Sankaracharyam
Smaramyaham
By
Subbarama
Deekshithar
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
( I came to know
about this great song from http://www.indian-heritage.org/lyrics/sd1.html
.But when I checked with the lyrics sung by Smt.M.S.Subbalakshmi most of the words did not tally ,. So again searched and found the
krithi is given with summary meaning in http://www.naadhabrahmam.com/SankaracharyamSmarami.aspx . I am indebted to this web site for the
lyrics as well as help in my translation .
The composer of
this song is Subbarama Deekshithar
(1839-1906) who was the grand son of Sri Baluswamy deekshithar , the younger brother of Muthuswami
Deekshithar .At the age of 17 he was
made the Asthana vIdwan of Ettayapuram king .He also authoured a great tome on Carnatic SAngeetha called “Sangeetha sampradaya Pradarshini”
which gave several
compositions as well as biography of
several great composers as well as musicologists.
It is interesting to see from
the write up of Sambra Krishnamurthy
(http://periva.proboards.com/thread/5770/infinite-grace
) that maha Periyava talked about the meaning of Krithi for three hours in a long discourse in a place called Benahatti in Maharashtra. I
am not equal even to the minutest dust of the feet of that great saint and what I
have tried to give is only the
peripheral meaning .I wish great scholars
of today start enlightening us about the
depth of knowledge in this great Krithi. With anantha Koti pranams to Maha
Periyava)
Ragam Sankarabharanam
Thalam Aadhi
Pallavi
1.Shankarcharyam smaramyaham,
Bhaktha
manova Shankaracharyam smaramyaham
2.Pankajatha
bhava vedhyam , hridhyam pankajath bhava roga vaidhyam aadhyam
3.Sathguna saandram
sri Mahadeva saraswathim
,samyameendra chandram
Pallavi
1.I remember and recollect Sankaracharya,
Who captures the mind of devotees,
I remember and
recollect Sankaracharya
2.He has realized
Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva and is liked by them
And he is the
Doctor of the disease of samsara
like Lord Brahma.
3.He is the repository
of all virtues , he is dedicated
to Lord
Shiva, Goddess Saraswathi,
King of those who
live with self control and is like
the moon.
Anupallavi
Sankara bhagawath
charana apaara varyam -Sankara krupayaa
varditha veeryam
Anupallavi
He is endowed
by greatly increased power by Lord
Shiva,
So that the feet
of Sankara bhagath pada has become the unbounded goal
Madhyama Kalam
Sankha raga
sitha yasho dhuryam anisham
Karaabjam
avaarya thapas shouryam
Madhyama kalam
With his lotus hands
he has the capability to remove,
All the doubts as
well desires forever,
As he was
endowed with irresistible
fame for the valour of his penance
Charanam
Parma jnana lathaa
aala vaalam bhavya taara sumano jaalam,
Para matha khandana chandima seelam , parma advaitha sthapana
leelam
Charanam
He is the
irrigation canal watering the creeper
of divine wisdom ,
Who captivates
all good minds with behavior endowed with humility.
He is an
expert in uprooting
the wrong belief of others,
And is the one who established the principle of Advaitha just like playing a divine sport.
Madhyama kalam
Kara galidha dhanda kamandalam , kaashaaya dharam , vinutha
muni mandalam,
Vara mathi vijitha hara
kundalam , shubha varadam
nata dhara gandalam -srimath
Madhyama kalam
He holds
and carries in his hand the staff
of a saint and water pot,
He wears ochre robes, is praised and respected by all sages,
And his
wisdom beats the
luster of the ear globes of Lord
Shiva,
He blesses us with boons
and he is worshipped as
incarnation of Lord Shiva.
I am reproducing here the comments made by sri Vasudevan Srinivas , which are relevant and very informative about this Keithi,
Vasudevan Srinivas A superb post; This kriti was made popular by M.S. in her concerts. he krti begins with the word Sankara which indicates the raga Sankarabharanam as well as the name Sankara. The same word is repeated in the anupallavi in different contexts at the beginning of all the avartanas. The phrase 'Sanka raga' in the anupallavi indicates the name of the raga.
The charanam repeats the word 'parama' (which means 'exalted') in many different contexts making the tone of the krti sublime. The phrase bhakta manovasham (you capture the hearts of seekers) is imbedded at the end of the first line and ' 'vasham' becomes 'vashamkara'.
'Panka jaatha' is repeated with different meanings in the pallavi. In the first line it means Brahma who was born out of a lotus. In the second line panka jatha 'made out of dirt' - means the material world and physical existence.
Vasudevan Srinivas Bhava means - 'Siva' in the first line and in the second line bhava means 'the physical world'.
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Vasudevan Srinivas
Vasudevan Srinivas The words are chosen for resonance and throughout we hear echoes of 'ra' in Sankara, kripa, vardhita, viryam, parama, kara, vara , dhara. "Ra' is a mystic syllable which indicates 'fire & brightness'
The charana lines resonate with the sound of 'la' which is the symbol of 'laghu' (easy). 'Lam' which means 'delight' echoes in- alavalam, jaalam shilam, lilam., mandalam, kundalam, gandalam. Sankara experienced the bliss of Advaita so the sound of 'Lam' meshes with the sound of 'mm' at the end of words. The whole krti resonates with the sound of 'Om'.
Vasudevan Srinivas
Vasudevan Srinivas Subbarama Dikshitar was born in Tiruvarur in1839; As a 17 year old he presented his Darbar Ata tala varnam in the court and several courtiers doubted his authorship of the varnam and felt that it was perhaps his father's composition. To prove the young composer's talent, the Raja told Subbarama "I am going out for an hour, and before I return you should have composed a Jathi svaram in Yamuna kalyani . The final svara passage should start with the svara 'dha' and have svara passages in all three speeds - in a pattern of increase followed by decreasing tempo with a muktayimpu (pattern of 3 svara phrases) at the end. When Subbarama did this everyone was convinced of his prodigious talent. The raja gave him ten gold coins and a brocade shawl. Subbarama became the Asthana vidwan (musician in residence) at the Ettayapuram Court.
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