Vedamule ni nivasamata - వేదములే నీ నివాసమట
Pedatirumalacharya Keerthana Lyrics in Telugu & English with Meaning and Audio
Vedamule Ni Nivasamata: "They say the Vedas themselves are your abode, pure Narasimha." Illustration created with AI for this post.
Updated on October 24, 2026: added raga, rekhu and samputam details, the TTD audio link, transliteration, word notes, meaning and FAQs.
Audio by G MADHUSUDANA RAO, N C SRIDEVI:
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Vedamule Ni Nivasamata (వేదములే నీ నివాసమట) is a keerthana in praise of Lord Narasimha, composed by Tallapaka Pedatirumalacharya, a son of the saint-composer Annamacharya (Annamayya), and set in raga Desakshi. TTD includes it in its Annamacharya Sankeertanas edition, in the Narasimha collection "Venkatadri Nrusimhudu". The pallavi addresses the pure (vimala) Narasimha with the words "they say the Vedas themselves are your abode", and calls him the lover of Nada (sacred sound) and the Lord of all worlds. The charanams praise him as the destroyer of terrible sins, the subduer of the wicked demon, the Lord whose form cannot be measured, who is beyond all qualities, as bright as ten million suns, and who appeared before Prahlada. The song ends with a question to the Lord of Ahobilam: you who never leave the Venkata hill, why have you come away like this? Below you will find the lyrics in Telugu, an easy-to-read English transliteration, word notes, and the meaning in English and Telugu.
వేదములే నీ నివాసమట పెదతిరుమలాచార్య కీర్తన (రాగం: దేశాక్షి) సాహిత్యం, తెలుగు మరియు ఇంగ్లీష్ లిరిక్స్, భావము, ఆడియోతో.
Keerthana Lyrics in Telugu & English
Song details
| Composer | Tallapaka Pedatirumalacharya (son of Annamacharya) |
| వాగ్గేయకార | తాళ్లపాక పెదతిరుమలాచార్య |
| Category | Adhyatma sankeertana (అధ్యాత్మ) |
| Raga | Desakshi (దేశాక్షి) |
| Rekhu (copper plate) | 23-3 |
| Volume (Samputam) | 15-131 |
| Deity | Lord Narasimha |
| Singers (audio) | G. Madhusudana Rao, N. C. Sridevi |
| Source | Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) |
| Language | Telugu |
వేదములే నీ నివాసమట – Telugu lyrics
వేదములే నీ నివాసమట విమలనారసింహా
నాదప్రియ సకలలోకపతి నమో నమో నరసింహా ॥పల్లవి॥
ఘోరపాతక నిర్హరణా కుటిలదైత్యదమనా
నారాయణ రమాధినాయక నగధర నరసింహా
నీరూపం బింత యంత యని నిజము దెలియరాదు
యీరీతిఁ ద్రివిక్రమాకృతి నేచితి నరసింహా ॥వేదములే నీ॥
గోవిందా గుణగుణరహితా కోటిసూర్యతేజా
శ్రీ వల్లభ పురాణపురుషా శితనఖ నరసింహ
దేవ మిము బ్రహ్మాదులకును తెలియ నలవిగాదు
భావించఁగ ప్రహ్లాదు నెదుటఁ బరగితి నరసింహా ॥వేదములే నీ॥
దాసపరికర సులభ తపన చంద్రనేత్రా
వాసవరసురముఖముని సేవిత వందిత నరసింహా
భాసురముగ శ్రీ వేంకట గిరిఁ బాయనిదైవము వటుగానా
వోసర కిపు డేగితి విట్ల నహోబల నరసింహా ॥వేదములే నీ॥
Vedamule Ni Nivasamata – lyrics in English (transliteration)
Vedamule nee nivaasamata vimalanaarasimhaa
Naadapriya sakalalokapati namo namo narasimhaa ||pallavi||
Ghorapaataka nirharanaa kutiladaityadamanaa
Naaraayana ramaadhinaayaka nagadhara narasimhaa
Neeroopam binta yanta yani nijamu deliyaraadu
Yeereeti trivikramaakruti nechiti narasimhaa ||vedamule nee||
Govindaa gunagunarahitaa kotisooryatejaa
Sree vallabha puraanapurushaa sitanakha narasimha
Deva mimu brahmaadulakunu teliya nalavigaadu
Bhaavinchaga prahlaadu nedutabaragiti narasimhaa ||vedamule nee||
Daasaparikarasulabha tapanachandranetraa
Vaasavarasuramukhamuni sevita vandita narasimhaa
Bhaasuramuga Sree Venkata girin baayanidaivamu vatugaanaa
Vosara kipudu egitivitla nahobala narasimhaa ||vedamule nee||
Audio by G BALAKRISHNA PRASAD:
Word notes
- Vimala (విమల): pure, spotless.
- Naarasimha (నారసింహ): Narasimha, the man-lion form of Lord Vishnu.
- Naadapriya (నాదప్రియ): lover of Nada, sacred sound and music.
- Sakalalokapati (సకలలోకపతి): Lord of all the worlds.
- Namo namo (నమో నమో): repeated salutations.
- Ghorapaataka (ఘోరపాతక): terrible, grave sins.
- Nirharana (నిర్హరణ): remover, one who takes away.
- Kutila daitya (కుటిల దైత్య): the crooked, wicked demon; here, Hiranyakashipu.
- Damana (దమన): subduer.
- Ramaadhinaayaka (రమాధినాయక): Lord of Rama (Lakshmi).
- Nagadhara (నగధర): bearer of the mountain.
- Neeroopamu (నీరూపము): your form.
- Binta yanta yani (ఇంత అంత అని): "this much, that much"; to speak of a form by measure.
- Nijamu (నిజము): truth.
- Trivikramaakruti (త్రివిక్రమాకృతి): the form of Trivikrama, the Lord's giant form as Vamana.
- Nechiti (ఏచితి): you grew, you swelled; this is how the word is understood here.
- Govinda (గోవింద): Lord Vishnu, Krishna.
- Gunagunarahita (గుణగుణరహిత): beyond all qualities (gunas).
- Kotisooryateja (కోటిసూర్యతేజ): with the brilliance of ten million suns.
- Sree vallabha (శ్రీ వల్లభ): consort of Sri (Lakshmi).
- Puraanapurusha (పురాణపురుష): the ancient Person.
- Sitanakha (శితనఖ): with sharp claws.
- Brahmaadulu (బ్రహ్మాదులు): Brahma and the other gods.
- Teliya nalavigaadu (తెలియ నలవిగాదు): cannot be understood.
- Bhaavinchaga (భావించఁగ): in contemplation, thinking of (him).
- Prahlaadudu (ప్రహ్లాదుడు): Prahlada, the child devotee of Vishnu.
- Paragiti (పరగితి): you appeared, you showed yourself.
- Daanaparikara (దానపరికర): the printed text reads "daana"; this is likely a variant of "daasa-parikara", the company of servants and devotees, and is understood here as "easily reached by the company of devotees".
- Sulabha (సులభ): easy to reach.
- Tapana-chandra-neta (తపనచంద్రనేత్ర): one whose eyes are the sun and the moon.
- Vaasava (వాసవ): Indra.
- Suramukha (సురముఖ): the chief gods.
- Munisevita (మునిసేవిత): served by sages.
- Vandita (వందిత): saluted, worshipped.
- Bhaasuramuga (భాసురముగ): brilliantly, splendidly.
- Venkata giri (వేంకట గిరి): the Venkata hill, Tirumala.
- Paayanidaivamu (బాయనిదైవము): the God who never leaves.
- Vatugaanaa (వటుగానా): the sense is uncertain; it is read here as a connecting phrase meaning "therefore" or "so it is".
- Vosara (ఓసర): to step aside, to move away; this is how the word is understood here.
- Egitivi (ఏగితివి): you went, you have come.
- Ahobala Narasimha (అహోబల నరసింహ): Narasimha of Ahobilam.
Meaning of Vedamule Ni Nivasamata (in English)
This is a summary of the idea of the song, not a word-for-word translation. A few words have more than one reading, as noted above.
- Pallavi: They say the Vedas themselves are your abode, O pure Narasimha. O lover of sacred sound, Lord of all the worlds, I bow to you again and again.
- First charanam: You remove terrible sins and subdue the crooked demon. You are Narayana, Lord of Lakshmi, bearer of the mountain. No one can say with truth how large your form is. In this very way you grew into the form of Trivikrama, O Narasimha.
- Second charanam: You are Govinda, beyond all qualities, with the brilliance of ten million suns, the consort of Lakshmi, the ancient Person, the sharp-clawed Lord. Even Brahma and the gods cannot understand you. As Prahlada contemplated you, you appeared before him.
- Third charanam: You are easily reached by your devotees, your eyes are the sun and the moon, and Indra, the gods and the sages serve and worship you. You are the God who never leaves the splendid Venkata hill; why, then, have you come away like this to Ahobilam, O Ahobala Narasimha?
The song is both a hymn and a gentle question. It celebrates the Lord's greatness beyond words and the way he showed himself to a child's faith. The last line seems to look on the Lord at Ahobilam, remembering that he is also the God of the Venkata hill.
భావము (తెలుగులో)
"వేదములే నీ నివాసమట, విమలనారసింహా; నాదప్రియా, సకలలోకపతీ, నమో నమో" అని పల్లవిలో పెదతిరుమలాచార్య స్తుతిస్తున్నారు. మొదటి చరణంలో ఘోర పాపాలను తొలగించేవాడివి, కుటిలుడైన రాక్షసుని అణచినవాడివి, నారాయణుడివి, రమాపతివి, నగధరుడివి; నీ రూపం ఇంత అంత అని నిజంగా చెప్పలేము; ఇలాగే త్రివిక్రమాకృతిగా పెరిగావు అని అంటున్నారు. రెండవ చరణంలో గుణాతీతుడివి, కోటి సూర్యుల తేజస్సు గలవాడివి, శ్రీ వల్లభుడివి, పురాణ పురుషుడివి, వాడి గోళ్లు గలవాడివి; బ్రహ్మాదులకైనా నిన్ను తెలుసుకోవడం సాధ్యం కాదు; ప్రహ్లాదుడు తలచినపుడు అతని ఎదుట ప్రత్యక్షమయ్యావు అని చెబుతున్నారు. మూడవ చరణంలో భక్తులకు సులభుడివి, సూర్యచంద్రులు నేత్రాలుగా గలవాడివి, ఇంద్రాది దేవతలు మునులు సేవించి వందించేవాడివి; శ్రీవేంకటగిరిని విడువని దైవానివైన నీవు ఇప్పుడు ఇలా అహోబిల నరసింహుడివై ఎందుకు తరలివచ్చావు అని ముగిస్తున్నారు.
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Frequently asked questions
Who wrote Vedamule Ni Nivasamata?
Tallapaka Pedatirumalacharya, a son of the 15th-century saint-composer Annamacharya.
Why is it on an Annamayya keerthanalu blog?
TTD publishes the sankeertanas of the Tallapaka family together in its Annamacharya Sankeertanas edition, and Pedatirumalacharya's songs are included with Annamayya's.
Which raga is it in?
Desakshi (దేశాక్షి).
What are the rekhu and samputam numbers?
Rekhu 23-3, Samputam 15-131.
Whom is the song addressed to?
To Lord Narasimha, whom the song addresses at the end as the Narasimha of Ahobilam.
What does the keerthana say?
It says that the Vedas are the abode of the pure Narasimha, praises his immeasurable form, his brilliance and his appearance before Prahlada, and ends by asking the Lord of Ahobilam why he has come away from the Venkata hill.
Who sings the audio on this page?
G. Madhusudana Rao and N. C. Sridevi. The audio is hosted by TTD; use the button at the top of this post.
Source & credits
- Lyrics: Composed by Tallapaka Pedatirumalacharya (public domain). Reference numbers (rekhu 23-3, samputam 15-131) follow the TTD Annamacharya Sankeertanas edition.
- Audio: Sung by G. Madhusudana Rao and N. C. Sridevi. Audio file hosted by TTD (tirumala.org). Audio rights belong to TTD and the artists.
- Transliteration, word notes and meaning: Original to the Annamayya Keerthanalu blog.
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