idi nIku mEra

punnAgavarALi Adi tyAgarAja telugu kRti

Sahityam

Pallavi

idi nIku mEra kAdurA¹ zrI rAma nA
madi tallaDillenurA¹

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O Lord Sri Rama! This is not reasonable for You; my mind is agitated.

Anupallavi

padilamuga kolicitE
bhAvamu vEraiyunnadi (idi)

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Even when I serve You steadily, your assumption seems to be different.

Charanams Combined

gati lEni vArini kaDa tErcu daivamani
patita pAvana nammiti zrI rAma
ninnati vEgamuna vEDiti santatamu
sammatini ninnE kOriti² sItA rAma (idi)

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O Purifier of the fallen! I believed You to be the Lord who saves those who do not have any refuge; O Lord Sri Rama! I prayed to You with utmost haste; O Lord Sita Rama! I always sought You alone whole heartedly.

parama dayALuvani pAlana sEtuvani
saraguna dEva rAya kolicina nApai
karuNa lEdani kannIrAye jUci nI manasu
karagadendukurA O sItA rAma (idi)

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O Lord of the celestials! I am in tears because You do not seem to have compassion on me, who swiftly served You considering You to be the Supremely Compassionate Lord and that You would nourish me; O Lord Sita Rama! having seen me, why Your heart wouldn’t melt?

anniTa niNDina adbhutAnanda ghana
mannana sEya rAdA zrI rAma nI-
kenna rAni puNyamu³ rAdA zrI tyAgarAja
sannuta nIvADanu kAdA sItA⁴ rAma (idi)

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O Wonderful Pure Bliss who pervades everything (in the Universe)! O Lord Sri Rama! Won’t You forgive me? O Lord well-praised by this Thyagaraja! Won’t much merit accrue to You? O Lord Sita Rama! Am I not Your’s?

Renditions

Variations

¹ kAdurA, tallaDillenurA : kAdura - tallaDillenura
² kOriti sItA rAma – kOriti zrI rAma
⁴ sItA rAma – zrI rAma sItA rAma

References

Commentary

³ puNyamu rAdA – this is a way of supplication in prayer to show mercy stating that it will earn merit for the giver.