Neeku Thanaku
From Sahityam
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Pallavi
nIku tanaku 1RNa RNi bhAvamu lEdanedaru Show Details | People say that there is no notion of debt and debtor between You and me. |
[edit] Anupallavi
lEka nIkE daya lEdO zrI rAma (nIku) Show Details | People say that there is no notion of debt and debtor between You and me; O Lord Sri Rama! or else, is it that You have no compassion towards me? |
[edit] Charanams Combined
1. cinna nADAdiga cittamandu nela- Show Detailskonna vADavai nA kOrke sAgakuNTE (nIku) 2. karagi karagi pAda kamalamandu vrAla karuNintunani nApai kannada jEsitE (nIku) 3. I 2janmamuna nAdu pUjala gaikoni rAjillu 3zrI tyAgarAjuni maracitE (nIku) | 1. Even though You being the one established in my mind right from my childhood, if my wishes remain unaccomplished, people say that there is no notion of debt and debtor between You and me. 2. While I beseech You crying at Your Lotus Feet, if You disregard me after promising that ‘I shall protect’, people say that there is no notion of debt and debtor between You and me. 3. Having accepted my worship in this life, if You forget this Thyagaraja, people say that there is no idea of debt and debtor between You – the shining One - and me. |
[edit] Variations
- 2janmamuna – jagamuna
- 3 zrI tyAgarAjuni – tyAgarAjuni
[edit] Commentary
- 1RNa RNi - A promise made is also known as ‘debt’ (RNa). From the wordings of charaNa 3, it is clear that having accepted the worship of the devotee, the Lord becomes indebted to protect the devotee. Therefore, this existence of relationship between the Lord and the devotee and the redemption of the promise to protect the devotee is what Sri Thyagaraja seems to refer as ‘RNa -RNi bhAvamu
- Please also refer to Kriti ‘dAzarathi nI RNamu’ rAga tODi where Sri Thyagaraja wonders as to how he would repay the Lord.
[edit] Renditions
Categories: Begada | Misra Chapu | Tyagaraja | Telugu | Kriti
