daya jUcuTakidi
Sahityam
Pallavi
daya jUcuTakidi vELarA dAzarathI¹
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O Son of King Dasaratha! This is the time for You to show mercy on me.
Anupallavi
bhava² vAraNa mRgEza jalajOd-
bhavArti hara maJjuLAkAra nanu (daya)
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bhavArti hara maJjuLAkAra nanu (daya)
O Lion – King of animals - to the elephantine Worldly Existence! O Lord who relieved the distress of Brahma – born of Lotus! O Lord of beautiful form! This is the time for You to show mercy on me.
Charanam
munu nIvAnaticcina
panulAsa koni nE
manasAraga nidAnamuga
salpinAnu vara tyAgarAjApta nanu (daya)
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panulAsa koni nE
manasAraga nidAnamuga
salpinAnu vara tyAgarAjApta nanu (daya)
Having loved the tasks which You assigned to me earlier, I carried them out whole-heartedly and patiently; O Benefactor of this blessed Thyagaraja! This is the time for You to show mercy on me.
Renditions
Variations
- 1 dAzarathI – dAzarathE
- 2 bhava – bhaya : bhava - is the appropriate word.
References
- 3 jalajOdbhavArti – This, probably, refers to the slaying of demons Madhu and Kaitabha. Brahma prays to Yoga Maya in order to wake up Lord Vishnu to destroy these demons. Devi BhagavataM refers.