nArada guruswAmi

darbAru Adi tyAgarAja telugu kRti

Sahityam

Pallavi

nArada guru svAmiyikanaina
nannAdarimpavEmi I karavEmi

O Lord Preceptor Narada! Why wouldn’t You be gracious towards me at least from now on? What kind of dearth (of compassion) is this?

Anupallavi

sAreku saGgIta yOga naigama
pAraGgatuDaina parama pAvana (nArada)

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O Supremely holy Lord preceptor Narada having profound knowledge of music, Yoga and Vedas! Why wouldn’t You always be gracious towards me at least from now on?

Charanam

itihAsa¹ purANAgama caritamul-
evari-valla kaligE
patini dAnamivva buddhi satya²-
bhAmakeTula kaligE
dyuti jita zarad³-abhra ninu vinA muni
yatulakevaru kaligE
kSitini tyAgarAja vinuta nammiti \t
cinta tIrci prahlAduni brOcina (nArada)

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At whose else behest legends, epics, various sciences and histories were born? How else the idea to give away her husband as a gift occurred to Satyabhama? O Lord whose splendour surpasses that of autumnal cloud! Who else is there for ascetics and self restrained other than You? O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! I have placed full faith in You; O Lord preceptor Narada who protected Prahlada in this very Earth by relieving his worry!

References

¹ itihAsa purANa – Narada is the initiator of every epic.
² satyabhAma – the reference here is to the story of Satyabhama – wife of Krishan. In order to keep Krishna always to herself, she observes certain religious rites, as advised by sage nArada. As part of the rites, she first gifts Him (Krishna) to sage Narada and then tries to buy Him back by offering wealth equivalent to the weight of Sri Krishna. The exact place where this story is found is not known. However, the gist of the story is given in the web site - [[http://www.reference.com/browse/Rukmini Satyabhama]]

Commentary

³ zarad-abhra – The autumn clouds are white and shining.