Verse 12 of 29

Shloka 12 of Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam

Padmesha Mitra Shatapatra Gatalivargah पद्मेशमित्रशतपत्रगतालिवर्गाः

Hartum Shriyam Kuvalayasya Nijanga Lakshmya हर्तुं श्रियं कुवलयस्य निजाङ्गलक्ष्म्या ।

Bheri Ninadam Iva Bibhrati Tivra Nadam भेरीनिनादमिव बिभ्रति तीव्रनादं

Sheshadri Shekhara Vibho Tava Suprabhatam शेषाद्रिशेखरविभो तव सुप्रभातम् ॥

Meaning

The swarms of bees in the lotuses, flowers that are friends of the sun, raise a loud hum like the roll of war drums, as if setting out to steal the beauty of the blue water-lily with the dark glow of their own bodies. O Lord of the Seshadri peak, a blessed dawn to you.

Word by word

WordMeaning
Padmesha Mitra पद्मेशमित्र friend of the sun, lord of lotuses
Shatapatra Gata शतपत्रगत resting in the hundred-petalled lotus
Alivargah अलिवर्गाः swarms of bees
Hartum Shriyam हर्तुं श्रियं to steal the beauty
Kuvalayasya कुवलयस्य of the blue water-lily
Nijanga Lakshmya निजाङ्गलक्ष्म्या with the dark glow of their own bodies
Bheri Ninadam Iva भेरीनिनादम् इव like the roll of war drums
Bibhrati बिभ्रति raise
Tivra Nadam तीव्रनादं a loud hum
Read this verse in other scripts
IAST (scholarly)
padmeśamitraśatapatragatālivargāḥhartuṃ śriyaṃ kuvalayasya nijāṅgalakṣmyā |bherīninādamiva bibhrati tīvranādaṃśeṣādriśekharavibho tava suprabhātam ||
Telugu
పద్మేశమిత్రశతపత్రగతాలివర్గాఃహర్తుం శ్రియం కువలయస్య నిజాంగలక్ష్మ్యా ।భేరీనినాదమివ బిభ్రతి తీవ్రనాదంశేషాద్రిశేఖరవిభో తవ సుప్రభాతమ్ ॥
Tamil
பத்³மேஶமித்ரஶதபத்ரக³தாலிவர்கா³꞉ஹர்தும் ஶ்ரியம் குவலயஸ்ய நிஜாங்க³லக்ஷ்ம்யா ।பே⁴ரீநிநாத³மிவ பி³ப்⁴ரதி தீவ்ரநாத³ம்ஶேஷாத்³ரிஶேக²ரவிபோ⁴ தவ ஸுப்ரபா⁴தம் ॥
Kannada
ಪದ್ಮೇಶಮಿತ್ರಶತಪತ್ರಗತಾಲಿವರ್ಗಾಃಹರ್ತುಂ ಶ್ರಿಯಂ ಕುವಲಯಸ್ಯ ನಿಜಾಂಗಲಕ್ಷ್ಮ್ಯಾ ।ಭೇರೀನಿನಾದಮಿವ ಬಿಭ್ರತಿ ತೀವ್ರನಾದಂಶೇಷಾದ್ರಿಶೇಖರವಿಭೋ ತವ ಸುಪ್ರಭಾತಮ್ ॥
Malayalam
പദ്മേശമിത്രശതപത്രഗതാലിവര്ഗാഃഹര്തും ശ്രിയം കുവലയസ്യ നിജാങ്ഗലക്ഷ്മ്യാ ।ഭേരീനിനാദമിവ ബിഭ്രതി തീവ്രനാദംശേഷാദ്രിശേഖരവിഭോ തവ സുപ്രഭാതമ് ॥
Gujarati
પદ્મેશમિત્રશતપત્રગતાલિવર્ગાઃહર્તું શ્રિયં કુવલયસ્ય નિજાઙ્ગલક્ષ્મ્યા ।ભેરીનિનાદમિવ બિભ્રતિ તીવ્રનાદંશેષાદ્રિશેખરવિભો તવ સુપ્રભાતમ્ ॥
Bengali
পদ্মেশমিত্রশতপত্রগতালিবর্গাঃহর্তুং শ্রিযং কুবলযস্য নিজাঙ্গলক্ষ্ম্যা ।ভেরীনিনাদমিব বিভ্রতি তীব্রনাদংশেষাদ্রিশেখরবিভো তব সুপ্রভাতম্ ॥

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