I mEnu kaliginanduku
Sahityam
Pallavi
I mEnu kaliginanduku sItA rAma
nAmamE palka valenu
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nAmamE palka valenu
For this body having come into existenc, one should only chant the name of Lord Sitarama.
Anupallavi
kAmAdi¹ dur-guNa stOma pUritamaina
pAmaratvamE kAni nEmamu lEnaTTi (I)
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pAmaratvamE kAni nEmamu lEnaTTi (I)
For this body – with multitude of wickedness like desire etc which is nothing but total ignorance and as good as having no restraint – having come into existence, one should only chant the name of Lord Sitarama.
Charanams Combined
saMsAramunu brOva dArini para
hiMsa jendu kirAtuDu²
haMsa³ rUpula gatinaDuga rAma nAma
prazaMsa jEsi upadEziJca dhanyuDu⁴ kAdA (I)
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hiMsa jendu kirAtuDu²
haMsa³ rUpula gatinaDuga rAma nAma
prazaMsa jEsi upadEziJca dhanyuDu⁴ kAdA (I)
When a hunter who, for his livelihood, was causing injury to others on the way, desired to attain the state of those who identify themselves with Supreme Lord, did he not become blessed as a result of initiation (by sage Narada) by commending the holy name of Lord Rama?
tApasi zApamiDaga jalOraga⁵
rUpamu koniyuNDaga
tApamu sairiJcaka tallaDillaga zara
cApa dharuni nAma zravaNamu brOva lEdA (I)
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rUpamu koniyuNDaga
tApamu sairiJcaka tallaDillaga zara
cApa dharuni nAma zravaNamu brOva lEdA (I)
When a celestial damsel, who, as a result of curse of a sage, was miserable unable to withstand the suffering of attaining the form of a sea snake or leech, did not mere hearing the name of Lord Sri Rama – the wielder of bow and arrow - save her?
\t 3. When the Gajendra – the king of elephants – who - unknowingly having come in the grip of a powerful alligator and thus suffering (being weary of struggle), raising a cry, called ‘O True Primitive Cause (of this Universe), did not the Lord Vishnu – bestower of boons having come fast save him?
\t 3. When the Gajendra – the king of elephants – who - unknowingly having come in the grip of a powerful alligator and thus suffering (being weary of struggle), raising a cry, called ‘O True Primitive Cause (of this Universe), did not the Lord Vishnu – bestower of boons having come fast save him?
kari⁶ rAju teliya lEka baluDaina
makari cEta gAsi jendaga
ara⁷ lEka nijamuganAdi⁸ mUlamanaga
varaduDu vEgamE vacci brOvaga lEdA (I)
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4. Agama⁹ vEdamulanu dAnavuDu
kompOvaga caturAnanuDu
tyAgarAja nuta tAraka nAmayani
bAguga nutimpa bhayamu tIrpaga lEdA (I)
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makari cEta gAsi jendaga
ara⁷ lEka nijamuganAdi⁸ mUlamanaga
varaduDu vEgamE vacci brOvaga lEdA (I)
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4. Agama⁹ vEdamulanu dAnavuDu
kompOvaga caturAnanuDu
tyAgarAja nuta tAraka nAmayani
bAguga nutimpa bhayamu tIrpaga lEdA (I)
As the Somaka demon carried away the sacred works and Vedas, when Brahma – the four faced - extolled well as ‘O Lord whose name carries one across of the Ocean of Worldly Existence’, did not the Lord mitigate his fear? O Lord praised by this Thyagaraja!
Variations
- 4 dhanyuDu kAdA – In keeping with other Charanas, this should be dhanyuDu kA lEdA
- 8 nijamuganAdimUlamanaga – nijamunanAdimUlamanaga
References
- 2 kirAtaDu – the reference is to Valmiki Rishi. This is a traditional story about a robber who turns into a sage. However, the source of the story is not known. According to Sir Monier Monier-Williams Sanskrit – English Dictionary, Valmiki was indeed a Brahmana by birth and closely connected with Kings of Ayodhya. He also mentions about the traditional story in the Dictionary. Please visit website [[http://web.onetel.net.uk/~suman11/magazine_articles_November4.htm#Dhyana Valmiki]] (Dhyana, Japa, Mantra, Guru, and Avatar).
- 5 jalOraga – This source of this story is not known.
- 6
kari raju
– The prayer of gajEndra is contained in Srimad Bhagavatam – Book 8 – Chapter 3, verse 2.
- “I offer my salutation to that Supreme Lord – denoted by OM – because of whom (animated by whom) this organism appears as conscious and who enters the (various) bodies (as their causes) in the shape of Prakrti and Purusha.”
- 9 Agama vEdamulanu dAnavuDu kompOvaga - [[http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/archives/feb04/msg00032.html Hayagriva 1]] [[http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/sva/b/sva083.html Hayagriva 2]]
Commentary
- 1 kAmAdi – kAma, krOdha, lObha, mOha, mada, mAtsarya .
- 3 haMsa – another form of ‘ahaMsa ’ – ‘I am that’ wherein ‘that’ refers to Paramatma. Please refer to Kriti of Sadasiva Brahmendra – ‘khElati piNDANDE ’ wherein he mentions ‘haMsas-sOhaM sOhaM-haMsamiti ’.
- 7 ara lEka – the form of the word ‘ara’ is not clear.