Lyrics,queries and meaning- Kannada

[Sudarshan C R]

Today is ‘Kanakadasa jayanthi’. Here is an interesting song ‘aMgaLadoLu rAmanADida’ said to be written by Shri KanakadAsaru.

Lyric goes here:

rAga: abhEri.
tALa: Adi
racane: shrI kanakadAsaru.

aMgaLadoLu rAmanADida caMdra bEkeMdu tA haTa mADidA /pa/

tAyiya karedu kai mADi tOrida mugila kaDegomme diTTisi nODida
ciNNikOlu caMDu buguri ellava bEDa bEDA eMdu tA bisADida /1/

kaMda bA eMdu tAyi karedaLu mammu uNNeMdu baNNisuttiddaLu
tAyi kausalya kaLavaLagoMDaLu kaMda aMjidanu ennuttiddaLu /2/

aLuva dhvani kELi rAjanu maMtri sahitAgi dhAvisi baMdanu
niluva kannaDi taMdirisida shrI rAmana etti muddADida /3/

kannaDiyoLu biMba nODida caMdra sikkidaneMdu kuNidADidA
I saMbhrama nODi AdikEshava raghu vaMshavannE koMDADidA /4/

Meaning of the song:

child Rama (rAMa) was playing (ADida) in the courtyard (aMgaLadoLu) and
insisted (haTa mADida) for want to have (bEkeMdu) the moon (caMdra) to play with him

Called (karedu) his mother (tAyiya), pointing (tOrida) his finger (kai mADi) toward the
sky (mugila kaDe) gazing (diTTisi nODida) to the moon
Rejected/thrown (bisADida) away all the playing articles like
tip-cat (ciNNi kOlu), ball (caMDu), and top (buguri) saying (eMdu) 'no no (bEDa bEDa)'

Mother (tAyi) called (karedaLu) him (kaMda bA eMdu) and
offered (baNNisuttiddaLu) all the food stuff (mammu uNNeMdu) to eat
Mohter (tAyi) Kausalya got upset (kaLavaLagoMDaLu) thinking (ennuttiddaLu) that
the child (kaMda) is frightened (aMjidaneMdu)

King (rAja) came (baMdanu) running (dhAvisi) with (sahita)
his minister (maMtri) hearing (kELi) the cry (aLuva dhvani) of the child
Consoling (etti muddADida) the child Rama (shrI rAmana),
King asked to bring (taMdirisida) one big (niluva) mirror (kannaDi)

Child Rama jumped (kuNidADida) with joy (caMdra sikkidaneMdu)
seeing (nODi) the moon (reflexion-biMba) in the mirror (kannaDiyoLu)
seeing (nODi) the excitement (I saMbhrama) Adikeshava
praised (koMDADida) the dynasty (vaMshavane) of Raghu

View the song here:
by Mahalakshmi Shenoy:

Master Shashank on keyboard: