20 naTabhairavi janya
Aa: S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

taaLam: Adi
Composer: Arunaacala Kavi
Language: Tamil

pallavi

yArO ivar yArO enna pErO ariyEnE
(yArO)

anupallavi

kArulAvum shIrulAvum mithilaiyil kannimADam tannil munnE ninravar
(yArO)

caraNam

candra bimba mukha malarAlE ennai tAnE pArkkirAr orukkAlE
anda nALil tondam pOlE urugirAr inda nALil vandu sEvai tarugirAr
(yArO)

Meaning:

yArO - who
Ivar - this one
yArO - who
enna - what
pErO - name
ariyEnE - don’t know

kArulAvum - working people
shIrulAvum - rich people
mithilaiyil - city of Mithila
kannimADam tannil - from maiden’s balcony
munnE - in front of me
Ninra - standing
avar - the person (sIta)

candra bimba - full moon
Mukha - face
malarAlE - like a flower
Ennai tAnE - is it not me
pArkkirAr - she is glancing
orukkAlE - possibly
Anda - that
nALil - day
sondam pOlE - like connected
urugirAr - melting looks
inda - on this
nALil - day
vandu - came
sEvai - graceful appearance
tarugirAr - giving

Summary:

Who! Who is she! What is her name, I don’t know! Who is that maiden (sIta) standing on the balcony and in front of me In this city of Mithila with well blended rich and working class people! Her face is like a full moon as graceful as a flower, is it not me that she is glancing, possibly that day! She is giving these admiring and melting looks! Again, she gave her graceful appearance this day! Who is she? This is a very rare and unique song that describes rAma meeting sIta in the gardens before the sIta swayamvaram, rAma feels connected with sIta just from her melting looks!

Who is this? What is her name? I don't know.

Full meaning here at Chennai Online.

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi.

Contrary to popular belief, this song was composed as Rama's description upon seeing Sita for the first time (and not Sita seeing Rama).