Venkatachala Nilayam

 

By

 

Sage Purandara Dasa

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

Raga Sindhu Bhairavi

Thala Aadhi

 

Pallavi

 

Venkatachala Nilayam , Vaikunta pura Vasam,

Pankaja nethram ,Parama Pavithram,

Shanka Chakra dara Chinmaya roopam

 

Anupallavi

 

Ambhujodhbava vinutham , Aganitha guna namam,

Dumburu Narada Gana Voilolam

 

Charanam

 

Makara Kundala Dhara Madana Gopalam

Bhaktha poshaka  Sri  Purandara Vittalam

 

English translation

 

Pallavi

 

He who lives on Venkata mountain,

He who lives in Vaikunta,

He who has lotus like eyes,

He who is divinely pure,

He who has the divine form,

Carrying the conch and the wheel.

 

Anupallavi

 

He who is worshipped by Brahma,

He who has innumerable names and characters,

He who enjoys music  by Narada and Dumburu

 

Charanam

 

The Gopala who is like the God of love,

Who wears golden ear studs,

The Purandara Vitala  who looks after devotees.