by Damodara Rao Dasu

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kAru vElpulu - kaLyANi - Adi

P kAru vElpulu neeku sari || Oh Sri Rama, other deities are not equal to you.
A.P. kAru jilakarasambA kantara mainaTTu gAni|| It is like the difference between ordinary rice and high quality 'Samba' rice.
C 1 diviTiki deepamula reeti kAvETiki kaluvala reeti gAni|| You are like a bright torch before a lamp.You are great like Kaveri river where as other deities are like small canals.
C 2 tammivairiki tArakalareeti
kamma viltuniki kAnti narula reeti gAni ||
You are beautiful like the moon where as the other deities are like stars. You are like Manmadha before ordinary men.
C 3 sAgaruniki sarasu reeti
tyAgarAjanuta dharalO rAma neeku sari ||
Oh Rama, if you are like ocean the other deities are like small lakes. No other deity is equal to you on the earth. Tyagaraja worships you.