O Lord praised by Lord naTarAja! O Jewel of the raghu dynasty! O Lord whose feet are worshipped by this tyAgarAja!
Word Division - Word-by-word meaning
pallavi
nammaka nE mOsa pOdunu-aTarA
naTarAja vinuta
O Lord praised (vinuta) by Lord naTarAja! Do You think (aTarA) (literally is it) that I (nE) would be deceived (mOsa pOdunu) (pOdunaTarA) without trusting (nammaka) You?
caraNam
caraNam 1
dur-vishayammulu manasuna
dUraka cEsE ninu nera (namma)
O Lord praised by Lord naTarAja! Do You think that I would be deceived without, totally (nera) (literally much), trusting You (ninu) -
who prevents entry (dUraka cEsE) of evil-some sense objects (dur-vishayammulu) into one’s mind (manasuna)?
caraNam 2
dhana tanaya kaLatra-Adulu
tamadi-ani buddi-Iyani ninu (namma)
O Lord praised by Lord naTarAja! Do You think that I would be deceived without trusting You (ninu) -
who has not given (Iyani) me the idea (buddhi) (buddhIyani) that (ani) wealth (dhana), children (tanaya) (literally son), and wife (kaLatra) etc. (Adulu) (kaLatrAdulu) belong to Self (tamadi) (tamadani)?
caraNam 3
indriyammulaku-AhlAdamu-
iccE rUpamu gala ninu (namma)
O Lord praised by Lord naTarAja! Do You think that I would be deceived without trusting You (ninu) -
who has (gala) such a great form (rUpamu) which gives (iccE) delight (AhlAdamu) to the senses (indriyammulaku) (indriyammulakAhlAdamiccE)?
caraNam 4
bomma-iNDlu kAni nera nammaku
bhavamunu-anu ninu (namma)
O Lord praised by Lord naTarAja! Do You think that I would be deceived without trusting You (ninu) -
who tells (anu) ‘these are but (kAni) sand castles (bomma iNDlu) (bommariNDlu) (literally doll-houses); do not at all (nera) (literally much) believe (nammaku) Worldly Existence (bhavamunu) (bhavamunuyanu)’?
caraNam 5
nemmadi lEni janana maraNammula
tolagincE ninu (namma)
O Lord praised by Lord naTarAja! Do You think that I would be deceived without trusting You (ninu) -
who banishes (tolagincE) the disquieting (nemmadi lEni) (cycle of) births (janana) and deaths (maraNammula)?
caraNam 6
raghu kula ratnamA tyAga-
rAja-arcita pada yuga ninu (namma)
O Jewel (ratnamA) of the raghu dynasty (kula)! O Lord whose feet (pada yuga) are worshipped (arcita) by this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjArcita)!
O Lord praised by Lord naTarAja! Do You think that I would be deceived without trusting You (ninu)?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
In some books, caraNas 3, 4 and 5 are given as 5, 3 and 4.
2 – dUraka cEsE – dUraka jEyu.
3 – tamadani – tanadani.
4 – AhlAdamiccE – AhlAdakaramiccu.
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References
Comments
1 – aTarA – Is it so? The implication is that ‘it is not so; I will not be deceived without trusting You’.
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