Nanu palimpa
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
nanu pAlimpa naDaci vaccitivO Show DetailsnA prANa nAtha1 | Did you come by foot in order to protect me? O Lord of my life-breath! |
[edit] Anupallavi
vanaja nayana mOmunu2 jUcuTa Show DetailsjIvanamani nenaruna manasu marmamu telisi (nanu) | 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 Show Detailsuramuna mutyapu sarula cayamutO karamuna zara kOdaNDa kAntitO dharaNi tanayatO tyAgarAjArcita (nanu) | 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".
[edit] Renditions
- M. Balamuralikrishna (mp3)
- Madurai Mani Iyer (mp3)
- M.D. Ramanathan (mp3)
