Pranavakaram Siddhi Vinayakam
Raga: Arabhi
Tala: Adi
Composer: Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi
OotukkaaDu VenkaTa Kavi - Also known as OotukkaaDu VenkaTasubbaiyar, though he preferred this title. Very little is known about this composer. He was born in about the year 1700 in Needamangalam to Muthukrishna Iyer. One of his descendants was Needamangalam Krishnamurthi Bhagavathar. His gurus were Needamangalam Rajah Bhagavathar and he founded the Rudrapasupathi Pillai sishya parampara. He composed many kritis in Sanskrit and Tamil, mainly on Lord Krishna. His songs were known to often exclude the name of the deity in favor of description. He died in 1765 in his hometown, Needamangalam.
Lyrics:
Language: Sanskrit
pallavi
praNavaakaaram siddhivinaayakam
prasanna smita vadanam anubhaavayE
(praNavaakaaram)
anupallavi
, gaNanaayakam nikhilabhuvana mangaLa varadaayakam
maNigaNa kiraNa naanavida kalpa dharaNam
lOka kaaraNam
(praNavaakaaram)
caraNam 1
abi samvrita shiva gaNa sura gaNa mahaataananda naTanam
tundubi DinDima mridanga Tamaruha rava
drimita drimita samacala caraNam
(praNavaakaaram)
caraNam 2
karuNaarasa varshana mukhakamalam kaatyaayani bhalapradam
nandakumaara laptiva rampradamadishaya lambOdara vikaTaraaja mamalam
(praNavaakaaram)
Meaning
Behold(anubhAvaya) the primordial cause of the Universe (praNavAkAra) ShRI siddhivinAyakA, who grants our wishes Who has a very handsome smiling face...(prasanna smita vadanam)
Lord of the gaNAs(gaNAnAyakam), Who grants auspiciousness to the world (akhila bhuvana mangala varadAyakam) and wears the many splendors of the kalpAs, Who is the very cause of the Universe(lOka kAraNam).
With great restraint (ati samvṛta)He performs His magnificent Dance (mahattAnanda naTanam) with movements by His feet (sancala caraNam) with the accompaniment of sounds (rava)instruments like the dundubhi, Dindima & mridanga played by the hordes of Siva and the dEvAs.
Whose Lotus-like face is overflowing with karuNA (mercy), Who gives boons to dEvI, (don't see any connection between Krishna and Ganesa except for dEvI being hari's sister) eminent pot-bellied(lambOdara), having a gargantuan size(vikaTarAja), Who is stainless/pure(amala).
