pUla pAnupu mIda
Sahityam
Pallavi
pUla pAnupu mIda bAga pUrNa pavvaLiJcu
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O Supreme Lord! nicely lie down on the bed of flowers.
Anupallavi
nIla ghana zyAma harE
nirupama ramayya malle (pUla)
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nirupama ramayya malle (pUla)
O Lord Hari – dark-blue hued like the rain cloud! O Peerless Lord Sri Rama! nicely lie down on the bed of jasmine flowers.
Charanams Combined
madhu zarkarayAna¹ pAlu
mariyAragiJci
vidhu mukha kammani
viDemu vEsi nanu kaTAkSiJci (pUla)
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mariyAragiJci
vidhu mukha kammani
viDemu vEsi nanu kaTAkSiJci (pUla)
Having partaken boiled milk mixed with honey and sugar, O Moon Faced Lord! chewing the scented betel leaves, and showering grace on me, nicely lie down on the bed of flowers.
parimaLa gandhambu mEna
bAgugAnu pUsi
merayaga suma hAramulanu
meDa niNDanu vEsi (pUla)
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bAgugAnu pUsi
merayaga suma hAramulanu
meDa niNDanu vEsi (pUla)
Having applied well fragrant sandal paste on Your body and having shiningly adorned with flower garlands fully around Your neck, nicely lie down on the bed of flowers.
AgamOktamaina zayyan-
aGgIkariJci
tyAgarAja kRtamulella
tathyamani santOSiJci (pUla)
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aGgIkariJci
tyAgarAja kRtamulella
tathyamani santOSiJci (pUla)
Having accepted the bed spread out as prescribed in the Sastras, and feeling happy that all the services rendered by this Thyagaraja ‘to be really so’, nicely lie down on the bed of flowers.
Renditions
Variations
- The whole of Anupallavi forms part of pallavi in some books.
Commentary
- 1 zarkarayAna pAlu – zarkara venna pAlu . According to Telugu Dictionary, ‘Ana pAlu ’ means ‘boiled milk’ and also ‘porridge’. In the present context, ‘boiled milk’ seems to more appropriate because of the accompanying words ‘zarkara ’ and ‘madhu ’.