pallavi
marakata maNi 1varNa rAma nannu
maravaka nA(y)anna
anupallavi
parama 2purusha 3binna brOvumu
dEvara SaraN(a)nukonna (marakata)
caraNam
vara bhakta su-parNa vAhana
karuNA 4rasa pUrNa
dharaNi tanayak(u)nna prEma rasamu
5tyAgarAjuk(I)(y)anna (marakata)
pallavi
marakata maNi varNa rAma nannu
maravaka nA-anna
O Emerald (marakata maNi) hued (varNa) Lord rAma! Please do not forget (maravaka) me (nannu), O My (nA) Father (anna) (nAyanna)!
anupallavi
parama purusha binna brOvumu
dEvara SaraNu-anukonna (marakata)
O Supreme (parama) Lord (purusha)! Please quickly (binna) protect (brOvumu) me, O My God (dEvara)!
O Emerald hued Lord rAma! O My Father! Please do not forget me - who has sought (anukonna) refuge (SaraNu) (SaraNanukonna) in You.
caraNam
vara bhakta su-parNa vAhana
karuNA rasa pUrNa
dharaNi tanayaku-unna prEma rasamu
tyAgarAjuku-I-anna (marakata)
O Lord who has garuDa – beautiful winged (su-parNa) – a great (vara) devotee (bhakta) – as Your vehicle (vAhana)! O Lord replete (pUrNa) with feeling (rasa) of compassion (karuNA)!
O My Father (anna)! Deign to give (I) this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjuku) (tyAgarAjukIyanna) the same kind of feeling (rasamu) of love (prEma) which sItA - daughter (tanayku) of Earth (dharaNi) - has (unna) (tanayakunna) towards You;
O Emerald hued Lord rAma! Please do not forget me, O My Father!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – varNa – varNA.
2 – purusha – purushA.
5 – tyAgarAjukIyanna – tyAgarAjukIvanna.
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Comments
3 – binna – This is how it is given in all the books. Here, the word means ‘quickly’. However, according to Telugu Dictionary, ‘birana’, ‘birina’, ‘binne’, are the words which mean ‘quickly’.
4 – rasa – the two occurrences ‘karuNa rasa’ and ‘prEma rasa’ refer to emotional feelings which are part of nava rasa.
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