Composition: Evaraina lEra

Ragam : siddhasEna

Thalam : dEshAdi

Pallavi : Evaraina lEra pEddalu? IlalOna dInula brOva

Anupallavi :
bhavasAgaramuna carincE balu gAsi rAmunitO dElupa

Caranam 1 :
kalimAnavAdhamula kAryamulu
kAmamatsarAdula krtyamulu
cala cittamu lEni vAripuDu
tsAla tyAgarAjunitO dElupa

Meaning of words:
PEddalu: elders or greater beings
Evaraina: are there 
lEra: none?
IlalOna: in this universe
BrOva: to protect
DInula: the weak? 
BhavasAgaramuna: in this ocean of worldliness (an alternative term, bhavakAnanamuna, meaning forest of worldliness, is also in some pAThAntarams)
CarincE: roaming around
BalugAsi: great difficulties
DElupa: to inform
RAmunitO: to Rama

Kali mAnava: men in this Kaliyuga
Adhamula kAryamulu: their lowly acts
KAma matsarAdula: desire, lust and such instinct driven
Krtyamulu: actions
Cala cittamu lEni vAru: those with unswerving minds
TsAla: and good
ippuDu: now
dElupa: to inform
tyAgarAjanutanitO : to inform he who is worshipped by Tyagaraja

Meaning :
Are there none who are great men, who can protect the weak in this universe?

Are there none who are great men who can inform Rama about the difficulties faced by those who are lost in the ocean of worldliness?

Are there none who possess good and unswerving minds, who can inform Rama, the object of Tyagaraja's worship about the base acts of men in this Kaliyuga, driven as they are by lust and desire?

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Published on ^29th March, 2004