endu kaugalintu rA
Sahityam
Pallavi
endu kaugalinturA¹ ninn-
entani varNinturA ninn(endu)
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entani varNinturA ninn(endu)
Where (in which part) shall I embrace You? How much shall I describe You?
Anupallavi
andamaina kunda radana
indirA hRn-mandira ninn(endu)
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indirA hRn-mandira ninn(endu)
O Handsome Lord with jasmine (like) teeth abiding in the heart of Lakshmi! where shall I embrace You? how much shall I describe You?
Charanam
nIdu palukE palukurA
nIdu kulukE kulukurA
nIdu taLukE taLukurA
nijamaina² tyAgarAja nuta ninnu-(endu)
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nIdu kulukE kulukurA
nIdu taLukE taLukurA
nijamaina² tyAgarAja nuta ninnu-(endu)
Your speech indeed is speech; Your elegance indeed is elegance; Your gleam indeed is gleam; where shall I embrace You – who is the Pure Existence praised by this Tyagaraja?
Renditions
Variations
- 1 kaugalinturA – This is how it is given in all the books. However, the correct spelling of the word is ‘kaugilinturA ’.
Commentary
- 2 nijamaina – nijamu - the ‘sat’ of sat-cit-Ananda .