Meaning for Vara veena

[rani]

Hi everyone,

Someone wrote to ask me for the translation of the geetham vara veena. I found the following information from kutcheribuzz but would like a word-to-word meaning. Any ideas?

The meaning posted:
The geetham is in praise of the Goddess Devi. According to a book on
Geethams, it addresses the one who has the great veena, has soft hands,
has lotus-petal shaped eyes, queen of Paramatma, has a braid as beautiful
as the bees, the one praised by the Devas, has a beautiful form, the one
who shines with unparalleled good qualities, giver of victory, granter of
wishes and the wife of Ranganathan, giver of strength and mother of
Brahma.

You can see the full lyrics at
www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c1734.html

thanks!
rani

[Murali]

vara veeNaa = gifted as boon + veena
mridu paaNi = soft + hands
vana ruha = ?
lOcana = eyed
raaNi = queen
surucira = ?
bambara = ?
vENi = ?
sura + nuta = gods + praised by = praised by gods
kalyaaNi = auspicious lady
nirupama = unparalleled
suba + guNa = good + qualities
lOlaa = filled with
nirata = always
jayaa + prada = victory + bestow upon
sheelaa =
varadaa + priya = ? + lover
ranga + naayaki = raganatha's + heroine
vaancita = wishes
pala = fruitful
daayaki = bestow
saraseejaasana = ?
jananee = O mother!
jaya jaya jaya = victory! victory! victory to you!

[saahiti]

Hi
I have seen the meanings posted by you guyz,
and i have read somewhere also, my strong openion is
there is something wrong in understanding this geetham

let us take..varaveena mrudu pani from this we can understand
she can be saraswathi in that case
saraseejasanajanani cannot be the mother of the person who sits
on lotus that is brahma,...but if it is lakshmi varaveena doesn;t
have proper meaning,
here one more difference some people sing
saraseejaSANA janani and some sing saraseejaSANU janani
this is jut telugu grammer saraseejasanAjanani means the mother
who is having saraseja(born from water - lotus) as aasanam
and another one saraseejasanU janani.. means the mother of the person
who is having saraseeja as aasanam
i still doubt which one is correct, arguments are always welcomed

lovingly
saahiti

[DrShrikaanth K Murthy]

Hi saahiti
saw ur post. I dont know why u assumed the lysrics to be telugu. It is more likely to be kannada but that is beside the point as most of the words are samskrit. The song is about ranganAyaki, lakSmi. Mother Goddess , whichever form she is imagined to have. is considered as a patron of music. PArvati is escribed as holding vIa ad as a patron of music in countless krtis . How many pictures of pArvathi have u seen wielding the vINa. ( she does hold it as rAjamAtangi but that is beside the point).the gIta in mohana is attributed to srIpurandara dAsa and the meaning is as follows
varavINamrdupANi- one who hold the gifted/venerated vINa in her delicate hands,
vaaruhalOcanarANi-o lotuseyed queen[or o queen of the lotuseyed lOrd,viSNu]
surucira bambaravENi- lady with beatuful & curly locks of hair & braid
suranutakalyANi- auspicious[bestower of auspiciousness] one worshipped by the Gods/dEvas
nirupamaSubhaguNalOlA- one endowed wit unmatched good qualities
niratajayapradaSIlA- ever the giver of victory/success
varadapriyaranganAyaki-the affectionate boon- bestowing ranganAyaki[alias lakSmi]
vAnCitaphaladAyaki- who gives all desired fruits
sarasijAsanajanani- mother of the lotus-seated brahma[alias lakSmi]
jayajayajaya- victory to you

[meena]

Meaning: (Adapted From: Perfecting Carnatic Music, Level 1 by Chitraveena Ravikiran)

www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma/personal/music/varnams/varaveena-geetham.htm

[asterisk]

The lyrics are Sanskrit. Not Kannada !