chathurdasa raagamaalika 9

Now,the reverse order of the fourteen ragaas start here to end this composition
to reach the pallavi through the following epithets on Lord Shiva.
Guruguhesa sura naresam anisam.= (I worship) always the Lord of guruguha(Dikshitar),
gods and kings.
The above line is rendered in raaga bhupaala following the last charanam.
Raaga Devakriya
guja bhudhaadi graha gathi vihitham.= planets like mars, mercury etc. move as per His order.
Raaga Kambodhi.
Varadam anala ravi sasi nayanam.= Bestower of gifts, has three eyes viz. Surya being the right eye,
Chandra being the left eye(as Devi forms Shiva's left part), and agni(fire) emanated from the third eye,which burnt Manmatha and a spark from which created Lord Skanda.
Raaga Shankaraabharanam.
Vanaja chandra sannibha vadanam.= The face that equals in splendour the lotus and the moon.
The word "vana" denotes forest as well as water.Here the meaning water is taken to denote
lotus just as in the words neeraja,ambhuja etc.
Raaga Saaranga.
Parama hamsaananda narthanam.= Here the dance of Shiva is said to be that of paramahamsa
depicting eternal happiness.The word hamsa distinguishes the state of the bird swan which
ia happy in water as well as on land. The swan is equally famous for separating milk from water.
Like wise Paramahamsaas are ever happy seeing only good from in and around.
The dance of Shiva is said to posses 108 variants and the one performed at the time of
dissolution is known as aananda thaandavam.
Raaga Bhairava.
Pathitha paavana karanam agha haranam.=The one who purifies the down trodden and also
destroys the ahankaara in the mind.
Raaga Lalitha.
Paratharam parama manolaya jayam.=Who is the supreme being and controls our minds as
antharaathma.(inner soul)
Raaga Sama
Paraadi vaak prakaasaanandamayam.= The one who generates the four phases of speech production.
The Bhagavathi Tattva mentions these four phases.First, the vaak beyond (paraa vaak)
That is the place where the idea originates as the first impulse.The shoot which springs from the invisible seed is the voice that sees(pashyanthi).
The potential of sound still in the thought form is the intermediary voice.(madhyama)
The exteriorized sound in the form of articulate syllable is the voice manifest.(vaikaari).
With this, the composition comes to the conclusion and the following raagas are sung
with the epithets at the end of anupallavi,viz. Mohanam,Gaula,Natai,Gauri, Arabhi and Shri raaga to reach the pallavi.

The audio link for this song is available in "arvindsdad.blogspot.com" under the label "M. L. Vasanthakumari - 2 "