enduku peddalavalE
Sahityam
Pallavi
enduku peddala¹ vale buddhi iyyavu²
endu pOdunayya rAmayya
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endu pOdunayya rAmayya
O Lord! Why woudn’t You bestow on me the same kind of wisdom as that of great people? O Lord Rama! Where could I go?
Anupallavi
andari vale dATi³ dATi vadariti
anda⁴ rAni paNDAye kadarA (endu)
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anda⁴ rAni paNDAye kadarA (endu)
Like all others, I too have been prattling jumping here and there; isn’t it that it (wisdom) has become a fruit which could not be attained?
Charanam
vEda zAstra tattvArthamulu telisi⁵
bhEda⁶ rahita vEdAntamunu⁷ telisi⁵
nAda⁸ vidya marmambulanu telisi⁵
nAtha tyAgarAja nuta nijamuga (endu)
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bhEda⁶ rahita vEdAntamunu⁷ telisi⁵
nAda⁸ vidya marmambulanu telisi⁵
nAtha tyAgarAja nuta nijamuga (endu)
Even after I have known the true philosophical meanings of Vedas and Sastras, known the undifferentiated Vedanta, and known the secrets of the knowledge of nAda, O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja! why wouldn’t You bestow on me the same kind of wisdom truly like that of great devotees?
Variations
- 2 iyyavu – Iyavu
- 7 vEdAntamunu – vEdAntamulu : vEdAntamunu
References
- 6 bhEda – Dvaita as propounded by Madhvacharya is considered as Bheda Vada. [[http://www.dvaita.org/overview.shtml Madhvacharya]]
Commentary
- 1 peddalu – Here this would refer to Narada and the like.
- 4 anda rAni paNDu – The Aesop’s Fables of Grapes and the Fox seems to be referred here.
- 3 dATi dATi vadariti – The exact meaning of this phrase is not clear. From the context, it has been translated as ‘prattled jumping here and there’.
- 8 nAda vidya – In the present context, it is taken to mean ‘nAdOpAsana ’ as practised by those knowledgeable in music. However, ‘nAda vidyA ’ has a much wider connotation which is dealt in zrI vidyA and other Agama systems.
- 5 telisi – In some books, this word has been attributed to the great devotees. However, the flow of the language seem to point otherwise. Particularly, the word ‘nijamuga ’ seems to indicate that the ‘true wisdom’ is something more than what is intellectually perceived, but a grace of the Lord which Sri Thyagaraja is asking the Lord to bestow on him.