Gatulannikhilamaina

On May   First   the Nation would be celebrating   the 1000^th Jayanthi   of Saint   Ramanujachaya. Here is a great krithi composed  by Annamacharya on him

Gatulannikhilamaina

By

Annamacharya

Translated   by

P.R.Ramachander

Raga Mohana

Adi  Tala.

Pallavi

 gatulannikhilamaina kaliyugamandunu gati

yithade  chupepe ghana gurudaivamu

In this kali age    where   there  is no way to be good,

He  is the great Guru    who shows    us the way.

Charanam

1. Itani karunaneka ila vaisnavula maiti

mItani vallane kanthi mI tirumanni
Ithade upadeshamiccenu Ashtakshari

mantramu ithade  ramanujulu ihapara daivamu

1..It is due to his mercy I could become a Vaishnana ,

And due to him only   I  could find   the Thiruman,

He only taught   me the   eight  lettered divine manthra,

And he  only is Ramanuja  , the god  in this and the other world.

2: velayince nItade kaa  Vedapu rahasyamulu

caliminathade  chupe sharanagati
nilipinalade kAnijamudradhaaNamu

malasi mAnuju Ithade daivamu

He is one who threw    light   on the secret   of Vedas,

And he is the one who showed   path of surrender  ,

And he was    the one    who established    the   wearing of Mudras,

And so he    only is the God   among human beings.

3: niyamamulu Ithade kaa  nilipe prapannulaku

dayato mokshamu chupe taganiItadu
nayamai shrI Venkatesu   nagamekke vakithanu

dayacuci mammunitte  talli tanDri daivamu

3.Was he not the one who   established   rules  for Prapannas,

And he is   the one who showed    salvation    along with mercy  ,

He is the one   who withhis knees   climbed  to temple of Venkatachala

And he    is  to us   mother    as well as father   to us.