mEru-samAna dhIra
Sahityam
Pallavi
mEru samAna dhIra varada raghu
vIra jUtAmu rArA mahA (mEru)
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vIra jUtAmu rArA mahA (mEru)
O Brave equal to the Great Meru mountain! O Bestower of boons! O Lord Raghuvira! Deign to come before me; let me behold You.
Anupallavi
sAra¹-sAra oyyArapu naDalanu
nIrada kAntini nI ThIvini mahA (mEru)
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nIrada kAntini nI ThIvini mahA (mEru)
O Lord who is essence of even essence! Deign to come before me; let me behold Your stylish gait, rain-cloud like radiance and Your splendour.
Charanam
alakala muddunu tilakapu tIrunu
taLuku cekkulacE tanaru nemmOmunu
gaLamuna zObhillu kanaka bhUSaNamula
daLita dur-mAnava tyAgarAjArcita (mEru)
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taLuku cekkulacE tanaru nemmOmunu
gaLamuna zObhillu kanaka bhUSaNamula
daLita dur-mAnava tyAgarAjArcita (mEru)
Deign to come before me; let me behold the charm of Your curls, the manner of the auspicious mark on Your fore-head, Your sweet face glowing with shiny cheeks and the golden ornaments radiant in Your neck; O Lord who destroyed wicked people! O Lord worshipped by this Thyagaraja!
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sAra-sAra
– Following verses of Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, are relevant –
- “….. Its secret name (Upanishad) is ‘the Truth of truth.’ The vital force is truth, and It is the Truth of that.” (II.i.20)
- “Those who have known the Vital Force of the vital force, the Eye of the eye, the Ear of the ear, and the Mind of the mind, have realised the ancient, primordial Brahman.” (IV.iv.18) (Translated by Swami Madhavananda.)