Lyrics of "abhimana mennadu" Song

రాగము వివర్ధని 

తాళము ఆది

అభిమాన మెన్నడు గల్గురా 

అనాధుడైన నాదుపై 

అపరాధములన్ని మన్నించుమయ్యా 

అభిరామ పట్టాభిరామ నాయందు 

కన్న తల్లియు ఘన తండ్రియు 

అన్నియును నీవే యని నమ్మలేదా 

నిను విన గతి నాకెవ్వరు లేరే 

నను బ్రోవ త్యాగరాజ వినుత  

raagamu vivardhani taaLamu aadi abhimaana mennaDu galguraa anaadhuDaina naadupai aparaadhamulanni manniMchumayyaa abhiraama paTTaabhiraama naayaMdu

kanna talliyu ghana taMDriyu anniyunu neevae yani nammalaedaa ninu vina gati naakevvaru laerae nanu brOva tyaagaraaja vinuta

[When will Your affection (grace) fall on me? When will it befall on an orphan like me? Please forgive all my infractions (misdeeds, improper conduct), excuse my sins. O handsome Emperor (Crown King), when will Your compassionate love touch me? You are my birth mother and You are my great father. Did I not believe that You are everything for me? I do not have anybody else except You (Sri Rama). I have no other way. No body else cares for me. Please rescue me, Rama (the Lord who is praised by Tyagaraja). The birth parents may not be there for us at every moment and in every place. So, even if one is the offspring of very noble and loving parents, one cannot count on the help of parents at critical junctures. The other scenario is like Prahlada’s situation. His father was very hurtful and wicked to the little kid. The father (Hiranyakasipu) tried everything to change and even annihilate the devout Prahlada. This tells us Narayana (Sri Rama) is the only protector for the bhaktas. I must have heard this song in a cassette by

Maharajapuram Santanam. On the Internet there is a YouTube recording by Yesudas. This is a short lyric with profound meaning.

Abhiraama = captivating, pleasing, agreeable, a rare beauty with physical and mental attributes; vina (vinaa) = without, absent; gati = a way out, means, some solution] Copyright 2021 by the author