Vidamu Seyave - A Detailed Explanation

Composition - Vidamu Seyave
Composer - Tyagaraja
Ragam - Kharaharapriya
Talam - Adi

Lyrics

Pallavi : viDamu seyavE nannu viDanADakavE
Anupallavi : puDami tanaya chEti manchi maDupulanuchu talachi talachi
Charanam : rAja mAnyudou sowmitri ratna tumma paDiga paTTi 
                      tEjarilla nilichinADu dEva dEva  
                      jAjikAyalu Elakulu jApatri vakkalAkulu
                     rAja rAja vara tyAgarAju prEmatOnosange

Word-to-Word Meaning

Pallavi :

viDamu seyavE - please have tAmbulam (betel nut with spices)
nannu viDanADakavE - never leave my side (do not desert me)

Anupallavi :

puDami tanaya - the child of the earth (here, referring to sIta)
chEti - (one's) hand
manchi - good
maDupulanuchu - fold
talachi - imagine

Charanam :

rAja mAnyudou - (one who is) respected by the king
sowmithri - lakshmaNa
ratna - jewel-studded
tumma paDiga - spittoon (paDiga) (i.e., a bowl for spitting) for tumma (chewed betel leaves)
paTTi - holding
tejarilla - gloriously
nilichinadu - standing
dEva dEva - lord of the devas
jAjikAyalu - nutmeg (arecanut)
Elakulu - cardamon
jApatri - mace
vakkalAkulu - betel leaves
rAja rAjavara - king of the kings
tyAgaraju - tyAgaraju
prEmatOnosangE - offers you with love

Bhavam

Oh, dEva dEva! Never desert me. Imagine as if sIta herself were folding betelnut leaves very beautifully with her hands and have tAmbUlam. lakshmaNa is holding a jewel-studded spitton and standing by your side. Please have the tAmbUlam studded with nutmeg, cardamom, mace and betel leaves, offered to you with love by tyAgarAja. Please have tAmbUlam and always be by my side.