indukA yI tanuvunu
Sahityam
Pallavi
indukAyI tanuvunu sAkinad(indukA)
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Is this the purpose for which this body was nurtured?
Anupallavi
indu mukhuDu rAka hRdayamu pagulagan-
andarilO jAli jendaniyaniyandar(indukA)1
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andarilO jAli jendaniyaniyandar(indukA)1
Is this the purpose for which all (the divinities) nurtured this body thinking that, ‘without the arrival of the Lord (Hari) - Moon Faced, let him suffer grief amongst all, with his heart being shattered’?
Charanams Combined
pAmulakE mEnu balu gaTTigAnuNDe-
nEmO kAraNamaniyeJcucuNTi nEn(indukA)
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nEmO kAraNamaniyeJcucuNTi nEn(indukA)
Was my body too hard even for the snakes? I was wondering that it was for some other reason (that they could not kill me even after biting); is this the purpose for which I nurtured this body?
manakEla nepamani manniJcirO lEka
tanuvu² bellamu kAdu tALadu daivam(indukA)
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tanuvu² bellamu kAdu tALadu daivam(indukA)
Or did they (snakes) pardon me (without biting) thinking that ‘why should we take the blame’? otherwise, this body is not of any value; it will not withstand (snake bite); is this the purpose for which the Lord has nurtured this body?
Even after seeing my success, (they) would not believe the God; is this the purpose for which He - the resplendent Lord – bestower of boons on Thyagaraja – has nurtured this body?
Commentary
- ’’’ This Kriti forms part of ‘Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam’ ’’’ - In this Kriti is lamenting about his fate.
- 1 andaru indukA – ‘andaru ’ here means the divinities like Indra, Vayu, Agni etc who are considered to be responsible for the growth of the body from infant stage.
- 2 tanuvu bellamu kAdu – This seems to be a colloquial usage – probably derived from a similar Tamizh usage - ‘uyir vellamalla ’ – ‘life is of no value’. – bellam (jaggery) – Tamizh ‘vellam ’. Please refer to site – [[http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/bharathidasan/mp165kaviyam.htm Bellam]]
- 3 nA jayamunu jUci – probably this refers to Prahlada surviving snake poision.
- 4 nammarE dEvuni – the reference here is to Hiranya Kasipu who did not believe in the Lord.