Eti Yochanalu

Lyrics

Pallavi

ETi 1yOcanalu jEsEvurA eduru palkuvArevaru lErurA ETi yOcanalu jEsEvurA eduru-palkuvAru-evaru-lErurA Show Details

What kind of musings are You doing? There is none to counter You.

Anupallavi

nOTi mATa jArcaga rAdurA kOTi vElpulalO mETiyaina nIv(ETi) nOTi-mATa jArcaga rAdurA kOTi vElpulalO mETiyaina nIvu-(ETi) Show Details

It is not appropriate to slip on one's promise; what kind of musings are You – the excellent one among crores of Gods – doing?

Charanam

meNDu zUrulalO venuka tIyavani 2reNDu mATalADE vADu 3kAdani aNDa kOTla pAliJcu vADani caNDa maunulADa 4tyAgarAja nuta (ETi) meNDu zUrulalO venuka-tIyavu-ani reNDu-mATalu-ADE vADu kAdu-ani aNDa kOTla pAliJcu-vADu-ani caNDa maunulu-ADa tyAgarAja nuta (ETi) Show Details

While the great sages proclaim – that among numerous heroes You are the One who would not retreat, that You are not the One who speaks two words, and that You are the One who rules crores of Universes, O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! what kind of musings are You doing?

Variations

• ³kAdani – kADani
• ⁴tyAgarAja nuta – tyAgarAja nutE

References

• ²reNDu mATalu ADu – go back on one’s word. Please also refer to Kriti 'oka mATa' - rAga hari kAmbhOji, wherein Sri Tyagaraja praises Lord Rama as one who is true to his word.

Commentary

• ¹yOcana – In some books this has been translated as 'hesitation'. This Telugu word and the same Tamil word 'yOsanai', though colloquially used to mean 'hesitation', the actual meaning is 'deliberation' 'reflection' etc.