graha balamEmi
Sahityam
Pallavi
graha¹ balamEmi zrI rAm-
Anugraha balamE balamu
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Anugraha balamE balamu
Of what potency the planets are? Only the potency of grace of Lord Sri Rama is the real potency.
Anupallavi
graha balamEmi tejO maya
vigrahamunu dhyAniJcu vAriki nava(graha)
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vigrahamunu dhyAniJcu vAriki nava(graha)
O what potency the nine planets are to those who meditate on the effulgent beautiful form of the Lord?
Charanam
graha pIDala paJca² pApamulan-
Agrahamulu gala kAmAdi³ ripula
nigrahamu jEyu harini bhajiJcu
tyAgarAjuniki rasikAgrEsarulaku (graha)
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Agrahamulu gala kAmAdi³ ripula
nigrahamu jEyu harini bhajiJcu
tyAgarAjuniki rasikAgrEsarulaku (graha)
Of what potency the planets are to this Thyagaraja as also to those eminent connoisseurs (of music) – who chant the names of Lord Hari who quells the afflictions caused by the planets, the five great sins and the obstinate (six-fold) enemies - desire etc?
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Commentary
- 1 graha balamEmi – Please also refer to Purandara Dasa Kriti ‘sakala graha bala nInE sarasijAkSa ’ and ‘kOLaru padigaM ’ of Tamizh Saint Thirujnana Sambandar.
- 2 paJca pApa – Sri Thyagaraja probably means paJca mahA pAtaka. paJca mahA pAtaka – killing a Brahmana, drinking intoxicating liquors, theft, committing adultery with the wife of a religious teacher, associating with anyone guilty of these crimes. (Source – Monier’s Sanskrit Dictionary);
- 3 kAmAdi - kAma, krOdha, lObha, mOha, mada, mAtsarya