pallavi
tanavAri tanamu lEdA
tArak(A)dhip(A)nana vAdA
anupallavi
ina vamSa rAjulak(I) guNamul-
(e)nnaDaina kaladA nAdupai (tana)
caraNam
caraNam 1
alanADu 1annam(A)ragincu vELa
balu vAnarula panktin(u)nca lEdA (tana)
pallavi
tanavAri tanamu lEdA
tAraka-adhipa-Anana vAdA
O Moon – Lord (adhipa) of stars (tAraka) – Faced (Anana) (tArakAdhipAnana)! Don’t You have (lEdA) the feeling (tamanu) that I am Yours (tanavAri)? Is it debatable (vAdA)?
anupallavi
ina vamSa rAjulaku-I guNamulu-
ennaDaina kaladA nAdupai (tana)
Did this (I) kind of attitude (guNamulu) ever (ennaDaina) (guNamulennDaina) exist (kaladA) with the kings (rAjulaku) (literally to the kings) (rAjulakI) of Solar (ina) race (vamSa)?
O Moon faced! Don’t You have the feeling towards me (nAdupai) that I am Yours (nAdupai)? Is it debatable?
caraNam
caraNam 1
alanADu annamu-Aragincu vELa
balu vAnarula panktini-unca lEdA (tana)
That day (alanADu), when (vELa) food (annamu) was being partaken (Aragincu) (annamAragincu), did you not (lEdA) seat (unca) the mighty (balu) monkeys (vAnarula) in Your batch (panktini) (literally in the line) (panktinunca)?
O Moon faced! Don’t You have the feeling that I am Yours? Is it debatable?
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
In some books, the order of caraNas 1 and 2 is inter-changed.
References
2 – pEra pEra pilici - This refers to the last chapter of yuddha kANDa of vAlmIki rAmayaNa (Coronation of SrI rAma).
Comments
1 - annamAragincu vELa – In the vAlmIki rAmAyaNa there is no such episode of a feast where SrI rAma and vAnaras sit together.
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