Endundi Vedalitivo - Tyagaraja Kritis (Eng)

Pallavi

enduṇḍi veḍalitivō ēvūrō nē teliya ipuḍaina telupavayya enduṇḍi veḍalitivō ē-ūrō nē teliya ipuḍaina telupu-ayya

O Lord! Where from did You proceed? Which is Your abode? I do not know; at least now please let me know.

Anupallavi

anda candamu vērai naḍatalella tri- guṇātītamaiyunndē kāni śrī rāma (endu) anda candamu vērai naḍatalu-ella tri-guṇa-atītamai-unndē kāni śrī rāma (endu)

Your beauty and charm being of totally different nature and Your conduct etc. are beyond the three qualities (Satvika, Rajasa and Tamasa); therefore, O Lord Sri Rama! Where from did You proceed? Which is Your abode? I do not know; at least now please let me know.

Charanam

ciṭukaṇṭēnaparādha cayamula tagiliñcē 1śiva lōkamu kādu vaṭu rūpuḍai balini vañciñci- yaṇacu-vāni 2vaikuṇṭhamu kādu viṭa vacanamulāḍi śiramu trumpa-baḍḍa 3vidhi lōkamu kādu diṭavu dharmamu satyamu mṛdu bhāṣalu kalugu divya rūpa tyāgarāja vinuta nīv(endu) ciṭukaṇṭē-aparādha-cayamula tagiliñcē śiva lōkamu kādu vaṭu rūpuḍai balini vañciñci-aṇacu-vāni vaikuṇṭhamu kādu viṭa-vacanamulu-āḍi śiramu trumpa-baḍḍa vidhi lōkamu kādu diṭavu dharmamu satyamu mṛdu bhāṣalu kalugu divya rūpa tyāgarāja vinuta nīvu-(endu)

Yours is not the abode of Lord Siva where, for flimsy reasons, charges are slapped; Your abode is not Vaikuntha of Lord Vishnu who, taking the form of a Brahmachari, subdued King Bali by deceit; Yours is not the abode of Brahma who got his head plucked by uttering falsehood; O Lord of divine form endowed with courage, righteousness, truth and soft speech! O Lord praised by this Tyagaraja! Where from did You proceed? Which is Your abode? I do not know; at least now please let me know.

References

• ²vaikuṇṭhamu – The complete story of the Avatara of the Lord as Vamana is contained in Srimad Bhagavatam, Book Eight, Chapters 18 – 23. Please also visit the website for English rendition of the ibid chapters – [Bhagavatam]
• ³vidhi lōkamu – there are conflicting stories about how Brahma’s fifth head was cut off. One relates to Satarupa found in Matsya Purana; the other relates to Brahma taking the form of swan in search of Lord Siva’s head. From the wordings of the Kriti, ‘utter falsehood’, the latter episode is meant by Sri Tyagaraja. Please refer to - [Brahma]
• In Adi Sankaracharya’s Saundarya Lahari – verse 70, this incident is brought out. Please visit the website – [Saundarya Lahiri] for the meaning of the verse.
• The hill town Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu is said to be the place where Lord Siva took the form of huge column of fire – [Tiruvannamalai]