pAlintuvO pAlimpavO
Sahityam
Pallavi
pAlintuvO¹ pAlimpavO
bAgaina palku palki nanu
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bAgaina palku palki nanu
I do not know whether You would protect me or not by speaking nice words.
Anupallavi
ElAgu ninnADukonna nEram-
eJca pani lEdu nA paini (pAlintu)
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eJca pani lEdu nA paini (pAlintu)
There is no need to consider my faults as to how I blamed You.
Charanam
paramArthamagu² nija mArgamuna³
vara⁴ dEzikuNDAnatIyagA
paripUrNamau bhakti mArgamEyani
bhAviJcina tyAgarAjuni (pAlintu)
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vara⁴ dEzikuNDAnatIyagA
paripUrNamau bhakti mArgamEyani
bhAviJcina tyAgarAjuni (pAlintu)
I do not know whether You would protect this Thyagaraja or not who, because sage Narada - the blessed preceptor – gave permission for (adopting) the true path which leads to highest truth, considered that it (true path) is only the path of total devotion.
Renditions
Variations
- 3 mArgamuna – mArgamunu : mArgamuna - is the appropriate word.
References
- 2 paramArthamagu – Please refer to ‘paramArtha stuti ’ of Svami Desikan on Lord Vijaya Raghava at Thirupputkuzhi (near Kanchipuram) where Rama is believed to have performed last rites for Jatayu. [[http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/paramartha_stuti/index.html Paramartha Stuti]]
- 4 vara dEzikuNDu – This refers to sage Narada who initiated Sri Thyagaraja in the path of devotion. However, he does not mention him by name in the Kriti. Please refer to Kriti ‘iGka daya’ – rAga nArAyaNagauLa and Kriti ‘nijamaitE’ - rAga bhairavi where Sri Thyagaraja uses ‘vara dEzika ’ to mean sage Narada.
Commentary
- 1 pAlintuvO pAlimpavO – this can either be taken as a doubt expressed by Sri Thyagaraja or a blunt question – ‘will You protect me or not?’. The question form is more likely in view of the wordings contained in Anupallavi and charaNam.