ETi yOcanalu
Sahityam
Pallavi
ETi yOcanalu¹ jEsEvurA
eduru palkuvArevaru lErurA
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eduru palkuvArevaru lErurA
What kind of musings are You doing? There is none to counter You.
Anupallavi
nOTi mATa jArcaga rAdurA
kOTi vElpulalO mETiyaina nIv(ETi)
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kOTi vElpulalO mETiyaina nIv(ETi)
It is not appropriate to slip on one’s promise; what kind of musings are You – the excellent one among crores of Gods – doing?
Charanam
meNDu zUrulalO venuka tIyavani
reNDu² mATalADE vADu kAdani³
aNDa kOTla pAliJcu vADani
caNDa maunulADa tyAgarAja⁴ nuta (ETi)\t
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reNDu² mATalADE vADu kAdani³
aNDa kOTla pAliJcu vADani
caNDa maunulADa tyAgarAja⁴ nuta (ETi)\t
While the great sages proclaim – that among numerous heroes You are the One who would not retreat, that You are not the One who speaks two words, and that You are the One who rules crores of Universes, O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! what kind of musings are You doing?
Renditions
Variations
- 3 kAdani – kADani
- 4 tyAgarAja nuta – tyAgarAja nutE
References
- 2 reNDu mATalu ADu – go back on one’s word. Please also refer to Kriti ‘oka mATa’ - rAga hari kAmbhOji , wherein Sri Tyagaraja praises Lord Rama as one who is true to his word.
Commentary
- 1 yOcana – In some books this has been translated as ‘hesitation’. This Telugu word and the same Tamil word ‘yOsanai’, though colloquially used to mean ‘hesitation’, the actual meaning is ‘deliberation’ ‘reflection’ etc.