AzrayiJci → being dependentvaramu → boon-aDigina → asked
sIta aDaviki → to the forestpOnu-Aye → had to go Azara → demonsharaNa → destroyerrakkasi → demonessiSTamu → desireaDuganu → when askedapuDE → then itself2 mukku → nosepOye → was gone O rAma ninnu-(aDigi)
Your dependant Sita, who asked a boon,
had to go to the forest;
O Slayer of demons! When the demoness expressed her desire,
then and there she lost her nose.
vAsiga → famous nArada-mauni → sage3 varamu-aDuga vanita → womanrUpuDu-Aye → became of the form AsiJci → desiringdurvAsuDu → Sage Durvasa-annamu → food-aDuganu⁴
appuDE mandamu-Aye → lost appetite O rAma ninnu-(aDigi)
When the famous sage Narada asked for a boon (to know the nature of Maya),
he happened to attain the form of a woman;
When sage Durvasa asked (the Pandavas) desiring food,
then and there he lost his appetite.
sutuni vEDuka jUDa dEvakiyaDuga⁵
yazOda jUDanAye
satulella rati-bhikSamaDuga⁶
vAri-vAri patula vIDanAye⁷ O rAma nin-(naDigi)
sutuni → of the sonvEDuka → spectaclejUDa → to see dEvaki aDuga
yazOda jUDanu-Aye → could see satulu → women [Gopis]ella → allrati-bhikSamu → sexual union aDuga vAri-vAri → their respectivepatula → husbandsvIDanu-Aye → had to abandon O rAma ninnu-(aDigi)
While Devaki desired to behold the spectacle (of child-hood sports) of her son,
it was Yasoda who happened to behold Him;
When all Gopis asked for union with the Lord,
they had to abandon their respective husbands.
nIkE dayabuTTi brOtuvO brOvavO
nI guTTu bayalAye
sAkEta-dhAma zrI tyAgarAja-nuta
swAmi yETi mAya O rAma nin(naDigi)
nIkE → by yourselfdaya → pitypuTTi → ariseprOtuvO → whether protectprOvavO → or not protect nI → YourguTTu → secretbayalu-Aye → has been exposed sAkEta → City of Ayodhya-dhAma → resident zrI tyAgarAja-nuta → praised swAmi → O LordETi → what kind ofmAya → delusion O rAma ninnu-(aDigi)
I do not know whether, on your own accord, you would take pity and protect me;
Your secrets have been exposed;
O resident of AyodhyA, praised by Thyagaraja!
What kind of delusion is this, Rama?
Variations
7patula - putulella
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Renditions
Commentary
1sIta aDaviki pOnAye
- In the kriti ‘’[[Sariyevvare]]’’, Sri Thyagaraja extols Sita for the courage she showed in going to the forest:
2rakkasi mukku pOye
– The episode of Surpanakha – Srimad Valmiki Ramayana – Aranya Kanda, Chapters 17 and 18 refers.
3nArada – vanita rUpuDu
- sage Narada becomes a woman being caught in the web of Maya – For complete story, please refer to Devi Bhagavatam – 6th Book – Chapters 28 and 29 – [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/db/db03.htm Narada]] - (6th Book - 28,29)
4durvAsuDu annamaDaga
– this refers to episode of sage Durvasa along with his great number disciples visited Pandavas at the behest of Duryodhana. Mahabharata – Vana Parva – Draupadi HaraNa Parva – Section 261 (CCLXI) refers. ([http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/mythology_from_india/97554 Durvasa])
5dEvaki
- “The Balakrishna temple at Udupi enshrines an image of Krishna believed to have been made by the divine architect Viswakarma. Legend has it that Krishna’s mother Devaki and his wife Rukmini wished to enjoy his childhood pranks, at the end of the Dwapara yuga. The divine architect Viswakarma then created this image of Krishna bearing a churn in his right hand and a string in his left. Rukmini worshipped this image every day.” [[http://www.templenet.com/Karnataka/udupi.html Udupi-1]] and [[http://www.rukminiresidency.com/in_around.html Udupi-2]]
6yaSoda
- Yasoda who could not see the marriage of her son Krishan, in the next birth becomes ‘Vakula Devi’ and arranges the marriage of Lord SrInivAsa at Thirumala. [[http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ramanuja/archives/apr05/msg00041.html Vakula Devi]] and [[http://www.tirumala.org/maintemple_kalyanamstart.htm Pictures of Srinivasa Kalyanam]]
7patula vIDanAye
– In response to query of Parikshit, sage Suka tells him the following (among other things) (Srimad-Bhagavatam, Book 10, Chapter 33 refers) –