pallavi
ADa mODi 1galadE rAm(a)yya mATal-(ADa)
anupallavi
tODu nIDa nIvE(y)anucunu bhakti
kUDina pAdamu paTTina nAtO mATal-(ADa)
caraNam
caduvul(a)nni telisi 2Sankar(A)mSuDai
sadayuD(A)Suga sambhavuDu mrokka
kadalu 3tammuni palka jEsitivi gAkanu
4tyAgarAju ADina mATal-(ADa)
pallavi
ADa mODi galadE rAmayya mATalu-(ADa)
O Lord (ayya) rAma (rAmayya)! Is it fair to be obstinate (mODi galadE) to talk (mATalu Ada) (mATalADa) to me?
anupallavi
tODu nIDa nIvE-anucunu bhakti
kUDina pAdamu paTTina nAtO mATalu-(ADa)
O Lord rAma! Is it fair to be obstinate to talk (mATalADa) to me (nAtO) who has held (paTTina) Your Feet (pAdamu),
considering You alone (nIvE) as (anucunu) (nIvEyanucunu) my constant companion (tODu nIDa) (like a shadow) and being endowed (kUDina) with devotion (bhakti) to You?
caraNam
caduvulu-anni telisi Sankara-amSuDai
sadayuDa-ASuga sambhavuDu mrokka
kadalu tammuni palka jEsitivi gAkanu
tyAgarAju ADina mATalu-(ADa)
O Merciful Lord (sadayuDa)! Isn't it (gAkanu) that when AnjanEya – born (sambhavuDu) of Wind God (ASuga) (literally quick moving) (sadayuDASuga) as an aspect (amSuDai) of Lord Siva (Sankara) (SankarAmSuDai) and also being erudite in all subjects (caduvulu anni telisi) (literally one who has mastered all) (caduvulanni) - saluted (mrokka) You (and enquired about You),
You asked (jEsitivi) (literally do) lakshmaNa - your younger brother (tammuni) - to convey (palka) the details (kadalu) (literally stories) to him?
therefore, is it fair to be obstinate to talk (mATalADa) to this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju) even when he talks (ADina) to You?
Variations - (Pathanthara)
References
2 – Sankara amSuDu – How AnjanEya came to be described as a portion of Lord Siva is given in the Story of Hanuman
3 – tammuni palka – In their first meeting between AnjanEya and SrI rAma, the latter, while appreciated the scholarship of AnjanEya, did not directly talk to him, but asked lakshmaNa to speak to him. Please refer to SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – kishkindA kANDa – Chapter 3.
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Comments
4 – tyAgarAju ADina – From the example cited (rAma not speaking directly to AnjanEya), it is understood that SrI tyAgarAja wants that the Lord should respond to him also even if not directly.
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