vinanAsakoni
Sahityam
Pallavi
vinanAsakoniyunnAnurA vizva rUpuDa nE
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O Lord of Universal Form! I am desirous of listening (to those words).
Anupallavi
manasAraga vInula vinduga madhuramaina palukula (vina)
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I am desirous of listening to (those) sweet words, to my heart’s content as a feast to my ears.
Charanam
sItA ramaNitOn¹Omana-guNTalADi gelucuTa
cEtanokarikokaru jUci A bhAvamerigi
sAkEtAdhipa nijamagu prEmatO palkukonna muccaTa
vAtAtmaja bharatulu vinnaTula tyAgarAja sannuta (vina)
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cEtanokarikokaru jUci A bhAvamerigi
sAkEtAdhipa nijamagu prEmatO palkukonna muccaTa
vAtAtmaja bharatulu vinnaTula tyAgarAja sannuta (vina)
O Lord of Ayodhya well-praised by this Thyagaraja! I am desirous of listening to the elegance with which (You and Sita) conversed with true love, looking at each other, understanding the feeling (in each other’s heart), immediately after having won playing the game (called) Omana-gunta with the beautiful Sita, as heard by Anjaneya – mind-born of Wind God and Bharata.
Commentary
- 1 Omana-guNTa – (tamizh pannAGguzhi or pallAGguzhi) – A game played indoors in a wooden board carved with 14 (pair of 7 each) slots using either tamarind or other seeds or sea shells.