pallavi
pAlintuvO pAlimpavO
bAgaina palku palki nanu (pAlintu)
anupallavi
ElAgu ninn(A)Dukonna
nEram(e)nca pani lEdu nA paini (pAlintu)
caraNam
1param(A)rthamagu nija 2mArgamunu
3vara dESikuND(A)nat(I)yagA
4paripUrNamau bhakti mArgamE(y)ani
bhAvincina tyAgarAjuni (pAlintu)
pallavi
pAlintuvO pAlimpavO
bAgaina palku palki nanu (pAlintu)
Would You protect (pAlintuvO) me (nanu) or (protect) not (pAlimpavO) by speaking (palki) nice (bAgaina) words (palku)?
anupallavi
ElAgu ninnu-ADukonna
nEramu-enca pani lEdu nA paini (pAlintu)
There is no need (pani lEdu) to consider (enca) faults (nEramu) (nEramenca) on me (nA paini) as to how (ElAgu) I blamed (ADukonna) You (ninnu) (ninnADukonna);
Would You protect me or not by speaking nice words.
caraNam
parama-arthamagu nija mArgamunu
vara dESikuNDu-Anati-IyagA
paripUrNamau bhakti mArgamE-ani
bhAvincina tyAgarAjuni (pAlintu)
Would You protect this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjuni) or not who,
because (sage nArada) - the great (vara) preceptor (dESikuNDu) – instructed (Anati IyagA) (dESikuNDAnatIyagA),
assumed (bhAvincina) only the path (mArgamE) of total (paripUrNamau) devotion (bhakti) to be (ani) (mArgamEyani) the true (nija) path (mArgamunu) of realization (parama arthamagu) (paramArthamagu)?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
2 – mArgamunu – mArgamuna.
4 – paripUrNamau – paripUrNamagu.
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References
1 – paramArtha – Meaning of the word.
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Comments
3 - vara dESikuNDu – Most likely, this refers to sage nArada. Please refer to kRti ‘nArada guru svAmi’. Please also refer to kRti ‘inka daya’ – rAga nArAyaNagauLa and kRti ‘nijamaitE’ - rAga bhairavi where SrI tyAgarAja uses ‘vara dESika’ to mean sage nArada.
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