Evaramadugudura

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Pallavi

E varamaDugudurA rAma ninn(E) E varamu-aDugudurA rAma ninnu-(E) Show Details

O Lord Rama! What boon shall I ask of You?

Anupallavi

pAvanamagu nI pAda bhajanamu sEyuTakaina 1dOva lEbaramainadi dEvarayindu nEn(E) pAvanamagu nI pAda bhajanamu-sEyuTaku-aina dOva lEbaramu-ainadi dEvara-indu nEn(E) Show Details

O Lord! Paths for chanting the glory of Your Holy Feet has become nil; what boon shall I ask of You in these?

Charanams Combined

1. zrI raghuvara sakalAdhAra nI manasuna kOrina panulanu pada 2sArasamula nA manasAraga viDavananE 3sAratara vairAgyamu sAreku satata gati kumAruni 4pAlainadi (E) 2. nIla ghanAbha sadA kAlamu nI bhaktula jAlamulanu kani paripAlana jEyucu nIv5OlikagA jUcE mEluna kala saukhyamu bAluDagu ripughnuni 4pAlaiyuNDaga ninn(E) 3. nI mahimala vinagA nAmamunu talacagA bhUmini pada rEkhalanEmarakanu kanagA tAmarasa nayana guNa dhAma manasu karagE prEma rasamu bharata svAmi 4pAlaiyuNDaga (E) 4. vAramu nIdu manasu dArinanusariJcucu nEramu lEkanu AhAra suSuptulanu nivAraNamu jEyu paricAraka bhAgyam- 6alaGkAriyagu sumitra kumAruni 4pAlainadi (E) 5. zrI hari bharita zara samUha sadA ninu hRd- gEhamunanu kani dur-dAhamulanu rOsi 7vivAhanuDu nIvanu mOhambunanu maraci sOhamanu sukhamu vaidEhi 4pAlaiyuNDaga (E) 6. I jagatini kala sukha rAjini mari nirjara rAja padambula nEnI janmamunaDuganu rAja vadana zrI tyAgarAjuni madikeppuDu 8rAja pathamulaitE jayamau kAni (E) 1. zrI raghuvara sakala-AdhAra nI manasuna kOrina panulanu pada sArasamula nA manasAraga viDavanu-anE sAratara vairAgyamu sAreku satata-gati-kumAruni pAlainadi (E) 2. nIla ghana-Abha sadA-kAlamu nI bhaktula jAlamulanu kani paripAlana-jEyucu nIvu-OlikagA jUcE mEluna kala saukhyamu bAluDagu ripughnuni pAlaiyuNDaga ninnu-(E) 3. nI mahimala vinagA nAmamunu talacagA bhUmini pada rEkhalanu-Emarakanu kanagA tAmarasa nayana guNa dhAma manasu karagE prEma rasamu bharata svAmi pAlaiyuNDaga (E) 4. vAramu nIdu manasu dArini-anusariJcucu nEramu lEkanu AhAra suSuptulanu nivAraNamu-jEyu paricAraka bhAgyamu-alaGkAriyagu sumitra-kumAruni pAlainadi (E) 5. zrI hari bharita zara samUha sadA ninu hRd-gEhamunanu kani dur-dAhamulanu rOsi vivAhanuDu nIvu-anu mOhambunanu maraci sOham-anu sukhamu vaidEhi pAlaiyuNDaga (E) 6. I jagatini kala sukha-rAjini mari nirjara-rAja padambula nEnu-I janmamunu-aDuganu rAja vadana zrI tyAgarAjuni madiki-eppuDu rAja pathamulu-aitE jayamau kAni (E) Show Details

1. O Lord Sri Raghuvara! O Substratum of all! the best resolve that - ‘I shall never forsake, on my own accord, the privilege of carrying out the tasks desired in Your mind, and also (the privilege of holding) the Lotus of Your Holy Feet’, has for ever become that of Anjaneya – Son of Wind God – ever moving. 2. O Lord with a splendour of dark-blue cloud! The comfort existing in the fortune of You observing secretly, while ever being engaged in the task governing Your devotees, by finding out their problems, having become that of the Youngster Satrughna, what boon shall I ask of You? 3. The privilege of drinking the nectar of Love which makes one’s heart melt obtained while –(a) hearing Your greatness, (b) remembering Your names, and (c) unfailingly beholding Your Foot prints on the Earth as You walk, O Lotus Eyed! O Abode of virtues! having become that of Your great devotee Bharata, what boon shall I ask of You? 4. The fortune of rendering service to You, which relieves hunger and sleep, by always adhering to bent of Your mind, without committing any mistakes, has become that of Lakshmana – Son of Sumitra - the expert in decoration; therefore, what boon shall I ask of You? 5. O Lord Sri Hari! O Lord having large collection of arrows! The bliss of being absorbed in You by (a) ever beholding You in the abode of one’s heart, (b) rejecting all the evilsome thirsts and (c) even forgetting the possessiveness that You are married (to her), having become that of Sita, what boon shall I ask of You? 6. O Moon Faced! In this life I shall not beseech You for - either the enjoyments found in this World or even the status of Indra – king of non-ageing; to the mind of this Thyagaraja, it will be success only if it is Royal path (that of devotion to Your Lotus Feet); therefore, what boon shall I ask of You?

Variations

• ¹dOva lEbaramainadi – dOvalE paramainadi : dOva lEbaramainadi - is appropriate
• ²sArasamula – sAramula : sArasamula - is appropriate.
• ⁴'pAlaiyuNDaga’, ‘pAlainadi’, ‘ninnu’ - are not given uniformly in all the books.
• ⁵OlikagA – pOlikagA : OlikagA - is appropriate.
• ⁶alaGkAriyagu – alamu kAryamu : alamu kAryamu - does not convey any sense.

Commentary

• Gist - The personsages – Anjaneya, Satrughna, Bharata, Lakshmana, Sita - all of them have been bestowed with boons which I could ask of You. They are not going leave their privileges. These boons indeed are the royal paths of worshipping Your holy feet, which this Thyagaraja would always adopt. Therefore, I am at loss to understand as to what other boons shall I ask You. Worldly enjoyments, nay even the position of Indra, are of no interest to me.

• ¹ dOva lEbaramainadi - (path is non-existent – there are no paths) – All the possible methods (paths) – as described in C1 to C5 have been appropriated by others; therefore, Sri Thyagaraja wonders as to what other boon he can ask – this has been made clear in C6.
• ³sAratara – this can be taken as an epithet of Lord also. In that case, it will mean ‘O Excellent Lord!’.
• ⁷vivAhanuDu – Sri Thyagaraja states that though Sita is married to Sri Rama, she has rejected even the conjugal rights in order to enjoy the bliss of being One with the Lord (sOhaM) and seeing Him in her inner recess rather than outside. Indeed, she is no longer the spouse of Sri Rama – but a devotee. Therefore, the place that Sri Thyagaraja accords to Bhakti is so tall that it diminishes even the role of consort of the Lord.
• ⁸rAja pathamulu – Elsewhere in the Kriti ‘cakkani rAjamArgamu’, Sri Thyagaraja states that when the royal road of devotion is spread before him, why should he follow any short cuts.