - thi--- nE - - -

Madhyama kAla sAhityam:

saurAshTArNa mantrAtmanE sauvarNa svarUpAtmanE
bhAratISa hari harAtmanE bhukti mukti vitaraNAtmanE

saurAshTArNa mantrAtmanE - O one who is the personification of the eight-lettered solar Mantra!
sauvarNa svarUpAtmanE - O one whose form is golden!

 1    2       3    4   | 1    2   | 1      2    3        4   | 1      2   3     4
S ; sn D    S;    R – S | R-G M-M | mg R GM PM           mgR | Mg-m ; -P ,-sD D P ||
Sau rA-     shTra Na man - trA - tma nE-- sau- va-       rNa- sva- rU - pA -tma nE-

bhAratISa hari harAtmanE - O one who is in Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva!
bhukti mukti vitaraNAtmanE - O liberal bestower of enjoyment as well as liberation!

 1   2          3  4    | 1     2   | 1    2    3 4      | 1     2   3    4
D; R–S        ; R S R | G mg R -R | S ; DR S- D ; P | DP M mg R -sr G M ||
bhA ra tI     -Sa ha ri   ha rA- - tm anE bhu- kti mu-kti vita ra NA - tmanE –

dnS snD PM gmpd | pmgr ; ; | rs S ; ;        S;   snsrS; | nSn ; D dNd P ;            ||
sU- - - rya- mU-  - - - - - rtE-- - -        na   mO - - -      stu tE - - --

SN S ; S ;       RS| R; R;      | G ; ; ; GM pdnd | pmgr SR rsS ; ; ||
Sun- - - da     ra - - - - -      chA- - - yA- - - - dhi- pa- - tE- - -