Happy mothers day to Mother Karnataka who has adopted me

Happy mothers day   to Mother Karnataka   who has  adopted me

Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate

By

Mahakavi  Kuvempu

(Here is a great poem on mother Karnataka , which has been adopted by the state    as iys state anthem)

Translated   by

P.R.Ramachander

Jaya bharata jananiya tanujate

Jai hey karnataka mate

Jaya sundara nadi vanagala naade

Jai hey rasa rushigala beede

Bhoodeviya mukutada nava maniye

Gandhada chandada honnina ganiye

Raghava madhusudhanaravatarisida

Bharata jananiya tanujaathe

Jai hey karnataka mate

Hail Oh daughter  of our  mother India,

Hail  mother  Karnataka,

Hail the land of pretty rivers and  forests.

 Hail   the home   of great saints,

The new jewel stone  of the crown  of mother  earth,

The  mines  of  pretty   Gold and Sandalwood,

Oh  Daughter   of mother  India,

Where Lord Rama  and Lord Krishna  were born,

Hail   oh  mother  Karnataka

Jananiya jogula vedada ghosha

Jananige jeevavu ninna vesha

Hasurina girigala saale

Ninnaya koralina maale

 Kapila patanjala gautama jinanuta

Bharata jananiya tanujaate

Jaya hey karnataka mate

The sound of Vedas  is your mother’s lullaby,

Your form is    the life  of your mother,

Your green hilly    roads  ,

Is the   garland   of your neck,

Oh  daughter  of mother  India ,

Whose  devotees  are  Kapilam ,  Patanjali  , Budha  and Mahavira ,

Hail oh mother  Karnataka

Shankara ramanuja vidyaranya

Basaveshvara madhvara divyaranya

Ranna shadakshara ponna

 Pampa lakumipati janna

Kumaravyasara mangala dhaama

Kavi kogilegala punyaraama

Nanaka raamananda kabirara

Bharata jananiya tanujaathe

Jai hai karnataka mate

You are  the divine forest where lives  Shankara,

Ramanuja  , Vidyaranaya , Basaveshwara and Madhwa,

You are  the auspicious home  of Ranna ,  Shadakshari,

Ponna, Pampa, Lakshmeesa   , Janna  and Kumara Vyasa,

You are  the blessed resting place  of several poet nightingales,

Oh daughter   of mother  India  where Guru Nanak,

Ramananda    and saint  Kabir  lived,

Hail  oh mother   Karnataka

Tailapa hoysalaraalida naade

Dankana jakanara nechchina bide

Krishna sharavati tunga

Kaveri-ya vara ranga

Chaitanya paramahamsa vivekara

Bharata jananiya tanujaathe

 Jaya he karnataka mate

Oh country   ruled by Tallapa   and Hoysala,

Oh home  appreciated  by Danaka  and Jakkanna,

The blessed  stage  of the   rivers Krishna  ,

Sharavathi, THunga  and CAuveri,

Daughter  of our mother   India m

Of CHaithanya  , Paramahamsa  and Vivekananda,

Hail   oh    mother   Karnataka

Sarva janaangada shantiya thota

Rasikara kangala seleyuva nota

Hindu chraista musalmaana

Paarasika jainarudyaana

Janakana holuva doregala dhaama

Gaayaka vainikararaama

Kannada nudi kunidaaduva geha

Kannada taayiya makkala deha

Jai bharatha jananiya tanujate

Jai he karnataka mate

Jaya sundara nadi vanagala naade

Jai hey rasa rushigala beede

The garden of  peace  of all groups of people,

A sight  which attracts all connoisseurs,

The Garden of Hindus  , Christians  ,

Muslims, Parsis as well as jains,

The palace of many kings who are like Janaka,

The resting place of  great musicians and  Veena players,

The home   where  the language of Kannada   dances,

The body of the    children of  mother  Kannada,

Hail oh daughter  of Our mother  India,

Hail   our mother  Karnataka,

Hail the land of   very pretty rivers,

Hail the land of Rasa  Sages.