MWC_Edition2

November 19_RJ

While searching for lullaby songs for my son, i came across the meaning of this popular ‪#‎jagadOddhAraNa‬ song in the net. The information provided is copied from the net and i have also provided YouTube links to popular rendering of the song

The kriti is all about the mother that Yasode is. And, her innocence in taking her son as her son and not seeing beyond it. Who has got that kind of boon? Who has got this kind of 'bagya'? The great lord, the one who is the saver of the world, who has saved the world in all his 10 avatars, is playing with Yasoda. And, yasode is playing with him purely as her son.

Yasode is playing with the one whom even the vedas have not really found. He is the one who cannot be counted. He is the one who is bigger than everyone else. He is the one who is a gem amongst the children. But, Yasode is playing with him just as her son and no more than that.

Yasode is playing with the one who is bigger than the biggest things in the world. She is playing with the one who is unlimited and not really measurable. She is playing with the one who is smaller than the smallest of the atoms. She is playing with the one who is all of these but she is playing with him without really knowing who He is. She is playing with him as if he is just her son.

He is the best among men. He is the God of all the world. He is the Vittala of Pandarapura. He is the one who is being praised by Purandaradasa now. But, Yasode played with him without knowing who really He is. She played with him just as a son.

pallavi
jagadOddhAraNa ADisidaLe yashOde
(jagadO)
anupallavi
jagadOddhAraNa maganendu tiLiyuta suguNAnta ranganA AdisidaLe yashOde
(jagadO)
caraNam 1
nigamakE silukada agaNita mahimana magugaLa mANikyana ADisidaLa yashOde
(jagadO)
caraNam 2
aNOraNIyana mahatO mahImana apramEyana ADisidaLa yashOde
(jagadO)
caraNam 3
parama puruSana paravAsudEvana purandara vittalana ADisidaLu yashOde
(jagadO)

Meaning:

pallavi
jagadOddhAraNa ADisidaLe yashOde
(jagadO)

jagad : the world
uddharana : the one who saves it; ensures that it gets into the right path
adisidalu yasode = yasode played with him

caraNam 1
nigamakE silukada agaNita mahimana magugaLa mANikyana ADisidaLa yashOde
(jagadO)

nigamake = to the vedas, even for vedas
silukada = not caught by; not available for
aganita = who cannot be counted
mahimana = bigger than
magugala = among the children
manikyana = like a gem
adisidalu yasode = yasode played with him

caraNam 2
aNOraNIyana mahatO mahImana apramEyana ADisidaLa yashOde
(jagadO)

anoraniyana = smaller than the 'anu=atom' = smaller than the smallest of the atoms
mahato = big
mahimana = bigger than
aprameyana = unlimited; not measurable
adisidalu yasode = yasode played with him

caraNam 3
parama puruSana paravAsudEvana purandara vittalana ADisidaLu yashOde
(jagadO)

parama purusana = the best one among men
paravasudevana = who is the God of all the world
purandara vittalana = the vittala at pandarapura; who is being praised by this Purandaradasa
adisidalu yasode = yasode played with him

This "Purandara Vittala" as everyone knows, is Purandaradasa's Mudra. This is similar to Dikshithar's "Guruguha" and Shyama sastri's "Shyama krishna" and Thyagaraja's "Thyagaraja" type of mudras.

here is MSS singing - http://youtu.be/C8zfi5c6bYw
here is Veena S Balachander's rendition - http://youtu.be/us4Qgiv2_Xc
here is Bombay Jayshri singing - http://youtu.be/GGDZHXI_-XQ