Thamizh Songs in Carnatic Music—32a --மனஸார மதி---manasAra mati

Thamizh Songs in Carnatic Music—32a

மனஸார மதி---manasAra mati

rAgam: sAramati (ஸாரமதி)       tALam: Adi (ஆதி)

Composer: tanjAvUr Sankara iyer

This is a short crisp song with a play on the words which flow in a natural way in the lyrics while incorporating the name of the rAgam (sAramati) interwoven between the words. manasAra means “with all your heart in a sincere mode”. The next word “mati” refers to the moon worn by lord Shva.  Thus “manasAra mati aNi” refers to lord Shiva who wears the crescent moon on his head.  The name of the rAgam “sAramati” is wedged between the words “manasAra” and “mati”.  The song is also very rhythmic. The composer is an ardent devotee of lord Murugan. He has composed most of his kritis on Murugan. Please visit 

http://www.karnatik.com/co1051.shtml for a list of his compositions.  Please visit http://inikkumtamizhisai.blogspot.com/2016/11/thamizh-songs-in-carnatic-music-32.html  for another song on Murugan and also for a biography of the composer.

20 naTabhairavi janyam 
ArOhaNam: S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S
avarOhaNam: S N2 D1 M G2 S

பல்லவி
மனஸார மதி அணி  ஸிவன் மகனை 
தினமும் நினை  தீங்கணுகாது  உனை               (மனஸாரமதி)

அனுபல்லவி
கணமும் மற வாமலே  நினை
எக்காலமும்  நினை  காலன் அணுகான் உனை          (மனஸாரமதி)

சரணம்
மால் மருகனை முருகனை (திரு)
ரதி மன்மதனை மிஞ்சும் அழகனை
வேல் அணியும் மார்பனை (வடி )
வீரனை வேண்டி நினை உனைக்  காத்தருள் பவனை         (மனஸாரமதி)

Lyrics in Roman script 

Pallavi

ManasAra mathi aNi  Sivan maganai
dinamum ninai  tIngaNugAdu  unai                   ( ManasAramathi)


Anupallavi

KaNamum maRa vAmalE  ninai
ekkAlamum  ninai  kAlan aNugAn unai          (ManasAramathi)


CaraNam

MAl maruganai muruganai thiru
rathi manmathanai minjum azhaganai
vEl aNiyum mArbanai  (vaDi )
vIranai vENDi ninai unaik  kAttharuL bavanai          (ManasAramathi)

Meaning:

Pallavi: Ponder the son, of the crescent-moon wearing Shiva, with all your heart. Think about him every day. No harm will surround you.

Anupallavi:  Never forget him even for a moment. Think about him all the time. The agent of death will not come near you.

CaraNam:  He is the nephew of tirumAl (Vishnu). He is more beautiful than the lord of love (Cupid a.k.a. Manmathan). He wields a spear over his chest. He is valorous. He will protect you if you keep him in your thoughts.

Some audio/video clips

Listen to MLV here

Listen to Ranjani/Gayathri duo here

Listen to T M Krishna here