guru lEka
Sahityam
Pallavi
guru lEkayeTuvaNTi guNiki teliyaga pOdu
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No matter how virtuous one is, without a preceptor, it is not possible for him to know.
Anupallavi
karukaina hRd-rOga gahanamunu koTTanu sad-(guru)
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No matter how virtuous one is, without a competent preceptor, it is not possible for him to know to destroy the thorny thicket of affliction of the heart.
Charanam
tanuvu suta dhana dAra dAyAdi bAndhavulu
janiyiJci cedaru jAlini karuNatO
manasunaNTaka sEyu mandanucu
tattva bOdhana jEsi kApADu¹ tyAgarAjAptuDagu² (guru)
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janiyiJci cedaru jAlini karuNatO
manasunaNTaka sEyu mandanucu
tattva bOdhana jEsi kApADu¹ tyAgarAjAptuDagu² (guru)
No matter how virtuous one is, it is not possible for him to know, without a preceptor like (sage Narada) - the benefactor of this Thyagaraja, who protects compassionately by imparting knowledge of the reality which is like a medicine, to keep away from the mind the grief of dissipation of body, children, wealth, wife, cousins and relatives after having attained these.
Renditions
Variations
- 1 kApADu – kApADa
- 1 tyAgarAjAptuDagu – tyAgarAjAptuDanu