eTlA dorikitivO
Sahityam
Pallavi
eTlA dorikitivO rAma tanak(eTlA)
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O Lord Rama! How were You ever found by me?
Anupallavi
cuTlAra¹ gaDiya² dOvaku nAdu
paTlAbhimAnamu lEkuNDaga (eTlA)
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paTlAbhimAnamu lEkuNDaga (eTlA)
While around me, for a distance of half an hour, there being no affection or patronage towards me, how were You ever found by me?
Charanam
pAda mahimO peddal-
AzIrvAda balamO su-svarapu
nAda phalamO tyAgarAja
khEda hara zrI nAtha tanak(eTlA)
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AzIrvAda balamO su-svarapu
nAda phalamO tyAgarAja
khEda hara zrI nAtha tanak(eTlA)
Is it because of the might of Your holy feet? or is it because of the strength of blessings of elders? or is it because of the result of (my Upasana of) Nada of melodious Svara? O Lord who relieves the afflictions of this Thyagaraja! O Consort of Lakshmi! how were You ever found by me?
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Commentary
- 1 cuTlAra – This is how it is given in all the books. The meaning derived is ‘near’ or ‘around’. However, the form of the word is not clear. The nearest word is ‘cuTTu ’. The ending of the word ‘ara’ may mean ‘half’. If ‘cuTlAra ’ is not a single word, then ‘ara’ would be combined with the ensuing word ‘gaDiya ’ as ‘ara gaDiya ’ – half hour – please refer note below. It has been translated here as ‘ara gaDiya ’.
- 2 gaDiya –(Tamizh Nazhigai) duration of 24 minutes – As per Indian tradition, a day consists of 60 hours (gaDiya ) of 24 minutes each, as against 24 hours of 60 minutes each in Western System. ‘ara gaDiya ’ - 12 minutes.
- 2 gaDiya dOva – As per Tamil Dictionary, 7.5 Nazigai or 180 mins = 1 Kadam (Tamizh) - approx 10 miles or 16 km. Therefore, gaDiya dOva is approximately 2.1 km; ara gaDiya – approximately 1 km.