Lyrics of Jaya Mangalam

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Dear Members,

 

I am looking for lyrics of 'Jaya Mangalam' composed by Sri

Thyagaraja. Please do post the same and if possible a translation of

it.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Regards,

 

Malolan

 

 

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At 07:16 AM 7/28/03 +0100, you wrote:

>Dear Members,

>

>I am looking for lyrics of 'Jaya Mangalam' composed by Sri

>Thyagaraja. Please do post the same and if possible a translation of

>it.

>

>Thanks in advance,

>

>Regards,

>

>Malolan

 

SrI:

 

Dear Sri Malolan:

 

The lyrics for this Ghanta raaga krithi in Jampa

talam is as follows:

 

JayamangaLam nithyasubha mangaLam

KaruNA-rasAkshAya kAmAri-vinuthAya

TaruNAruNAthi Sundara-padhAya

nirupama sareerAya nikhilAgamacharAya

sura-vinutha-charithAya suvrathAya

 

kundhasumaradhanAya kumbhaja-suyOgAya

mandharAga-dharAya Maadhavaaya

kandharpa-janakAya kAmitha-suphaladhAya

BrundhArakArAthi-bheekarAya

 

sarvalOkahithAya sAkEtha-sadanAya

nirvikArAya mAnitha-guNAya

SaarvabhoumAya pOshitha-ThyAgarAjAya

nirvANa-phaladhAya nirmalaaya

 

This is like the PallANDu of PeriyAzhwAr ,

where Saint ThyagarAja says:

 

" May there be victorious MangaLa , ever-auspicious

MangaLa " to Lord Raamachandran and the bard elaborates on

the dhivya mangaLa vigraham and dhivyAthma guNams.

One can write a lot about this krithi's many meanings

and references. For the sake of brevity, I will just

provide the translation by Dr. C.RamAnujAchAriAr:

 

" May there be victorious Mangala , ever auspicious

Mangala to the Lord with eyes full of compassion,

praised by Siva , with feet bright and exceedingly

charming , of incomparable personality , pervading all

the VedAs , of acts praised by gods, the Lord of

excellent vows!

 

May there be victorious MangaLa, ever auspicious

mangala to the Lord having teeth like jasmine buds ,

praised well by Sage Agasthya , Lord MaadhavA , who

supported the Mandara mountain (during the KoormAvathAram),

the father of the god of love (Manmathan) , the bestower

of the excellent fruits that are sought after, formidable to

the foes of the gods.

 

May there be victorious Mangala, ever auspicious

Mangala, to the Lord , who is benovolent to the whole

world and who rsides in AyOdhyA , who is devoid of

change, who honors merit , who is the Emperor patronizing

ThyAgarAja, the pure God who bestows the fruit of

Salvation".

 

There are some beautiful phrases in this rare Sanskrit krithi

of Saint ThyagarAja, which can be mapped to SrImad RaamAyaNam.

For brevity, I will leave it here.

 

SrI Ramachandra parabrahmaNE Nama:

 

V.Sadagopan