cintistunnADE

mukhAri Adi tyAgarAja telugu kRti

Sahityam

Pallavi

cintistunnADE yamuDu

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The Lord of Death is worried.

Anupallavi

santatamu sujanulella
sadbhajana jEyuTa jUci (cintistunnADE)

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Looking at all pious people ever-involved in devoutly singing names of Lord, (the Lord of Death is worried).

Charanams Combined

zUla pAza dhRta bhaTa
jAlamula jUci mari mI
kOlAhalamuluDugu
kAlamAyenanucu¹ \t(cintistu)

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Looking at the multitude of (his army of) warriors wielding trident and noose, telling them that now time has come for abatement of your uproar, the Lord of Death is worried.

vAridhi² zOSimpa jEyu
krUra kumbhajuni rIti
ghOra narakAdulaNacu
tAraka³ nAmamunu talaci (cintistu)

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In the same manner as the ferocious sage Agastya (one born of pitcher) who dried up the ocean, thinking of the sacred name of the Lord which subdues even the terrible hell etc., the Lord of Death is worried.

dAri teliya lEka tirugu-
vAralaina cAlunaNTE
sAramani⁴ tyAgarAju
saGkIrtanamu pADEranucu (cintistu)

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He thought that it would be sufficient if atleast there are people who wander about not knowing the path (of salvation) (so that he could lay hand on them), but, noting that they also are singing the songs of the Thyagaraja considering them to be the essence (of the Taaraka Nama), the Lord of Death is worried.

Renditions

Variations

¹ kAlamAyenanucu – kAlamAyenEyanucu

References

² vAridhi zOSimpa – The episode of sage Agastya drinking up the ocean is found in Mahabharata, Book 3 – Vana Parva – Sections 104 and 105. [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/index.htm Mahabharata Book 3]]
³ tAraka nAma – the name ‘Rama’. Please refer to discourse of Kanchi Paramacharya on the subject - [[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/2952/mantra3.html Taaraka Nama]]

Commentary

⁴ sAramani – Sri Thyagaraja states that his songs are the essence of the name of the ‘Rama’ - tAraka nAma .