DEvA namO dEvA pAvana

ప :
దేవా నమో దేవా
పావన గుణగణ భావా
చ:
జగదాధారా చతుర్భుజా
గగననీల మేఘశ్యామా
నిగమపాదయుగ నీరజనాభా
అగణితలావణ్యాననా

చ:
ఘనవేదాంతైర్గణన ఉదారా
కనక శంఖ చక్ర కరాంకా
దినమణి శశాంక దివ్యవిలోచన
అనుపమ రవి బింబాధరా
చ:
భావజకంజభవజనకా
శ్రీవనితాహృదయేశా
శ్రీవేంకటగిరి శిఖర విహారా
పావన గుణగణ భావా

English:


Pa:

Deva namo deva
pavana guna gana bhaava

Ca 1 :
jagadadhara chaturbhuja
gagna neela megha syama
nigamapadayiga neerajanabha
aganita lavanyaanana

Ca 2:
ghanavedanteri gagana udara
kanaka sankha chakra karanka
dinamani sasanka divya vilochana
anupama ravi bimbaanana

Ca 3:
bhavaja kanja bhavajanaka
srivanita hrudayesa
srivenkata giri sikhara nivasasa
pavanaguna gana bhaava.


Background :

Annamayya salutes and beautifully glorifies lord Narayana's qualities using great examples in this kIrtana.

Meaning :

Pa:

O Lord SrI VEnakTEswarA ! Salutations to You lord. You are filled completely with the sinless (pAvana) qualities( guNa gaNa).

bhAva: - bhavatIti bhAva: (the one with the great [visishTa] qualities).

Ca 1 :

O Lord ! You are the supporter of the whole universe (jagadAdhArA). You are with the four arms. You are the one with the complexion of cloudy sky blue (gagana nIla mEgha syAma ). You are the one, whose holy feet duo was praised by the vEdAs (sacred texts, which are not written by anyone ) themselves (nigama pAda yuga ). You are the one with the lotus in your navel (umbilicus ) [nIraja nAbha].

Here the "nigama pAda yuga" can also be interpreted as - You are the one , whose holy feet duo is equal to the VedAs, which shows that the only way to the salvation from the bondage is thy holy feet duo.

Ca 2 :

O lord ! You are such a mercyful , who will allow the "VEdAnta" (vEdas consists of 2 paarts, pUrva bhAgam (karma kAnDamu) and uttara bhAgam (JnAna kAnDamu). The uttara bhAgamu (later part ) is called as "vEdAnta" or "upanishads" which tries to know the lord) to make an attempt to know who you are.

Note : If anyone has doubt regarding the above statement, they are advised to refer "Ananda valli", from "TaittirIya Upanishad". Where , Ananda valli tries to measure the Bliss (Just one of HIS qualities) of Lord Narayana in the multiples of hundreds of the bliss of a king, then indra, then brahma ...like that the list goes and finally it loses hope and tells that it can't measure the Bliss of the Lord Narayana ( vEdanta thus unable to measure not even a single qualityof lord, how can it knows about the completeness of the Lord) .

You are the one , who possess the golden conch and discus always attached ( karAnkita - they are ankitam to HIS hands only) to your hand. You are the one , who has the Sun (dina maNi) and Moon (sashAnka - sashamu (kundElu, the rabbit) anka - machcha (mark), so Moon is said to be sashAnka, the one with the rabbit mark in him) as HIS divine eyes (divya vilOchana).

You are the one , who has the peerless red colored lips .

Note: bimba - donDa ( bimba phalamu - donDa panDu) , adhara - lips. It is in common practice to compare the lips of beautiful ladies as " donDa panDu lAnti pedavulu" , if it is that much beautiful with the normal human beings created by the Brahma (the creator of the bodies of all the jivAs), then HOW MUCH BEAUTIFUL WILL BE THE CREATOR OF THE Brahma himself. That is why Annamayya used the phrase "anupama" , the peerless or matchless . The lips are in red color (ravi bimbadhara).

synonyms for bimba - donDa (one type of fruit) , voosara velli ( a creature belongs to snake family), chAya (shadow).


Ca 3 :

O Lord ! you are the father (janaka) of both "Manmadha" (bhAvaja) and "Brahma" (kanja - lotus, bhava -emerged, hence kanjabhava - brahma). You are the lovely consort of Sri Mahalakshmi (Sri VanitA hridayEsA). You are the dweller of the Sri VEnkatagiri . O ! The lord with the sinless qualities ...pAvan guNagana bhAva.