dEvi zrI tuLasamma
Sahityam
Pallavi
dEvi zrI tuLasamma brOcuTak-
idE samayamamma mAyamma
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idE samayamamma mAyamma
O Devi! O Mother Sri Tulasi! O Our mother! O Mother, this indeed is the opportune moment to protect me (us).
Anupallavi
pAvani brahmEndrAdulu nI
bhakticE vilasilliraTa mahA(dEvi)
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bhakticE vilasilliraTa mahA(dEvi)
O The Holy One (Or Purifier)! It is said that Brahma, Indra and others shone because of devotion to You; O the Great Devi!
Charanam
nIvu lEka zaGkaru¹ mA ramaNuDu
nIrajAdulanollaraTa²
nIvu lEka tIrthamu³ sEviJcuTa
nIranucu pErAyenaTa
nIvu lEka trAsuna⁴ zrI hari sari
nilvaka pOyenaTa⁵
nIvu⁶ lEka vanamAlayani palikirA
nI sariyevvarE tyAgarAja nuta mahA(dEvi)\t
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nIrajAdulanollaraTa²
nIvu lEka tIrthamu³ sEviJcuTa
nIranucu pErAyenaTa
nIvu lEka trAsuna⁴ zrI hari sari
nilvaka pOyenaTa⁵
nIvu⁶ lEka vanamAlayani palikirA
nI sariyevvarE tyAgarAja nuta mahA(dEvi)\t
(a) It is said that without You, Lord Siva and Lord Vishnu - Consort of Lakshmi - do not like (other) flowers like lotus etc; (b) it is said that sanctified water, served (or partaken) without You, is called as water only - (it is not sanctified water); (c) it is said that without You nothing could measure equal to Lord Sri Hari on the scale; (d) without You did anyone call a garland as ‘Vanamala’? who is equal to You, O Mother praised by this Thyagaraja! O Great Devi!
Renditions
Variations
- 1 zaGkaru – zaGkari
- 2 nIrajAdulunollaraTa – nIrajAdulanollaDaTa - If ‘zaGkaru ’ is correct, then ‘ollaraTa ’ is correct; however, if ‘zaGkari ’ is correct, then ‘ollaDaTa ’ would be correct.
- 5 pOyenaTa – bAsenaTa : bAsenaTa - is not correct.
References
- 4 trAsu – The episode referred here is stated to appear in Mahabharata – the extract of the story is at - [[http://www.s-a-i.info/self_trans/verses_25.html Tulabharam]]
- 6 nIvu lEka vanamAla – Tulasi, Mallika, Mandara, Paarijaatam and Lotus are considered as constituents of Vanamala. For an article about ‘garlands’ and with particular reference to ‘Vaijayanti’ and ‘Vanamala’, please refer to – [[http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/archives/aug06/msg00110.html Garland]]
Commentary
- 3 tIrthamu sEviJcuTa - the sanctified water offered in the Hindu temples – particularly Vaishnava temples - to all devotees after worship of the Lord.