nammi vaccina
Sahityam
Pallavi
nammi vaccina nannu nayamuga brOvavE ninnu¹
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Please benignly protect me who has come believing you.
Anupallavi
kommani varamulanosagE kOvUri² sundarEza (nammi)
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O Lord Sundaresa of Kovur who grants boons by beckoning!
Charanam
vEda³ purANAgama zAstrAdulu gumi kUDi
pAdamulanu kana jAlaka batimAli vEDa
nAda rUpa zrI saundarya nAyakI patE bhEda⁴
vAda rahita tyAgarAja varada sundarEza⁵ ninu (nammi)
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pAdamulanu kana jAlaka batimAli vEDa
nAda rUpa zrI saundarya nAyakI patE bhEda⁴
vAda rahita tyAgarAja varada sundarEza⁵ ninu (nammi)
While even Veda, Purana, Agama, Sastras etc., joining together, unable to find Your holy feet, prayed to You beggingly, O Embodiment of Nada! O Consort of Saundarya Nayaki (name of Parvati at Kovur)! O Lord who is beyond the duality! O Lord Sundaresa - bestower of boons to this Thyagaraja! please benignly protect me, who has come believing you.
Renditions
Variations
- 1 ninnu – ninu
- 5 sundarEza – sundarEzvara
References
- 3 vEda purANa – it is not clear as to where this story appears. However, in Linga Purana, there are two instances – (1) where Brahma takes the form swan to find the head of Siva and Vishnu takes the form boar to find the feet of the Lord and both fail; [[http://www.urday.com/lingpart1.html Lingam]] (2) Siva explains to all deities about himself as the Supreme Lord –[[http://www.urday.com/lingpart5.html Siva]]
- 4 bhEda vAda - dvaita - as propounded by Madhvacharya is considered as Bheda Vada. [[http://www.dvaita.org/overview.shtml Madhvacharya]]
Commentary
- 2 kOvUr - A Siva Kshetra near Kanchipuram. Lord’s name is Sundaresa; His consort’s name is Saundarya Nayaki.