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taaLam: cApu
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

candrashEkahara hara saraNAgata vatsala samayamu brOvarA praNatArthi hara shrI

anupallavi

mantra japamula lOnu mahima sarvArthamuga entakaladO telupavayya rAjIva nEtrA

caraNam

jAlamu jEsitE samsayamu tIrunA kAlamu pOyina karmamu tIrunA
kAla kAlAtIta kapAli nIvE I ilalO tyAgarAjuniki varNimpa taramA

Meaning:

pallavi

candrashEkahara - Chandrasekhara
Hara - Hara
saraNAgata - one that comes under your rescue
Vatsala - kind one
Samayamu - is this the time
brOvarA - to protect
praNatArthi hara - remover of miseries
shrI - Sri

anupallavi

Mantra - mantra/chantable hymns
japamula lOnu - in chanting
mahima - power
sarvArthamuga - all encompassing
entakaladO - how much is present
telupavayya - tell us
rAjIva nEtrA - oh! Majestic eyed one

caraNam

jAlamu jEsitE - If you delay further
samsayamu - the doubts
tIrunA - will they clear
kAlamu pOyina - after the time passes
Karmam - my actions
tIrunA - will they clear
kAla - Kala, synonym of Siva
kAlAtIta - beyond the time
kapAli - kapAli, synonym of Siva
nIvE - you
I - in this
ilalO - world
tyAgarAjuniki - for Tyagaraja
varNimpa - describe
taramA - is unable to

Summary

Oh! Chandrasekhara, Hara, you are very kind to the people who come under your rescue, you are the remover of the miseries, this is the time to protect me. Oh, majestic eyed one, please tell me, if there is all encompassing power in the chanting? Are you delaying so you will be clear of your doubts, or if the time lapses will my actions get cleared? Oh kAlA, you are beyond the time/boundaries, Oh kapAli, I can not describe any better but you are the only one to rescue me/Tyagaraja in this world.

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Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi.