gaTTigAnu
Sahityam
Pallavi
gaTTigAnu nanu ceyi pattEdennaTikO
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When are you going to hold my hand firmly?
Anupallavi
puTTina nATanuNDi iTTi vidhamulE kAni (gaTTi)
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While things are happening only in this manner since my birth, when are you going to hold my hand firmly?
Charanams Combined
goppa tanamu manadani madameppaTikini talakekki
tappu palukulADucu tAnuppatillucunu¹
teppunayiGgitamerugaka meppulakAziJcuyA
cappani prabhuvula kaDananu trippaTayElarAyanucunu (gaTTi)
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tappu palukulADucu tAnuppatillucunu¹
teppunayiGgitamerugaka meppulakAziJcuyA
cappani prabhuvula kaDananu trippaTayElarAyanucunu (gaTTi)
When are you going to hold my hand firmly saying “why are you roaming around the places of those insipid lords who - (a) always being arrogant, (b) remaining swollen with pride about their high status, (c) speaking inappropriate language without knowing place and occasion, (d) aspire for quick fame”?
varamaina sajjanulanu paricArakulanellanu
sari jEsi dAnamosagi parameJcakanu
kari dhana madamulu kaligina narulanu pUjiJceDuyA
taramerugani dhanikulayanusaraNamElarAyanucunu (gaTTi)
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sari jEsi dAnamosagi parameJcakanu
kari dhana madamulu kaligina narulanu pUjiJceDuyA
taramerugani dhanikulayanusaraNamElarAyanucunu (gaTTi)
When are you going to hold my hand firmly saying “why do you follow those rich who - (a) do not know the worth of people, (b) make charities (without distinction) considering great pious persons and also all their attendants as equals, (c) without worrying about salvation, worship (other) humans who are conceited about their possessions like elephants and wealth”? \t
ziva pUjala mariyunu mAdhava pUjalunonariJcucu
bhuvi tA sari jEseDi vArevaranucunuyeJcu
avivEka dhana mattula ziva² ziva vEDaga vaddani
kuvalaya daLa lOcana su-vibhava tyAgarAja vinuta (gaTTi)
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bhuvi tA sari jEseDi vArevaranucunuyeJcu
avivEka dhana mattula ziva² ziva vEDaga vaddani
kuvalaya daLa lOcana su-vibhava tyAgarAja vinuta (gaTTi)
O Lotus petal Eyed! O Exalted Lord! O Lord well praised by this Thyagaraja! When are you going to hold my hand firmly saying - “for God’s sake, do not beseech those wealth-inebriated-indiscriminate-persons who – (a) some times perform worship of Lord Siva and at other times worship of Lord Vishnu, (b) think that in this World none else can perform (worship) like them”?
Renditions
Variations
- 1 uppatillucunu – The correct telugu word is ‘ubbatillucunu ’.
Commentary
- 2 ziva ziva – Pious people close their ears by saying the words ‘ziva ziva ’ whenever they hear wrong words.