zazi vadana

candrajyOti Adi tyAgarAja telugu kRti

Sahityam

Pallavi

zazi vadana bhakta janAvana
zaMkara nE tALa galanA

O Moon Faced Lord! O Protector of the devotee lot! O Lord who causes auspiciousness! Will I be able to bear (this misery)?

Anupallavi

pasitanamandE muni yAgamuna nI
bAhu parAkramamuneruganA¹ rAkA (zazi)

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Am I not aware of the might of Your arms, even in your youth, during the sacrificial oblations of sage Visvamitra? O Full-moon Faced Lord!

Charanam

dina dinamaupAsana japa tapa dhyAnam-
anu yAgamu vELa manasuna puTTina
ghana Dambuni² tODanu mArIcuni³
pani ceracinayA tyAgarAjArcita (zazi)

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O That Moon Faced Lord - worshipped by this Thyagaraja – who destroyed the terrible vanity arising in my mind – at the time of performing daily sacrificial oblations called activities like domestic fire worship, recitation, penance, meditation, in the same manner as You did with Maricha!

Renditions

Variations

¹ parAkramumuneruganA – parAkramamununeruganA
² Dambuni – Dambhuni - dambhuni : Dambuni - seems to be appropriate.

References

³ mArIcuni pani – From the following words of Maricha - addressed to Ravana, it is evident that his (Maricha) pride was destroyed by Sri Rama while saving his life. Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda, Chapter 38, verses 18 - 21 refers –
- Maricha said - “Disregarding Rama through ignorance, thinking that he was a mere boy, I rushed with speed towards the altar occupied by Visvamitra. By him was discharged at that time a sharp arrow capable of destroying the enemy. Struck by it I was cast into the sea at a distance of a hundred Yojana (800 miles). Spared on that occasion by the hero, who did not want to kill me, and flung by the impetus of Rama’s arrow at that moment, I was hurled by him into the deep waters, rendered unconscious. Regaining consciousness after a long time, I proceeded towards the city of Lanka.”