nIvu brOva valenamma
Sahityam
Pallavi
nIvu brOva valenamma nanu
nikhila lOka jananI
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nikhila lOka jananI
O Mother of entire worlds! O Mother! You should protect me.
Anupallavi
dEvi zrI dharma saMvardhani divya
darzanamosagi santatamu (nIvu)
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darzanamosagi santatamu (nIvu)
O Devi Sri Dharmasamvardhani (name of Mother at Thiruvaiyaru)! You should protect me ever by granting me the vision of Your divinity.
Charanams Combined
nI vale karuNA sAgari I jagAna
nE vetaki kanugona kAnekkaDa kAna
pAvanamagu zrImat paJca nadIzvaruni rANi nA
bhAvamulO dorukukoNTivika maracedanA
I varakunu jEsina nEramulanu
nIveJcaka nalugurilO tanakika
kAvalisina¹ kOrikalosagi
kAvumu patita pAvani dharma saMvardhani (nIvu)
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nE vetaki kanugona kAnekkaDa kAna
pAvanamagu zrImat paJca nadIzvaruni rANi nA
bhAvamulO dorukukoNTivika maracedanA
I varakunu jEsina nEramulanu
nIveJcaka nalugurilO tanakika
kAvalisina¹ kOrikalosagi
kAvumu patita pAvani dharma saMvardhani (nIvu)
Having searched in this World, I could not find anywhere an Ocean of mercy like You; O Consort of Lord Siva – auspicious Lord of holy Thiruvaiyaru – five rivers! You have been found or apprehended in my mental perception; will I forget You now? O Redeemer of the fallen! O Mother Dharmasamvardhani! You should protect me in the midst of others now, without taking into account the crimes committed by me so far, by granting me the wishes as required.
nAyeDa vaJcana sEyaka pasiDi² zilA kaJja³
sAyakunanniTa nIvaniyeJciti gAka
mAyapu bhava sAgara bAdhaluyendAka eDa-
bAyani nI pada bhaktinosaGga parAkA
kAyaja janakuni sOdari nIyokka
mAyalanu tolaga jEyakayuNDuTa
nyAyamu kAdu dayApari zubha phala
dAyakiyau dharma saMvardhani (nIvu)
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sAyakunanniTa nIvaniyeJciti gAka
mAyapu bhava sAgara bAdhaluyendAka eDa-
bAyani nI pada bhaktinosaGga parAkA
kAyaja janakuni sOdari nIyokka
mAyalanu tolaga jEyakayuNDuTa
nyAyamu kAdu dayApari zubha phala
dAyakiyau dharma saMvardhani (nIvu)
Please do not deceive me; I have considered that You are existent in everything like gold, land, woman; therefore, how long the troubles of the illusory Ocean of Worldly Existence will remain? why do you show unconcern in granting me the ceaseless devotion to Your Lotus Feet? O Sister of the Vishnu – Father of cupid! It is not fair to remain without banishing Your illusions; O Most Merciful! O Mother Dharmasamvardhani who bestows auspicious fruits!
raja zikhA maNi satiyaina zubhAkAri amba
rAja rAjEzvari tri-jagad-AdhAri
sarOja nayani nI mahimalanu teliya lErE tyAga-
rAjAdi parama bhAgavata hRdayAgArE
I jagatini gauri parAtpari
avyAjamunanu⁴ paripAlana jEyu
O jagad-Izvari nera nammiti ninu
rAjigA dharma saMvardhani (nIvu)
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rAja rAjEzvari tri-jagad-AdhAri
sarOja nayani nI mahimalanu teliya lErE tyAga-
rAjAdi parama bhAgavata hRdayAgArE
I jagatini gauri parAtpari
avyAjamunanu⁴ paripAlana jEyu
O jagad-Izvari nera nammiti ninu
rAjigA dharma saMvardhani (nIvu)
O Mother with Auspiciousness form who is the Consort of Lord Siva – wearer of digit of moon on the head like a jewel! O Mother Rajarajesvari (one of the names of Mother) who is the prop of the three Worlds (Heaven, Earth and Nether World)! O Lotus Eyed! people are not aware of Your mights; O Mother abiding in the hearts of the supreme devotees like Thyagaraja and others! O Mother Gauri! O Mother who is beyond all! O Queen of the Universe who governs this Universe without any apparent motive! O Mother Dharmasamvardhani! I trusted You totally; You should protect me whole- heartedly.
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Commentary
- 1 kAvalasina kOrikalu – This may be translated as ‘whatever is required by me’ or ‘whatever is necessary for me’. In the former case, the devotee places the demands on the Mother; in the latter case, the devotee leaves it to the discretion of the Mother to confer such necessities as may be necessary to perform worship of the Mother without hindrance. Please refer to Kriti ‘vaddanE vAru lEru ’ wherein Sri Thyagaraja states ‘kOrikalilalO divilO koJcemaina lEni nA manasu ’ (… my mind which has no demands at all either in this World or the next…) and kriti ‘kanna talli nIvu ’ wherein Sri Thyagaraja states ‘anudinamonariJcu sat-kriyala nIkani palkina tyAgarAja rakSaki ’ (O Protector of Thyagaraja who surrendered all the pious tasks performed daily to be for Your sake…)
- 2 pasiDi zilA kaJja sAyaka – From the context, it is clear that Sri Thyagaraja refers to ‘three distractions of the Worldly Existence’ - ‘wealth, land and women’. These are called ISaNa traya (wife, children and wealth – as per Telugu Dictionary) – Tamil ‘mUvAsai ’ – (land, gold and woman). Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa calls these ‘Kamini - Kanchan’ (women and gold). Therefore, the implied meanings of words ‘zilA ’ and ‘kaJja sAyaka ’ has been adopted.
- 3 kaJja sAyaka – ‘kaJja ’ means ‘water born’ – Lotus. Lotus is one of the five flower arrows of Cupid.
- 4 avyAjamunanu – there is no apparent motive for the paJca kRtya - five activities of Supreme Lord – projection (sRSTi ), sustenance (sthiti ) dissolution (laya ), concealment (tirOdAna ), beatitude (anugraha ); Therefore the Mother is called ‘paJca kRtya parAyaNa ’ and ‘avyAja karuNamUrti ’ in the Lalita Sahasranamam.