pallavi
1muddu mOmu ElAgu celangenO
2munul(e)Tla kani mOhincirO
anupallavi
3kadd(a)nucunu cira kAlamu hRdayamu
4karagi karagi nilcu vArik(e)duTa rAmuni (muddu)
caraNam
manasu nirmalamagu 5bhU-sura kRtamau
manci pUjA phalamO tolutaTi tapamO
ghana nibha dEhuni janana svabhavamO
6dhana pati sakhuDaina tyAgarAj(A)rcituni (muddu)
pallavi
muddu mOmu ElAgu celangenO
munulu-eTla kani mOhincirO
How (ElAgu) the charming (muddu) face (mOmu) (of Lord rAma) would have appeared (celangenO) and
how (eTla) the ascetics (munulu) (munuleTla) would have been entranced (mOhincirO) (literally infatuated) beholding (kani) His face!
anupallavi
kaddu-anucunu cira kAlamu hRdayamu
karagi karagi nilcu vAriki-eduTa rAmuni (muddu)
How the charming face of Lord rAma (rAmuni) would have appeared before (eduTa) those (vAriki) (vArikeduTa) –
who waited (nilcu) (literally stand) for a long (cira) time (kAlamu), melting (karagi karagi) in their hearts (hRdayamu), with the conviction that (anucunu) 'it shall happen' (impending arrival of the Lord) (kaddu) (kaddanucunu), and
how they would have become entranced beholding His face!
caraNam
manasu nirmalamagu bhU-sura kRtamau
manci pUjA phalamO tolutaTi tapamO
ghana nibha dEhuni janana svabhavamO
dhana pati sakhuDaina tyAgarAja-arcituni (muddu)
Was it (charm of Lord’s face) the result (phalamO) of fervent (manci) worship (pUjA) undertaken (kRtamau) by pure (nirmalamagu) minded (manasu) brAhmaNas (bhU-sura) or their earlier (tolutaTi) penances (tapamO)? Or
was it the innate (janana) (literally born) nature (svabhAvamO) of Lord rAma – having rain-cloud (ghana) like (nibha) body (dEhuni)?
How the charming face of Lord rAma - worshipped (arcituni) by Siva (tyAgarAja) (tyAgarAjArcituni) – who is friend (sakhuDaina) of kubEra – Lord (pati) of wealth (dhana) – would have appeared and how the ascetics would have become entranced beholding His face!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
5 – bhU-sura kRtamau – bhU-sura kRtamO : 'kRtamO’ by itself does not convey any meaning – this needs to be joined to 'manci pUjA phalamO'. Therefore 'kRtamau' is appropriate.
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References
2 - munuleTla kani mOhincirO – "how the ascetics would have become entranced?" – Ascetics of daNDakAraNya were born as gOpis -
"... 60,000 sages wanted to become united with Vishnu in his incarnation as Rama. Rama tells the sages that he cannot oblige them in his present role, for as Rama he is sworn to monogamy. But he will oblige them in his next incarnation as Krishna; the sages can all be reborn as cowherd women (Gopis) and unite with him in love..."
SrI tyAgarAja brings this out in the 'nauka caritra' kRti – 'perugu pAlu bhujiyinci' – rAga ghaNTA, wherein gOpis lament -
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kOTi janmamulu tapamulu jEsi kOrinadellanindukA
"is it for this purpose that we sought (this birth) by performing penances through millions of births?"
4 – karagi karagi nilcu vAru – this refers to the ascetics who awaited the arrival of rAma – SrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, ayOdhyA kANDa, Chapter 116 and AraNya kANDa, Chapter 1 refer.
6 – dhanapati sakhuDaina – The story regarding the friendship between kubEra and Lord Siva is given in Shiv Mahapuran - Rudra Samhita - Gunanidhi – The Brahmin’s son.
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1 – muddu mOmu – charming face - Also refer to kRti ‘enta muddO’ rAga bindumAlini wherein SrI tyAgarAja pities those who, instead of falling in love with Lord, go about lusting.
3 – kaddu – 'it shall happen' - here it refers to the conviction of ascetics about the impending arrival of the Lord.
5 – bhU-sura – this may refer to vaSishTha, viSvAmitra, agastya and other Rshis who play prominent role in rAmAyaNa.
6 – dhanapati sakhuDaina tyAgarAja arcita – In the books, ‘tyAgarAja’ has been attributed to Lord Siva (at tiruvArUr).
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