naDaci naDaci - Lyrics

naDacinaDaci

raagam: kharaharapriyaa

22 kharaharapriya mEla Aa: S R2 G2 M1 P D2 N2 S Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G2 R2 S

taaLam: aadi Composer: Tyaagaraaja Language: Telugu

pallavi

naDaci naDaci cUcera ayOdhya nagaramu gAnarE

anupallavi

puDamisuta sahAyuDai celangE pUrNuni AtmArAmuni gUDi ADa

caraNam

aTTE kannulu gUrci teraci sUtramu baTTi veliki vESadharulai puTTu cAvulEni tAvu teliyaka pogaDEdaru tyAgarAja vinutuni

Meaning: pallavi

naDaci naDaci - Walking for distance cUcera - watch ayOdhya nagaramu - the city of ayOdhya gAnarE - can’t find

anupallavi

puDamisuta - sIta, the daughter of mother earth sahAyuDai celangE - dwells along pUrNuni - complete form AtmArAmuni - the Rama within gUDi Ada - come together with

caraNam

aTTE kannulu - eyes gUrci teraci - alternate between open and close sUtramu baTTi - hold a string of rosary veliki - outward vESadharulai - putting an appearance puTTu cAvulEni tAvu - place where is there no birth or death teliyaka - not realizing pogaDEdaru - praise tyAgarAja vinutuni - the one praised by tyAgarAja

Summary

O rAmA! people have walked far distances to the city of ayOdhya to see you yet they can’t find you, because you, along with sIta (the daughter of the mother earth) are within their hearts but they don’t realize it. Also, these people praise the lord rAma for mOksham (a place with no birth or death) by penance with a rosary in their hands.