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EHI TRIJAGADISA" (SAranga)

Oh Lord of the three worlds ! Come and protect me !

Give me the hold of your hand ! O you adored by Agastya!

the bee in the lotus of the hearts of the devotees ! the gale

which blows away the evil people ! the destroyer of my

sins !

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“ENTAMUDDO" (Bindumalinl)

Who can describe the superb beauty and sweet charm

of the Lordi adored by Tyagaraja!

Men, however great, easily allow themselves to be

continuously engaged in the thought of women, (being blind

to the indescribable and unsurpassed beauty of the Lord).

People put on the garb of genuine devotees, though

they are slaves to their own aunts (mothers*in-law) due to

lust. This is like the milk-container enjoying the taste ol

milk.

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ENNAGA MANASUKURANI (Nllambarl)

What is the use of eyes and their brightnessi if they are

not privileged to feast upon the beauty of the Lord

Seshasayit which is beyond the comprehension of the

mind ?

What is the use of having a body which is not used for

embracing with love the blue-hued Sri Hari? Otherwise

it is no better than a cage.

What is the use of having hands that are not u/sed for

worshipping the Lord with various sweet-scented flowers ?

What is the use of such human existence ?

What is the use of having a tongue which is not

employed in singing devoutly the praise of Sri Ramamurti,

the protector of Tyagaraja? Or, for the matter of it, what

for is then the rosary mechanically rolling in hand ?

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ENDARO MAHANUBHAVULU” (Sri Ragam)

Great souls are indeed many> Salutations to them all!

Many are those who see in the lotus ol their hearts the

Lord of moon-face and exquisite beauty and proportion

and enjoy bliss.

1. Many are those who are foremost among the bles*

sed ones who have had the realisation of the Lord of

supreme beauty who delights in Saman music.

2. Many are those who have the blessedness of an

unerring Darsana of the glorious Swarupam of the Lord*

after seeking and finding Him in the deep forest of their

mind.

3. Many are those who unreservedly rush to offer the

lotus of their mind (Chittam) at the feet of the Lord.

4. Many are those who sing sincerely in choice langu¬

age the praise of the Supreme Lord, the redeemer of the

fallen* adhering to the true path and with knowledge of

Swara. Laya and RAga.

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EVARIENA LERA " (Siddhasena)

Are there no good and great men in this world, who

could protect the helpless and let Sri Rama know of the

poignant trouble which people experience in the sea of

samsara ?

Is there no one of firm mind who could now point out

to TyAgarAja what the acts of the low people of Kali are and

what the acts of greedy and haughty men are (to enable

him to avoid them) ?

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EHI TRIJAGADISA" (SAranga)

Oh Lord of the three worlds ! Come and protect me !

Give me the hold of your hand ! O you adored by Agastya!

the bee in the lotus of the hearts of the devotees ! the gale

which blows away the evil people ! the destroyer of my

sins !

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ELALO PRANATARTI" (AtAna)

When you have not shown any mercy to me who have

long been meditating on you, pining with devotion and

surrendering body and soul at your holy feet, who gave you the appellations of Pranatarti-hara (the destroyer of the

distress of the devotees) and Sankara (the giver of happi¬ ness) ?

Have I not sought refuge in you, making sashtanga pranamams to you, (with all the parts of my body touching the ground) ? And have I not made plaintive appeals to

you, Oh Panchanadisa ?.

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EVARU TELIYA BOYYERU" (Todi)

Who can understand even a fraction of your prowess

and glory ? Oh Nilayatakshi, whom I have seen at Naga*

pattana!

Clad in precious golden garments, adorned with celes¬

tial flowers, with a parrot in hand, you made Siva dance.

At that time Hari, Brahma and other Gods praised you,

all the devata women stood witnessing gracefully and celes¬

tial damsels danced also in merriment. Seeing all this, you

showered your grace profusely.

You are the consort of Nagabhushana (Siva) and you

are the wealth of the devotees. Who else is there to

protect them ?

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ENTA NERCHINA ENTA JÜCHINA " (Udayaravichandrika)

One, who has not bestowed constant thought on the

right path that is after the heart of the Lord of Lakshmi,

however learned, however extensive his Kshetratanam

(pilgrimage), and however great he may be, is bound io

become a slave to women. Such a one is also liable to

become addicted to vices like cruelty to others, coveting

other's women and wealth, slandering others, living upon

others and uttering lies.

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121

EMIJÉSITENEMI"

TODI

Of what availis anything done by people who have

not been blessed with the Grace of Sri Rama and by people

who, being slaves to lust and other passions, are incapable

of knowing and understanding the sastraic commandments

of Sri Ráma ?

What if they have house, properties and loaded their

wives with jewels and what if they are adepts in sexual

science, if they have not the Grace of the lotus-eyed one?

What if they perform Yàgas, what if they beget sons to

inherit their property, what if they adopt others’ sons for

that purpose, if they have not the Grace of the auspicious

Sri Rama ?

What if they build palatial houses and fit them up with

rows of lights; what if they know the art of pleasing women,

if they fail to get the Grace of the incomparable Sri Rama?

What if they rule over kingdoms and command the

respect and regard of the public, what if they feed people

with rich and sumptuous meals, if they do not get the

Grace of the worshipful Sri Rama ?

What if they attain the status of Gurus, what if, for the

look, they appear grand and big, what if they initiate

others in mantras, if they are not blessed with the Grace of

Sri Rama ?

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EVARANI NIRNAYIMCHIRIRA” (Dévamritavarshini)

What do people determine you to be and how do they

worship you? As Siva, as Madhava, as Brahma, or Para-

brahma? I prostrate before those wise ones, who found the

solution by picking out and combining the soul of each of

the two mantras—Mà from Siva Mantra (Panchakshara) and

Ra from Narayana Mantra (Ashtakshara).

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ENTANI NE" (Mukhari)

sabari

How can I adequately describe the rare fortune and

merit that Sabari had, while scores of the great wives of the

sages in the world had them not. She was privileged to see

the Lord directly to her heart's content, offer Him delicious

fruits, prostrate before His holy feet with body in thrill and

attain freedom from rebirth in the presence of the Lord

Himself.

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ENDUKO BAGA TELIYADU” (Móhana)

Why is it that people of this kali age do not realise well

that this body is perishable? They build big houses with

stones, gather a number of attendants around themselves,

fill their stomachs and grow their own bodies, neglecting

their obligations to their relatives, quests and others and

gazing idly at hoarded wealth in bags and boxes.

Employing inequitous ways, they deprive other people

of their money for their own sustenance, run after women

like dogs, become a prey to several diseases and waste

their patrimony to the effect that people deride them, salva-

tion is lost and successive rebirths are certain:

Why is it that people, who are unable to bear the

trouble which they themselves have brought upon them by

associating with cheats, do not take itto be the result of

their past karma as wise rn do? Why do they not learn

to worship the Lord of the Universe, whom Ty&garaja

adores, discarding desires for material possessions, taking

Them to be impermanent like dew.

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EVARU TELIYANU" (Punnáàgavaráli)

Who understands? People do püjà without understan-

ding. Can they understand, those who wander from place to

place, coveting and enjoying others' money and women and

earning livelihood? Under the baneful influence of hired

mistresses, they make it their only business to find fault with

their parents and brothers and forget your holy feet. They

believe that wife and children are permanent; and for their

sake, ruin others’ families and undergo untold suffering at

the hands of Yama, making themselves liable for the travail

of rebirth. Indulging in falsehood even with worthy men,

they spend their time in flattering ignorant rich folk, and

when discouraged by them, they quarrel with them and

spend their time uselessly in the company of depraved

people; out of envy they do not behave respectfully and

honour is shown where money is plenty: Such people can

never have any longing for you, nor know who your true

devotees are; They vretend to possess real capacity lo know

the truth and declare that the Universe is unreal. Such is

their false devotion. Oh my Father! What sort of renuncia-

tion is this? Is this their great adeptness? Let those (false)

Yogis who, without knowing the real nature of their material

body and what their fate will be engage themselves in

meditation, do so.

Sri Ráma! Why should you still neglect me without

protecting me?

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EVARIKAI AVATARAM" (Dévamanóhari)

For whom did you take this incarnation? Tell me now

at least, Oh Rama! I prostrate before the blessed one at

whose instance you incarnated, exhibiting both the aspects

of King and Rishi, with a name adored by the Vedas, with a

transcendantal form more glorious than those of Brahma

and Rudra and with heroic deeds full of bliss ?

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ENDUNDI VEDALITIVO " (Darbh&r)

1 am at a loss to guess even your nativity and whence

you have come. Pray, let me know it now atleast: Your

beauty and qualites are a class by themselves and your

ways transcend the three Gunas: It is not likely that you

are from Sivalóka where even those who err slightly are

punished.

It may not be even Vaikuntham of Vámana, who decei-

ved Bali.

It cannot be the heaven of Brahma who spoke amo-

rously to his own daughter Sarasvati and had his head

chopped off by Rudra.

You are of the divine form, possessed of immeasurable

prowess, following Dharma, devoted to unfailing truth,

clothed with gentle words: .

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ENDU KOUGALINTURÁ" (Suddhadési)

Which portion of your body am I to embrace and how

am I to describe; O beautiful Rama whom Lakshmi has

treasured in Her heart? Your speech alone is speech; your

smile alone is smile; your brilliance alone is brilliance:

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EMANI MATADITIVO" (Todi)

Oh Rama! How wonderful was your power of winning

people by sweet words, suited exactly to the mental dispo-

sition of each, softly, sternly, sweetly— parents, women,

servants, kings, munis, the famous Ashta Dikpalak4s, Suras,

Asuras, Moon, Sun,—so much so they felt bound to follow

the words !

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230

EVARICHCHIRIRA " (Madhyamavati)

Oh glorious Kodandapani! Who gave you your bow

and arrows? Were they with you when you were born?

Or, did you acquire them after coming down to the Earth ?

Your arrow,had the wonderful merit of getting multi-

plied into tens, hundreds and thousands, rushing in all

directions and destroying the enemies: When they were

aimed at the wicked KakAsura, even the Trimürtis drew

back from protecting him. When they were used on the

Samudra Raja, they killed all the Rakshasas of Drumakulya.

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ELA DELIYALERÓ " (Darbaru)

Why do people not realise your greatness? What

Karma have they done in their previous births to be so?

You are adored by Lord Siva and you are the repository of all good qualities: In your tender age you broke sportingly

without effort the colossal bow of Siva in the presence of all

kings and jubiliantly won the hand of Lakshmi. You dest-

royed with but one arrow the fourteen thousand bell-metal

chariots and Rávana's reserve-forces as if in a play and

sent them all to Yamapuri. You are the lion to the elephants

of kings who, through Rájasa püja, got boons from Siva.

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248

EVVARE RAMAYYA" (Gangéyabhishani)

Who is there equal to you, Oh Rama! in protecting

good people quietly and without fuss ? Without minding

that he is the brother of your inveterate enemy, you made

Vibhishana, the king of Lanka, in appreciation of his

devotion:

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E TAVUNARA” (Kalyani)

Which is your place of abode? You are not easily

to be found, however closely you are searched for. Is

in the feminine forms of the deity like Sita, Gourl and

Sarasvati or is it among the five elements of earth, water,

fire, air and ether or in the innumerable worlds or among

the Trinity ?

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282

ÉMANI POGADUDURA” (Viravasantam)

How can I praise you? Oh Rama the indweller of the

Universe! You have assigned Tamasa Guna to Siva, Rájasa

Guna to Brahma and made Indra haughty:

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ENTARÁNI TANAKENTA" (Harikámbhóji)

Whatever may come to me, whatever may go away

from me, I will never allow myself to be separated from you:

Did not Siva stay always by you in the form of Hanuman and

serve you? Did not Adisesha, Paramasiva's ornament serve

you in the form of Lakshmana ? Did not the great and

austere Vasishtha, the chief among the munis, serve you as

friend and counsellor ? Did not the host of Devas come

down to earth for your sake to serve as Vánaras ? Has not

Tyagaraja sung your virtues praised by the Vedas?

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301

ENNADU JÜTUNÓ" (Kalavati)

Oh Protector of Devotees! When shall I have the

privelege of seeing your face, like the fullmoon, as you

summon for affectionate treatment, one by one, Sit&, Laksh-

mana, Bharata, Satrughna, Sugriva and Anjaneya, who sing

your glory ?

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309

EPANIKO JANMINCHITINANI (As4véry)

Oh! Sri Rama! Do not think that I have been born

for any undefined puropse. Are you not aware of it in your

heart ? True, Valmiki and other sages have sung your

praise, and the songs may also be good and worthy of the

appreciation of pious devotees, but how can my yearning

(to sing of you) be satisfied P

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320

EVARITO NEDELPUDU (Manavati)

Oh Embodiment of all good qualities! Oh Dispeller

of Maya! To whom shall I unburden my agony? My

constant Bhajana has not produced the desired result—the

reverse has been the end—an attempt to make an idol of

Ganesa has resulted in my making a monkey.

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324

EMANATICHCHEDAVO " (Sahana)

What have you ordained for me and what have you

thought of me, Oh Rama! You are not likely to listen to my

words: Idon't know what my fateis. You are the giver

of fame, longevity, devotion, single-mindedness and a

healthy body.

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" ETULA GAPADUDUVO " (Ahiri)

How are you going to protect me, who had got entang-.

led in the meshes of pgàyà of Samsara, who have been proudly going ebout considering none as my equal, as a result of the wealth earned by flattering rich men for

maintaining wife and family, me whose lot had been per-

petual physical suffering at the hands of wily agnates and

who got incapacitated thereby to know you; me who all

his life believed in the permanence of the company of

relations (discarding you), but realizing late in life its

profitlessness, (shamelessly) sought refuge in you in the

end ?

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ETULA BROTUVO " (Chakravakam)

Oh Ráma, my sole, intimate Lord! I do not really know

how you are going to save me: Alas! Mine is a despicable

record of sins; detestable for the ear. Like an astray bull;

I have been roaming about caring only ior my feed. I have

flattered born misers to earn my sustenance, doing wicked

deeds in association with wicked people: 1 have thus suffered a lot.

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ENNALLU TIRIGETI" (M&lavasri)

How long am I to wander like this - taking countless

births, harassing others in this forest of Samséra, like a

thief? Day and night I feel distressed, always thinking of

food for the morrow, forgetting your worship, all the same

pretending that 1 am doingit: Ihave to procure every

little thing that is needed by begging, but pose myself as a

great man and live to get flatterd: I delude my neighbours

so as to merit their invitation for dinners and make them

believe that I can help them by püja and japam.

You have long ago known fully my defects. Oh glorious

lord! Pray, do not give me up;

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EVARIMATA " (Kambhój)

To whose words have you listened ? Won't you come ?

Or, is it that you are not here ? Well !

Though I have been brought up in the Vedic and

Sastraic traditions, I have not been able to unravel this

mystery:

I have been relying on the significant declaration, that

you are ever In the service of devotees, made by great

Bhaktas, who have had direct vision of you: I have been

feeling happy that you are the all-powerful supreme Lord:

I have been regarding’ you as one of Satvic mind and

truthful.

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349

ENTA VEDUKONTU (Saraswati Manohari)

Oh! Raghava! How long shall I have to pray to you

to come to me? Why this obstinacy and delay in relieving

me of my mental trouble and coming to me? You are the

inner soul.

Believing with joy that the greatest happiness consists

in seeing you in one's heart, I have reposed my faith

entirely in you:

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ENDUKI CHALAMU (Sankaribharanam)

why are you cross? To whom am I to appeal? Which

lady dissuaded you? Did Kaulsalyà say anything ? Or, are

you yourself not willing? Did Ahaly&, beautiful. Sita,

Sabari or young Swayamprabhà say anything against me?

Could you not patronise me ? Where has your forbearance

gone? It is nol possible for me to bear this any longer.

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ENDUKU NIRDAYA" (Harikàmbhoji)

Why this absence of mercy on me? Who else is there

for me? Iam forlon: Pray, remove my distress: Were

you not overjoyed at the devotion of the squirrel? You

look alike on friends and foes.

world (for refugees like me):

You stand alone in the

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367

EMTANUCHU” (Yadukulek&mbhoji)

How long am 1 to bear this? The grace of Sri Rama

does not come. Won't you still have the mind to come to

me? lam really your servant, Do you consider my

appeals as mere pretensions? Am Ia stranger to you ?

Has all my penance become ineffective ? Can't you bless

me with divine knowledge ?

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ENTUKO- NIMANASU" (Kalyani)

Why is not your mind moved by compassion towards

me who have regarded whatever I have seen as Sri Rima

himself; and I do not know what fault I have committed !

Even people whom I have regarded as friends treat me

with jealousy and enemity, slight me and abuse me in a

number of ways and regard me as an outcaste unfit for

association: Fully realising that they are not the people to

protect me, I have taken refuge in you alone.

These people delude themselves by thinking that

wealth, wife and children are their own. They rush thought-

lessly after the rich; Pray, prevent me from becoming one

such, forgive me for my faults and look after my welfare

with mercy.

Do not treat me with so much indifference. I have

entirely relied on you, prayed to you as the indweller of

Tyàgar&ja's heart and, day and night sent appeals for

saving me:

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ENNALLU NITROVA * (Kapi)

How long am I to be expecting your arrival in my

mind? How am Ito spend my time? I am maintaining my

body, my mind having been given over to you. like the

common folk Iam participating in the puppet show of the

world. I had certain objectives in the world, but the

path that my thoughts took became different.

Oh Rama! Should I divulge the secrets of my heart

in public ?

lam not tit for the company of men of taste; and for

the light-veined people, I am only an object of ridicule.

Are you stil engaged in the services of your old

Bhaktas or are you determined not to come? Would your

coming entail any expenditure of your wealth? Why this

indifference? Hereafter don't try to find fault with me:

How much of tears should Ished? By communicating with

whom will my troubles come to an end ?

The man that ekes out his livelihood by selling flowers

will not care to sell firewood.

In you I have my native abode; make your grace

available to me without fail. Is it a fault that I have been

desiring you? Oh my beloved father, don't entertain

such an attitude. Is there any destitute like me in the

world, who is innocent of the wiles of this Kali age ?

I have often abused you and am reaping the result of

my folly:

Can I escape the effect of my past Karma? Cannot the

light of devotion dispel it? If it does not, will it not be a

reproach to you? Cannot you give up this disposition to

deceive ?

That I am yours is now only in word !

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393

E PAPAMU" (Atàna)

What sin have I committed for not getting from you

even a little of your grace? On my part 1 am plaintively

praying for darsan of your holy feet, but you on your part

remain indifferent, as though you were hearing and not

hearing my appeal.

I have reposed my faith in you, Oh Lord of Lakshmi,

hearing that you are none but the embodiment of Nada.

What sin have I committed that you should not condescend

to bless me, though living in Nádapura, the place of

Panchanadapura ?

Are you not moved by compassion to bless me ? Would

you not show me your blooming and enchanting face?

Does it become you to remain indifferent? Am Ia

condemned person ? Is there none to plead with you on

my behalf ?

How long am Ito bear this? 1 am at my wits' end,

not able to discern the past or the future. Pray, appear

before me and speak 10 me: You have been so long

forgetful of me.

Have I been imploring all and sundry? Have I ever

abused you? Am I not one relying on you? Are you to

show all your deceitful ways towards m e ?

Is one, who trusts in you, to suffer from sin still?

Does it redound to the credit of your race ? Pray let me-

know your mind.

Should one who is all-merciful be so indifferent in my

case ? Though being the sole indweller of my heart, you

have not been showing me that this is the right course for

me to take, but have been keeping quiet from the beginning.

You are the honey-bee of the lotus heart of Tyágarája.

You are the destroyer of sins:

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ELA NIDAYA" (Atana)

Why do I not get your grace ? Why this indifference?

This is not the time for such attitude. Come, Oh Supreme

Lord ! :

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"ENDUKU NIRDAYA" (Harikàmbhoji)

Why this absence of mercy on me? Who else is there

for me? Iam forlon: Pray, remove my distress: Were

you not overjoyed at the devotion of the squirrel? You

look alike on friends and foes.

world (for refugees like me):

You stand alone in the

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EMTANUCHU” (Yadukulek&mbhoji)

How long am 1 to bear this? The grace of Sri Rama

does not come. Won't you still have the mind to come to

me? lam really your servant, Do you consider my

appeals as mere pretensions? Am Ia stranger to you ?

Has all my penance become ineffective ? Can't you bless

me with divine knowledge ?

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ENTUKO- NIMANASU" (Kalyani)

Why is not your mind moved by compassion towards

me who have regarded whatever I have seen as Sri Rima

himself; and I do not know what fault I have committed !

Even people whom I have regarded as friends treat me

with jealousy and enemity, slight me and abuse me in a

number of ways and regard me as an outcaste unfit for

association: Fully realising that they are not the people to

protect me, I have taken refuge in you alone.

These people delude themselves by thinking that

wealth, wife and children are their own. They rush thought-

lessly after the rich; Pray, prevent me from becoming one

such, forgive me for my faults and look after my welfare

with mercy.

Do not treat me with so much indifference. I have

entirely relied on you, prayed to you as the indweller of

Tyàgar&ja's heart and, day and night sent appeals for

saving me:

TYAGARAJA KIRTANAS

Dainya, Dainyok&i 373

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ENNALLU NITROVA * (Kapi)

How long am I to be expecting your arrival in my

mind? How am Ito spend my time? I am maintaining my

body, my mind having been given over to you. like the

common folk Iam participating in the puppet show of the

world. I had certain objectives in the world, but the

path that my thoughts took became different.

Oh Rama! Should I divulge the secrets of my heart

in public ?

lam not tit for the company of men of taste; and for

the light-veined people, I am only an object of ridicule.

Are you stil engaged in the services of your old

Bhaktas or are you determined not to come? Would your

coming entail any expenditure of your wealth? Why this

indifference? Hereafter don't try to find fault with me:

How much of tears should Ished? By communicating with

whom will my troubles come to an end ?

The man that ekes out his livelihood by selling flowers

will not care to sell firewood.

In you I have my native abode; make your grace

available to me without fail. Is it a fault that I have been

desiring you? Oh my beloved father, don't entertain

such an attitude. Is there any destitute like me in the

world, who is innocent of the wiles of this Kali age ?

I have often abused you and am reaping the result of

my folly:

Can I escape the effect of my past Karma? Cannot the

light of devotion dispel it? If it does not, will it not be a

reproach to you? Cannot you give up this disposition to

deceive ?

That I am yours is now only in word !

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E PAPAMU" (Atàna)

What sin have I committed for not getting from you

even a little of your grace? On my part 1 am plaintively

praying for darsan of your holy feet, but you on your part

remain indifferent, as though you were hearing and not

hearing my appeal.

I have reposed my faith in you, Oh Lord of Lakshmi,

hearing that you are none but the embodiment of Nada.

What sin have I committed that you should not condescend

to bless me, though living in Nádapura, the place of

Panchanadapura ?

Are you not moved by compassion to bless me ? Would

you not show me your blooming and enchanting face?

Does it become you to remain indifferent? Am Ia

condemned person ? Is there none to plead with you on

my behalf ?

How long am Ito bear this? 1 am at my wits' end,

not able to discern the past or the future. Pray, appear

before me and speak 10 me: You have been so long

forgetful of me.

Have I been imploring all and sundry? Have I ever

abused you? Am I not one relying on you? Are you to

show all your deceitful ways towards m e ?

Is one, who trusts in you, to suffer from sin still?

Does it redound to the credit of your race ? Pray let me-

know your mind.

Should one who is all-merciful be so indifferent in my

case ? Though being the sole indweller of my heart, you

have not been showing me that this is the right course for

me to take, but have been keeping quiet from the beginning.

You are the honey-bee of the lotus heart of Tyágarája.

You are the destroyer of sins:

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INDUKA BUTTINCHITIVI" (Bhairavi)

Is it for this that you have created me—for me to toss

about and for you to enjoy the fun at my expense; to get

angry with you for constantly besetting me with dangers

and distress at the hands of those nearby, to develop in

me unrighteous desires for property, wife and children and

inordinate greed for wealth, to be insensitive to wrong, and

to associate with imposters ?

Can you not glance at me soon with your beautiful

eyes ?

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421

EMINERAMU " (Sankarabharanam)

What guilt of mine prevents you from coming to my

protection guickly and do you feel any great burden on my

account ? Have you not had the reputation of having saved

Gajendra ? Men of knowledge have sung in praise of your

high qualities that you are the friend of the distressed, the

God of all Gods, the incomparable Great one and

Dharmátma;

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422

ENTUKU PEDDALAVALE " (Sankarabharanamu)

Why don't you bless me with the real wisdom such as

the great ones have as the result of their knowledga of the

Vedas, of S&stras, of their inner meaning, of non-differsnti-

ating Vedanta and of the secrets of Nada Vidyà ? Where

aml to go? 1 have been crying aloud restlessly like

common folk, but the fruit is still beyond my reach.

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423

EDUTA NILICHITE " (Sankarabharanam)

If you come and stand before me, will you lose all your

wealth ? Is it possible for me to transgress my fate?

Should I, knowing this, (sit quiet and) be deceived ?

Why do you weigh the pros and cons? You must

know my situation. I cannot ask for boons. Consider my

prayer; This is the time to bless me: Icannot pray to

other gods. How isit that you do not know my mind ?

Why this wanton obduracy again and again ? This indif-

ference towards me cannot find a precedent in the annals

of your race, and Suras and Asuras will not applaud you

for itt Why this intractability on your part now ?

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428

ENNALLU URAKE"™ (Pantuvarali)

Let us see how long you are going tobe silent. Is there

none to question you? Did you not reign over the city of

Saketa for some time ? Did you not fulfil the desire of the

sages ?

Did you not, at the instance of your wife, protect innu:

merable devotees ? Have you not declared that it was your

firm resolve to vouch salvation to the wise.

Have I not reposed implicit faith in it ?

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445

EVARURA NINUVINA (Móhana)

Oh Sitapati! Ever-cheerful one! Who is there, besides

you, for my refuge?

Will not your grace be made available to me? Won't

you hear me? Won't you be kind enough to speak tome?

Is this proper? Why dispute with me? Am I a stranger to

you? Is it right that you should annoy me without coming

tome? Are you still indifferent? Am I such a loathsome

object to you? Ihave desired you, Oh beautiful Rama!

Pray, sustain me. You have not understood my inclination.

Oh Light of my life! you are effulgent. Why this

stiffness? I cannot stand this delay on your part. Are you

feeling any delicacy to come to my succour ?

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447

È RAMUNI NAMMITINO " (Vakulàbharanam)

In which Rama have I fixed my faith ? With what

flowers have I worshipped him ? Is it not the Rama that

unfailingly destroys the enemies of true Bhaktas? Is it not

that Saketapati, who losing patience, let go his arrow at

Kakasura, without any misplaced compassion, and deprived

him of one of his eyes, for his misdeed against Sita,

when she was lulling him (Rama) to rest ?

Is it not that Sri Rama who killed Vali for having

deprived Sugriva of the company of his wife and children

and made him run to the mountains ?

Is it not that guiltless Tyàgaràja's protector who

destroyed the arrogance of the wicked Ravana for having

administered harsh and cruel words to his brother, Vibhi-

shana, who, unable to bear them, had toseek Rama's refuge ?

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473

EDARI SANCHARINTURÀ " (Kantámani)

Which path should I follow ? Pray, tell me! If 1 follow

the path that regards one's self as every thing it will be

hard for you. On the other hand, if 1 appeal to you for

protection as a Dása, You say that I am a Dvaitin.

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“ENTA VEDU KONDU RAGHAVA” (Saraswati Manohari)

Ihave reposed my faith entirely in you and believe,

with joy, that the greatest happiness consists in seeing you

in one's heart.

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478

ENNADO RAKSHINCHITE” (SowrAshtram)

To infuse confidence in the people of the world that he

will surely appear to dispel the darkness which enve-

lopes it and remove their distress and inaction resulting

therefrom, does not the Sun, out of compassion, send Aruna

to herald his advent and thereby cheer them up?

To delight the hearts of all good people who, feeling

the want of water, eagerly look along the river-bed for it

and tc assure them that she would really bless them, does

not the Kaveri, sharing their concern, send in advance the

western wind and start the springs ?

In prospect of granting Lankadhipatyam to Vibhishana,

did you not magnanimously offer in advance, through the

all-knowing Lakshmana, assurance of protection to Vibhi-

shana who sought refuge under you, unable to bear the

torments of the arrogant Ravana?

Should you, in variance with your behaviour as detailed

above, having once before favoured me with your grace,

act in this manner now (withholding actual protection

from me) ?

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480

INNALU DAYARAKUNNA” (Narayana Gowla)

What is the matter that your Grace has not been made

available to me all these days ? Pray, tell me at least now.

From my childhood I have reposed my faith entirely in you,

and in none else. In the past did you not faithfully stand

by Sugriva and remove his distress? Did you not show

him a sample of your prowess only to convince him ? Did

you not put up with his failings, overlooking them, make

friends with him and vouchsafe to him in the end devotion

to your holy feet ?

Did I ask you to give me gold, wealth, horses and

elephants and did I ever utter an untruth? I have never

forgotten you: I have always cherished you in my mind as

my family treasure.

I have always regarded you wholeheartedly as my

father, mother and brothers: I have been worshipping your

blessed feet with flowers.

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482

EVIDHAMULANAINA " (Sankarabharanam)

Won't you have the mind to bless me somehow ?

However deeply I may consider the matter, can I find any-

body except you to protect me who panted only for the

worship of your holy feet? Are there any Dévatas who can

protect holy people with mercy as you can ? I have always

firmly believed that you are the friend of the distressed and

have constantly prayed to you. Who is there who could

live without your grace ? You are the witness of the whole

Universe.

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490

EVARAMADUGUDURA " (Kaly&ni)

Oh Rama! What boon shall I ask you? I could not

have even the privilege of worshipping and meditating

upon your holy feet.

The determination not to give up, on any account, the

task of carrying out the work that you think of, nor to give

up your blessed feet themselves, has become the monopoly

of Anjanéya.

The supreme happiness of looking after the welfare of

hosts of your devotees, and doing it as well as you would

do, has been appropriated by the youngster—your brother

Satrughna.

The ecstatic loving devotion which longs only to hear

of your glories, which desires ever to chant your holy name

and which seeks to see diligently the footprints of your

blessed feet on the earth, has become the sole possession

of Bharata.

The rare fortune of incessantly serving you, knowing

fully and following closely the trend of your mind and

giving up food and sleep, has exclusively gone to Laksh-

mana.

The bliss of identity with you, transceding body-con-

sciousness, discarding evil tendencies and realizing you

always in the heart as the Lord Himself, has been solely

reserved for Sita.

I shall not ask in this life for the comforts of this world

or even for the status of Indra. If the royal path of Devotion

is vouchsafed to Tyagaraja, that will be a real triumph for

him.

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493

ÉMIDOVA BALKUMA " (Saranga)

Oh Sri Rama! Pray, tell me what way is there for me

to follow ? Where could I go? Had I been like Ramadas,

Sità Devi would have spurred you on to go to my succour.

When Rávana and his reserve forces were destroyed by

you, Trümürties were superbly praising you, while Lon the

other hand gave you only a faint praise, considering you to

be only a king's son. How can I, therefore, expect any kind

and considerate treatment at your hands ?

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498

EDIN] BAHUBALA " (Darbar)

Have not the troubles of the pious and the devout

reached your ears and set you indignant ? Should you not

in response to their piteous cries stop your YOganidra and

show them your face (to comfort them) ? Are you not aware

that low men have begun to indulge in unrighteous conduct ?

Oh Lord! It is enough! Stop the fearless depreda-

tions of these men. Your true devotees are panting to gee

you. The world has not seen your martial prowess in action

for long. Have not your shining bow and arrow become

hungry ? Have they not been blood-thirsty too long? Is

this a matter for disputation ? Do come soon.

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499

ETAVUNA NERCHITIVO « (Yadukula K&mbhoji)

Where did you learn this drama which you enact with

Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Satrughna and Anjanéya? For

what purpose are you taking all this trouble ? Did your wife

ask of you diamond ornaments, or did your brothers and

parents want food ? Did your pious devotees invite you ?

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516

ETULAINA BHAKTI” (Sama)

Oh Mind! Anyway try to have devotion to the feet of

Lord Vishnu without becoming attached to the illusory

Samsara.

Why should you have pride of learning ? Why should

you subject yourself to ignorance ? Why should you not

have the resolve promptly to enjoy the presence of the

Gem of the Solar Race in Ayodhya?

Are you ashamed to chant the name of Rama? Is it

improper to do so? You donotgivea reply. Are you

suffering from a wound in the mouth ? Will it bring you

glory, if you act up to the wishes of women ? Fool! Trust

not the body: It is but a water-bubble.

Wealth and enjoyments will be yours, if you associate

with genuine devotees. Meditate on TyAgaraja's saviour. It

is the remedy for the disease of Samsara.

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521

ELAVATARAM " (Mukhári)

For what purpose did you incarnate as Rima? Was it

to make war, Oh Rághava, or to rule over AyGdhy& ? Was

it to enable yogis to have your darsana, or to save people

who suffer from the disease of Samsâra? Was it to grant

boon to Ty&agar4ja who had made for you a garland of gems

of Kirtanas in various ragas ?

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556

ENDUDAGI

(Todi)

Where has he hidden himself? When will he have the

mercy to go to me ? Oh mind! Why worry? As in the past,

the Lord must have hidden himself only for the purpose of

protecting his devotees. Did he not, in days of old, out of

supreme compassion, hide himself in a pillar for the sake

of protecting Prahlada who had been subjected by his

father, Hiranyakasipu to innumerable cruel torments? In

the same way he must have concealed himself now also.

But where ?

Did he not before, with similar solicitude, take his stand

unseen behind a palmyra tree to protect Sugriva who

had been brutally belaboured by Vali? In the same way

he must have concealed himself now also. Certainly, con-

cealment must be to destroy the six inward enemies, Kama,

Kródha etc., and to undo the evil consequences of my sins

in previous births as well as to protect true and firm

Bhaktas of the world including Tyagardj. But where cen

be his hiding place ?

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556

ENTAPAPINAITI" (Gowlipantu)

Oh Rama! What a sinner have I become that the Lord

whom I used to worship with ecstatic love is not with me

now? What shall Ido? How can I bear ? Having once had

darsan of Sri Hari, the dispeller of all sorrows, can any one

bear separation from him ? Having treated me before with

affection, is he now set with a deceitful mind? Was it

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ordered by Brahma that I should undergo suffering, aband-

oning my hopes? Ido not find my beloved Lord. I have

been regarding service to Him as my life’s sustenance. My

fate has come to this.

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559

EMANI VEGINTUNE " (Huséni)

Oh Rama! My beloved Lord has forsaken me. How

can I live and how long am Ito endure it? Has it struck

your mind as fair to forsake me after’ treating me so long

with endearing affection, embracing me often, and cheering

me up? The sweet words you administered to me and the

way in which you previously took me by the hand and rid

me of my troubles, have so infilled my heart that I have till

now considered myself unequalled.

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565

ETI JANMAMIDI" (Varli)

Oh Rama! What a life is this ? Why did I have it at all

and how long am I to bear it? Life will be useless and the

heart parched up, if it is not given to one to have frequent

vision of the peerless and beautiful Lord, with shining

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ornaments and radiant face, and to have talks and embraces

with him who has abundance of sense of propriety and

love for music.

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580

ENTA BHAGYAMU" (S&ranga)

How blessed am I that have got you by my side! Oh

peerless one in the three worlds! You have come close to

me, spoken to me with affection, dispelled all my sorrow

and protected me in the same way as you protected the

great sages of old by conferring on them the Animádi

siddhis.

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582

ENÀTI NOMU PHALAMO “ (Bhairavi)

Oh Primordeal one! Blessed Redeemer! Idonot know

as the result of what charity or sacred duty of mine, I am

privileged todo service to you, to have your close company

and your support and to worship you, keeping you in my

lap. I feel I have really become your property. I have thus

been enobled to enjoy real happiness. All my long cheri-

shed desires have been fulfilled.

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