Evarani Nirnayinchirira

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• verse 1

  रागं: देवामृतवर्षिणितालं: देशादि

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  rāgaṃ: dēvāmṛtavarṣiṇitāḻaṃ: dēśādi

  meaning

  Musical notation: Raga — Devamritavarshini. Tala (rhythm) — Desadi.

• verse 2

  पल्लविऎवरनि निर्णयिञ्चिरिरा निन्नॆट्लारिधिञ्चिरिरा नर वरु ॥ लॆवरनि ॥

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  pallavievarani nirṇayiñchirirā ninneṭlāridhiñchirirā nara varu ॥ levarani ॥

  meaning

  Telugu pallavi (refrain): Who then determined who you are? O men of the world, how did they establish the truth about you?

• verse 3

  अनु पलविशिवुडनो माधवुडनो कमलभवुडनो परब्रह्मनो ॥ ऎवरनि ॥

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  anu palaviśivuḍanō mādhavuḍanō kamalabhavuḍanō parabrahmanō ॥ evarani ॥

  meaning

  Anupallavi (second refrain): Are you Shiva? Are you Madhava (Vishnu)? Are you Kamalabhava (Brahma)? Are you the supreme Brahman?

• verse 4

  चरणमु(लु)शिवमन्त्रमुनकु मा जीवमु माधवमन्त्रमुनकु राजीवमु ईविवरमु दॆलिसिन घनुलकु म्रॊक्कॆदवितरणगुण त्यागराज विनुत नि ॥ न्नॆट्लारिधिञ्चिरिरा ॥

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  charaṇamu(lu)śivamantramunaku mā jīvamu mādhavamantramunaku rājīvamu īvivaramu delisina ghanulaku mrokkedavitaraṇaguṇa tyāgarāja vinuta ni ॥ nneṭlāridhiñchirirā ॥

  meaning

  Charanam (verse) by Tyagaraja: Our very life force is the Shiva mantra; our lotus (heart) is the Madhava mantra. To those noble ones who have understood this inner truth, I bow. O Tyagaraja-praised Lord, endowed with the virtue of giving — how did they establish the truth about you?