Śrīnivāsa Gadyam

Maṅgala

śrīveṅkaṭādrinilayaḥ kamalākāmukaḥ pumān | abhaṅgura vibhūtir nastaraṅgayatu maṅgalam

May he who dwells on Veṅkaṭādri, the lover of Kamalā, the Puruṣa of unbreaking glory, swell auspiciousness for us.

Cūrṇikā 1

śrīmadakhila mahīmaṇḍala maṇḍana dharaṇidhara maṇḍalākhaṇḍalasya

Of him who is Indra of the circle of earth-bearing mountains that adorn the entire earth-maṇḍala.

Cūrṇikā 2

nikhila surāsura vandita varāha kṣetra vibhūṣaṇasya

Of him who is the ornament of Varāha-kṣetra, worshipped by all gods and asuras.

Cūrṇikā 3

śeṣācala garuḍācala vṛṣabhācala nārāyaṇācalāñjanācalādi śikhari mālākulasya

Of him whose hill-range is Śeṣācala, Garuḍācala, Vṛṣabhācala, Nārāyaṇācala, Añjanācala and the rest.

Cūrṇikā 4

nāthamukha bodhanidhi vīthiguṇa sābharaṇa sattvanidhi tattvanidhi bhaktiguṇapūrṇa śrīśaila pūrṇaguṇavaśaṃvada paramapuruṣa kṛpāpūra vibhramadatuṅgaśṛṅga galadgagana gaṅgāsamāliṅgitasya

Of him whose towering peak — made to dance by the flood of the Paramapuruṣa’s grace, a grace that has Śrīśailapūrṇa (Periya Tirumalai Nambi), treasury of sattva and tattva, full of bhakti-guṇa, adorning the line that begins with Nātha and Bodhanidhi — is embraced by the Gaṅgā falling from the sky.

Cūrṇikā 5

sīmātigaguṇa rāmānuja muni nāmāṅkita bahubhūmāśraya suradhāmā layavanarāmā yatavanasīmā parivṛta viśaṅkaṭataṭa nirantara vijṛmbhita bhaktirasa nirjharānantāryāhārya prasravaṇa dhārāpūra vibhramada salilabhara bharita mahā taṭākamaṇḍitasya

Of him whose great tank is filled by the cascade of the spring that is Anantārya’s — the irresistible prasravaṇa of bhakti-rasa that plays without break on the steep banks, bounded by forest-borders, a divine grove-abode, marked with the name of Rāmānuja-muni of boundless virtues, asylum of many worlds.

Cūrṇikā 6

kalikardamamalamardana kalitodyama vilasadyamaniyamādima munigaṇa niṣevyamāṇa pratyakṣībhavannijasalila samajjananamajjana nikhila pāpanāśana pāpanāśana tīrthādhyāsitasya

Of him whose hill is seated with Pāpanāśana tīrtha — whose own waters appear in sight, served by the first munis shining in yama and niyama, whose bathing destroys the mire of Kali and all sin.

Cūrṇikā 7

murāri sevaka jarādhipīḍita nirārtijīvana nirāśabhūsura varātisundara surāṅganā ratikarāṅga sauṣṭhava kumāratākṛti kumāratāraka samāpanodaya damānapātaka mahāpadāmaya vihāpanodita sakala bhuvana vidita kumāradhārābhidhāna tīrthādhiṣṭhitasya

Of him whose hill is presided over by the tīrtha named Kumāradhārā, famed in all the worlds — restorer of the aged servants of Murāri, beauty beyond the apsaras, taking the form of youth, ending the Tāraka of youth’s decay, driving off great calamity and disease.

Cūrṇikā 8

dharaṇi talagata sakalahata kalilaśubha salilagata bahulavividha malahati catura ruciratara vilokamātravidalita vividha mahāpātaka svāmipuṣkariṇī sametasya

Of him who is joined to Svāmi Puṣkariṇī — whose waters, skilled at striking every stain of the earth, split asunder great sins at a mere glance.

Cūrṇikā 9

bahusaṅkaṭa narakāvaṭa patadutkaṭa kalikaṅkaṭa kaluṣodbhaṭa janapātaka vinipātaka rucināṭaka karahāṭaka kalaśāhṛta kamalārata śubhamajjana jalasajjana bharita nijadurita hatinirata janasatata nirargalapeyīyamāna salila sambhṛta viśaṅkaṭa kaṭāhatīrtha bhūṣitasya

Of him who is adorned by the vast Kaṭāha tīrtha — filled with water drunk without hindrance by those intent on destroying their own sins, a golden play of beauty that strikes down the sins of men stained by Kali, fallen into the pits of many hells.

Cūrṇikā 10

evamādima bhurimañjima sarvapātaka garvahāpaka sindhuḍambara hāriśambara vividhavipula puṇyatīrtha nivaha nivāsasya

Of him who dwells among such a host of wide, various, holy tīrthas — first and most lovely, stealers of the pride of every sin, oceans of splendour.

Cūrṇikā 11

śrī veṅkaṭācalasya

Of Śrī Veṅkaṭācala.

Cūrṇikā 12

śikharaśekhara mahākalpa śākhī

He is the great wish-tree, whose crest is the peak.

Cūrṇikā 13

kharvībhavadatigarvi kṛtagurumerviśa girimukhorvīdharakuladarvīkara dayitorvī dharaśikharorvī satata sadurvī kṛticaṇanavaghanagarvacarvaṇanipuṇa tanukiraṇa masṛṇita giriśikharaśekhara tarunikara timiraḥ

The darkness of the groves on the mountain-crest is smoothed by his fine rays — rays skilled at chewing the pride of fresh heavy clouds, always doing good to the earth of the peak, beloved of the earth-bearer, of the snake-lords of the mountain-clans, before whom even great Meru is made small.

Cūrṇikā 14

vāṇīpati śarvāṇīdayitendrāṇīśvaramukhanāṇīyo rasaveṇī nibha śubhavāṇī nutamahimāṇī yas tarakoṇī bhavadakhilabhuvana bhavanodaraḥ

He whose glory is praised in auspicious speech like a stream of rasa by Brahmā, by the lord of Śarvāṇī, by Indra and the rest — he whose belly is the dwelling of all the worlds, a corner of a star to them.

Cūrṇikā 15

vaimānika gurubhūmādhika guṇa rāmānuja kṛtadhāmākara karadhāmāridara lalāmāccha kanaka dāmāyita nijarāmālayanavakisalayamaya toraṇa mālāyitavanamālādharaḥ

Wearer of the vanamālā, a garland of toranas of the fresh shoots of his own lotus-abode, a golden chain, a bright mark, a mine of radiance made a home by Rāmānuja of qualities greater than the gurus of the gods.

Cūrṇikā 16

kālāmbuda mālānibha nīlālaka jālāvṛta bālābja salīlāmalaphālāṅka samūlāmṛta dhārādvayāvadhīraṇa dhīralalitatara viśadatara ghana ghanasāramayordhvapuṇḍra rekhādvayaruciraḥ

Lovely with the two lines of ūrdhvapuṇḍra of dense camphor — clearer, more tender, more steadfast — mocking the two nectar-streams at the root of the playful, spotless mark on the young-lotus brow, netted in dark locks like a row of rain-clouds.

Cūrṇikā 17

suvikasvaradalabhāsvarakamalodaragatameduranavakesaratatibhāsuraparipiñjara kanakāmbarakalitādaralalitodaratadālamba jambharipumaṇistambha gambhīrimadambhastambhana samujjṛmbhamāṇapīvaroruyugala tadālambapṛthulakadalīmukulamadaharaṇajaṅghālajaṅghāyugalaḥ

Whose pair of shanks steal the pride of thick plantain-buds hanging from a pair of swelling thighs that rise to still the depth-pride of Indra’s jewel-pillars, hanging from a tender belly clad in tawny gold cloth, shining with the fresh kesara-rows in the opened lotus.

Cūrṇikā 18

navyadala bhavyakala pītamala śoṇimala sanmṛdula satkisalayāśrujalakāri balaśoṇatala patkamalanijāśraya balabandīkṛta śaradindumaṇḍalī vibhramadādabhraśubhra punarbhavādhiṣṭhitāṅgulī gāḍhanipīḍita padmāsanaḥ

Whose lotus-seat is pressed hard by toes seated on Brahmā — white, wide, playing like the autumn-moon’s circle, made captive by the force of the lotus-feet, red as young shoots that put to shame yellow and crimson and the water of tender sprouts.

Cūrṇikā 19

jānutalāvadhilambhiviḍambita vāraṇaśuṇḍā daṇḍavijṛmbhita nīlamaṇimaya kalpakaśākhā vibhramadāyi mṛṇālalatāyata samujjvalatara kanaka valayavellitaikatara bāhudaṇḍayugalaḥ

Whose two arm-staves, one waving with gold bracelets, long as lotus-stalks, play as wish-tree branches of blue gem, stretched like an elephant’s trunk hanging to the knee.

Cūrṇikā 20

yugapadudita koṭikharakara himakara maṇḍala jājjvalyamāna sudarśana pāñcajanya samuttuṅgita śṛṅgāparabāhuyugalaḥ

Whose other pair of arms raise Sudarśana and Pāñcajanya, blazing like a crore of sun-orbs and moon-orbs risen at once.

Cūrṇikā 21

abhinavaśāṇā samuttejita mahāmahānīlakhaṇḍa madakhaṇḍananipuṇa navīna paritapta kārtasvarakavacita mahanīya pṛthulasālagrāma paramparāgumphita nābhimaṇḍalaparyanta lambamānaprālambadīpti samālambita viśālavakṣasthalaḥ

Whose broad chest is taken by the light of a pendant hanging to the navel-circle, strung of great wide śālagrāmas armoured in freshly heated gold, skilled at breaking the pride of a great sapphire-shard honed on a new whetstone.

Cūrṇikā 22

gaṅgājharatuṅgākṛtibhaṅgāvalibhaṅgāvaha saudhāvali bāvaha dhārānibha hārāvali dūrāhata gehāntaramohāvaha mahima masṛṇita mahātimiraḥ

Whose great darkness is smoothed by a glory that bewilders the inner rooms from far off — a row of necklaces like a stream of plastered mansions, a row of waves high as the Gaṅgā’s fall.

Cūrṇikā 23

piṅgākṛtibhṛṅgārunibhāṅgāra dalāṅgāmala niṣkāsita duṣkāryagha niṣkāvali dīpaprabha nīpacchavi tāpaprada kanakamālikā piśaṅgitasarvāṅgaḥ

Whose whole body is tawny with a gold mālika that burns with kadamba-light, a row of niṣkas whose lamp-glow drives out the stain of ill deeds, red as a bee of tawny form, pure as a flame-petal.

Cūrṇikā 24

navadalita dalavalita mṛdulalita kamalatati madavihati caturatara pṛthulatara sarasatara kanakasara mayarucira kaṇṭhikā kamanīyakaṇṭhaḥ

Whose lovely throat wears a kaṇṭhikā of gold-chains, wider, more sap-filled, more skilled at striking the pride of a row of lotuses with newly opened, folded, tender petals.

Cūrṇikā 25

vātāśanādhipatiśayana kamanaparicaraṇa ratisametākhila phaṇadharatati matikara kanakamaya nāgābharaṇa parivītākhilāṅgāvagamita śayana bhūtāhirāja jātātiśayaḥ

Whose exceeding is born of the serpent-king who has become his bed — all his limbs wound in gold nāga-ornaments, made by the thought of the whole host of hooded ones who take delight in serving the beloved of him who lies as lord of the wind-eater (Agni’s foe — the serpent-bed).

Cūrṇikā 26

ravikoṭī paripāṭī dharakoṭira varāṭīkitavāṭi rasadhāṭi dharamaṇigaṇa kiraṇa visaraṇa satatavidhuta timiramohagarbhagehaḥ

Whose inner house of dark delusion is always shaken off by the spreading rays of the host of gems that bear a flood of rasa, a market of excellent crowns in a line of a crore of suns.

Cūrṇikā 27

aparimita vividhabhuvanabharitākhaṇḍa brahmāṇḍamaṇḍala picaṇḍilaḥ

Whose belly is the undivided Brahmāṇḍa-maṇḍala, filled with countless various worlds.

Cūrṇikā 28

āryadhuryānantārya pavitrakhanitrapāta pātrīkṛta nijacubukagata vraṇakiṇa vibhūṣaṇavahana sūcitaśrita janavatsalatātiśayaḥ

Whose exceeding vātsalya for those who take shelter is announced by the wearing, as an ornament, of the scar on his own chin — made a vessel of honour by the blow of the sacred crowbar of Ārya-dhurya Anantārya.

Cūrṇikā 29

maḍḍu ḍiṇḍima ḍamaru jharjhara kāhalī paṭahāvalī mṛdumardalāli mṛdaṅga dundubhi ḍhakkikāmukha hṛdyavādyaka madhuramaṅgala nādamedura visṛmara sarasagāna rasarucira santatasantanyamāna nityotsava pakṣotsava māsotsava saṃvatsarotsavādi vividhotsava kṛtānandaḥ

Whose bliss is made by the various utsavas — daily, fortnightly, monthly, yearly — always being stretched out, lovely with the rasa of spreading song, thick with the sweet auspicious sound of maḍḍu, ḍiṇḍima, ḍamaru, jharjhara, kāhalī, rows of paṭaha, soft mardala, mṛdaṅga, dundubhi, ḍhakkā and the rest of the heart-pleasing drums.

Cūrṇikā 30

śrīmadānandanilayavimānavāsaḥ

Dweller in the vimāna of the blessed Ānanda Nilaya.

Cūrṇikā 31

satatapadmālayā padapadmareṇusañcita vakṣassthalapaṭavāsaḥ

Whose chest-cloth is always heaped with the lotus-dust of Padmālayā’s feet.

Cūrṇikā 32

śrīśrīnivāsaḥ suprasanno vijayatām

May blessed Śrīnivāsa, well-pleased, be victorious.

Colophon

śrīraṅgasūriṇedaṃ śrīśailānantasurivaṃśyena | bhaktyā racitaṃ hṛdyam gadyam gṛhṇātu veṅkaṭeśānaḥ ||

This heart-delighting gadyam, composed with devotion by Śrīraṅga Sūri, descendant of Śrīśaila Ānanta Sūri — may Veṅkaṭeśa accept it.