Goddess Lakshmi

bhāgyada lakṣmī bārammā

(Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma in English (IAST))

Also known as ragam sri melakarta kharaharapriya janyaraga

Bhāgyada Lakṣmī Bārammā is among the best-loved devaranāmas of Purandara Dāsa, the sixteenth-century saint-composer honoured as the father of Carnatic music. Sung in Kannada and set in rāga Śrī and ādi tāla, it welcomes Goddess Lakṣmī into the home the way a household welcomes its own mother returning — "come, O Lakṣmī who bestows fortune, come to us." It is sung at dawn, during Varamahālakṣmī Vrata and at auspicious household occasions, each line calling the Goddess to walk in bearing prosperity, gold and grace.

rāgam: śrī (melakarta 22 kharaharapriya janyarāga)
ārohaṇaḥ sa ri2 ma1 pa ni2 sa
avarohaṇaḥ sa ni2 pa da2 ni2 pa ma1 ri2 ga2 ri2 sa tālam: ādi
rūpakartaḥ purandhara dāsa
bhāṣāḥ kannaḍa pallavi
bhāgyadā lakṣmī bārammā
nammamma nī sau-bhāgyadā lakṣmī bārammā || caraṇaṃ 1
hèjjèyè mele hèjjèya nikkuta
gèjjè kālgalā dhvaniya toruta (māḍuta)
sajjana sādhū pūjèya velègè
majjigèyòlagina bèṇṇèyantè ||
(bhāgyadā) caraṇaṃ 2
kanakāvṛṣṭiya karèyuta bāre
manakāmanèyā siddhiya torè |
dinakarakoṭī tejadi hòlèyuva
janakarāyanā kumāri bega ||
(bhāgyadā) caraṇaṃ 3
attittagaladè bhaktara manèyali
nitya mahotsava nitya sumaṅgala |
satyava toruva sādhu sajjanara
cittadi hòlèyuva putthali bòmbè ||
(bhāgyadā) caraṇaṃ 4
saṅkhye illada bhāgyava kòṭṭu
kaṅkaṇa kaiyā tiruvuta bārè |
kuṅkumāṅkitè paṅkaja locanè
veṅkaṭa ramaṇana biṅkadarāṇī ||
(bhāgyadā) caraṇaṃ 5
sakkèrè tuppada kāluvèharisi
śukravāradā pūjèya velègè |
akkèrèyulla alagiri raṅgana
còkka purandara viṭhṭhalana rāṇī ||
(bhāgyadā)

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