kSINamai
Sahityam
Pallavi
kSINamai¹ tiruga janmiJcu
siddhi² mAnurA³ O manasA
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siddhi² mAnurA³ O manasA
O My Mind! Refrain from the (eight-fold) siddhis which cause birth again due to withering away.
Anupallavi
(gIr)vANa⁴ nATakAlaGkAra⁵ vEda
purANa yajJa japa tapAdula phalamulu
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purANa yajJa japa tapAdula phalamulu
Refrain from the (eight-fold) siddhi which cause birth again due to withering away of the fruits of (knowledge of) language or speech, music, drama, ornamentation, Veda, Purana and (fruits of) sacrificial oblations, repetition of mantras, penances etc.
Charanam
Edi⁶ jEsina jagan-nAthuDu ziramuna
hRdayamuna vahiJci
padilamaina satpadamunosaGgE
bATa tyAgarAja vinutuni bhajanarA
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hRdayamuna vahiJci
padilamaina satpadamunosaGgE
bATa tyAgarAja vinutuni bhajanarA
The path that confers the eternal state of liberation is chanting the names of the Lord well-praised of this Thyagaraja; therefore, whatever the Lord of Universe might do, by totally submitting whole-heartedly, refrain from the (eight-fold) siddhi which cause birth again due to withering away.
References
- 2 siddhi – Eight-Fold siddhi - aNiman – become minute as atom; laghiman – extreme lightness; prApti – reach anything (moon with the tip of finger); prAkAmya – irresistible will; mahiman – illimitable bulk; IzitA – supreme dominion; vazitA – subjugating by magic; kAmAvazAyitA – suppressing all desires : Source – Monier’s Sanskrit Dictionary.
- aNiman, laghiman, prApti, prakAmya, mahiman, IzitA, vazitA and garimA – making oneself heavy at will – Source Tamizh Pingala Nigandu.
- Please refer to Srimad Bhagavatam, Book 11, Chapter 15 (generally known as Uddhava Gita), wherein eight primary siddhis and another 10 secondary siddhis are mentioned. [[http://www.srimadbhagavatam.org/canto11/chapter15.html#Text%204-5 Siddhis]]
- Please also refer to Patanjali Yoga Sutras (Chapter 3 – Powers).
- 5 alaMkAra – Ornamentation – This pervades each and every field of Indian poetry, drama, music, philosophy, visual arts, literary criticism. For a brief on this subject, [[http://www.kamat.com/indica/alamkara/4.htm Alankara]]
Commentary
- 1 kSINamai – In the Pallavi, the word standing alone would mean ‘they (siddhis) wither away’ or it might refer to the withering away of the body; in the Anupallavi, conjoined with the word ‘phalamulu’ it would mean ‘the fruits wither away’.
- 3 mAnurA - Ibid also states that these siddhis are indeed obstacles to the emancipation: