Anchaneya

vAdi varundhi vadhangi 

வாடி வருந்தி வதங்கி

Pallavi

வாடி வருந்தி வதங்கி நின்றேனையனே

vAdi varundhi vadhangi nindRenaiyanE

நாடி நீ வருகையிலே என்ன நடந்ததையனே

nAdi nI varugaiyilE enna nadandhadhaiyanE

Anupallavi

பாடி பரவிடும் பாமரனைக் கைவிடுவாயோ

pAdi paravidum pAmaranaik kaividuvAyO

ஓடி வராமல் ஓர் கணம் அயர்ந்து போனாயோ

Odi varAmal Or kaNam ayarndhu pOnAyO

Charanam

கோடி முறை ஹரி நாமம் ஜபித்திடும் குழுவினிலே

kOdi muRai hari nAmam jabitthidum kuzhuvinilE

ஆடி அலுத்து போனாயோ அஞ்சனை நேசனே

Adi alutthu pOnAyO anjanai nEsanE

மோடி செய்ய இது நேரமோ மோகன ரூபனே

mOdi seyya idhu nEramO mOgana rUpanE

தேடி வந்திட தருணமிது கோவிந்த தாசனே

thEdi vandhida tharuNamidhu gOvindha dhAsanE

Translation

Pallavi

I stand quite dismayed, saddened, and emaciated. What happened to you while coming to me?

Anupallavi

Will you abandon this poor soul who is chanting your name and worshipping you? Did you doze off for a moment while rushing to come here?

Charanam

Did you get exhausted by dancing in the group that chants Sri Hari’s name a million times? Darling of Mother Anjanai, is this the time to tease and trick me? Oh, sincere servant of Lord Vishnu and handsome Anchaneya, this is the appropriate time for you to look out for and help me. 

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Adhavanai aNaitthidavE

ஆதவனை அணைத்திடவே

Pallavi

ஆதவனை அணைத்திடவே விரைந்திட்ட ஆஞ்சனேயா

Adhavanai aNaitthidavE viraindhitta AnchanEyA

மாதவனை ஒருக்காலும் மறவாத மாருதியே

mAdhavanai orukkAlum maRavAdha mAruthiyE

Anupallavi

நெஞ்சிலே உனை கொண்டேன் தூயா

nenjilE unai koNdEn thUyA

தஞ்சமருள் கருணையோடு அஞ்சனை சேயா

thanjamaruL karuNaiyOdu anjanai sEya

Charanam

தும்புருவும் நாரதரும் நாணிக் கோண

thumburuvum nAradharum nANik kONa

என்புருக ராம நாமம் ஜபித்து நின்றாய்

enburuga Rama nAmam japitthu nindRAy

பண்ணிடை மெய் மறந்த பரந்தாமன் போல்

paNNidai mey maRandha parandhAman pOl

மண்ணிடை உன்னினைவாய் வாழ்ந்திடுவேன்

maNNidai unninaivAy vAzhndhiduvEn

Translation

Pallavi

Oh Anchaneya, you rushed to hug the hot sun. You are so devoted and would never forget Lord Vishnu.

Anupallavi

Son of Anjanai and the immaculate one, I have enshrined you in my heart. Please have compassion and offer salvation to me.

Charanam  

When sages Thumburu and Narada entered a musical contest, they could not match your chanting of Sri Rama’s name. You melted the hearts of everyone in the audience, and the sages hung their heads in shame and embarrassment. Lord Vishnu, who could not resist your divine music, stood in the audience, totally lost in your devotion and scholarship. I will follow your example Anchaneya and think only about you every minute of my life on this earth. 

Author’s Note

Reference is made in this song to the classic mythological story of a veena music competition between sages Thumburu and Narada. Both exhibited virtuosity and the audience was thrilled. Vishnu had asked Hanuman to judge the contest. Hanuman took out the frets from the veenas and asked the sages to play. Both could not, whereupon Anchaneya enthralled the audience playing the fretless veenas with a bamboo sliding stick and singing the glory of Sri Hari. The sages felt ashamed of their egos and Vishnu, who was in the audience immersed in the music, lavishly praised the devotion of Anchaneya.

For more details see

Hanuman judges Sages Narada & Tumburu’s concert

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