dharmAtma
Sahityam
Pallavi
dharmAtma nannipuDu daya jUDavEyana
marmamuna palukunadi maJcidO
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marmamuna palukunadi maJcidO
O Virtuous Lord! While I beseech You ‘show mercy on me now’, is it good for You to talk secretively?
Charanams Combined
patita pAvanuDani bAga pErai nIku
mati¹ lEkayuNDunadi maJcidO (dharma)
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mati¹ lEkayuNDunadi maJcidO (dharma)
While having a great fame as redeemer of the fallen, is it good for You to remain without understanding?
gati lEni nanu nIvu kAvavEyaNTi
sammati lEkayuNDunadi maJcidO (dharma)
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sammati lEkayuNDunadi maJcidO (dharma)
I entreated You ‘protect me who has no refuge’; is it good for You to be not in agreement with that?
ninu² jUDa padi vEla kanulu kAvalenaNTi
manupakayuNDunadi maJcidO (dharma)
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manupakayuNDunadi maJcidO (dharma)
I said ‘one needs ten thousand eyes in order to behold You’; is it good for You to remain careless?
Emi³ nEranu pAdamE migula gatiyaNTi
nA mIda nepameJcuTa maJcidO (dharma )
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nA mIda nepameJcuTa maJcidO (dharma )
I said ‘I know nothing; Your holy feet alone are my refuge’; is it good for You to count (or consider) my faults?
nIdu mAyala cEta niSThUramEla
mammAdukOkanuyuNDa maJcidO (dharma)
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mammAdukOkanuyuNDa maJcidO (dharma)
Why this harshness because of Your grand illusion (OR) why this cruelty by Your deceptions? is it good for You to remain without supporting me?
nATi vacanamulella nayamu sEyavEyaNTi
mATADakuNDunadi⁴ maJcidO (dharma)
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mATADakuNDunadi⁴ maJcidO (dharma)
I besought ‘please fulfil all Your promises made earlier’; is it good for You to remain without even talking to me?
rAja nuta zrI tyAgarAja rakSaka zrita
samAja nanu maracunadi⁵ maJcidO rAma (dharma)
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samAja nanu maracunadi⁵ maJcidO rAma (dharma)
O Lord Rama praised by Kings! O Protector of this Thyagaraja! O Lord found in the assembly of dependents! O Lord Rama! is it good for You to forget me?
Renditions
Variations
- General – ‘rAma ’ appears at the end of pallavi and all caraNas in some books.
- 3 Emi nEranu – Emi nEramu
- 4 mATADakuNDunadi – mATalADakuNDunadi
- 5 maracunadi – maracinadi
References
- 2 ninu jUDa padi vEla kanulu kAvale – Please refer to Kriti ‘veGkaTeza ninu sEvimpa’ rAga madhyamAvati wherein Sri Thyagaraja states ‘veGkaTEza ninu sEvimpanu padi vEla kannulu kAvalenayya ’.
Commentary
- 1 mati lEka uNDunadi – remaining without understanding – this may be taken as a ‘nindA ’.