pallavi
eTlA dorikitivO rAma tanak(eTlA)
anupallavi
1cuTlAra 2gaDiya dOvaku nAdu
paTl(A)bhimAnamu lEk(u)NDaga (eTlA)
caraNam
pAda mahimO peddal-
(A)SIrvAda balamO su-svarapu
nAda phalamO tyAgarAja
khEda hara SrI nAtha tanak(eTlA)
pallavi
eTlA dorikitivO rAma tanaku-(eTlA)
O Lord rAma! How (eTlA) were You ever found (dorikitivO) by me (tanaku) (tanakeTlA)?
anupallavi
cuTla-ara gaDiya dOvaku nAdu
paTla-abhimAnamu lEka-uNDaga (eTlA)
While around (cuTla) me, for a distance (dOvaku) (literally way) of half (ara) (cuTlAra) an hour (gaDiya), there being (uNDaga) none (lEka) (lEkuNDaga) having affection (abhimAnamu) towards (paTla) (paTlAbhimAnamu) me (nAdu),
O Lord rAma! how were You ever found by me?
caraNam
pAda mahimO peddala
ASIrvAda balamO su-svarapu
nAda phalamO tyAgarAja
khEda hara SrI nAtha tanaku-(eTlA)
Is it because of the might (mahimO) of Your holy feet (pAda)? or is it because of the strength (balamO) of blessings (ASIrvAda) of elders (peddala) (peddalASIrvAda)? or is it because of the result (phalamO) of my upAsana of sweet svara (su-svarapu) nAda?
O Reliever (hara) of afflictions (khEda) of this tyAgarAja! O Consort (nAtha) of lakshmI (SrI)!
O Lord rAma! How were You ever found by me (tanaku)?
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Comments
1 – cuTlAra – This is how it is given in all the books. The meaning derived is ‘near’ or ‘around’. Similar word (cuTTara) occurs in the kRti ‘eTla kanugondunO’ rAga ghaNTA. However, the form of the word is not clear. The nearest word is ‘cuTTu’. The ending of the word ‘ara’ may mean ‘half’. If ‘cuTlAra’ is not a single word, then ‘ara’ would be combined with the ensuing word ‘gaDiya’ as ‘ara gaDiya’ – half hour – please refer note below. It has been translated here as 'ara gaDiya'.
2 – gaDiya – (tamizh nAzhigai) duration of 24 minutes – As per Indian tradition, a day consists of 60 hours (gaDiya) of 24 minutes each, as against 24 hours of 60 minutes each in Western System. 'ara gaDiya' - 12 minutes.
2 – gaDiya dOva – As per Tamil Dictionary, 7.5 nAzigai or 180 mins = 1 kAdam (tamizh) - approx 10 miles or 16 km. Therefore, gaDiya dOva is approximately 2.1 km; ara gaDiya dOva – approximately 1 km.
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