Entha Rani

Lyrics

Pallavi

enta rAni tanakenta pOni nI 1centa viDuva jAla zrI rAma2 enta-rAni-tanaku-enta-pOni nI centa viDuva-jAla zrI rAma Show Details

O Lord Sri Rama! Come what may – may whatever come to me or may whatever go – I shall never leave Your proximity.

Anupallavi

3antakAri nI centa jEri hanumantuDai koluva lEdA (enta) antaka-ari nI centa jEri hanumantuDai koluva-lEdA (enta) Show Details

Didn’t Lord Siva – Enemy of Lord of Death – coming near You serve as Anjaneya?

Charanams Combined

1. 4zESuDu zivuniki bhUSuDu lakSmaNa vESiyai koluva lEdA (enta) 2. ziSTuDu mauni variSTuDu goppa vasiSThuDu 5hituDugA lEdA (enta) 3. nara vara nIkai 6sura gaNamulu vAnarulai 7koluvaga lEdA (enta) 4. AgamOktamagu nI guNamulu zrI tyAgarAju pADaga lEdA (enta) 1. zESuDu zivuniki bhUSuDu lakSmaNa vESiyai koluva lEdA (enta) 2. ziSTuDu mauni variSTuDu goppa vasiSThuDu hituDugA lEdA (enta) 3. nara vara nIkai sura gaNamulu vAnarulai koluvaga-lEdA (enta) 4.Agama-uktamagu nI guNamulu zrI tyAgarAju pADaga-lEdA (enta) Show Details

1. Didn’t the serpent SEsha – the ornament of Lord Siva – serve You donning the garb of Lakshmana? 2. Didn’t the great Vasishtha – the eminent and the senior-most of sages – remain as your benafactor (or family priest)? 3. O Best of men! Didn’t the hordes of celestials serve You by becoming monkeys for Your sake? 4. Isn’t tyAgaraja singing Your virtues proclaimed in the Sastras?

Variations

• ¹centa – cinta : centa is the appropriate word.
• ²zrI rAma - not given in some books.
• ⁷koluvaga – koluva

References

• ³antakAri hanumantuDai – In the Kriti Ada modi galada, Sri Thyagaraja states that Anjaneya is an aspect of Siva (zaMkarAMzuDu). However in this Kriti, he states that Siva himself taken the form of Anjaneya. The story how Anjaneya came to be described as an aspect of Lord Siva is given in [Hanuman]
• ⁶sura gaNamulu vAnarulai – Please refer to Srimad Valmiki Ramayana – Bala Kanda – Chapter 17 for complete details.

Commentary

• ⁴zESuDu zivuniki bhUSuDu – zESa also known as ‘ananta’ is stated to be the couch of Vishnu, the snake around the neck of Siva, the ring in the finger of Uma and the arm-bracelet of Vinayaka.
• ⁵hituDu - sage Vasishtha was the family priest of King Dasaratha and then for Sri Rama. The family priest is called ‘purO-hita’. Therefore, Sri Thyagaraja uses the word ‘hita’ to mean ‘benefactor’ and also ‘family priest’.

Renditions

Some renditions of enta rAni are available here:

• chembai vaidyanAtha bhAgavatar : [1]
• semmaGguDi shrInivAsa aiyar & M S subbulakShmI : [2]
• D K paTTammAL : [3]
• ALathUr brothers: [4] [5]