Nannu brovakanu
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
nannu brOvakanu viDavanurA rAma Show Details | Until you protect me, I shall not let go of you, Rama! |
[edit] Charanam 1
kAsunu vetukaga kanna ratnamu rIti Show DetailsdOsamu tolagimpa dorigitivi kAni | In the same manner as one finds a precious stone while searching for a coin, isn’t that You have been found in order to remove (my) faults? |
[edit] Charanam 2
ambali tinu vELa amRtamabbina rIti Show Detailstumburu sannuta dorigitivi kAni (nannu) | In the same manner as one gets nectar while eating porridge, isn’t that You have been found, O Lord well-praised by tumburu – the King of celestials musicians? |
[edit] Charanam 3
ceyyalisina vELa teppa doraku1 rIti Show Detailsayya nA pAliTigamaritivi2 kAni (nannu) | O Lord! In the same manner as a boat is found when one’s hands are tired (of swimming), isn’t that You have fittingly become my share? |
[edit] Charanam 4
ADa pOyina tIrthameduraina rIti Show DetailsIDu jODu lEni iSTuDavaitivi (nannu) | In the same manner as the holy waters, in which one was going to take bath, confronted him, You have become the peerless God of my liking. |
[edit] Charanam 5
siggu pOvu vELa cIralabbina rIti3 Show Detailsoggiga mAyiNTiki vaccitivi kAni (nannu) | In the same manner as draupapdi got sarees when she was about to lose her honour, isn’t that You heedingly came to our house? |
[edit] Charanam 6
Agama nigama cayArthamu nIvani Show DetailstyAgarAja nuta talaciyunnAnu rAma (nannu) | I have considered in my mind that You are the true purport of the various Vedas and Sastras, O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! O Lord Rama! |
[edit] Variations
- 1 teppa doraku - teppa dorikina
- 2 pAliTigamaritivi - pAliTianamaritivi
[edit] References
- 3 Refers to the episode of Draupadi Vastra aparaharana.
- This Kriti forms part of Dance-drama 'prahlAda bhakti vijayam'; In this Kriti Sri Thyagaraja depicts the resolve of Prahlada.
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