Transliteration Scheme

koluvaiyunnADE - rAga bhairavi


Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
koluvai(y)unnADE kOdaNDa pANi

anupallavi
toli karmam(a)Naga jUtAmu rArE
tOyaj(A)ri 1rOhiNi kUDina rIti (kolu)

caraNam
manasu ranjilla sura satulu
2aNim(A)dulu koluva vEyi vanne
kanaka 3SalAkanu kEru sItA
kAntatOnu tyAgarAja 4nutuDu (kolu)

Meaning - Gist
Lord kOdaNDa pANi - praised by this tyAgarAja - is holding Court together with His consort sItA, to the exultation of the mind.
The celestial damsels and eight-fold siddhis are extolling Him; sItA looks as if ridiculing a thousand hued golden climbers; they both look similar to the conjunction of Moon and rOhiNi.
Come, let us behold them so that our past actions (controlling our destiny) could be quelled.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
koluvai-unnADE kOdaNDa pANi

Behold! Lord kOdaNDa pANi (wielder of bow kOdaNDa) is (unnADE) holding Court (koluvai) (koluvaiyunnADE)!

anupallavi
toli karmamu-aNaga jUtAmu rArE
tOyaja-ari rOhiNi kUDina rIti (kolu)

Lord kOdaNDa pANi is holding court together with sItA - similar (rIti) to the conjunction (kUDina) of moon – enemy (ari) of lotus (tOyaja) (tOyajAri) - and rOhiNi – the star;
come (rArE), let us behold (jUtAmu) them so that our past (toli) actions (controlling our destiny) (karmamu) could be quelled (aNaga) (karmamaNaga).

caraNam
manasu ranjilla sura satulu
aNimA-Adulu koluva vEyi vanne
kanaka SalAkanu kEru sItA
kAntatOnu tyAgarAja nutuDu (kolu)

As the celestial (sura) damsels (satulu) and the eight-fold siddhis – aNimA and others (Adulu) (aNimAdulu) extol (koluva) Him,
Lord kOdaNDa pAni - praised (nutuDu) by this tyAgarAja – together with His Consort (kAntatOnu) sItA – One who looks as if ridiculing (kEru) a thousand (vEyi) hued (vanne) golden (kanaka) climbers (SalAkanu) (literally twig) - is holding Court, to the exultation (ranjilla) of the mind (manasu).

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
4 – nutuDu –vinutuDu

References
1 – rOhiNI – Fourth star in Modern system of Hindu Astrology– Daughter of daksha – Favourite wife of Moon. However, as per (Monier’s) Sanskrit Dictionary, rOhiNI is the ninth star. Story of Rohini and Moon

2 – aNimAdulu Refer to Eight Fold Siddhis

Comments
3 – SalAka – As the Lord is of the hue of dark-blue, the golden climber would mean the lightning streaks (in the back drop of rain-clouds) which resemble climbers.
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