tanayuni brOva
Sahityam
Pallavi
tanayuni brOva janani vaccunO
talli vadda bAluDu pOnO
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talli vadda bAluDu pOnO
Would the mother come to protect her child or would the child approach the mother?
Anupallavi
ina kulOttama I¹ rahasyamunu
erigimpumu mOmunu kanupimpumu (tanaya)
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erigimpumu mOmunu kanupimpumu (tanaya)
O The Most Eminent of Solar Dynasty! please reveal this secret to me; please show me Your face.
Charanam
vatsamu veNTa dhEnuvu canunO
vAridamunu kani pairulu canunO
matsya² kaNTiki viTuDu veDalunO
mahini tyAgarAja vinuta rammu telpumu (tanaya)
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vAridamunu kani pairulu canunO
matsya² kaNTiki viTuDu veDalunO
mahini tyAgarAja vinuta rammu telpumu (tanaya)
Would the cow go behind the calf? would the crops go looking for the cloud? would the paramour go to (the place of) his woman? O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! please come and tell me; in the Earth, would the mother come to protect her child or would be child approach the mother?
Commentary
- 1 I rahasyamunu – this secret – refers to the questions posed in Charana.
- 2 matsya kaNTi – matsya akSi – (literally Fish Eyed).
- The answer to the three questions posed in Charana are ‘no’ – the cow does not go behind the calf – the cow leads; crops do not go on the look out of clouds – the clouds come; the paramour does not go to the place of his beloved – she comes to him. The implication is that the Lord should be benevolent to the devotee, otherwise any amount of effort by the devotee will not fructify.