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taaLam: Adi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

enta rAni tanakenta pOni nI centa viDuvajAla

anupallavi

AntakAri nI centa jEri hanumantuDai koluva lEdE

caraNam 1

shESuDu shivuniki bhUsuDu lakSmaNa vEsiyai koluva lEdA

caraNam 2

shiSTuDu mauni variSTuDu goppa vasiSTuDu hituDu gAlEdA

caraNam 3

naravara nIkai-suragaNamulu vAnarulai kOlva lEdA

caraNam 4

AgamOktamagu nI guNamulu shrI tyAgarAju bADaga lEdA

Meaning:

enta rAni - no matter how much I get
Tana - myself
enta pOni - no matter how much is lost
nI centa - from your side
viDuvajAla - I shall not leave

AntakAri - Siva, the lord of destruction
nI centa - by your side
jEri - joined
hanumantuDai - in the form of Hanumantha
koluva lEdA - did he not worship

shESuDu - Adi sesha/snake
Shivuniki - for Siva
bhUsuDu - an ornament
lakSmaNa - lakshmaNa
vESiyai - in the form
koluva lEdA - did he not worhip

shiSTuDu - a virtuous man
Mauni - saint
variSTuDu - scholarly
Goppa - great
vasiSTuDu - vasishTa
hituDu - a friend
gAlEdA - had he not

Naravara - oh lord of people
nIkai - for you
sura gaNamulu - an army of demi gods
vAnarulai - in the form of monkeys
kOluva lEdA - did they not worship

Agama - ancient scripts
uktamagu - appropriate
nI guNamulu - your attributes
shrI tyAgarAju - srI tyAgarAja
pADaga lEdA - did he not sing

Summary:

What ever I get and what ever I lose, I shall not leave from your side. Didn’t Siva, the lord of the destruction, take the form of Hanumantha and worship you? Didn’t Adi sesha, the ornament of Siva some come int eh form of LakshmaNa and worship you? Didn’t a saintly, scholarly and virtuous man become a great friend? Oh lord of the people, didn’t the demigods take the forms of monkeys to form the army for you? Your attributes are befit the ancient scripts and didn’t tyAgarAja sing them for you?

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