Song of the week ending 5, Oct 2007

Amriteshwari jagadeshwari surapoojithe sharanam
Amriteshwari jagadeshwari surapoojithe sharanam
Amriteshwari jagadeshwari surapoojithe sharanam

I seek refuge in you who are the goddess of immortality, goddess of the entire world and are worshipped by Devas

Athimohananga roopam
Amritheshi divya roopam
Mathimohananga roopam
Hridi jyotiraatma roopam

Very beautiful is your form
Immortal and divine is your form
Beautiful through delusion is your form (your form deludes people)
Of the nature of Conscious Self in the heart is your form

Madhuram niranja naamam
Amritheshi divya naamam
Pulakamvikanja naamam
Amritatva siddhi naamam

Filled with beautiful words is your name
Immortal and divine is your name
Scintillating and eccentric is your name
Bestowing immortality is your name

Navaraaga bhakthi dharmam
Amritheshi prema dharmam
Sakalaarthi naasha dharmam
Chathurveda saara dharmam

Devotion through the nava rasas (nava vidha bhakthi) is your dharma
Immortal and loving is your dharma
Destroying all desires is your dharma
Essence of the four vedas is your dharma

Jagadartha mochakaartham
Amritheshi shaashvadaartham
Naralakshyadaayakaartham
Purushaartha saadhyamartham

Relieving from the bondages of the world is your artha (sense objects)
Immortal and eternal is your artha (seeking you)
Providing the goal of human life is your artha
Bestowing the purushaarthas is your artha

Munimaanasaanthya kaamam
Paramaartha vasthu kaamaam
Paripurna kaama kaamam
Parithustipusti kaamam

Controlling the mind and gaining a mind like that of saints is your kaama
Seeking the ultimate reality is your kaama
Desiring for perfection is your kaama
Gaining the state of perfection and desirelessness is your kaama

Layamaanasaaptha moksham
Vishayaarthi jaala moksham
Paramaarthadhaathu moksham
Amritheshi jeeva moksham

Thoughtlessness of the mind by merging into the reality is your moksha
Liberating from the net of desire for worldly objects is your moksha
Bestowing knowledge of the ultimate reality is your moksha
Giving immortality to the jeeva is your moksha

Bhuvanapradeepa jyothi
Hridayaantharapra jyothi
Layasristhi tattva jyothi
Amritheshi brahma jyothi

Shining extra-ordinarily is your jyothi
Shining in the inner cave of the heart is your jyothi
The reality into which creation vanishes is your jyothi
Immoral Brahman is your jyothi

This song is set in Madhyamavathi Raaga (though slight traces of Sree Raagam is there in some places). This song speaks about how the divine mother of Amritanandamayi (filled with immortality and bliss) can take us from the naama roopa (names and forms) of the world which are illusory through the purusha arthas of dharma, artha, kaama and moksha thereby to the jyothi or light of all lights known as Jeevan Mukthi. It is one Goddess concentrating who is the goal of the illusory naama-roopa, the path of purusha artha and the goal of atma jyothi. The meaning is so beautiful to show us as to how we can get from bondage to liberation with just one GODDESS. The song has been recorded in my voice which can be found here. Please bear the noise, disturbance and awful singing as am not a singer.  

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