tulasI daLamulacE
Sahityam
Pallavi
tulasI daLamulacE santoSamugA pUjintu
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I shall worship, with pleasure, with the sacred Basil leaves.
Anupallavi
palumAru cirakAlamu
paramAtmuni pAdamulanu (tulasI)
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paramAtmuni pAdamulanu (tulasI)
I shall always, with pleasure, worship the holy feet of the Supreme Lord, with the sacred Basil leaves for a long time.\t
Charanam
sarasIruha punnAga¹ campaka² pATala³ kuravaka⁴
karavIra⁵ mallikA sugandha rAja sumamul
dharaniviyoka paryAyamu dharmAtmuni sAkEta
pura vAsuni zrI rAmuni vara tyAgarAja nutuni (tulasI)
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karavIra⁵ mallikA sugandha rAja sumamul
dharaniviyoka paryAyamu dharmAtmuni sAkEta
pura vAsuni zrI rAmuni vara tyAgarAja nutuni (tulasI)
I shall, with pleasure, worship, in this birth in this Earth, the sacred Lord Sri Rama - the embodiment of righteousness, the resident of Ayodhya town, extolled by this Thyagaraja – with these fragrant and best flowers - Lotus, Punnaga, Champaka, Trumpet flower, Henna, Oleander, Jasmine, and sacred Basil leaves.
Commentary
- 1 punnAga – ‘‘Rottleria tinctoria’’ (punnai in Tamil).
- 2 campaka - ‘‘Michelia champaka’’ (cenbagam in Tamil).
- 3 pATala – ‘‘Stereospermum suaveolens’’ (padiri in Tamil).
- 4 kuravaka (kuraNTakamu) – Amaranth (marudAni in Tamil).
- 5 karavIra – Arali – Tamizh – however, this is also given as ‘Alari’. There are six kinds of Alari – Atralari, Izhattalari, Kungumavalari, Sevvalari, Neeralari and Vellalari.