Ora jUpu
Sahityam
Pallavi
Ora jUpu jUcEdi nyAyamA
O raghUttama nIvaNTi vAniki
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O raghUttama nIvaNTi vAniki
O The Most Eminent of the dynasty of Raghu! Is it fair for a person like You to look at me leeringly?
Anupallavi
nIrajAkSa munu nI dAsulaku
nIkETi vAvulu¹ telpavE (Ora)
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nIkETi vAvulu¹ telpavE (Ora)
O Lotus Eyed! Please inform me as to what kind of relationships existed between You and your devotees earlier?
Charanam
mAnamiJcukaina nIku tOca lEkA
pOyina vainamEmi puNya rUpamA
dIna rakSakAzrita mAnava
santANa² gAna lOla tyAgarAja nuta (Ora)
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pOyina vainamEmi puNya rUpamA
dIna rakSakAzrita mAnava
santANa² gAna lOla tyAgarAja nuta (Ora)
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!
Variations
- 2 santANa – santrANa : santAna - is appropriate. It is a celestial wish-tree - kalpa vRkSa
References
Commentary
- 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.