ADa mODi galadA
Sahityam
Pallavi
ADa mODi galadAᵃ rAmayya mATa (lADa)
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O Rama! Is it right to be moody in speaking (with me)?
Anupallavi
tODu-nIDa nIvEyanucunu bhakti
gUDina pAdamu paTTina nAtO mATa (lADa)
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gUDina pAdamu paTTina nAtO mATa (lADa)
With me, who considers you my constant companion,
who is devoted to you and has held your feet, (is it right…)?
Charanam
caduvulanni telisi zaGkarAMzuDai
sadayuDAzuga saMbhavuDu mrokka
kadalu tammuni¹ balka jEsitivi gAkanu
tyAgarAju ADina mATa (lADa)
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sadayuDAzuga saMbhavuDu mrokka
kadalu tammuni¹ balka jEsitivi gAkanu
tyAgarAju ADina mATa (lADa)
When the erudite Anjaneya (born to Wind God as an aspect of Siva)
saluted (and enquired about You), O Merciful Lord, You got your brother to respond (rather than conversing directly); Still, (is it right to be moody in speaking with) Thyagaraja even when he talks to You?
saluted (and enquired about You), O Merciful Lord, You got your brother to respond (rather than conversing directly); Still, (is it right to be moody in speaking with) Thyagaraja even when he talks to You?
Variations
- a galadA – galadE: galadA is the appropriate word.
Renditions
Commentary
- 1 tammuni palka – In their first meeting between Anjaneya and Sri Rama, the latter, while appreciated the scholarship of Anjaneya, did not directly talk to him, but asked Lakshmana to speak to him. (Valmiki Ramayana – Kishkinda Kanda – Chapter 3).