rAga: shanmukhapriyA (cAmaram) / tAla: rUpaka

Pallavi

mahAsuraM ketum ahaM bhajAmi chAyagrahavaram

Anupallavi

mahAvicitramakuTadharaM maHNgalavastrAdidharam narapIThasthitaM sukhaM navagrahayutasakhaM

Charanam

ketuMkRNvanmantrinaM krodhanidhijaiminaM kulutthAdibhakSaNaM koNadhvajapatAkinam guruguhacAmarabharaNaM guNadoSacidAbharaNaM grahaNAdikAryakAraNaM grahApasavyasaHncAriNam

Translation

I worship Ketu, the great demon who is foremost of the shadow planets.

Who wears a peculiar crown and auspicious dress. Who is happy in his part human-like body and is friendly in the group of nine planets.

Who is adored by the Ketum-krinvan mantra, who is exceedingly wrathful, a descendent of Jaimini, who savours his grain, and has his flag with the cut-out triangle. Who bears the fan of Guruguha, whose distinction lies in his discernment of good and bad, who causes eclipses and moves in a counterclockwise direction.

Artists:

Madurai Mani Iyer,T.N.Krishnan & Umayalpuram Sivaraman

Year of Recording : 1960

Lyrics and Translation Courtesy : Todd M. McComb