tanavAri tanamu
Sahityam
Pallavi
tanavAri tanamu lEdA
tArakAdhipAnana vAdA
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tArakAdhipAnana vAdA
O Moon – Lord of stars – Faced! Don’t You have the sense of belonging towards me? Is it still debatable?
Anupallavi
ina vaMza rAjulakIguNamul-
ennaDaina kaladA nAdupai (tana)
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ennaDaina kaladA nAdupai (tana)
Was there ever this kind of attitude with the kings of Solar race? Don’t You have the sense of belonging towards me?
Charanam
alanADu annamAragiJcu¹ vELa
balu vAnarula paGktinuJca lEdA (tana)
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balu vAnarula paGktinuJca lEdA (tana)
That day, when food was being partaken, did you not seat the best of monkeys in the same batch (as Your’s)?
pEra² pEra pilici hAramulu prEma
mIra mIrosaga lEdA nAdupai (tana)
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mIra mIrosaga lEdA nAdupai (tana)
Didn’t You present necklaces to them (best of monkeys) with overflowing love by calling each one by name? Don’t You have the sense of belonging to You towards me?
rAma rAma rAma racca sEyakavE
tAmasambuyEla tyAgarAja nuta (tana)
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tAmasambuyEla tyAgarAja nuta (tana)
O Lord Rama Rama Rama! please do not quarrel with me; why this delay? O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja!
Renditions
Variations
- General – In some books charanams 1 and 2 are reversed.
References
- 1 annamAragiJcu vELa – In the Valmiki Ramayana there is no such episode of a feast where Sri Rama and Vanaras sit together.
- 2 pEra pEra pilici hAramulu - This refers to the last chapter (Coronation of Sri Rama) of Yuddha Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana.