E tavunara nilakada
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
E tAvunarA nilakaDa nIku Show DetailsyeJci jUDanagapaDavu1 | Please tell me where is Abode for You, because no matter how much I ponder, You would not be apprehended. |
[edit] Anupallavi
sItA gauri vAgIzwarIyanu Show DetailszrI rUpamulandA2 gOvinda (E) | O Govinda! Are You present in the embodiments of Mahalakshmi called Sita, Gauri and Saraswati? |
[edit] Charanam
bhU kamalArkAnila nabhamulandA Show DetailslOka kOTulandA3 zrIkaruDagu tyAgarAja karArcita ziva mAdhava brahmAdulayandA | Or are You present in the five elements – earth, water, fire, air and space; or in the innumerable Worlds or living beings? Or, O auspiciousness bestowing Lord worshipped by the very hands of Thyagaraja! in forms of Siva, Vishnu and Brahma? |
[edit] Variations
- 1agapaDavu - agapaDavu O rAma
- 3lOka kOTulandA – bhUta kOTulandA
[edit] References
- 2zrI rUpamulandA – Devi Mahatmyam – Uttara Bhagam – Pradhanika Rahasyam, verses 4 - 14 are relevant –
- “mahAlakSmI who is the embodiment of three Gunas and also the Supreme Lord is the first cause. She encompasses everything in Her form as both perceivable and non-perceivable. (4)
- She is of the hue of molten gold and She wears ornaments made of molten gold. She filled the whole Universe, which contained nothing, with her own light. (6)
- She assumed a form of beautiful woman with hue like that of eye-ointment (dark) (bhinnAJjana), a beautiful face with tusks, large eyes and slender waist. (8)
- Mahalakshmi, looking at the dark formed woman said “Your names will be mahAmAya, mahAkAli, mahAmAri, kSudha, tRSA, nidrA, tRSNA, EkavIra, kAlarAtri which is not easy to exceed by any one. (11)
- Mahalakshmi, having said like that, assumed another form with pure Satva Guna and shining with the radiance of a moon. (13)
- To the woman who shone with a rosary, elephant-driver’s hook (aGkuza), vINA and a book, Mahalakshmi gave names (mahAvidyA, mahAvAnI, bharatI, sarasvatI etc). (14)”
