Thyagaraja Kriti - Neekevari Bodhana - Raga Suddha Saveri

Transliteration–Telugu
Transliteration as per Modified Harvard-Kyoto (HK) Convention
(including Telugu letters – Short e, Short o) -

a A i I u U
R RR lR lRR
e E ai o O au M (H or :)

(e – short E – Long o – short O – Long)

k kh g gh n/G
c ch j jh n/J (jn – as in jnAna)
T Th D Dh N
t th d dh n
p ph b bh m
y r l L v
S sh s h

nIkevari bOdhana-SuddhasAvEri

In the kRti ‘nIkevari bOdhana’ – rAga Suddha sAvEri (tALa Adi), SrI tyAgarAja asks Lord SrI rAma why He has, all of a sudden, become cross with him – has someone instigated Him?

pallavi
nIk(e)vari bOdhana

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anupallavi
sAkEta rAma san-muni stoma (nI)

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caraNam
kalakalam(a)ni nAtO palukak(u)nnAvu
talapu vEr(ai)nadi tyAgarAja vinuta (nI)

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Gist

O Lord SrI rAma of ayOdhyA! O Lord eulogized by great sages! O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja!

• You have been instigated by whom?
  
  
  • You are not talking to me cheerfully;
    
  • Your thoughts (now) have become different;
  
  
• You have been instigated by whom?

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Word-by-word Meaning

pallavi
nIku-evari bOdhana

You (nIku) (literally to You) have been instigated (bOdhana) by whom (evari) (literally whose) (nIkevari)?

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anupallavi
sAkEta rAma san-muni stoma (nI)

O Lord SrI rAma of ayOdhyA (sAkEta)! O Lord eulogized (stoma) by great sages (san-muni)!
You have been instigated by whom?

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caraNam
kalakalamu-ani nAtO palukaka-unnAvu
talapu vEru-ainadi tyAgarAja vinuta (nI)

You are (unnAvu) not talking (palukaka) (palukukunnAvu) to me (nAtO) cheerfully (kalaklamu ani) (kalakalamani); Your thoughts (talapu) (now) have become (ainadi) different (vEru) (vErainadi);
O Lord praised (vinuta) by this tyAgarAja! You have been instigated by whom?

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Devanagari

ऎ,कॆ,चॆ.. - e,ke,ce..(short);
ए,के,चे.. - E,kE,cE..(long);
ऐ,कै,चै.. - ai,kai,cai..;
ऒ,कॊ,चॊ.. - o,ko,co..(short);
ओ,को,चो.. - O,kO,cO..(long);
औ,कौ,चौ.. -au,kau,cau..;

प. नी(कॆ)वरि बोधन

अ. साकेत राम सन्मुनि स्तोम (नी)

च. कलकल(म)नि नातो पलुक(कु)न्नावु
तलपु वे(रै)नदि त्यागराज विनुत (नी)

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Tamil

க,ச,ட,த,ப - 2-ख छ ठ थ फ; 3-ग ड द ब; 4-घ झ ढ ध भ
(ச3 - ஜ)
ஸ1 श - शिव - சிவன்
ரு2 ऋ - कृप - கிருபை

ப. நீ(கெ)வரி போ3த4ன

அ. ஸாகேத ராம ஸன்-முனி ஸ்தோம (நீ)

ச. கலகல(ம)னி நாதோ பலுக(கு)ன்னாவு
தலபு வே(ரை)னதி3 த்யாக3ராஜ வினுத (நீ)

உனக்கு யாருடைய தூண்டுதல்?

சாகேத இராமா! நன்முனிவரால் போற்றப் பெற்றோனே!
உனக்கு யாருடைய தூண்டுதல்?

கலகலவென்று என்னுடன் பேசாமலுள்ளாய்;
எண்ணம் மாறுபட்டுள்ளது; தியாகராசனால் போற்றப் பெற்றோனே!
உனக்கு யாருடைய தூண்டுதல்?

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Telugu

ప. నీకెవరి బోధన

అ. సాకేత రామ సన్ముని స్తోమ (నీ)

చ. కలకలమని నాతో పలుకకున్నావు
తలపు వేరైనది త్యాగరాజ వినుత (నీ)

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Kannada

ಪ. ನೀಕೆವರಿ ಬೋಧನ

ಅ. ಸಾಕೇತ ರಾಮ ಸನ್ಮುನಿ ಸ್ತೋಮ (ನೀ)

ಚ. ಕಲಕಲಮನಿ ನಾತೋ ಪಲುಕಕುನ್ನಾವು
ತಲಪು ವೇರೈನದಿ ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ ವಿನುತ (ನೀ)

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Malayalam

പ. നീകെവരി ബോധന

അ. സാകേത രാമ സന്മുനി സ്തോമ (നീ)

ച. കലകലമനി നാതോ പലുകകുന്നാവു
തലപു വേരൈനദി ത്യാഗരാജ വിനുത (നീ)

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Updated on 05 Feb 2010