pallavi
endu 1kaugalinturA ninn-
(e)ntani varNinturA ninn(endu)
anupallavi
2andamaina kunda radana
indirA hRn-mandira ninn(endu)
caraNam
nIdu palukE palukurA
nIdu kulukE kulukurA
nIdu taLukE taLukurA
3nijamaina tyAgarAja nuta ninn(endu)
pallavi
endu kaugalinturA ninnu
entani varNinturA ninnu-(endu)
Where (in which part) (endu) shall I embrace (kaugalintura) You (ninnu)? How much (entani) (ninnentani) shall I describe (varNinturA) You (ninnu)?
anupallavi
andamaina kunda radana
indirA hRn-mandira ninnu-(endu)
O Handsome (andamaina) Lord with jasmine (like) (kunda) teeth (radana) abiding (mandira) in the heart (hRt) (hRn-mandira) of lakshmI (indirA)!
where shall I embrace You (ninnu)? how much shall I describe You?
caraNam
nIdu palukE palukurA
nIdu kulukE kulukurA
nIdu taLukE taLukurA
nijamaina tyAgarAja nuta ninnu-(endu)
Your (nIdu) speech indeed (palukE) is speech (palukurA); Your (nIdu) elegance indeed (kulukE) is elegance (kulukurA); Your (nIdu) gleam indeed (taLukE) is gleam (taLukurA);
where shall I embrace You – who is (aina) the Pure Existence (nijamu) (nijamaina) praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja? how much shall I describe You?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – kaugalinturA – This is how it is given in all the books. However, the correct spelling of the word is ‘kaugilinturA’.
References
Comments
2 – andamaina – this may either be taken as a separate epithet or as qualifying 'kunda radana'.
3 – nijamaina – nijamu - the ‘sat’ of sat-cit-Ananda.
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