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https://youtu.be/RzBCiTnb93k enta rAni-harikAmbhOji In the kRti ‘enta rAni tanaku’ – rAga harikAmbhOji, SrI tyAgarAja while extolling the Lord, expresses his determination not to leave the Lord. P 1enta rAni tanak(e)nta pOni nI 2centa 3viDuva jAla SrI rAma A 4antak(A)ri nI centa jEri hanumantuDai koluva lEdA (enta) C1 5SEshuDu Sivuniki bhUshuDu lakshmaNa vEshiyai koluva lEdA (enta) C2 SishTuDu mauni varishThuDu goppa vasishThuDu 6hituDugA lEdA (enta) C3 nara vara nIkai 7sura gaNamulu vAnarulai 8koluvaga lEdA (enta) C4 Agam(O)ktamagu nI guNamulu SrI tyAgarAju pADaga lEdA (enta) Gist O Lord SrI rAma! O Best of men! Come what may, I shall not leave Your proximity. Isn't Lord Siva serving as AnjanEya by joining You? Isn't SEsha serving You in the garb of lakshmaNa? Isn't the great, wise, excellent sage vasishTha there, as Your benefactor (or family priest)? Aren't the hordes of celestials serving You by becoming monkeys for Your sake? Isn’t this tyAgarAja singing Your virtues proclaimed in the Agamas? Word-by-word meaning P O Lord SrI rAma! Come what may – may whatever (enta) come (rAni) or may whatever (enta) leave (pOni) me (tanaku) (tanakenta) – I shall not (jAla) leave (viDuva) Your (nI) proximity (centa). A Isn't (lEdA) Lord Siva – Enemy (ari) of Lord of Death (antaka) (antakAri) – serving (koluva) as AnjanEya (hanumantuDai), by joining (centa jEri) (literally coming near) You (nI)? O Lord SrI rAma! Come what may, I shall not leave Your proximity. C1 Isn't (lEdA) SEsha (SEshuDu) – the ornament (bhUshuDu) of Lord Siva (Sivuniki) – serving (koluva) You in the garb (vEshiyai) of lakshmaNa? O Lord SrI rAma! Come what may, I shall never leave our proximity. C2 Isn't (lEdA) the great (goppa) vasishTha (vasishThuDu) – the wise (SishTuDu) and the excellent (varishThuDu) among sages (mauni) – there as Your benefactor (or family priest) (hituDugA)? O Lord SrI rAma! Come what may, I shall not leave Your proximity. C3 O Best (vara) of men (nara)! Aren't (lEdA) the hordes (gaNamulu) of celestials (sura) serving (koluvaga) You by becoming monkeys (vAnarulai) for Your sake (nIkai)? O Lord SrI rAma! Come what may, I shall not leave Your proximity. C4 Isn’t (lEdA) this tyAgarAja (SrI tyAgarAju) singing (pADaga) Your (nI) virtues (guNamulu) proclaimed (uktamagu) in the Agamas (AgamOktamagu)? O Lord SrI rAma! Come what may, I shall not leave Your proximity. Notes – Variations – 2 – centa – cinta : In some books 'cinta' has been adopted and translated as 'thought’ (I shall not abandon Your thought). In the anupallavi and caraNams 1 to 3, SrI tyAgarAja cites examples of persons being in the proximity of SrI rAma. Therefore, 'centa’ – proximity – seems to be the appropriate word. Further 'centa' is more in accordance with prAsa-anuprAsa. 3 – viDuva jAla SrI rAma – viDuva jAla. 8 – koluvaga – koluva. References – 4 – antakAri hanumantuDai – In the kRti 'ADa mODi galadE’, SrI tyAgarAja states that AnjanEya is an aspect of Siva (SankarAmSuDu). However, in this kRti, he states that Siva himself has taken the form of AnjanEya. The Story of AnjanEya - an aspect of Lord Siva. 7 – sura gaNamulu vAnarulai – Please refer to SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – bAla kANDa – Chapter 17 for complete details. Comments - 1 – enta rAna – enta pOni (whatever might come – whatever might leave)– a colloquial usage in Telugu which generally means 'come what may'. 5 – SEshuDu Sivuniki bhUshuDu – SEsha also known as ‘ananta’ is stated to be the couch of vishNu, the snake around the neck of Siva, the ring in the finger of umA and the arm-bracelet of vinAyaka. 6 – hituDu – sage vasishTha was the family priest of King daSaratha and then for SrI rAma. The family priest is called ‘purO-hita’. Therefore, SrI tyAgarAja uses the word ‘hita’ to mean ‘benefactor’ and also ‘family priest’. C3 O Best (vara) of men (nara)! Aren't (lEdA) the hordes (gaNamulu) of celestials (sura) serving (koluvaga) You by becoming monkeys (vAnarulai) for Your sake (nIkai)? O Lord SrI rAma! Come what may, I shall not leave Your proximity. C4 Isn’t (lEdA) this tyAgarAja (SrI tyAgarAju) singing (pADaga) Your (nI) virtues (guNamulu) proclaimed (uktamagu) in the Agamas (AgamOktamagu)? O Lord SrI rAma! Come what may, I shall not leave Your proximity. Notes – Variations – 2 – centa – cinta : In some books 'cinta' has been adopted and translated as 'thought’ (I shall not abandon Your thought). In the anupallavi and caraNams 1 to 3, SrI tyAgarAja cites examples of persons being in the proximity of SrI rAma. Therefore, 'centa’ – proximity – seems to be the appropriate word. Further 'centa' is more in accordance with prAsa-anuprAsa. 3 – viDuva jAla SrI rAma – viDuva jAla. 8 – koluvaga – koluva. References – 4 – antakAri hanumantuDai – In the kRti 'ADa mODi galadE’, SrI tyAgarAja states that AnjanEya is an aspect of Siva (SankarAmSuDu). However, in this kRti, he states that Siva himself has taken the form of AnjanEya. The Story of AnjanEya - an aspect of Lord Siva. 7 – sura gaNamulu vAnarulai – Please refer to SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – bAla kANDa – Chapter 17 for complete details. Comments - 1 – enta rAna – enta pOni (whatever might come – whatever might leave)– a colloquial usage in Telugu which generally means 'come what may'. 5 – SEshuDu Sivuniki bhUshuDu – SEsha also known as ‘ananta’ is stated to be the couch of vishNu, the snake around the neck of Siva, the ring in the finger of umA and the arm-bracelet of vinAyaka. 6 – hituDu – sage vasishTha was the family priest of King daSaratha and then for SrI rAma. The family priest is called ‘purO-hita’. Therefore, SrI tyAgarAja uses the word ‘hita’ to mean ‘benefactor’ and also ‘family priest’.