dEvAdhi dEva

sunAdavinOdini Adi maisUru vAsudEvAcArya telugu kRti

Sahityam

Pallavi

dEvAdhi dEva zrI vAsudEva
kAvumayya nannu karuNAlavAla

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Sri Vasudeva, God of gods! Please protect me, O repository of compassion!

Anupallavi

I vELa nA yAru zatrulanu¹
nIvE pAradrOli nija bhaktu jEsi

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At once, drive afar my Six Enemies and make me a true devotee.

Charanam

nE jEsina pujA balamO
nA pUrvajula puNya phalamO
zrI jAnakIza I janmamicci
nannu dhanyunigA bhuvi jEsitivi

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Is it by the strength of my puja, Or the results of my ancestors’ good deeds, O Lord of Janaki, that giving me this birth, You made me blessed in this world.

Commentary

¹ The Six Enemies: kAma (passion or lust), krOdha (anger), lObha (greed), mOha (delusion), mada (pride) and matsara (jealousy)

Renditions

[http://www.sangeethapriya.org/Downloads/bmk/1/06_DevadiDeva_Sunadhavinodhini.mp3 M. Balamuralikrishna 1] (mp3)
[http://www.sangeethamshare.org/ksomu/Carnatic_Vocal/Balamurali.Krishna/BMK-04/032-BMK-Devaadhi-Deva.mp3 M. Balamuralikrishna 2] (mp3)