Enu maaDidarenu bhava hingadu

Enu maaDidarenu bhava hingadu
Composer: Sri Purandaradasa
Raagam: Mukhari; Taalam: Jhampe
(Note: This Kriti is also sung in other ragas such as Bhairavi and Hindolam
Translated By
Sri Chakravarthi Madhusudana

Pallavi

Enu maaDidarenu bhava hibgadu
daanavaantaka ninna dayavaagadanaka

CharaNam

aruNodayadoLeddu ati snaanagaLa mADi
beraLeNiside adara nijavariyade
caraNa saaShTaangavanu maadi daNideno
hari ninna karuNaa kaTaakShavaagadanaka 1

shruti shaastra puraaNagaLanodi benDAde
ati sheelagaLanella maaDi daNide
gatiya paDeyuvenendu kaaya daNDisideno
ratipatipita ninna dayavaagadanaka 2

dhyaanavanu maaDidenu mounavanu taaLide
naanu mahaapuruShaarthakke manavanikki
anaatha bandhu purandara viThalana
dhyaanisuvaroDagooDi nelegaaNadanaka 3

Translation

Do what I will, the cycle of existence will not vanish
Until, O Demon Slayer, your grace is acquired

I rose everyday at dawn, did several ablutions
And counted my fingers without true understanding
I prostrated before your feet until I was exhausted
Yet, Hari, your merciful looks elude me.

I dried up poring over the sacred texts
Severe austerities made me tired
I punished my body hoping for salvation
Yet, Father of Rati’s husband, your grace eludes me.

I contemplated, performed the vow of silence
Intent on the ultimate of the four human goals
Until I found refuge in the company of the devotees
Of Purandara Vithala, the kinsman of the destitute.