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Annamacharya Jola paaTa

(AshTapadi-Lyrics and meaning)

Sudhakar V.Rao MD.

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jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA || rAvE paramAnanda rAma gOvinda ||

It is time to sleep, Oh embodiment of eternal bliss, Oh Mukunda(Bestower of mukti or liberation)!

Come Oh bundle of joy, Oh enchanting Govinda!(the name Govinda has several meanings)

1. nanduninTanucEri nayamu mIranga chandravadanalu neeku sEva chEyanga

andamuga vArinDla aaDucunDangA mandalaku donga mA muddu ranga

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

Oh dear Ranga(enchanter of minds) You are unavailable to ignorant masses(mandalaku donga). At Nanda’s house, You play tricks on gopikas with faces bright as the Moon, enchanting them, while they serve you with

tender love.

2. pAla vArASi lO pavvaLincinAvu bAluduga munulaku abhayamiccinAvu

mElugA vasudEvu kodukuvainAvu bAluDai yunDi gOpAluDainAvu

jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA You reclined on the Milky ocean and assuredprotection to the sages, You came as the son of Vasudeva and as a child you became the shepherd for the cows.

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3. aTTugaTTina mIgaDaTTe tinnADE paTTi kODalu mUtipai rAsinADE

aTTe tinenavi yaTTa yaDuga vinnADE gaTTigA nidi donga koTTumannADE jO achyutAnanda jO jO mukundA ||

“He quickly ate the thick cream off the milk!, then He smeared the butter on the face of the daughter-in-law of the house! When questioned about the cream(meegada), He says, “catch the thief and hit him hard!!!”

4. gOllavArinDlakunu gobbunaku bOyi kollalugA trAvi kunDalanu nEyi

cEllunA maganAnDra jelagi ee SAyi cilipi tanamulu sEya jellunaTa vOyi


Oh Krishna, You go to the shepherds’ house for Gobbi dance, and drink all the milk. Then you hit holes in the pots of milk! Is it fair to make fun of the

housewives! Is this play for You!!

5. repalle satulella gopambutOnu gopamma mI koDuku mA inDlalOnu mApu gAnE vacci mA mAnamulanu

nI pApaDE chayr'sey - nEmandumamma!


All the housewives of Repalle angrily complain to Your mother, that “He comes to our houses as soon as it is dark, and causes mischief to our

women! What can we say!!!”

6. angajuni ganna mAyanna iTurAra bangAruginnelO pAluposErA

donganIvani satulu bonkucunnArA mungiTan ADarA mOhanAkArA


Come my darling boy, father of Cupid, here is the milk in the golden bowl. Oh Adorable one!(mohanaakaara), play in my front yard while Women lie

that you are a you are a thief!!

7. gOvadhanambella goDugugA baTTi kAvaramuna nunna kamsubaDagoTTi

nIvu madhurApuramu nElajEpaTTi TheevitO nElina dEvakI paTTi


Oh darling of Devaki, you lifted the Govardhana hill like an umbrella, You vanquished the proud and evil Kamsa and thus gracefully(Theevito) took

charge of city of Madhura

8. anuvugA tALLapAkannamayya cAla SRngAra racanagA ceppE nIjOla

sangatigA sakala sampadala nIvELa mangaLamu tirupaTla madanagOpAla

Jo atchyutAnanda Jo Jo mukundA

rAve paramAnanda rAma gOvindA || With love and in beautiful elegant poetry, Tallapaka Annamayya renders

this lullaby to the bestower of all auspiciousness and prosperity, The shepherd who is Cupid of all, Lord Venkateswara.

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