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Composition : munupE tEliyaka
 Raga: bangALa
Tala: dEshAdi
Pallavi
munupE tEliyaka pOyEnA?
muninuta! daya lEdAyEnA?
Anupallavi
anuvu isumanta lEdanutsunu
nanallayinci vEDuka jUcuTaku
caraNam
AnATi manci naDatanu jUci nIvu
atyanta krpa sEya lEdA?
InADu nAmadi(buddhi) itlunDunani nIku
inakulatilaka! ShrI tyAgarAja nuta
words in parenthesis show alternative sahitya word to word meaning:
tEliyaka pOyEna: Was it not known to you
munupE: earlier
muninuta : object of Rishis' worship
daya lEdAyEna: is there no compassion towards me?
anuvu: Qualifications
Isumanta: even a little
lEdu anutsunu : I do not have
nannu alayinci : made be wander hither and thither
vEDuka : you had fun
jUcuTaku : watching
AnATi: in those days
manci : good
naDatanu: (my) conduct
jUci: observing
nIvu: did you
atyanta krpa: extreme compassion
sEya lEdA: not shower
InADu : these days
nA madi/buddhi : my mind
iTlu unDu : is like this
ani nIku: to you
inakulatilaka: crest of the solar race
shrI tygArAjanuta: worshipped by Tyagaraja.
Meaning:
O object of worship for Rishis! Did you not know earlier? Don't you have any compassion for me?
(Did you not know earlier) that I had no good qualifications (to earn your compassion)? You had fun in watching me wander hither and
tither!
In earlier days observing my conduct did you not shower your compassion on me? O crest of the solar race! Tyagaraja's idol! That my mind is like this only these days (did you not know earlier?).
Notes:
A song that depicts the desperation of Tyagaraja in seeking the Lord's grace, it is not without humour. Tyagaraja questions the Lord's ability to know everything. If He did, he ought to have known that Tyagaraja's mind would become unworthy of grace at some time. Yet He chose to shower His compassion on the bard at an earlier instance when his conduct was praiseworthy. He also took heartless delight in watching the bard wander all over the place seeking the Lord's grace, when the Lord knew all along that Tyagaraja was not worthy of it.
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