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O Primal Lord! O Bestower of Boon to gajEndra! O Lord who slayed demon mura! O Lord well-praised by this tyAgarAja!

Come on, show the valour of the strength of Your arms! What a great interval between then and now!
It is the desire of true devotees to behold Your valour now.
Aren’t the bow and arrows shining in Your hands feeling hungry? Hasn’t much time passed since they (bow and arrow) drank blood? is there any dispute?
Don’t You feel indignant hearing the troubles of good brAhmaNas? As they appeal to You, can’t You manifest ceasing Your meditative sleep? Is there any dispute?
Are You not aware of disorderly behaviour that has come about the base minded? They are roaming without fear; considering that enough is enough, come on, show the valour of the strength of Your arms quickly!

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
Edi nI bAhu bala parAkramamu-
ennALLaku-ennALLu

Come on, show (Edi) the valour (parAkramamu) of the strength (bala) of Your (nI) arms (bAhu)! What a great interval between then (ennALLaku) and now (ennALLu) (parAkramamennALLakennALLu)!

anupallavi
Adi dEva nija dAsulaku kana-
Asa-uNDaga kari varada (Edi)

O Primal (Adi) Lord (dEva)! As it is the desire (Asa uNDaga) of true (nija) devotees (dAsulaku) to behold (kana) (kananAsayuNDaga) (Your valour),
O Bestower of Boon (varada) to gajEndra – the elephant (kari)! come on, show the valour of the strength of Your arms! what a great interval between then and now!

caraNam
caraNam 1
karamuna merayu Sara cApamu Akali kona lEdA
mura hara SONita pAnamu bahu dinamulu kA lEdA vAdA (Edi)

Aren’t (lEdA) the bow (cApamu) and arrows (Sara) shining (merayu) in Your hands (karamuna) feeling hungry (Akali kona)?
O Lord who slayed (hara) demon mura! hasn’t (lEdA) much time (bahu dinamu) (literally many days) passed (kA) having drunk (pAnamu) the blood (SONita) (by Your bow and arrow)? is there any dispute (vAdA)?
come on, show the valour of the strength of Your arms! what a great interval between then and now!

caraNam 2
sarasa bhU-surula bAdhalu vini rOsamu rA lEdA
moralu-iDagA yOga niddura nilipi mOmu jUpa rAdA vAdA (Edi)

Don’t You feel indignant (rOsamu rA lEdA) hearing (vini) the troubles (bAdhalu) of good (sarasa) (literally nice) brAhmaNas (bhU-surula)?
as they appeal (moralu iDagA) (moraliDagA) to You, can’t (rAdA) You manifest (mOmu jUpa) (literally show face) ceasing (nilipi) Your meditative (yOga) sleep (niddura)? is there any dispute (vAdA)?
come on, show the valour of the strength of Your arms! what a great interval between then and now!

caraNam 3
varusa tappu buddhulu nIculaku vaccinadi teliyadA
verapu lEka tirigEru cAlu-anucu vEgamE SrI tyAgarAja sannuta (Edi)

Are You not aware (teliyadA) of disorderly (varusa tappu) (literally break the order) behaviour (buddhulu) (literally thoughts) that has come about (vaccinadi) to the base minded (nIculaku)? they are roaming (tirigEru) without (lEka) fear (verapu);
O Lord well-praised (sannuta) by this tyAgarAja! considering that (anucu) enough is enough (cAlu) (cAlanucu), come on, show the valour of the strength of Your arms quickly (vEgamE)! what a great interval between then and now!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – merayu – merasE.
² – mura hara – mura khara.
³ – varusa – varasa. Both words mean same thing.

References
² – mura - demon slayed by SrI kRshNa. This is part of the story pertaining to slaying of bhaumAsura (narakAsura) by SrI kRshNa related in SrImad bhAgavataM, Book 10, Chapter 59. Story of Mura Demon

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