pallavi
1aTla palukaduv(1i)Tla palukuduv-
(a)nduk(E)mi sEtu rAma nIv(aTla)
anupallavi
2toTlan(a)rbhakula(n)Utuvu mari mari
1tOcinaTlu gilluduvu SrI rAma nIv(aTla)
caraNam
jIvula Sikshincaga nErtuvu
ciranjIvulugA jEya nErtuvurA
bhAvam(e)rigi brOtuvu sad-bhakta
bhAgadhEya SrI tyAgarAja vinuta (aTla)
pallavi
aTla palukaduvu-iTla palukuduvu-
anduku-Emi sEtu rAma nIvu-(aTla)
O Lord SrI rAma! Sometimes you (nIvu) would speak (palukuduvu) in that manner (aTla); sometimes you would speak (palukuduvu) in this manner (iTla) (palukuduviTla);
what (Emi) (palukuduvandukEmi) shall I do (sEtu) for that (anduku)?
anupallavi
toTlanu-arbhakula-Utuvu mari mari
tOcinaTlu gilluduvu SrI rAma nIvu-(aTla)
O Lord SrI rAma! You would rock (Utuvu) infant(s) (arbhakula) in the cradle (toTlanu) (toTlanarbhakulanUtuvu); then again (mari mari), You would pinch (gilluduvu) (the sleeping child) whenever You feel so (tOcinaTlu).
O Lord SrI rAma! Sometimes you (nIvu) would speak in that manner; sometimes you would speak in this manner; what shall I do for that?
caraNam
jIvula Sikshincaga nErtuvu
ciranjIvulugA jEya nErtuvurA
bhAvamu-erigi brOtuvu sad-bhakta
bhAgadhEya SrI tyAgarAja vinuta (aTla)
You can (nErtuvu) punish (Sikshincaga) beings (jIvula) and can also (nErtuvurA) make (jEya) them long-lived (ciranjIvulugA);
But, You would protect (brOtuvu) understanding (erigi) a person’s intent (bhAvamu) (bhAvamerigi);
O Lord SrI rAma - true (sad) devotees’ (bhakta) lot (bhAgadhEya) - praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja!
Sometimes you would speak in that manner; sometimes you would speak in this manner; what shall I do for that?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 - aTla, iTla, tOcinaTlu – aTTa, iTTa, tOcinaTTu.
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2 – toTlanUtuvu – gilluduvu – A colloquial usage for making a show of one being busy – first make the child sleep by rocking the cradle; when the child starts sleeping, pinch it so that the child would cry and then rock the cradle - the cycle would go on. In tamizh this is called ‘kuzhandaiyaik kiLLi toTTilaiyATTudal’.
The purport of this seems to be the experience of endless cycle of desires/griefs and their fulfillment/relief. The great telugu composer and devotee of Lord vEnkatESvara – annamayya, in his kRti ‘nAnATi batuku’ says – ‘tegadu pApamu tIradu puNyamu’ – ‘the sins will not abate and the merits would not be exhausted’. Please also refer to annamayya kRti ‘antaryAmi’ wherein he says that merits and sins will not go away unless the Lord says ‘no’ (vaddanaka) to them.
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