 Raga: harikAmbhOji / karnATak bEhAg
Tala: Adi
pallavi
nE nEndu vEtukudura hari
anupallavi
A nAlgumOmulavAni mO-
ranAlakinci rAni ninnu
caraNam
kaluShAtmuDai duShkarmayutuDai
palumAru durbhAShiyai
ilalO bhaktAgrEsarula vEShiyai
tyAgarAja pUjita
What the words mean:
hari: O Vishnu
endu: where
nEnu : I
vEtukudurA: will search?
A nAlgumOmulavAnI : Even that Brahma's
mOranu : prayer
alakinci rAni ninnu : you heard but did not come
kaluShAtmuDai : of the evil mind
duShkarmayutuDai : of the evil deed
durbhAShIyai : foul in speech
palumAru : very often
ilalO : here in this earth
vEShiyai posturing as
bhaktAgrEsarula : the foremost of devotees
tyAgarAja pUjita : worshipped by Tyagaraja
Meaning:
O Hari! Where will I look for you?
When you did not heed even the prayers of the four-headed Brahma (where will I look for you).
I have been posturing as one of your foremost devotees while I have been of evil mind, thought and often foul-mouthed. O object of Tyagaraja's worship (where will I look for you).
Notes:
The kriti is said to be set variously in rAgAs karnATak bEhAg and harikAmbOji. On the context of the kriti, scholars such as Kirtanacharya C R Srinivasa Iyengar aver that it was composed when Tyagaraja was desparately searching for the idol that he worshipped everyday, which was flung into the river Cauvery by his brother. Dr V Ragahavan, however, states that the kriti is rich in philosophy and that there is nothing in it that places it in the context of a particular incident in the saint's life.
It is also not clear as to when Vishnu did not heed the prayers of Brahma.
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