చేరువcheruva= close జిత్తముchittamu= mind/heart లోనిlona= in శ్రీనివాసుడాSrinivasuda= Srinivasa īy wish, the one who rules us, that race-diety (is you) the గారవించిgaravinchi= by pampering దప్పిdappi= thirst దీర్చుteerchu= quench కాలkaala= black మేఘమా meghama= cloud మాకుmaaku= to us నేరిచిnerichi= learned పెద్దలిచ్చినpeddalichina(peddalu+icchina)=(elders+given)given by elders నిధానమాnidhanama= treasure కోరిkori= by wish మమ్ముmammu=us నేలినట్టిelinatti(elina+atti)=(rule+that one)the one who rules కులkula= family/race దైవమాdaivama= diety/God చాలchala= a lot/well GaaraviMchi dappideerchu kaalamaeghamaa, maaku KOrimammu naelinaTTi kuladaivamaa, chaala Notice that 'Podagantimayya' and the third word 'purushottama'start with the same consonant sound 'pa'. Annamayya uses the epithet of Konetiraya in quite a few of his keerthanas. ఎడయకవయ్యnedayakavayya(edayaku+ayya)=(don't separate+Lord) కోనేటిkoneti=the pond రాయడాrayada= Lord ĭon't separate/leave us, O Lord of the pond(koneti)Īnnamayya makes an earnest request to the Lord of the koneti(pond), Venkateswara, to not leave or separate him once he has seen Him now. పొడగంటిమయ్యPodagantimayya(Podakantimi+ayya)= (we saw+Lord) We saw, Lord మిమ్ముmimmu= you పురుషోత్తమాpurushottama(purusha+uttama)= (man+supreme/best) the supreme man మమ్ముmammu=us

I'll discuss more about this in the discussion section of each stanza.

For example, in third stanza, Annamayya uses analogies of the apparent wish-fulfilling things such as Parijathamu(wish-fulfilling tree), chintamani(wish-fulfilling gem stone) and kamadhenu (wish-fulfilling cow).Īnother interesting aspect especially in the first three stanzas is that except in the last line, all the other lines in the stanza have a sort of alliteration where the first and third words have same consonant sound. Interesting to note that each stanza has its own characteristic analogies. The first stanza is a personal experience description but the later stanzas are Annamayya's perception of the Lord Venkateswara. Interesting aspect about the format is that while each line in the stanza has an analogy to describe the Lord, Annamayya uses epithets in the last line of the stanza and ends the stanza with the epithet. This keerthana is apparently sung by Annamayya when he sees Venkateswara for the first time on Tirupathi.

Annamayya song lyrics