pallavi
1talli taNDrulu kala pEru kAni
ila nI sari daivamul(e)varE
anupallavi
2illu kalaSa samudramu gAkanu nIk-
(i)llAlu 3vidEha tanaya bhaLi (talli)
caraNam
4giriS(A)di 5vidh(I)ndr(A)rka 6SaSAnk-
(A)mara kOTulu vAnarulai koluva
7dara cakra phaN(I)ndrulu sOdarulai
tagi vEDaga 8tyAgarAja nuta (talli)
pallavi
talli taNDrulu kala pEru kAni
ila nI sari daivamulu-evarE
You have a name (pEru) of having (kala) parents - mother (talli) and father (taNDri) (taNDrulu), but (kAni), in reality, which-so-ever (evarE) Gods (daivamulu) (daivamulevarE) are equal (sari) to You (nI) in this World (ila)?
anupallavi
illu kalaSa samudramu gAkanu nIku-
illAlu vidEha tanaya bhaLi (talli)
Your abode (illu) is Ocean (samudramu) of Milk – from where pitcher of nectar (kalaSa) emerged; further (gAkanu), sItA - daughter (tanaya) of King janaka (vidEha) is Consort (illAlu) for You (nIku) (nIkillAlu); Aha (bhaLi)!
You have a name of having parents, but, in reality, which-so-ever Gods are equal to You in this World?
caraNam
giriSa-Adi vidhi-indra-arka SaSAnka-
amara kOTulu vAnarulai koluva
dara cakra phaNi-indrulu sOdarulai
tagi vEDaga tyAgarAja nuta (talli)
While Lord Siva – Lord (ISa) of Mountains (giri), brahmA (vidhi), indra, Sun (arka) (vidhIndrArka), moon (SaSAnka) and others (Adi) (giriSAdi), and crores (kOTulu) of celestials (amara) (SaSAnkAmara), having incarnated as forest-dwellers (vAnarulai), serve You (koluva), and
Your conch (dara), discus (carkra) and SEsha – Lord (indra) of serpents (phaNi) (phaNIndrulu) - having incarnated as Your brothers (sOdarulai), pray (vEDaga) to You appropriately (tagi),
O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja! You have a name of having parents, but, in reality, which-so-ever Gods are equal to You in this World?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – talli taNDrulu – tali daNDrulu. Both forms are correct.
2 – illu – ilu. Both forms are correct and mean same. From prAsa-anuprAsa point of view 'illu' seems to be appropriate.
4 – giriSa – this is how it is given in all the books. As all the words are given in samskRta, this should normally be ‘girISa’. However, as per telugu dictionary, both ‘giriSa’ and ‘girISa’ are correct.
8 – tyAgarAja nuta – tyAgarAja vinuta.
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References
3 – vidEha – Literally ‘disembodied’. All the kings ruling mithilA were known as ‘janaka’ and ‘vidEha’. In order to know how the name ‘mithilA’, ‘vidEha’ and ‘janaka’ came about, please refer Devi Bhagavatam, Book 6, Chapters 14 and 15.
Further, sItA was not actually born to King janaka. For story of vEdavati – sItA’s earlier incarnation as daughter of sage kuSadhvaja, please refer to SrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, uttara kANDa, Chapter 17.
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4 - giriSa – Though as per SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, AnjanEya is son of vAyu, there are other stories which describe him as amSa (aspect) of Lord Siva. AnjanEya as an aspect of Siva - 1; and AnjanEya as an aspect of Siva - 2
5 – vidhi indra arka - As per SrImad vAlmIki rAmayaNa, jAmbavAn (the bear), vAli and sugrIva were the sons of brahmA, indra and sUrya respectively.
7 – dara cakra phaNIndra – Please refer to discourse of Kanchi Paramacharya regarding incarnations of lakshmaNa, bharata and Satrughna –
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6 – SaSAnka – Either in SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa or elsewhere, no reference is found about which vAnara was the son of moon.
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