ilalO

ilalO praNatArti¹ haruDanucu
pErevariDirE zaMkaruDani nIk(ilalO)
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Whoever, in this World, gave You name as ‘remover of the distress of those who bow down before You’, and as the ‘one who causes Auspiciousness’?
talaci karagi cira kAlamu padamuna
daNDamiDina nAyeDa daya lEdAye ( ilalO)
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There was no mercy towards me who had been prostrating at Your feet becoming emaciated thinking of You for a long time.
kara² caraNayuramu³ nosalu bhujamulu
dharaNi sOka mrokkaga lEdA
zaraNanucunu moraliDa lEdA
paJca nadIza tyAgarAja nuta nIk(ilalO)
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Did I not prostrate with my hands, feet, chest, forehead and shoulders to touch the ground? did I not beseech You saying ‘Give me refuge’? O Lord of Thiruvaiyaru - five rivers! O Lord Praised by this Thyagaraja!
  • 3 caraNayuramu – caraNa yugamu
  • 1 praNatArti hara - Lord Siva’s name at Thtiruvaiyaru is (Dharmasamvardhani Sameta) Pranatharthi Hara.
  • 2 kara caraNa - sASTAGga namaskAraM (eight-limbed prostration) – hands (2), forehead, breast, knee (2), feet (2). But here, Sri Thyagaraja states ‘shoulders’ instead of ‘knees’.