sItApati kAvavayya
Sahityam
Pallavi
sItA pati kAvavayya
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O Lord - Consort of Sita! Please protect me.
Charanam 1
natAgha haraNa vinatA suta gamana
kRtAparAdhi su-kRtamberuganE (sItA)
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kRtAparAdhi su-kRtamberuganE (sItA)
O Destroyer of sins of those who supplicate! O Lord who travels on Garuda – the son of Vinata! I have committed offences; please protect me so that I may know virtuous actions.
Charanam 2
sadA gatija hita sadAziva priya
mudAna manupumu dAnava hara (sItA)
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mudAna manupumu dAnava hara (sItA)
O Benefactor of Anjaneya – son of Vayu – always moving! O Lord who is Dear to Lord Siva! O Slayer of demons! Please take care of me happily.
Charanam 3
dharAvana dhurandharAja bhava
sAgarArti hara tyAgarAja vinuta (sItA)
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sAgarArti hara tyAgarAja vinuta (sItA)
O Chief in protecting people in this World! O Unborn! O Destroyer of miseries of the Ocean of Worldly Existence! O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja!
Renditions
Commentary
- kRta aparAdhi – this is how it is given in all the books and the meaning derived is ‘I have committed sins’. But, this could be true only if it is ‘,kRta aparAdha ’ and not ‘kRta aparAdhi ’. However, the same meaning has been retained. As it stands, in my humble opinion, Sri Thyagaraja seems to tell the Lord ‘You have condemned me as an offender’.