nI pada paGkaja
Sahityam
Pallavi
nI pada paGkajamulanu¹
nE nera namminAnu
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nE nera namminAnu
I have placed total faith in Your Lotus Feet.
Anupallavi
bhU² pAlula garvambulaNacu korak-
A paramEzvaru cApamu druJcina (nI)
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A paramEzvaru cApamu druJcina (nI)
I have placed total faith in You (Your Lotus feet) who - broke the bow of that Lord Siva to meet the demand (of celestials) for humbling the pride of the Kings – Lords of Earth.
Charanam
kOpamutO munu tApasiyiccina
zApamuna ahalya anu dinamu
cApa rAti tanu tApamOrva³ lEn-
Apenu kani paritApamu dIrcina (nI)
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zApamuna ahalya anu dinamu
cApa rAti tanu tApamOrva³ lEn-
Apenu kani paritApamu dIrcina (nI)
I have placed total faith in You (Your Lotus Feet) who - finding Ahalya who could not bear the constant bodily distress as a black stone due to the curse pronounced on her earlier by the sage Gautama in anger, relieved her misery.
vana-ruha tulita nayana saGkrandana
tanayuni bAdha sahimpani
virOcana⁴ sutu mati kaligina bhayamegayaga
ghanatama dundubhi penutala⁵ tannina (nI)
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tanayuni bAdha sahimpani
virOcana⁴ sutu mati kaligina bhayamegayaga
ghanatama dundubhi penutala⁵ tannina (nI)
O Lord with Lotus like eyes! I have placed total faith in You (Your Lotus Feet) who – in order to remove the fear existing in the mind of Sugreeva – son of Sun - who could not bear the troubles of Vali – son of Indra, kicked away the huge carcass of Dundubhi.
jyA vara nuta jyAjA vara
biDaujAvarajAzrita tyAgarAja
jyA varAja rudrAvanI sura
bhAvanIya muni jIvanAnizamu (nI)
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biDaujAvarajAzrita tyAgarAja
jyA varAja rudrAvanI sura
bhAvanIya muni jIvanAnizamu (nI)
O Lord praised by archers! O Consort of Sita – Earth-born! O Lord Vamana - Upendra – younger brother of Indra! O Lord on whom this Thyagaraja is dependent! O Lord cherished by Lords Vishnu – Consort of Bhu-devi - Earth - Brahma, Siva and Brahmanas! O Lord who is the very life of sages! I have forever placed total faith in Your Lotus Feet.
Renditions
Variations
- 1 pada paGkajamulanu – pada paGkajamula
- 3 tApamOrva lEnApenu – tApamOrvaniyApenu
- 5 penu tala tannina – pInuganu tannina - pInugala tannina
References
- 2 bhUpAlula garvambulaNacu – The episode pertains to the test of strength in the court of the King Janaka for the marriage of Sita. When sage Visvamitra asks King Janaka to show the bow of Siva, the King tells him that “not even the hosts of gods, demons, ogres, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Kinnaras and Nagas were able to string the bow. How can there be any capacity in human beings”. As the bow was brought in, the sage asks Sri Rama to take a look at the bow “vatsa rAma dhanu: pazya ”. Before any could see the total sequence of events, the bow broke when Sri Rama tried to string it.
- 4 virOcana sutu mati galigina bhayamu – At the time making friendship with Sugreeva, Sri Rama assures him that he would kill his brother Vali. However, since Sugreeva did not know about Sri Rama and his prowess, he keeps on harping on the might of his brother. Whereupon Sri Rama asks Sugreeva to tell what feat He should accomplish in order to prove his prowess. Sugreeva points to seven gigantic Sal trees which he says Vali would be able denude them by shaking their boughs and he could pierce each one of them with his arrows. He also points to the huge carcass of the Dundubhi lying there who was killed by Vali. Then Sri Rama kicks the carcass with his toe and hurls it to a distance of ten Yojanas – eighty miles. As the doubt of Sugreeva was still not clear, Sri Rama takes an arrow and aims at the Sal trees; the arrow pierces all the seven trees in one go and returns to His quiver. Thus Sugreeva was satisfied that Sri Rama would be able to kill Vali.