Nanu palimpa

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[edit] Pallavi

nanu pAlimpa naDaci vaccitivO
nA prANa nAtha1
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Did you come by foot in order to protect me?
O Lord of my life-breath!

[edit] Anupallavi

vanaja nayana mOmunu2 jUcuTa
jIvanamani nenaruna manasu marmamu telisi (nanu)
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O Lotus-eyed! Knowing the secret of my mind that beholding
Your face is my livelihood, did You kindly (come by foot...)

[edit] Charanam

surapati nIla maNi3 nibha tanuvutO
uramuna mutyapu sarula cayamutO
karamuna zara kOdaNDa kAntitO
dharaNi tanayatO tyAgarAjArcita (nanu)
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With a body resembling sapphire,
With a number of strings of pearls on the chest,
With the splendour of bow Kothanda and arrows in your hands,
And with the daughter of Earth, One worshipped by Thyagaraja! (did you...)

[edit] Variations

  • 1nAtha – nAthA
  • 2mOmunu – mOmuna : mOmunu - is the correct word.

[edit] Commentary

  • 3surapati nIla maNi: The blue sapphire is called indranIla in Sanskrit. Here "indra" has been rendered as "surapati".

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