pallavi
1vadd(a)nE vAru lEru
anupallavi
addampu mOmunu jUDa
nEn(a)nayam(a)ngalArcitE jUci (vaddanE)
caraNam
2kOrikal(i)lalO divilO
koncemaina lEni nA manasu
3dAri teliyu daivamu nIvu sumI
tyAgarAja hRd-bhUshaNa ninu vinA (vaddanE)
pallavi
vaddu-anE vAru lEru
There is none (vAru lEru) to console (vaddu anE) (vaddanE) (literally say don’t) me.
anupallavi
addampu mOmunu jUDa
nEnu-anayamu-angalArcitE jUci (vaddanE)
Though I (nEnu) am ever (anayamu) crying (angalArcitE) (nEnanayamangalArcitE) to behold (jUDa) Your mirror-like (addampu) face (mOmunu), there is none to notice (jUci) and console me.
caraNam
kOrikalu-ilalO divilO
koncemaina lEni nA manasu
dAri teliyu daivamu nIvu sumI
tyAgarAja hRd-bhUshaNa ninu vinA (vaddanE)
You (nIvu) are the God (daivamu) who knows (teliyu) the bent (dAri) (literally manner) of my (nA) mind (manasu) which has absolutely no (koncemaina lEni) (literally not even a little) demand (kOrikalu) either in this World (ilalO) (kOrikalilalO) or for Heaven (divilO) (literally in Heaven); aren’t You (sumI)?
O Emblellishment (bhUshaNa) of the heart (hRt) (hRd-bhUshaNa) of this tyAgarAja!
There is none other than (vinA) You (ninu) to console me.
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
3 – dAri teliyu – dAri teliya : As the meaning derived in the books is that ‘dAri teliyu’ (who knows the thoughts of my mind), the same has been adopted.
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References
2 - kOrikalilalO divilO – The following verses of SrImad bhAgavataM – Book 10 – Chapter 80 - The Words of SrI kRshNa to sudAma (kucEla) -
prAyO gRhEshu tE citta kAma-vihtaM tathA |
naivAti-priyasE vidvan dhanEshu viditaM hi mE ||
kEcit kurvanti karmANi kAmair-ahata-cEtasaH |
tyajantaH prakRtIr-daivIr-yathAhaM lOka-sangrahaM || 29, 30 ||
“I know that, even though you are leading the life of a householder, your heart is free from worldly desires. I am also aware that having realised the truth, you do not entertain any love for wealth.
In this World, people who have shaken off worldly desires brought forth by Divine mAyA, and who yet perform their prescribed duties with a heart unswayed by desire, just as I do, for the sake of setting an example before the World, are very rare.”
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Comments
1 – vaddanE (vaddu+anE) – This is colloquial usage. A mother consoles her crying child telling ‘vaddu vaddu’ (don’t don’t).
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