Pāvamāna Pāvamāna Jagada Prāṇa

Devanagari lyrics with meaning · composed by Śrī Vijaya Dāsa · devaranama · 13 verses

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पवमान पवमान जगद प्राण संकरुषण भवभयारण्य दहन

पवमान पवमान जगद प्राण संकरुषण भवभयारण्य दहन

pavamāna pavamāna jagada prāṇa saṃkaruṣaṇa bhavabhayāraṇya dahana

O Pavamāna, ever-moving Wind, life-breath of the world, form of Saṅkarṣaṇa, the fire that burns down the forest of worldly fear.

Verse 2 — श्रवणवॆ मॊदलाद नवविध भकुतिय तवकदिंदलि कॊडु…

श्रवणवॆ मॊदलाद नवविध भकुतिय तवकदिंदलि कॊडु कविगळ प्रिय

śravaṇavè mòdalāda navavidha bhakutiya tavakadiṃdali kòḍu kavigal̤a priya

Grant me, and eagerly, the nine-fold devotion that begins with hearing (śravaṇa), O beloved of the wise.

Verse 3 — हेम कच्चुट उपवीत धरिप मारुत कामादि वर्ग रहित

हेम कच्चुट उपवीत धरिप मारुत कामादि वर्ग रहित

hema kaccuṭa upavīta dharipa māruta kāmādi varga rahita

Wearing the golden waist-cloth and the sacred thread, O Māruta, free of desire and all its kindred passions;

Verse 4 — व्योमादि सर्वव्यापुत सतत निर्भीत रामचंद्रन…

व्योमादि सर्वव्यापुत सतत निर्भीत रामचंद्रन निजदूत

vyomādi sarvavyāputa satata nirbhīta rāmacaṃdrana nijadūta

pervading the sky and all that is within it, ever fearless, the true envoy of Rāmacandra;

Verse 5 — याम यामकॆ निन्नाराधिपुदकॆ कामिपॆ ऎनगिदु नेमिसि…

याम यामकॆ निन्नाराधिपुदकॆ कामिपॆ ऎनगिदु नेमिसि प्रतिदिन

yāma yāmakè ninnārādhipudakè kāmipè ènagidu nemisi pratidina

that I may worship you watch upon watch through the day — this I long for; ordain it for me each day;

Verse 6 — ई मनसिगॆ सुखस्तोमव तोरुत पामर मतियनु नी माणिपुदु

ई मनसिगॆ सुखस्तोमव तोरुत पामर मतियनु नी माणिपुदु

ī manasigè sukhastomava toruta pāmara matiyanu nī māṇipudu

showing this mind of mine a wealth of joy, restrain and dispel my base, ignorant intellect.

Verse 7 — वज्र शरीर गंभीर मुकुटधर दुर्जनवन कुठार

वज्र शरीर गंभीर मुकुटधर दुर्जनवन कुठार

vajra śarīra gaṃbhīra mukuṭadhara durjanavana kuṭhāra

Of adamantine body, grave and majestic, crown-bearer, an axe laid to the forest of the wicked;

Verse 8 — निर्जर मणिदया पार वार उदार सज्जनरघव परिहार

निर्जर मणिदया पार वार उदार सज्जनरघव परिहार

nirjara maṇidayā pāra vāra udāra sajjanaraghava parihāra

jewel among the deathless gods, a boundless ocean of compassion, generous, the remover of the good people's ills;

Verse 9 — अर्जुनगॊलिदंदु ध्वजवानिसि निंदु मूर्जगवरिवंतॆ…

अर्जुनगॊलिदंदु ध्वजवानिसि निंदु मूर्जगवरिवंतॆ गर्जनॆ माडिदि

arjunagòlidaṃdu dhvajavānisi niṃdu mūrjagavarivaṃtè garjanè māḍidi

when you favoured Arjuna, standing hoisted upon his banner, you roared so that the three worlds took note;

Verse 10 — हॆज्जॆ हॆज्जॆगॆ निन्न अब्ज पादद धूळि मार्जनदलि…

हॆज्जॆ हॆज्जॆगॆ निन्न अब्ज पादद धूळि मार्जनदलि भव वर्जितनॆनिसॊ

hèjjè hèjjègè ninna abja pādada dhūl̤i mārjanadali bhava varjitanènisò

at my every step, by the cleansing dust of your lotus feet, make me one freed from the bondage of birth.

Verse 11 — प्राण अपान व्यानोदान समान आनंद भारति रमण

प्राण अपान व्यानोदान समान आनंद भारति रमण

prāṇa apāna vyānodāna samāna ānaṃda bhārati ramaṇa

Lord of the five breaths — prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, udāna and samāna — and blissful consort of Bhāratī;

Verse 12 — नीनॆ शर्वादि गीर्वाणाद्यमररिगॆ ज्ञानधन पालिप…

नीनॆ शर्वादि गीर्वाणाद्यमररिगॆ ज्ञानधन पालिप वरेण्य

nīnè śarvādi gīrvāṇādyamararigè jñānadhana pālipa vareṇya

you alone bestow the wealth of wisdom upon Śiva and the celestial gods, O most excellent one;

Verse 13 — नानु निरुतदलि एनेनॆसगिदॆ मानसादि कर्म…

नानु निरुतदलि एनेनॆसगिदॆ मानसादि कर्म निनगॊप्पिसिदॆनॊ

nānu nirutadali enenèsagidè mānasādi karma ninagòppisidènò

whatever I have ever done, all my acts of mind, word and body, I surrender to you;

Verse 14 — प्राणनाथ सिरिविजयविठलन काणिसि कॊडुवदु भानु…

प्राणनाथ सिरिविजयविठलन काणिसि कॊडुवदु भानु प्रकाश

prāṇanātha sirivijayaviṭhalana kāṇisi kòḍuvadu bhānu prakāśa

O Lord of breath, radiant as the sun, grant me the vision of Siri-Vijaya-Viṭhala (Hari).

About Pāvamāna Pāvamāna Jagada Prāṇa

Pāvamāna Pāvamāna Jagada Prāṇa is a Kannada devaranama, composed by Śrī Vijaya Dāsa, addressed to Vayu — a Devaranama. It is presented here in Devanagari, Roman (IAST), Kannada, each verse with its English meaning. Source text: Kannada Wikisource.

A leading Haridāsa saint who revived the Dāsakūṭa in the eighteenth century and initiated a lineage that included Gopāla Dāsa and Jagannātha Dāsa; composer of a vast body of padas, suḷādis and ugābhogas under the signature "Vijaya Viṭhala".

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