Raga: Hindolam
Tala: Ãdi

Swamigal's Song:

Pallavi

Un Karunaienbadu Ennavo Kanna?
Unnmaiyai solliduvãi Shyãmasundara    (Un)

Charanam

Nidiyum padaviyum suga bhoga vãzhkaiyum
Un karunai enriduvar arivilã moodar
Meendum meendum piravippinniyil thallum
Idu eppadi undan karunaiyãgum?   (Un)

Unnmayum tavamum uyar ozhukkamum
Un charanattil didamãna bhaktiyum
Jnanamum viraktiyum varumãgil endanukku
Aduve un karunai tãmarai Kanna   (Un)

Duritam

Charanamenradainden ãnaikaruliyavã
Muralidharanukku arulvadu ennallo?

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The Translation:

Pallavi

Hey! Kanna! (Krishna)
What is to be deemed as Your compassion?
Speak the truth,
Hey! Shyãmasundara!

Charanam

Wealth, Power and life of luxury,
Ah! fools call these
Your compassion
While these push us repeatedly into
the cycle of birth and death
How can these be reckoned as Your compassion?

If only I am blessed with -
Truthfulness, Tapas, Discipline
Steadfast Devotion unto Your Lotus Feet
Jnana and dispassion,
Then and only then will I deem
It to be Your compassion
Oh! Lotus-eyed Kanna!

Duritam

Hey! Saviour of the elephant (Gajendrã)
Unto You I surrender
When will You shower Your blessings
On Muralidhara?