dinamE sudinamu
Sahityam
Pallavi
dinamE¹ sudinamu Izvari nannu kRpa² jUDa
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O Isvari! Today is the auspicious day for You to shower grace on me.
Anupallavi
dIna dayApariyani jagamandu moraliDa
mariyoka daivamu nyAyamu tIrcu (dinamE)
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mariyoka daivamu nyAyamu tIrcu (dinamE)
While in the whole World, it is declared You to be very compassionate towards the humble, would any other God do justice to me?
Charanam
bhava sAgaramu tIrci brOcuTakidi
maJci samayamu kAvavE talli
zrI latAGgiyani³ satatamu ninu kOri
pUja jEsina tyAgarAjuni brOcu \t(dinamE)
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maJci samayamu kAvavE talli
zrI latAGgiyani³ satatamu ninu kOri
pUja jEsina tyAgarAjuni brOcu \t(dinamE)
O Mother! now is the opportune moment to protect me by ending the Ocean of Worldly Existence; therefore, deign to save me; that day is the auspicious day when You shower Your grace and protect this Thyagaraja – who constantly worships seeking You by chanting Your name ‘Sri Latangi’.
Renditions
Commentary
- ‘‘‘This kRti is available only in the book of TK Govinda Rao; in that book, it is listed in the category of ‘doubtful’, which means it is doubtful whether this Kriti was indeed composed by Sri Thyagaraja.’’’
- 1 dinamE – In view of the following observation about ‘kRpa jUDa ’, in Pallavi ‘dinamE ’ has been translated as ‘today’. When connecting to Anupallavi and Charanam, it has been translated as ‘that day’.
- 2 kRpa jUDa – ‘jUDa ’ does not complete the sense. This should be ‘jUDu’.
- 2 kRpa jUDa – The way the wordings of Anupallavi is framed, neither it can be connected to Pallavi nor a complete meaning be derived. Either the word ‘tIrcu ’ should be ‘tIrucunA ’ (an interrogation) or instead of ‘daivamu ’ it should be ‘daivamA ’ (an interrogation). Otherwise, the meaning is incomplete. As this Kriti is not found in any other book, no cross verification is possible.
- 3 latAGgi – latA means creeper - one of the names of Mother as also ‘aparNa ’. However, as latAGgi is the name of a Raga, many composers have written songs praising Mother as Latangi. This name is not found referring to Mother in any major Stotras. The name of Raga itself seems to be attributed to the Mother.