Varana Mukhava

Lyrics

Notation

From Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (shivkumar.org)

Pallavi:
vAraNa mukha vA tuNai varuvAi aruLvAi dayavAi

Anupallavi:
AraNap-poruLAna kanda gAnAmudattirkkuL karuNAmudam udaviyE aruL mata

Charanam:
innishai iyal ilakkiyam Ariyam tamizh arivEdum inri kannal annaik-kanda
gAnAmuda nannUlai unnum kavi kunjaradAsan nAn unnaruL koNDE paNNat-
tuNindEn munnavanE nI mun ninrAl muDiyAda-donrillai AdalAl ati vEgam-adAgavE

Meaning Courtesy: Arasi, Rasikas.org: https://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8468
This is the invocation song in the book of krithis by kOTISvara Iyer.

P: vAraNa mukA=the elephant faced one!
vA! tuNai varuvAi!=come, walk with me (keeping me company, guiding me)

AP: AraNap poruLAna (poruL+Ana)=that which is the essence of the vedAs (AraNam=vEdam)
kanda gAnAmudattiRkkuL=in the kanda gAnAmudam (his own--kOTISvara Iyer's--compositions)
karuNAmudam udaviyE aruL=help with the nectar of karuNA too, in it (mada vAraNa mukA--here madam is knowledge)

C: inniSai iyal ilakkiyam Ariyam tamizh=sweet poetry, prose, literature, sanskrit, tamizh)
aRivEdum inRi=without any knowledge of the above
kannal anai=honey like; kanda gAnAmuda nannUlai=of the kanda gAnAmuda song collection
unnum (ninaikkum)=thinking upon; kavi gunjara dAsan (that is himself, kOtISvara Iyer, the disciple and dAsan
of his grandfather kavi kunjaram)
nAn unnaruL koNDE=with your grace; paNNat tuNindEN=I resolved to sing these songs
munnavanE!=the god who comes before all! (vinAyakA)
nI mun ninRAl muDiyAdadonRillai=nothing is impossible if you lead me, guide me
AdalAl adi vEgamAgavE=so, very speedily...

Pallavi:
vAraNa mukha vA tuNai varuvAi aruLvAi dayavAi

P: vAraNa mukA=the elephant faced one!
vA! tuNai varuvAi!=come, walk with me (keeping me company, guiding me)

;,s        ,rG        ,pN    || NS          sn P       ,gR        || R S ; ;       ; ; ||
- - vA     -raNa      -mukha vA-            tu-Nai     - varu       vAi-- - -      --

;S         ,rG        P N   || S ;          sn P       ,gR        || R S ; ;       S S || sn P , r S R ;       ||
- vA       -raNa      mukha vA-             tu-Nai     - varu       vAi-- - -      a ruL vAi- daya vAi

gr S       RG         , p N || S ;          sn P       ,gR        || g r S ; ;     S S || sn P , r S R ;       ||
vA-        ra Na      mukha vA-             tu-Nai     - varu       vAi-- - -      a ruL vAi- daya vAi

gr S      RG        , p N || snR        sn P      ,gR       || g r S ; ;      gr pg ||rsnp ;   ,rS R;        ||
vA-       ra Na     mukha vA-           tu-Nai    - varu      vAi-- - -       a- ruL vAi-      daya vAi

gr S      RG        , p N || sngr       sn P      ,gR       || g r S ; ;      s r g p ||grsnP, , r S R ;     ||
vA-       ra Na     mukha vA-           tu-Nai    - varu      vAi-- - -       a -ruL vAi-       daya vAi

gr S      RG        , p N || srgp       gr sn     p- g R || g r S ; ;         s r g p ||grsnP, , r S R ;     ||
vA-       ra Na     mukha vA-           tu-Nai    - varu vAi-- - -            a -ruL vAi-       daya vAi

gr S      RG        , p N || S ;        ;;        ;;        || ; ;       ;;      ; ; ||
vA-       ra Na     mukha vA-           --        --          --         --      --

Anupallavi:
AraNap-poruLAna kanda gAnAmudattirkkuL karuNAmudam udaviyE aruL mata

AP: AraNap poruLAna (poruL+Ana)=that which is the essence of the vedAs (AraNam=vEdam)

;,g       ,pN     ,sS    || S ;         S- S   ; S          || ; ;       ;;      ; ; || ; sn r s - sn   N ; ||
--A       - raNap -poruL    A-          na kan - da-        --           --      --     -- - - --       --

;,g       ,pN     ,sS    || S ;         S- sn  P P          ||
--A       - raNap -poruL    A-          na kan - da-

, pn-g    ,pN     ,sS    || S ;         S- sn  rs N         ||
---A      - raNap -poruL    A-          na kan - da-

; , -g    ,pN     ,sR    || sr G        R- sn P P           ||
---A      - raNap -poruL    A-          na kan - da-

kanda gAnAmudattiRkkuL=in the kanda gAnAmudam (his own--kOTISvara Iyer's--compositions)

;ng       ,pN     ,sR    || sr gp gr- sn P -pg || R ; s r s n p g P ||
- A-      - raNap -poruL    A-    na- kan da- gA- nA- mu-da- ttir-kkuL

karuNAmudam udaviyE aruL=help with the nectar of karuNA too, in it (mada vAraNa mukA--here madam is knowledge)

p s s n   p g - n p g r - g r || s n - S , G,r -g                     , p N || S ; ; ;     ; ;      ||
ka ru NA- mudam u da viyE a ruL mata- Vaa ra- na                     - mukha vaa - -       - - (repeat AraNa Porul..)

P: vAraNa mukA=the elephant faced one!
vA! tuNai varuvAi!=come, walk with me (keeping me company, guiding me)

gr S      RG        , p N || srgp       gr sn     p- g R || g r S ; ;         s r g p ||grsnP, , r S R ;     ||
vA-       ra Na     mukha vA-           tu-Nai    - varu vAi-- - -            a -ruL vAi-       daya vAi

gr S      RG        , p N || S ;        ;;        ;;        || ; ;       ;;      ; ; ||
vA-       ra Na     mukha vA-           --        --          --         --      --

Charanam:
innishai iyal ilakkiyam Ariyam tamizh arivEdum inri kannal annaik-kanda
gAnAmuda nannUlai unnum kavi kunjaradAsan nAn unnaruL koNDE paNNat-
tuNindEn munnavanE nI mun ninrAl muDiyAda-donrillai AdalAl ati vEgam-adAgavE

C: inniSai iyal ilakkiyam Ariyam tamizh=sweet poetry, prose, literature, sanskrit, tamizh)
aRivEdum inRi=without any knowledge of the above

; , s n- p P   GP                || R G R R      , S , || S R - gp- gr , s R || s r g p g r - S ; S ||
- -in n i shai I yal                 I la kkiyam - A      riyam ta- mizh-- a ri vE- - - dum- in - ri

; , s n- p P   GP                || R G R R      , S , || S R - gp- gr , s R || s r G g r - S ; S ||
- -in n i shai I yal                 I la kkiyam - A      riyam ta- mizh-- a ri vE- - - dum- in - ri

kannal anai=honey like;
kanda gAnAmuda nannUlai=of the kanda gAnAmuda song collection
unnum (ninaikkum)=thinking upon;

;,g , p- P            NP      || G ;        P-R        G R || S ,n S R g p g r || n r gp           G; ;R         ||
- - kan- nal an       - naik-    kan        da gA      - -    nA- muda nan- - - nU- --             lai - - -

kavi gunjara dAsan (that is himself, kOtISvara Iyer, the disciple and dAsan
of his grandfather kavi kunjaram)
nAn unnaruL koNDE=with your grace; paNNat tuNindEN=I resolved to sing these songs

;,n ,p- N            p G - p || , r G P ;              P - g p || ; , - g , p N P - pg || R ,-g , p N N S ||
 un - num ka         vi - kun - jara dA                san nAn - - un - na ruL koNDE- - -paN-Na tu NindEn

munnavanE!=the god who comes before all! (vinAyakA)
nI mun ninRAl muDiyAdadonRillai=nothing is impossible if you lead me, guide me

;,g ,p- N             , s R || sr G R - sn P P                    || , -
- - mu-nnava          - nE nI  mun- - nin- - rAl

; ng , p - N          , s R || sr gp gr - sn P p g || R ; s r - sn p g P ||
- mu-nna va           - nE nI  mun- - nin- rAl muDi yA- da- don- ril- lai

AdalAl adi vEgamAgavE=so, very speedily...

p s s n    p g - n p g r - g r || s n - S , G,r -g , p N || S ; ; ;                              ; ;      ||
A - da lAl a ti vE- gama A -      gave Vaa ra- na - mukha vaa - -                                - - (repeat MunnavanE)

P: vAraNa mukA=the elephant faced one!
vA! tuNai varuvAi!=come, walk with me (keeping me company, guiding me)

gr S       RG         , p N || srgp         gr sn      p- g R || g r S ; ;          s r g p ||grsnP, , r S R ;   ||
vA-        ra Na      mukha vA-             tu-Nai     - varu vAi-- - -             a -ruL vAi-       daya vAi

gr S       RG         , p N || S ;          ;;         ;;         || ; ;     ;;         ; ; ||
vA-        ra Na      mukha vA-             --         --           --       --         --