talli-taNDrulu
Sahityam
Pallavi
talli¹ taNDrulu kala pEru kAni
ila nI sari daivamulevarE
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ila nI sari daivamulevarE
You have a name of having parents - mother and father, but, in reality, which-so-ever Gods are equal to You in this World?
Anupallavi
illu² kalaza samudramu gAkanu nIk-
illAlu vidEha³ tanaya bhaLi (talli)
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illAlu vidEha³ tanaya bhaLi (talli)
Your abode is Ocean of Milk – from where nectarine pitcher emanated; further, Sita - the daughter of Janaka is the Consort for You; Aha!
Charanam
girizAdi⁴ vidhIndrArka⁵ zazAGk⁶-
Amara kOTulu vAnarulai koluva
dara⁷ cakra phaNIndrulu sOdarulai
tagi vEDaga tyAgarAja⁸ nuta (talli)
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Amara kOTulu vAnarulai koluva
dara⁷ cakra phaNIndrulu sOdarulai
tagi vEDaga tyAgarAja⁸ nuta (talli)
While Lord Siva – Lord of Mountains, Brahma, Indra, Sun, Moon and others, and crores of celestials, having incarnated as forest-dwellers, serve You, and Your conch, discus and Sesha – the Lord of serpents - having incarnated as Your brothers, pray to You appropriately, O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja! You have a name of having parents, but, in reality, which-so-ever Gods are equal to You in this World?
Renditions
Variations
- 1 talli taNDrulu – tali daNDrulu : Both forms are correct.
- 2 illu – ilu : Both forms are correct.
- 4 giriza - As all the words are given in Sanskrit, this should normally be ‘girIza ’. However, as per Telugu dictionary, both ‘giriza’ - ‘girIza ’ are correct.
- 8 tyAgarAja nuta – tyAgarAja vinuta
References
- 3 vidEha – Literally ‘disembodied’. All the kings ruling Mithila were known as ‘Janaka’ and ‘Videha’. In order to know how the name ‘Mithila’, ‘Videha’ and ‘Janaka’ came about, please read Devi Bhagavatam, Book 6, Chapters 14 and 15. Source - [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk06ch15.htm Devi Bhagavatam]]
- Further, sItA was not actually born to King Janaka. For story of Vedavati – Sita’s earlier incarnation as daughter of sage Kusadhvaja, please refer to Srimad-Valmiki Ramayana, Uttara Kanda, Chapter 17.
- 4 giriza – Though as per Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Anjaneya is son of Vayu, there are other stories which describe him as Amsa (aspect) of Lord Siva. The story how he came to be known as an aspect of Lord Siva is given in the following websites- [[http://www.saibabaofindia.com/story_of_hanuman.htm Hanuman1]] and [[http://www.gauranga.org/hanuman.htm Hanuman2]]
- 5 vidhi indra arka - As per Srimad Valmiki Ramayana, Jambavan (the bear), Vali and Sugriva were the sons of Brahma, Indra and Surya respectively.
- 6 zazAMka – Either in Srimad Valmiki Ramayana or elsewhere, no reference is found about which Vanara was the son of moon.
- 7 dara cakra phaNIndra – Please refer to the discourse of Kanchi Paramacharya regarding incarnations of Lakshmana, Bharata and Satrughna – [[http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11931 Discourse of Paramacharya]]
Commentary
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