Bhagyada Lakshmi

Many people have sung this song but versions by MS Subbalakshmi and Bhimsen Joshi stand out due to their popularity. The song above sung by Bhimsen Joshi. This composition is frequently heard in South Indian marriages after the main ceremony when the bride is about to enter the groom's "house" inside the kalayana mandapam (marriage hall). Sometimes, this song is also spelt like Bhagyada Laxmi...

Ragam : Madhyamavathi (65 mEcakalyaaNi janya)
or Shree (22 kharaharapriya janya)
Thalam : Roopaka
Composer : Purandara Dasar
Language : kannada


pallavi
bhAgyada laxmI bArammA nammammA nI sau (bhAgyada)

Oh, Goddess of Fortune ! Laksmidevi ! Do come!

charaNam 1
hejjaya melem hejjeyanikkutha
gejje kAlgaLa dhvaniya thOrutha
sajjana sAdhu pUjeya vELege
majjigeyoLagina beNNeyanthe (bhAgyada)

Do come slowly with your anklets making the jingling sound! Come to us like butter emerging out of buttermilk when it is churned !

charaNam 2
kanaka vrishTiya karEyutha bArE
mana kAmanaya siddhiya thOrE
dinakara kOTi thEjadi hoLeva
janakarAyana kumAri bErA (bhAgyada)

Come and shower on us a rain of gold and fufilll our aspirations ! Come with the brightness of countless number of rays of the sun !

charaNam 3
atthitthalagalade bhakthara maneyali nithya mahOlsava nithyasumamgaLa
sathyava thOruva sAdhu sajjanara chitthadi hoLevA puthhaLi bombe (bhAgyada)

Come and bless us; Oh, Devi, who has taken incarnation as Sitha ! Oh, lotus eyed Devi who is the pride of Mahavishnu!

charaNam 4
samkhye illada bhAgyava koTTu kankaNa kaiyya thiruvutha bAre
kunkumAnkithe pankajalOchane
venkaTaramaNana binkadaRANI (bhAgyada)

Come and appear before us wearing the shining golden bracelets on your wrists and the auspicious vermilion mark on your forehead!


charaNam 5
sakkare thuppada kAluve harisi SukravArada pUjeya vELage
akkareyuLLa aLagiri ramgana chokka purandara viThalana RANI (bhAgyada)

Oh, Consort of Purandaravithala ! Welcome to You who shine auspiciously in the hearts of great sages ! Oh, Queen of Alagiri Ranga! Come to our worship on Friday when streams of ghee and sugar will overflow !

PS: The meaning might not be perfect as I have simply pasted from the sources mentioned below. I am more than happy if somebody can add or correct to the stuff already written above.

Versions of song:

By M.S. Subbalakshmi
By Bhimsen Joshi (Classical version) [1],[2]
By Bhimsen Joshi (Kannada Film version) [3],[4]
By M.L.Vasanthakumari
By Kadri Gopalanath

Sources of Information:
http://www.karnatik.com/c1146.shtml
http://www.admadhavan.com/krithi6.htm