Venkatesaya Vidmahe
Tripathi naathaaya Dheemahi
Tanno Srinivaso Prachodayat !!
              Entha mathramuna evvaru thalachina,
                          antha mathrame neevooo...


Pallavi

Entha maathramuna evvaru thalachina
Antha maathrame neevu
Antharaantharamu lenchi chooda
Endanthe ippati annatlu


Charanam 1

Koluthuru mimu vaishnavulu
koorimitho Vishnudani
Palukuduru mimu vendanthulu
para brahmam banuchu
Thalathuru mimu saivulu
thagina bhakthulunoo shivudanuchu
Alari pogadudhuru kaapaalikulu
aadi bhairavudanuchoo


Charanam 2

Sarinennuduru shaaktheyulu shakti roopu neevanuchu
Darishanamulu mimu naanaa vidhulanu
Thalapula koladula bhajinthuru
Sirula mimu alpa buddhi
Thalachina vaariki alpambaguduru
Garimala mimuye ghanamani thalachina
Ghana bhuddhulaku ghanudavu
Nee valana korathe ledu mari
Neeru koladi thaamaramu
Aavala bhaageeradhi thari baavula
Aa jalame oorinayatlu
Sri Venkatapathi neevaithe
Mamu chekoni yunna daivamu
Sri Venkatapathi neevaithe
Mamu chekoni yunna daivamani
Nee valenay nee sharananedanu
Idiye para tatvamu naaku
Idiye para tatvamu naaku
Idiye para thatvamu naaku !


Introduction

This sankirtana by Sri Annamacharya in Telugu is in the form of a dialogue of the devotee with the Lord and in His appreciation.

Meaning

Oh Lord! Your devotees visualise You in many ways. They want to see You in different forms and ways. However, the deeper one’s heart envisions You, the more shallower is Your grace felt!

Vaishnavites assume and believe You profoundly to be Lord Vishnu;
Vedantas envisage You as the ‘Supreme Lord’ or ‘Parambrahma’;
Shivites and some others deem You as Lord Shiva;
Kaumalikas pray and revere You as Adi Bhairava;
Shaaktheyas presume You to be the incarnation of Shakthi;
You bless all of them in the form they desire You to be in !!

In this way, Your devotees revere and prostrate before You, giving you the form and shape they wish to see You in.

To those devotees who see You in the tiniest form, You are the tiniest to them;
Likewise, those who revere you with high esteem, You are the greatest and all-in-all for them.

There is no dearth of anything in this world if only You are beside me!

Just as a lotus plant creeps all over the span of water (in a pond/lake/river or wherever it is) leaving no space for anything else,
Just as the wells around the great Bhagirathi river never dry up (because the wells are always fed with water from this river beside);
(I pray to You, Oh Lord! Please be beside me!)
If YOU are the Lord incarnated on the Venkatadri mount, YOU are bound to be by my side!
It is You, Oh Lord, who have made me to become Your devotee;
It is You, Oh Lord, who have knocked my doors ~ only to grant me the Protective Asylum under Your Lotus Feet;
You are the ONE who enlightened me;
This is the eternal bliss for me!
This is the Para-Tattvam for me!
This is my moksha-marga (and salvation)!

Additional Resources

(1)
Bharata Ratna M.S. Subbalakshmi melodiously sung this Kirthana as part of Balaji Pancharatna Mala released by TTD [HMV Music]. Click here to listen to this keerthana (Courtesy: Raaga.com) [Last but one song: Click Thaz Sadaiyum]
(2) MS Word Document here!
Entha Matramuna ... kirthana in Telugu script
In the service of His Lotus Feet!
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