Ora jUpu

Ora jUpu jUcEdi nyAyamA
O raghUttama nIvaNTi vAniki
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O The Most Eminent of the dynasty of Raghu! Is it fair for a person like You to look at me leeringly?
nIrajAkSa munu nI dAsulaku
nIkETi vAvulu¹ telpavE (Ora)
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O Lotus Eyed! Please inform me as to what kind of relationships existed between You and your devotees earlier?
mAnamiJcukaina nIku tOca lEkA
pOyina vainamEmi puNya rUpamA
dIna rakSakAzrita mAnava
santANa² gAna lOla tyAgarAja nuta (Ora)
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O Embodiment of merits! What is the cause that even a little sense of honour would not occur to You? O Lord who protects the humble! O Wish Tree of the people who are dependent on You! O Lord who is fond of music! O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja!
  • 2 santANa – santrANa : santAna - is appropriate. It is a celestial wish-tree - kalpa vRkSa
  • 1 vAvulu – This word means ‘consanguineous’, ‘blood relation’. Sri Tyagaraja sarcastically asks the Lord whether his earlier devotees were blood-relations to Him that He protected them while ignoring him (Tyagaraja) because he is not related to Him.