pallavi
1vADErA daivamu manasA
anupallavi
ADina mATalu tappaD(a)nucunu
2Acandr(A)rkamuga kIrti kaligina (vADE)
caraNam
caraNam 1
3daNDi rakkasula madam(a)Nacanu
AkhaNDal(A)di sura kOTlanu bhU
maNDala sujanula pAlimpanu
kOdaNDa pANi rUpamutO velasina (vADE)
pallavi
vADErA daivamu manasA
O My Mind (manasA)! He alone (vADErA) is The God (daivamu).
anupallavi
ADina mATalu tappaDu-anucunu
Acandra-arkamuga kIrti kaligina (vADE)
O My Mind! Only He is The God, who has (kaligina) everlasting (Acandra arkamuga) (AcandrArkamuga) (literally as long as there are moon and Sun) fame (kIrti),
as (anucunu) ‘He does not fail (tappaDu) (tappaDanucunu) in His word’ (ADina mATalu) (literally word uttered).
caraNam
caraNam 1
daNDi rakkasula madamu-aNacanu
AkhaNDal-Adi sura kOTlanu bhU
maNDala sujanula pAlimpanu
kOdaNDa pANi rUpamutO velasina (vADE)
O My Mind! Only He is the God, who appeared (velasina) in the form (rUpamutO) of wielder (pANi) of the bow kOdaNDa in order to -
subdue (aNacanu) the arrogance (madamu) (madamaNacanu) of numerous (daNDi) demons (rakkasula) and
protect (pAlimpanu) indra (AkhaNDala) and other (Adi) (AkhaNDalAdi) celestials (sura kOTlanu) and pious people (sujanula) of this Earth (bhU) sphere (maNDala).
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
rAga – pantuvarALi - kAmavardhini.
1 – vADErA daivamu – vADErA nA daivamu.
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4 - nIraja ari – It is said that Lotus blooms at the rise of Sun and closes its petals at the Sun set, or moon-rise, as if Lotus does not want to be present when Moon shines – Therefore Moon is known as enemy of Lotus. There is an interesting Egyptian mythology about Lotus.
5 - upadESincE – “Dying in the sacred Brahmanala in Kashi, he will get the Taraka-mantra and also liberation, without rebirth. On dying anywhere (else) in Kashi, Maheshvara will utter the Taraka-mantra in his right ear.” – Dialogue between SrI rAma and AnjanEya in the muktikA upanishad.
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2 – AcandrArkamuga – Generally such words prefixed with ‘A’ means ‘everlasting’. However, ‘ga’ suffix generally indicates a commencement. While ‘AcandrArkamu’ would be translated as ‘as long as moon and Sun exists’, in view of ‘ga’ suffix and also because what referred here is ‘fame’, this has been translated generally as ‘has everlasting fame’.
3 – daNDi rakkasula – numerous demons. telugu word ‘daNDi’ means ‘plenty’. However, this word is very similar to ‘daNDa’ of ‘daNDaka araNya’. As rAma kills a lot of demons living in daNDaka araNya, it is not clear whether SrI tyAgarAja uses ‘daNDi’ as a short form for ‘daNDaka araNya’.
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6 – dAtR vinutuDaina – who is praised by brahmA. This may qualify ‘tyAgarAja’ (Siva) also. However, here, it has been taken as epithet of rAma.
7 - tyAgarAjuni cEta pUjalandi – The sequence of events as per caraNa is – (a) worship by tyAgarAja, (b) birth of SrI rAma, (c) marrying sIta. As worship by tyAgarAja, precedes the birth of SrI rAma, ‘tyAgarAja’ seems to refer to Lord Siva. The caraNa has accordingly been translated.
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