Endu Kaugalintura - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

endu 1kaugalinturā ninn- entani varṇinturā ninn(endu) endu kaugalinturā ninnu-entani varṇinturā ninnu-(endu)

Where (in which part) shall I embrace You? How much shall I describe You?

Anupallavi

andamaina kunda radana indirā hṛn-mandira ninn(endu) andamaina kunda radana indirā hṛn-mandira ninnu-(endu)

O Handsome Lord with jasmine (like) teeth abiding in the heart of Lakshmi! where shall I embrace You? how much shall I describe You?

Charanam

nīdu palukē palukurā nīdu kulukē kulukurā nīdu taḷukē taḷukurā 2nijamaina tyāgarāja nuta ninnu-(endu) nīdu palukē palukurā nīdu kulukē kulukurā nīdu taḷukē taḷukurā nijamaina tyāgarāja nuta ninn(endu)

Your speech indeed is speech; Your elegance indeed is elegance; Your gleam indeed is gleam; where shall I embrace You – who is the Pure Existence praised by this Tyagaraja?

Variations

• ¹kaugalinturā – This is how it is given in all the books. However, the correct spelling of the word is ‘kaugilinturā’.

Commentary

• ²nijamaina – nijamu - the ‘sat’ of sat-cit-ānanda.