enduNDi veDalitivO
Sahityam
Pallavi
enduNDi veDalitivO EvUrO nE teliya
ipuDaina telupavayya
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ipuDaina telupavayya
O Lord! Where from did You proceed? Which is Your abode? I do not know; at least now please let me know.
Anupallavi
anda candamu vErai naDatalella tri-
guNAtItamaiyunndE kAni zrI rAma (endu)
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guNAtItamaiyunndE kAni zrI rAma (endu)
Your beauty and charm being of totally different nature and Your conduct etc. are beyond the three qualities (Satvika, Rajasa and Tamasa); therefore, O Lord Sri Rama! Where from did You proceed? Which is Your abode? I do not know; at least now please let me know.
Charanam
ciTukaNTEnaparAdha cayamula
tagiliJcE ziva¹ lOkamu kAdu
vaTu rUpuDai balini vaJciJci-
yaNacu-vAni vaikuNThamu² kAdu
viTa vacanamulADi ziramu
trumpa-baDDa vidhi³ lOkamu kAdu
diTavu dharmamu satyamu mRdu bhASalu
kalugu divya rUpa tyAgarAja vinuta nIv(endu)
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tagiliJcE ziva¹ lOkamu kAdu
vaTu rUpuDai balini vaJciJci-
yaNacu-vAni vaikuNThamu² kAdu
viTa vacanamulADi ziramu
trumpa-baDDa vidhi³ lOkamu kAdu
diTavu dharmamu satyamu mRdu bhASalu
kalugu divya rUpa tyAgarAja vinuta nIv(endu)
Yours is not the abode of Lord Siva where, for flimsy reasons, charges are slapped; Your abode is not Vaikuntha of Lord Vishnu who, taking the form of a Brahmachari, subdued King Bali by deceit; Yours is not the abode of Brahma who got his head plucked by uttering falsehood; O Lord of divine form endowed with courage, righteousness, truth and soft speech! O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! Where from did You proceed? Which is Your abode? I do not know; at least now please let me know.
References
- 2 vaikuNThamu – The complete story of the Avatara of the Lord as Vamana is contained in Srimad Bhagavatam, Book Eight, Chapters 18 – 23. Please also visit the website for English rendition of the ibid chapters – [[http://srimadbhagavatam.com/8/18/en Bhagavatam]]
- 3 vidhi lOkamu – there are conflicting stories about how Brahma’s fifth head was cut off. One relates to Satarupa found in Matsya Purana; the other relates to Brahma taking the form of swan in search of Lord Siva’s head. From the wordings of the Kriti, ‘utter falsehood’, the latter episode is meant by Sri Tyagaraja. Please refer to - [[http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/mabair.htm Brahma]]
- In Adi Sankaracharya’s Saundarya Lahari – verse 70, this incident is brought out. Please visit the website – [[http://www.sankaracharya.org/soundarya_lahari.php Saundarya Lahiri]] for the meaning of the verse.
- The hill town Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu is said to be the place where Lord Siva took the form of huge column of fire – [[http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/s004.html Tiruvannamalai]]
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Commentary
- 1 ziva lOkamu – The particular episode on which this statement is made by Sri Tyagaraja is not clear.