Pallavi: naa ninna dhyanadoliralu mikka|
When I am meditating on you ( always thinking of you) the other|
Heena manaverenu maaDaballaro ranga ||
What can the lowly humans do to me ranga||
Matsarisuverella Koodi maaDuvudeno|
What can all the envious people do together|
Achyuta ninadondu daye nanagiralu||
When achyuta your benevolence is in me||
Vaatsalya biDadiro ninna nambidenaiah|
Don’t stop your affection for me I am depending on you|
Kichchige iruve muttuvudeno ranga||
Will ants surround fire? Ranga||
( because the devotee has god’s love evil people cannot surround/harm him just like how ants can’t surround fire)
KannaDyoLagina ganTu kaLLa|
If a thief makes plans to steal the treasure in a mirror |
Kannavikkalu avana vashavaaguvudeno||
will he ever get it?||
( I am thinking this means that if God is there to protect you no evil person or evil can get to you. It is as futile as a thief trying to steal the treasure in a mirror)
Ninna nambaloo muddu Purandara vithalaa|
My belief in you beautiful ( more like cute) purandara vithalaa |
Chinnakke putavittante ahudo ranga||
is like burnishing gold ranga||
(‘ chinnakke putavittante’ is a saying in Kannada.
gold itself is considered pure and flawless … If it is burnished? Then it becomes even better and shines even brighter. That’s what the devotees belief in the Lord makes him, even better)