ninnu vinA nA madi
Sahityam
Pallavi
ninnu vinA nA madiyendu¹ niluvadE zrI hari hari
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O Lord Sri Hari! O Lord Hari! My mind would not stay on anything other than You.
Anupallavi
kanulaku nI sogasentO grammiyunnadi² ganuka (ninnu)
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Your charm is very much pleasurable to my eyes; therefore, my mind would not stay on anything other than You.
Charanams Combined
nIdu kathalu vInulandu niNDiyunnadi rAma
zrIda nI nAmamu nOTa celagiyunnadi ganuka (ninnu)
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zrIda nI nAmamu nOTa celagiyunnadi ganuka (ninnu)
O Lord Rama! Your stories are filled in my ears; O Bestower of Properity! Your names are shining on my tongue; therefore, my mind would not stay on anything other than You.
nEnuyecaTa jUcinanu nIvaiyunnadi rAma
bhAnu vaMza tilaka nIdu bhaktuDanucu pEru ganuka (ninnu)
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bhAnu vaMza tilaka nIdu bhaktuDanucu pEru ganuka (ninnu)
O Lord Rama! Wherever I look, (it appears that) You are there; O Most Distinguished of the Solar Dynasty! I have a name as Your devotee; therefore, my mind would not stay on anything other than You.
kapaTamau mATalella kammanainadi rAma nA
tapamu yOga phalamu nIvE tyAgarAja sannuta (ninnu)
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tapamu yOga phalamu nIvE tyAgarAja sannuta (ninnu)
O Lord Rama! Even all Your (seemingly) cunning words have now turned sweet; O Lord well-praised by this Thyagaraja! You are my penance and the fruit of asceticism.
Renditions
Variations
- 1 madiyendu – madendu : madendu is wrong.
Commentary
- 2 grammiyunnadi –The basic word seems to be ‘gammu ’. Though generally ‘r’ is added freely in Telugu – as ‘grammu ’, it is not clear whether the same is true in this case also.