aakaTi vELala - Lyrics

akaTi vELala

raagam: cakravaakam

16 cakravaakam mela Aa: S R1 G3 M1 P D2 N2 S Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R1 S

taaLam: tishra Eka Composer: Annamaacaarya Language: Telugu

pallavi

aakaTi vELala alapaina vELalanu tEkuva hari naamamE dikku maRi lEdu (aakaTi)

caraNam 1

koRamaaliyunna vELa kulamu ceDina vELa ceravaDi yorulacE jikkina vELa oRapaina hari naama mokkaTE gatigaaka maRaci tappina naina marilEdu teragu (aakaTi)

caraNam 2

aapada vaccina vELa aaraDibaDina vELa paapapu vELala bhaayapaDina vELa Opinanta harinaama mokkaTE gatigaaka maapudaaka boralina marilEdu teragu (aakaTi)

caraNam 3

sankeLa beTTina vELa campa bilicina vELa ankiligaa nappulavaa raagina vELa venkaTEsu naamamE viDipimca gatigaaka mangu puddi boralina malilEdu teragu (aakaTi)

Meaning: When you feel hungry and tired, the only way out of it is the chanting of "Harinaama." In the situation where you lose everything and get caught by adversity, you can be saved only by chanting "Harinaama" (the name of Hari). In dangers, sins, troubles, fears, one can feel secure only by rendering "Harinaama." If you surrender yourself to the Lord, he will save you and be with you in all your misfortunes.

Word by word: (contributed by PT Rajalakshmi) pallavi: aakaTi - hungry veLala - time alapaina - complaining, lazy, tired tekuva - too much hari - Lord Hari, Vishnu naama - name dikku - savior, protector mari ledu - nothing else When hungry, over tired, only Hari's name is enough and nothing else can protect you.

caraNam 1: koRamaaliyunna - useless kulamu - family ceDina - broken ceravaDi - getting together yorulacE - anyone at all jikkina - catching, snatched When you are useless, and family is broken apart, when you are in the company of bad people (or going bad by others)

ORapaina - one kind, beautiful mokkaTe - only gatigaaka - saves maRaci - forgotten tappina - escape vaina - from, all teragu - you will get it, or will happen The beautiful name of Hari only will save you and help you forget and escape from all that.

caraNam 2: aapada - danger, difficulty vaccina - coming aaraDi - suffering, tapas baDina - like that, undergoing paapapu - sinning bhaya - fear When in danger, when suffering, when you have sinned, or are in fear

Opinanta - with patience, security Saying Hari's name patiently will save you.

caraNam 3: sankela - handcuffs beTTina - put on campa - murder bilicina - calling someone ankiligaa - naapulavaa - imagination? vaagina - blabbering When handcuffed, when bringing someone to murder, when in strange imaginations blabbering (going mad)

venkatesu - Lord Venkatesha, Vishnu vidipinca - breaks you free mangu - stubborn, donkey-like buddhi - mind boralina - rolling around The name of Lord Venkatesha breaks you free and saves you from the wanderings of your own mind, and is the only thing that can set you free.