Nanu Palima Nadachi Vachchitivo

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• verse 1

  रागं: मोहनम् (28 हरिकाम्भोजि जन्य)तालं: आदि

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  rāgaṃ: mōhanam (28 harikāmbhōji janya)tāḻaṃ: ādi

  meaning

  Musical notation header: Raga — Mohanam (derived from the 28th melakarta Harikambhoji); Tala — Adi (eight-beat cycle).

• verse 2

  पल्लविननु पालिम्प नडचि वच्चितिवोना प्राण नाथ

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  pallavinanu pālimpa naḍachi vachchitivōnā prāṇa nātha

  meaning

  Pallavi — "Did you come walking to protect me, O Lord of my life?"

• verse 3

  अनुपल्लविवनज नयन मोमुनु जूचुटजीवनमनि नॆनरुन मनसु मर्ममु तॆलिसि (ननु)

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  anupallavivanaja nayana mōmunu jūchuṭajīvanamani nenaruna manasu marmamu telisi (nanu)

  meaning

  Anupallavi — "Seeing your lotus-like face as the very sustenance of life, knowing the secret of my yearning heart." (Did you come to protect me?)

• verse 4

  चरणम्सुरपति नील मणि निभ तनुवुतोउरमुन मुत्यपु सरुल चयमुतोकरमुन शर कोदण्ड कान्तितोधरणि तनयतो त्यागराजार्चित (ननु)

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  charaṇamsurapati nīla maṇi nibha tanuvutōuramuna mutyapu sarula chayamutōkaramuna śara kōdaṇḍa kāntitōdharaṇi tanayatō tyāgarājārchita (nanu)

  meaning

  Charanam — "With your sapphire-like divine form, with a cascade of pearl necklaces on your chest, with the splendor of bow and arrow in your hand, with earth's daughter (Sita) beside you — worshipped by Tyagaraja." (Did you come to protect me?)