Unna tavuna
From Sahityam
Lyrics
Pallavi
unna tAvuna-nuNDaniyyadu vAna Show DetailsurumulaitE venaka tiyyadu | This rain will not let us remain at this place; and, the roaring of thunder will not abate. |
Charanams
| 1. | suDi gAli1 yODa juTTi2 Show DetailsvaDi vaDigA vAnalaitE koTTi (yunna) | The whirl wind is twirling the boat and the rain is pouring down very violently. |
| 2. | ODalO randhramu kaligEyI Show Detailsvanitala-kevvaru saliga3 | A fissure has developed in the boat! Now, who is the refuge for these damsels? |
| 3. | kanulakendu kAna rAdu Show Detailsgati4 kALindi5 manakika mIdu (yunna) | Nothing is visible to the eyes; and we are doomed in the river Kalindi. |
| 4. | mati pOvu dAri janirammA6 apuDE Show Detailsmadamimpa7 valadaNTinammA (unna) | The damsels acted the way their minds dictated; I told you then itself, ‘it is not appropriate to be conceited’. |
| 5. | manamokkacO8 kUDa rAdu Show DetailspraLaya mananidigA vEru lEdu | We should not gather at one side (in the boat); this indeed is what dissolution is, nothing else. |
| 6. | rAja vadanalu rArammA tyAga- Show DetailsrAja sakhuni jUDarammA (unna) | O Moon Faced damsels! Come, look at Krishna, friend of Thyagaraja. |
Variations
- In some books, Charana 1 is given as Anupallavi.
- 1suDi gAli – sUTi gAli: suDi gAli - is appropriate.
- 2ODa juTTi vaDi vaDigA vAnalaitE– ODa juTTi vaDigA vAnalaitE - ODa juTTi juTTi vaDi vAnalaitE
- 3saliga – salige - saliga - is appropriate.
- 6janirammA – pOyirammA
- 7madamimpa valadaNTinammA – madaminta vaddaNTinammA
Commentary
- This Kriti forms part of dance drama 'Nauka Charitram' - Tha Boat Story .
- Background – The Gopis meet Krishna at the Yamuna river and travel in a boat happily. In their excitement of meeting Krishna, Gopis become proud thinking that Krishna is their property. In order to remove their proudiness, Krishna creates a storm in the river and as the boat is tossed about.
- 4gati kALindi – The word ‘gati’ generally means ‘refuge’. In colloquial terms, it means ‘doom’ when referring to a disastrous situation. Accordingly, ‘doom’ has been adopted in keeping with the context.
- 5kAlindi – River Yamuna. It is also stated that Balarama made a channel from river Yamuna (by his plough) which was called Kalindi.
- 8manamokkacO kUDa rAdu – we should not assemble in one place. This may also refer to the decision of Gopis to assemble at the river side for frolicking with Krishna also – we should not have aseembled in one place’.
Renditions
| Nauka Charitram (Drama) of Tyagaraja |
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