E tAvunarA nilakaDa

E tAvunarA nilakaDa nIku
yeJci jUDanagapaDavu¹
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Please tell me where is Abode for You, because no matter how much I ponder, You would not be apprehended.
sItA gauri vAgIzwarIyanu
zrI rUpamulandA² gOvinda (E)
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O Govinda! Are You present in the embodiments of Mahalakshmi called Sita, Gauri and Saraswati?
bhU kamalArkAnila nabhamulandA
lOka kOTulandA³
zrIkaruDagu tyAgarAja karArcita
ziva mAdhava brahmAdulayandA
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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?
  • 1 agapaDavu - agapaDavu O rAma
  • 3 lOka kOTulandA – bhUta kOTulandA