Emi Neramu - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

ēmi nēramu nannu brōva enta bhāramu 1nāvalla ēmi nēramu nannu brōva enta bhāramu nāvalla

What is my fault? How much burdensome is it to protect me?

Anupallavi

sāmaja rāja varaduḍani munu lasat kīrti kalga lēdā nāpai (ēmi) sāmaja-rāja varaduḍu-ani munu lasat kīrti kalga-lēdā nāpai (ēmi)

Earlier, did not great fame accrue to You as bestower of boon on Gajendra – the king of elephants? what is my fault?

Charanam

2dīna bandhuvu dēva dēvuḍ- asamāna ghanuḍani dharmātmuḍanucunu jnāna dhanulu guṇa gānamu sēya birāna jūḍavu tyāgarājārcita nāpai (ēmi) dīna bandhuvu dēva dēvuḍu-asamāna ghanuḍu-ani dharmātmuḍu-anucunu jnāna-dhanulu guṇa-gānamu-sēya birāna jūḍavu tyāgarāja-arcita nāpai (ēmi)

While persons endowed with the wealth of wisdom extol Your virtues - that You are benefactor of the humble, that You are the Lord of celestials and peerless Great One, and that You are righteous minded, You would not deign to look at me quickly; O Lord worshipped by this Thyagaraja! what is my fault?

Variations

• ²dīna bandhuvu – dīna bhandhuvani - dīṇa bandhu

Commentary

• ¹nāvalla – This can be attached to ‘bhāramu’ – ‘how much burden is it because of me’. However, there is already the word ‘nannu’ (nannu brōva); therefore, ‘nāvalla’ would become superfluous. Further, in accordance with ‘nāpai’ given in Anupallavi and Charana, connecting to the pallavi, ‘nāvalla’ has been attached to ‘ēmi nēramu’.