E tAvunarA nilakaDa
Sahityam
Pallavi
E tAvunarA nilakaDa nIku
yeJci jUDanagapaDavu¹
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yeJci jUDanagapaDavu¹
Please tell me where is Abode for You,
because no matter how much I ponder, You would not be apprehended.
Anupallavi
sItA gauri vAgIzwarIyanu
zrI rUpamulandA² gOvinda (E)
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zrI rUpamulandA² gOvinda (E)
O Govinda! Are You present in the embodiments of
Mahalakshmi called Sita, Gauri and Saraswati?
Charanam
bhU kamalArkAnila nabhamulandA
lOka kOTulandA³
zrIkaruDagu tyAgarAja karArcita
ziva mAdhava brahmAdulayandA
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lOka kOTulandA³
zrIkaruDagu tyAgarAja karArcita
ziva mAdhava brahmAdulayandA
Or are You present in the five elements – earth, water, fire, air and space;
or in the innumerable Worlds or living beings?
Or, O auspiciousness bestowing Lord worshipped by the very hands of Thyagaraja!
in forms of Siva, Vishnu and Brahma?
Renditions
Variations
- 1 agapaDavu - agapaDavu O rAma
- 3 lOka kOTulandA – bhUta kOTulandA