shrI abhayAmbA vibhakti kIrtanAni

Day 5: abhayAmbikAyai

rAgam: yadukulakAmbhOji (28)  tALam: rUpakam

   
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Click here for a recording of this k.rti by Smt. Kalpagam Swaminathan (vINa) and Smt. Mangalam Shankar (Vocal)

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ArohaNaM: S R2 M1 P D2 S
avarOhaNaM: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

pallavi

abhayAmbikAyai ashvArUDhAyai
abhayavarapradAyai namaste namaste

anupallavi

subhagAkArAyai suruciranaTanabhedAyai
shobhitaradanAyai shuddhamAnasAyai
hiraNyamaNikuNDalAyai himAcalasadanAyai

caraNam

sakalamantratantrarUpAyai sakalAyai
candrashekharapriyAyai pa~ncamakArAyai
gUDhagulphAyai guruguhasvarUpAyai
garvabhaNDakhaNDAyai gamapadAdinutapadAyai
kAverItIrAyai kamaleshasevitAyai

Meaning

This k.rti is in "chaturthI vibhakti" - abhayAmbikAyai. The basic anvayam (word order) is - abhayAmbikAyai namaste , and all the pronouns "who" given below refer to the dative case of the feminine noun abhayAmbikA.

pallavi

My salutations, again and again, to Goddess abhayAbika,
who is seated on a horse, and
who grants abhaya (protection from fear), and vara (boon) to her devotees.

anupallavi

who, possesses of an beautiful form;
who, offers pleasing and tasteful variations of dance forms;
who, possesses sparkling teeth;
who, is with a pure mind;
who wears gem studded ear ornaments;
who has her abode in mountain himAlaya

caraNaM

who is in all forms of mantra and tantra;
who is the all-knowing one;
who is the beloved of shiva, who has a moon adorning his head;
whose ways of worship includes the fifth (of the tantra);
whose ankles are beautiful;
who is of the form of guruguha;
who vanquished the pride of the demon bhaNDAsura;
whose feet are worshiped by gama pada and so on (words of the Agama shAstra).
who resides on the banks of river kAvEri;
who is worshipped by vishNu, the Lord of lakSmi.

NOTES

This k.rti does not feature a rAga mudra. Note the ending "yai" in each word.
The word construction in this song is rather simple and straightforward compared to the previous two k.rtis.

A discussion of the rAgam yadukulakAmbhoji can be found in Carnatica's CAC Newsletter (Proceedings of the Raganubhava session).

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