mIvalla guNa dOSamE
Sahityam
Pallavi
mIvalla guNa dOSamEmi zrI rAma
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What is the fault because of You, O Lord Sri Rama?
Anupallavi
nAvallnE kAni naLina daLa nayana (mIvalla)
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O Lotus petal eyed! Rather, all (faults) are because of me only; what is the fault because of You, O Lord Sri Rama?
Charanams Combined
baGgAru bAguga padivanne gAkuNTE
aGgalArcucu battunADukOnEla¹ (mIvalla)
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aGgalArcucu battunADukOnEla¹ (mIvalla)
If the gold is not highly pure, why grumble and blame the goldsmith?
tana tanaya prasava vEdanakOrva lEkuNTE
anayayallunipai ahaGkAra paDanEla (mIvalla)
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anayayallunipai ahaGkAra paDanEla (mIvalla)
If one’s daughter is unable to bear labour pain, why be much angry with the son-in-law?
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3. Having failed to give charity to deserving persons and having failed to perform worship of the Lord in any (of the previous) births, why blame the Gods (for one’s fate)?
E janmamuna pAtramerigi² dAnambIka
pUjiJca maraci vElpulanADukOnEla (mIvalla)
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pUjiJca maraci vElpulanADukOnEla (mIvalla)
My mind and my attachments made me languish; O Effulgent Lord whose Lotus Feet are praised by this Tyagaraja!
Variations
- 1 battu – baccu : ‘baccu ’ means ‘chetty’, ‘shetty’, shet’ belonging to Vaisya community; ‘battu ’ means ‘goldsmith’. In all the books, the meaning derived is ‘goldsmith’. Therefore ‘battu ’ has been adopted keeping with the traditional meaning.
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Commentary
- 2 pAtramerigi dAnambIka – Failing to give charity to deserving persons and giving charity to worthless persons are considered as omissions and commissions respectively. In Tamizh, the saying is ‘pAttiramarindu piccaiyiDu ’.