dhyAnamE varamaina
Sahityam
Pallavi
dhyAnamE varamaina gaGgA snAnamE manasA¹
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O My Mind! Meditation alone is the sacred dip in the river Ganga.
Anupallavi
vAna nITa munuga munuga lOni
vaJcana drOhamanu kara pOnA² (dhyAna)
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vaJcana drOhamanu kara pOnA² (dhyAna)
Can the mental stains called deception or craftiness and treachery be washed away by drenching much in the rain water?
Charanam
para dhana nArI³ maNulanu dUri
para nindala para himsala mIri
dharanu velayu zrI rAmuni kOri
tyAgarAju telusukonna rAma (dhyAna)
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para nindala para himsala mIri
dharanu velayu zrI rAmuni kOri
tyAgarAju telusukonna rAma (dhyAna)
(a) Spurning others’ wealth and woman, (b) overcoming slandering others and causing injury or harm to others, (c) seeking the Lord Sri Rama effulgent on this Earth, performing meditation on Lord Sri Rama, realised by this Thyagaraja, alone is the sacred dip in the river Ganga.
Renditions
Variations
- 1 manasA – O manasA
- 2 pOnA – pOvunA
Commentary
- 3 nArImaNulanu – the word ‘para ’ should qualify this word also (other women); it is also possible that Sri Thyagaraja means total abstinence (even from one’s wife) as being obstacle for meditation on the Lord.