pallavi
vara nArada 1nArAyaNa
smaraN(A)nand(A)nubhavamu gala (vara)
anupallavi
Sarad-indu nibh(A)paghan(A)nagha
sAramugAnu brOvum(i)ka (vara)
caraNam
sakala lOkamulaku 2sad-guruv(a)nucu
sadA 3nEn(a)taD(a)nucu hariyu
prakaTambuga kIrtin(o)sangenE
bhAvuka tyAgarAja nuta (vara)
pallavi
vara nArada 1nArAyaNa
smaraNa-Ananda-anubhavamu gala (vara)
O Blessed (vara) sage nArada endowed (gala) with the experience (anubhavamu) of bliss (Ananda) of ever remembering (smaraNa) (smaraNAnandAnuhavamu) Lord nArayaNa!
anupallavi
Sarad-indu nibha-apaghana-anagha
sAramugAnu brOvumu-ika (vara)
O Sinless One (anagha) whose body (apaghana) (literally limbs) resembles (nibha) (nibhApaghanAnagha) the autumnal (Sarad) moon (indu) (Sarad-indu)! Please protect me (brOvumu) now (ika) (brOvumika) nicely (sAramugAnu);
O Blessed sage nArada endowed with the experience of the bliss of ever remembering Lord nArayaNa!
caraNam
sakala lOkamulaku sad-guruvu-anucu
sadA nEnu-ataDu-anucu hariyu
prakaTambuga kIrtini-osangenE
bhAvuka tyAgarAja nuta (vara)
Hasn’t Lord hari (hariyu) conferred (osangenE) fame (kIrtini) (kIrtinosangnE) on you proclaiming (prakaTambuga)
‘he is (anucu) the true preceptor (sad-guruvu) (sadguruvanucu) for entire (sakala) worlds (lOkamulaku)’ and
‘I (nEnu) am (anucu) always (sadA) he (ataDu)’ (nEnataDanucu)?
O Blessed sage nArada - praised (nuta) by this fortunate (bhAvuka) tyAgarAja - endowed with the experience of the bliss of ever remembering Lord nArayaNa!
Notes
Variations - (Pathanthara)
2 – sadguruvanucu – sadguruDanucu.
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References
1 - nArAyaNa smaraNa – remembering Lord nArAyaNa – Please refer to Words of Lord to sage nArada - SrImad-bhAgavataM, Book 1, Chapter 6 –
matir-mayi nibaddhEyaM na vipadyEta karhicit |
prajA-sarga-nirOdhE(a)pi smRtiS-ca mad-anugrahAt || 24 ||
“The thought you have thus fixed on Me shall never cease. And by My grace, you will continue to remember Me even when the whole creation has perished.”
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3 – nEnataDu – I am he. The following verse in the SrImad bhagavad gIta, Chapter 10 is relevant –
aSvatthaH sarva-vRkshANAM dEvarshINAM ca nAradaH |
gandharvANAM citrarathaH siddhAnAM kapilO muniH || 26 ||
“Of all trees (I am) the aSvattha, and nArada of dEvaRshis; citraratha of gandharvas am I, and the muni kapila of the perfected ones.”
(Translation by Swami Swarupananda)
More about sage nArada.
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