nIvE kAni
Sahityam
Pallavi
nIvE kAni nannevaru kAtururA
nIraja daLa nayana
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nIraja daLa nayana
O Lotus petal eyed! Who else than You will protect me?
Anupallavi
kAvalasina kOrikalicci nannu cAla
karuNiJci brOcE¹ talli taNDrivi (nIvE)
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karuNiJci brOcE¹ talli taNDrivi (nIvE)
You are my Mother and Father who protect me very compassionately by granting all necessary wishes.
Charanams Combined
munu mA vaMzamuna kalugu peddalu
tapamulanu jEsiyArjiJcina dhanamu
vinavayya bahu janmamulanu nEnanEka
virula vEla pUjiJcina phalamu (nIvE)
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tapamulanu jEsiyArjiJcina dhanamu
vinavayya bahu janmamulanu nEnanEka
virula vEla pUjiJcina phalamu (nIvE)
You are the wealth earned, ere long, by fore-fathers born in our lineage, by performing penances, and O Lord! Please listen! (You are) the fruit of my worshipping with thousands of flowers in many of my earlier births.
zaraNAgata jana pApa jvalanamunu
zamana jEyu jala pUrita ghanamu
sura muni jana yOgi gaNamula hRdayamu
su-gRhamau saccidAnanda² ghanamu (nIvE)
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zamana jEyu jala pUrita ghanamu
sura muni jana yOgi gaNamula hRdayamu
su-gRhamau saccidAnanda² ghanamu (nIvE)
You are the rain bearing cloud that extinguishes the flames of sins of those people who have sought refuge in You; You are the quintessence sat-cit-Ananda who has the heart(s) of multitude of celestials, sages and ascetics as nice abode.
sAgara zayana nadulalO mElaina
svar³-nadI snAnAmbuna kalgu phalamu
tyAgarAju varamani brahmAduluku
satyamu jEsi palkina tArakamu (nIvE)\t
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svar³-nadI snAnAmbuna kalgu phalamu
tyAgarAju varamani brahmAduluku
satyamu jEsi palkina tArakamu (nIvE)\t
O Lord reclining in the Ocean of Milk! You are indeed the fruit attained by one who takes holy dip in the Ganga - the heavenly river which is the most sacred of all rivers; Your name is the ferry that takes one cross the Ocean of Worldly Existence, which, this Thyagaraja told to brahma and others by swearing, to be a boon.
Variations
- 1 brOcE – brOcu
- 3 svar-nadI – svarNadI - suvarnadI - svarNa nadI - As per Monier’s Sanskrit dictionary, the following words refer to Ganga – ‘svar-gaGgA’ - ‘sura nadI ’. Therefore the appropriate word might be ‘svar-nadI ’.
References
- 2 sat-cit-Ananda – Triple designation of Paramatma – Supreme Lord – Existence (sat), Pure Consiousness (cit), bliss (Ananda)