pallavi
E tAvunarA nilakaDa nIku
enci jUDan(1a)gapaDavu
anupallavi
sItA gauri vAg-ISvari(y)anu
2SrI rUpamul(a)ndA gOvinda (E)
caraNam
bhU kamal(A)rk(A)nila nabhamul(a)ndA
3lOka kOTul(a)ndA
SrI karuDagu tyAgarAja kar(A)rcita
Siva mAdhava brahm(A)dula(y)andA (E)
pallavi
E tAvunarA nilakaDa nIku
enci jUDanu-agapaDavu
In which (E) place (tAvunarA) are You (nIku) (literally for You) located (nilakaDa)? You are not to be apprehended (agapaDavu) (jUDanagapaDavu) in thought (enci jUDanu) (jUDanagapaDavu).
anupallavi
sItA gauri vAg-ISvari-anu
SrI rUpamulandA gOvinda (E)
O Lord gOvinda! Are You located in (andA) the embodiments (rUpamulu) (rUpamulandA) of mahAlakshmI (SrI) called (anu) sItA, gauri and sarasvati – Goddess (ISvari) of speech (vAk) (vAg-ISvariyanu)?
In which place are You located? You are not to be apprehended in thought.
caraNam
bhU kamala-arka-anila nabhamulu-andA
lOka kOTulu-andA
SrI karuDagu tyAgarAja kara-arcita
Siva mAdhava brahmA-Adula-andA (E)
Or are You located in (andA) the Great elements – earth (bhU), water (kamala), fire (arka), air (anila) (kamalArkAnila) and space (nabhamu) (nabhamulandA); or in (andA) the innumerable (kOTulu) (literally crores of) (kOTulandA) Worlds (lOka)?
O Lord who is bestower (karuDagu) of prosperity (SrI), worshipped (arcita) by the very hands (kara) (karArcita) of this tyAgarAja!
Or, are You located in (andA) the forms of Siva, vishNu (mAdhava) and brahmA (brahmAdulu) (brahmAdulayandA)?
In which place are You located? You are not to be apprehended in thought.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – agapaDavu - agapaDavu O rAma.
3 – lOka kOTulandA – bhUta kOTulandA.
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References
2 - SrI rUpamulandA – The following verses in dEvi mahAtmyaM – uttara bhAga – prAdhAnika rahasyaM - are relevant –
sarvasyAdyA mahA-lakshmIs-triguNA paramESvarI |
lakshyAlakshya-svarUpA sA vyApya kRtsnaM vyavasthitA || 4 ||
tapta-kAMcana-varNAbhA tapta-kAMcana-bhUshaNA |
SUnyaM tadakhilaM svEna pUrayAmAsa tEjasA || 6 ||
sA bhinnAMjana-saMkASA daMshTrAMkita-varAnanA |
viSAla-lOcanA nArI babhUva tanu-madhyamA || 8 ||
maha-mAyA mahA-kAlI mahA-mArI kshudhA tRshA |
nidrA tRshNA caikavIrA kala-rAtrir-duratyayA || 11 ||
tAm-ityuktvA mahA-lakshmIH svarUpam-aparaM nRpa |
satvAkhyEnAti-SuddhEna guNenEnduprabhaM dadhau || 13 ||
aksha-mAlAMkuSa-dharA vINA-pustaka-dhAriNI |
sA babhUva varA nArI nAmAn-yasyai ca sA dadau ||14 ||
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“mahAlakshmI who is the embodiment of three gunAs and also the Supreme Lord is the first cause. She encompasses everything in Her form as both perceivable and non-perceivable. (4)
She is of the hue of molten gold and She wears ornaments made of molten gold. She filled the whole Universe, which contained nothing, with her own light. (6)
She assumed a form of beautiful woman with hue like that of eye-ointment (dark) (bhinnAnjana), a beautiful face with tusks, large eyes and slender waist. (8)
mahAlakshmI, looking at the dark formed woman said “Your names will be mahAmAya, mahAkAli, mahAmAri, kshudha, tRshA, nidrA, tRshNA and EkavIra and also kAlarAtri which is not easy to exceed by any one. (11)
mahAlakshmI, having said like that, assumed another form with pure satva guNa and shining with the radiance of a moon. (13)
To the woman who shone with a rosary, elephant-driver’s hook (ankuSa), vINA and a book, mahAlakshmi gave names (mahAvidyA, mahAvAnI, bharatI, sarasvatI etc). (14)”
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