intakanna Ananda
Sahityam
Pallavi
intakannAnandamEmi¹ O rAma rAma
Show Word Meanings
O Lord Sri Rama! Rama! Is there a greater bliss?
Anupallavi
santa janulakella sammatiyaiyuNDu² kAni (inta)
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It will indeed be agreed to by all the pious people (that there is no greater bliss).\t
Charanams Combined
ADucu nAdamuna pADucu eduTa rA
vEDucu manasuna kUDiyuNDuTa³ cAlu (inta)
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vEDucu manasuna kUDiyuNDuTa³ cAlu (inta)
Dancing and singing to the accompaniment of music, entreating You to come before, and being in union with You in the mind is enough.
zrI hari kIrtanacE dEhAdi indriya
samUhamula maraci sOhamainadE⁴ cAlu (inta)
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samUhamula maraci sOhamainadE⁴ cAlu (inta)
It is indeed enough if, by the chanting names or singing songs of Lord Sri Hari, one attains the state of Soham, becoming unconscious of the group of sense organs arising from the body.
nI japamula vELanI jagamulu nIvai
rAjillunaya tyAgarAja nuta caritra⁵ (inta)
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rAjillunaya tyAgarAja nuta caritra⁵ (inta)
O Lord! At that time of chanting Your names, these Worlds would become effulgent verily as You; O Lord whose exploits or conduct have been praised by this Thyagaraja!
Renditions
Variations
- 1 intakannAnanda – intakannayAnanda
- 2 sammatiyaiyuNDu – sammatiyuNTE
- 3 kUDiyuNDuTa - gUDiyuNDEdi
- 5 caritra – carita
References
- 4 sOhaM – This is one of Mahavakyas meaning ‘I am verily He’ or simply ‘I am’. Please refer to Kriti of Sadasiva Brahmendra – ‘khElati piNDANDE haMsas-sOhaM sOhaM-haMsamiti ’. This is also known as ‘ajapA gAyatri ’ (chantless gayatri). For more information on the subject – [[http://www.bhagavadgitausa.com/TANTRA.htm Ajapa Gayatri]]
- Please also refer to tirumandiram (2403) of Saint tirumUlar-
- “The mantram ‘sOham’ That Vedantins intone Is but Siva Yoga That is exalted; Thus said Siddhanta; Verily is it apparent; That Agamas are scriptures With Vedic Wisdom filled.”
- (Translation by Dr B Natarajan)
- For Complete Tamil version of tirumandiram visit website – [[http://www.tamilnation.org/sathyam/east/thirumurai/thirumanthiram/mp004.htm Thirumandiram]]