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Pallavi

dari dApu lEka vEDitE daya rAdEmO zrI rAma dari dApu lEka vEDitE daya-rAdO EmO zrI rAma Show Details

If one without any refuge or shelter beseeches You, probably, You will not condescend, Sri Rama!

Anupallavi

kari dhanamulu1 kaligitE2 karuNiJci brOtuvEmO kari dhanamulu1 kaligitE2 karuNiJci brOtuvO EmO Show Details

Maybe you will mercifully protect only if one has elephants and riches!

Charanam

ala nADu nirjara vairi bAluni3 jUci brOcitivi kAni valaci padamula nammitE varamI tOcenA4 tyAgarAju (dari) ala-nADu nirjara-vairi-bAluni3 jUci brOcitivi kAni valaci padamula nammitE varamu I-tOcenA4 tyAgarAju (dari) Show Details

The other day, You protected Prahlada having regard for him; However, though I lovingly trust Your feet, did it occur to You to bestow boons on me? If Thyagaraja (beseeches You without ...)

Variations

• ²kaligitE – kalgitE
• ⁴tOcenA – tOcunA

Commentary

• ¹kari dhanamulu – Going by the example of Prahlada given in the Charana, it seems Sri Thyagaraja is ridiculing the Lord that He protects only those who are well-to-do.
• ³nirjara-vairi-baluni - This compound means "the asura's son". nirjara refers to those who do not age (meaning, dEvas); vairi means enemy.