pallavi
innALLu 1daya rAk(u)nna vainam(E)mi
ipuDaina telupa(v)ayya
anupallavi
2cinna nATan(u)NDi ninnE kAni nEn-
(a)nyula nammitinA O 3rAma (innALLu)
caraNam
caraNam 1
ala nADu taraNi sut(A)rtini tIrpanu
velasi nilvaga lEdA adiyu gAka
balamu jUpa lEdA vAni
nEramulaku tALukoni celimi jEsi
padamula 4bhaktin(I)yaga lEdA nAyandu nIk(innALLu)
pallavi
innALLu daya rAka-unna vainamu-Emi
ipuDaina telupu-ayya
O Lord (ayya)! What (Emi) is the reason (vainamu) (vainamEmi) (literally details) for You not to have (rAka unna) (rAkunna) (literally not come) mercy (daya) towards me so far (innALLu)? please let me know (telupu) (telupavayya) at least now (ipuDaina).
anupallavi
cinna nATanu-uNDi ninnE kAni nEnu-
anyula nammitinA O rAma (innALLu)
O Lord rAma! From (uNDi) my childhood (cinna nADu) (nATanu uNDi) (nATanuNDi), did I (nEnu) trust (nammitinA) anyone else (anyula) (nEnanyula) than (kAni) You (ninnE)?
O Lord ! What is the reason for You not to have mercy towards me so far? please let me know at least now.
caraNam
caraNam 1
ala nADu taraNi suta-Artini tIrpanu
velasi nilvaga lEdA adiyu gAka
balamu jUpa lEdA vAni
nEramulaku tALukoni celimi jEsi
padamula bhaktini-Iyaga lEdA nAyandu nIku-(innALLu)
That day (ala nADu), in order to relieve (tIrpanu) the distress (Artini) of sugrIva – son (suta) (sutArtini) of Sun (taraNi) – were You not (lEdA) present there (velasi nilvaga) (literally stand shiningly)? Further (adiyu gAka),
did You not (lEdA) show (jUpa) Your prowess (balamu) by killing vAli?
did You not (lEdA) bestow (Iyaga) on him devotion (bhaktini) (bhaktinIyaga) to Your feet (padamula) by forbearing (tALukoni) his (vAni) faults (nEramulaku) and befriending (celimi jEsi) him? Then,
O Lord ! What is the reason for You (nIku) not to have mercy towards me (nAyandu) so far? please let me know at least now.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – daya rAkunna – daya rAkunta : ‘daya rAkunna’ is appropriate.
2 – cinna nATanuNDi – cinna nADanuNDi : ‘cinna nATanuNDi’ is the appropriate form.
3 – rAma (innALLu) – rAma nIk(innALLu).
4 – bhaktinIyaga – bhaktIyaga.
5 – talli taNDrulanna - talli taNDriyanna.
6 – padamula - padamu.
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