Lyrics,queries and meaning- Kannada

[Sudarshan C R]

Here is a song by Shri Purandaradasaru, which narrates the characters of a singer and also the listners.

Lyric follows:

rAga: madhyamAvati
tALa: aTTa
racane: shrI puraMdaradAsaru

tALa bEku takka mELa bEku shAMta /pa/
vELe bEku gAnava kELabEkeMbuvarige /anupa/

jatiprAsavirabEku gatige nillisabEku
ratipatipitanoLu ati prEmavirabEku /1/

gaLa shuddhavirabEku tiLidu pELalu bEku
kaLavaLa biDabEku kaLemuKavirabEku /2/

aritavarirabEku haruSha hecchalibEku
puraMdara viThThalane paradaivavenabEku /3/

Meaning of the song:

One who wants to listen (kELa bEkeMbuvarige) to the melody music (gAnava)
he should have leisure (shAMta) time (vELe) and that music should have
good background (mELa bEku)) music with (takka) perfect beats/percussion (tALa bEku)

Should be stopped (nillisabEku) at correct place (gatige)
of rhyming words (jatiprAsavirabEku),
should have affection (prEmavirabEku) towards shrimannarayana
(rati - God of love, pati - husband (kAma), pita - father)

voice (gaLa) should be perfect (shuddhavirabEku) and
express the words (pELalu bEku) by understanding (tiLidu)
singer should be away (biDabEku) from tensions (kaLavaLa)
face should have radiance (kaLemuKavirabEku)

Singer should have knowledge (aritavarirabEku) of what he is singing
Listners should be delighted (haruSha heccalibEku) by his singing
He should say (pradaivavenabEku) there is non other than Shri Purandara Vittala

Video/Audio courtesy: www.youtube.com/www.raaga.com
Video - Shri Balamuralikrishna singing the song:

Audio by Shri Vidyabhushana
http://www.raaga.com/player4/?id=171...60256237052208