mari-mari ninnE

mari-mari ninnE moraliDa
nI manasuna daya rAdu
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Even if I entreat you repeatedly, No feeling of compassion enters your mind.
kari mora vini saraguna cana nIku
kAraNamEmi sarvAntaryAmi
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On hearing the elephant’s plea, what was the reason to proceed immediately? O Inner-controller of everyone!
karuNatO dhruvunikeduTa
nilicina katha vinnAnayya
sura-ripu tanayunikai
nara mRgamau sUcanalEmayya
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Lord, I have heard the story of your appearing before Dhruva mercifully; Lord, What about the tidings of your becoming man-lion for the sake of the Asura’s son?
maraciyunna vana-caruni
brOcina mahima delupavayya
dharanu velayu tyAgarAja sannuta
taramu kAdika nE vinanayya¹
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Lord, Tell me about the grandeur of protecting the forest-dwellers who were in hiding2; Lord brightening the earth, praised by this Thyagaraja!
I shall not listen to your refusals any longer.
  • 1 nE vinanayya - nE vinavayya
  • 2 A reference to Sugriva and company who were hiding from Vali in the forest.