nanu pAlimpa
Sahityam
Pallavi
nanu pAlimpa naDaci vaccitivO
nA prANa nAtha¹
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nA prANa nAtha¹
Did you come by foot in order to protect me?
O Lord of my life-breath!
Anupallavi
vanaja nayana mOmunu² jUcuTa
jIvanamani nenaruna manasu marmamu telisi (nanu)
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jIvanamani nenaruna manasu marmamu telisi (nanu)
O Lotus-eyed! Knowing the secret of my mind that beholding
Your face is my livelihood, did You kindly (come by foot…)
Charanam
surapati nIla maNi³ nibha tanuvutO
uramuna mutyapu sarula cayamutO
karamuna zara kOdaNDa kAntitO
dharaNi tanayatO tyAgarAjArcita (nanu)
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uramuna mutyapu sarula cayamutO
karamuna zara kOdaNDa kAntitO
dharaNi tanayatO tyAgarAjArcita (nanu)
With a body resembling sapphire,
With a number of strings of pearls on the chest,
With the splendour of bow Kothanda and arrows in your hands,
And with the daughter of Earth, One worshipped by Thyagaraja! (did you…)
Renditions
Variations
- 1 nAtha – nAthA
- 2 mOmunu – mOmuna : mOmunu - is the correct word.
Commentary
- 3 surapati nIla maNi : The blue sapphire is called indranIla in Sanskrit. Here “indra ” has been rendered as “surapati ”.