enta rAni
Sahityam
Pallavi
enta rAni tanakenta pOni nI
centa¹ viDuva jAla zrI rAma²
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centa¹ viDuva jAla zrI rAma²
O Lord Sri Rama! Come what may – may whatever come to me or may whatever go – I shall never leave Your proximity.
Anupallavi
antakAri³ nI centa jEri
hanumantuDai koluva lEdA (enta)
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hanumantuDai koluva lEdA (enta)
Didn’t Lord Siva – Enemy of Lord of Death – coming near You serve as Anjaneya?
Charanams Combined
zESuDu⁴ zivuniki bhUSuDu lakSmaNa
vESiyai koluva lEdA (enta)
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vESiyai koluva lEdA (enta)
Didn’t the serpent SEsha – the ornament of Lord Siva – serve You donning the garb of Lakshmana?
ziSTuDu mauni variSTuDu goppa
vasiSThuDu hituDugA⁵ lEdA (enta)
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vasiSThuDu hituDugA⁵ lEdA (enta)
Didn’t the great Vasishtha – the eminent and the senior-most of sages – remain as your benafactor (or family priest)?
nara vara nIkai sura⁶ gaNamulu
vAnarulai koluvaga⁷ lEdA (enta)
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vAnarulai koluvaga⁷ lEdA (enta)
O Best of men! Didn’t the hordes of celestials serve You by becoming monkeys for Your sake?
AgamOktamagu nI guNamulu zrI
tyAgarAju pADaga lEdA (enta)
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tyAgarAju pADaga lEdA (enta)
Isn’t tyAgaraja singing Your virtues proclaimed in the Sastras?
Renditions
Variations
- 1 centa – cinta : centa is the appropriate word.
- 2 zrI rAma - not given in some books.
- 7 koluvaga – koluva
References
- 3 antakAri hanumantuDai – In the Kriti ‘’[[Ada modi galada]]’’, Sri Thyagaraja states that Anjaneya is an aspect of Siva (zaMkarAMzuDu ). However in this Kriti, he states that Siva himself taken the form of Anjaneya. The story how Anjaneya came to be described as an aspect of Lord Siva is given in [[http://www.saibabaofindia.com/story_of_hanuman.htm Hanuman]]
- 6 sura gaNamulu vAnarulai – Please refer to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana – Bala Kanda – Chapter 17 for complete details.
Commentary
- 4 zESuDu zivuniki bhUSuDu – zESa also known as ‘ananta’ is stated to be the couch of Vishnu, the snake around the neck of Siva, the ring in the finger of Uma and the arm-bracelet of Vinayaka.
- 5 hituDu - sage Vasishtha was the family priest of King Dasaratha and then for Sri Rama. The family priest is called ‘purO-hita ’. Therefore, Sri Thyagaraja uses the word ‘hita’ to mean ‘benefactor’ and also ‘family priest’.